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Ashington Neighbourhood Plan Referendum
Thursday 6 May 2021

A referendum will be held for this Parish’s Neighbourhood Plan on Thursday 6 May 2021.

All the details you need about how to vote in the referendum, including whether you are eligible, how to view the documents, where the polling station is, how to vote and what the question to be put to vote is, can be found in the document below entitled Information Statement.

Please click on the links below to read the following documents:

Covid-19 measures

With COVID-19, Horsham District Council has reviewed its protocols regarding referendums. In order to progress safely we have made a decision that if you are not able to view the relevant documents online, hard copies of the Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents will be viewed by appointment only at Parish Council offices and at the District Council offices. Details of the location for these are given in the Information Statement above.

Ashington Neighbourhood Plan Examination

Independent examiner David Hogger was commissioned to undertake the examination of the Ashington Neighbourhood Plan. The examiner underwent unaccompanied site visits of the plan area on the 18 Jan 2021 and was issued all Reg 16 representations in full. The Examiner has published his Report and can be found below:

Ashington Neighbourhood Plan Examiner's Report (9 March 2021)

Examiner's Ashington Procedural Matters and Questions (14 January 2021)

Statement of Common Ground Between HDC, WSCC, APC and the landowner regarding potential school expansion

Horsham District Council's Response to the Examiner's Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Appendix A to HDC Submission (4 Feb 2021)

Ashington Parish Council's Response to the Examiner's Questions (4 Feb 2021)

WSCC Response to the Examiner's Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Representations to the Regulation 16 consultation can be found below.

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Ashington Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 16)

The Ashington Neighbourhood Plan is currently out for the Regulation 16 consultation. The consultation is open from 5pm Wednesday 17 June for 8 weeks concluding midnight on Wednesday 12 August 2020.

To view the Ashington Neighbourhood Submission draft plan and how you can make comments please click here:

https://strategicplanning.horsham.gov.uk/consult.ti/Ashington/consultationHome

The evidence base is also available on the parish website. If you have difficulties in responding to the consultation online because of COVID -19 please contact neighbourhood.planning@horsham.gov.uk or call the following number 01403 215398 at the earliest possible opportunity so that we can take this into account. Each enquiry will be reviewed on a case by case basis.

Consultations will be kept under close review and please observe current COVID - 19 government guidance.

Ashington Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 14)

Ashington parish Neighbourhood Plan area has been Designated, and the Draft plan was put out for consultation from 22 June to 17 August.

Read the Draft plan and consultation information

Area approval

Under Regulation 7 the Ashington Neighbourhood Plan Area was approved on February 25 2014.

Approval documents

Application

Under Regulation 5 and 6, the Ashington area application was put out for consultation from November 11 to December 23 2013.

Application documents