INFORMAL CONSULTATION- PLAISTOW AND IFOLD DRAFT NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2023-2039

The Parish Council is publishing the draft Neighbourhood Plan over the summer for your intial thoughts. See below. This is ahead of a formal Statutory Consultation later in the year.

What’s in the Plan?

The NP sets out Policies and Aims across five key areas:

• Housing – Focuses on local housing needs, design, and density. It upholds the Ifold Settlement Boundary and reflects community feedback through the Plaistow and Ifold Design Guidelines.
• Economy & Employment – Supports new local businesses, protects existing jobs, and highlights the significance of village shops.
• Community Assets & Recreation – Safeguards heritage buildings and community facilities, encourages their recognition as Assets of Community Value, and lists important Non-Designated Heritage Assets (NDHAs).
• Water – Addresses flooding and foul drainage infrastructure to ensure development aligns with infrastructure constraints.
• Environment & Community Connectivity – Promotes biodiversity, green spaces, and improved pedestrian, cycle, and public transport links. It also tackles village congestion and encourages active travel.

Have Your Say

Please send your feedback to the Parish Clerk atclerk@plaistowandifold-pc.gov.uk. All comments will remain anonymous and help refine the plan before formal consultation.

Timeline:

• Summer 2025: Informal publication and feedback
• Autumn 2025: Regulation 14 Consultation
• Winter 2025: CDC-led Regulation 16 Consultation
• Early 2026: Independent Examination and Referendum

Let’s shape the future of our parish together!

Local Green Spaces Request for Nominations 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025

WHICH ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GREEN SPACES?

As we continue to work on the Neighbourhood Plan, we have the opportunity to identify Local Green Spaces that are valued by the community and should be given a degree of protection as a result. A list of potential Local Green Spaces was identified several years ago and is now being reviewed: 

 In Ifold 

 Loxwoodhills Pond, The Drive 

 Ancient Woodland in the Centre of Ifold 

 Landmark Oak Tree at the entrance to The Drive

 In Plaistow 

 Plaistow Recreation Ground 

 Cox’s Pond (Plaistow village pond) Loxwood Road

 ‘Foxfields’ football field, Dunsfold Road 

 Nell Ball Hill and Trig Point, Dunsfold Road 

 Plaistow Preschool Playground, Winterton Hall 

 In Shillinglee 

 Shillinglee Road Junction Traffic Island 

 What do you think of this list? 

The criteria set out in the National Planning Policy Framework are that the space should be: 

 (a) in reasonably close proximity to the community it serves; 

 (b) demonstrably special to a local community and holds a particular local significance, for example because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value (including as a playing field), tranquillity or richness of its wildlife; and 

 (c) local in character and is not an extensive tract of land. Do these sites meet those criteria? 

Are there other green spaces that you would like to see protected and which meet the criteria? Please let us know your thoughts by contacting the Clerk.

UPDATE OCTOBER 2024

The Parish Council are currently reviewing Policies and Aims to be incorporated in the updated Neighbourhood Plan. Once the Chichester District Local Plan Examination enables the Final Local Plan to come forward, these will be able to be completed for review by residents and other interested parties.

UPDATE MAY 2024 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

At the Annual Parish Meeting on 23rd May 2024 with approximately 40 residents in attendance Councillors presented on the work on the Neighbourhood Plan to date.

CHOICE OF DEVELOPMENT SITES IN PLAISTOW AND IFOLD
FOR THE CHICHESTER DISTRICT EMERGING LOCAL PLAN

Chichester District Council are to decide on development sites within Plaistow and Ifold Parish and this will be achieved once the Chichester District Emerging Local Plan is Adopted via a Local Development Scheme the timetable for which is set out below. Residents will have a chance to comment on site or sites chosen at the Regulation 18 stage of the process anticipated to be in Autumn 2025.

Timetable - Local Development Scheme - Chichester District Council

PLAISTOW AND IFOLD DESIGN CODE

AECOM Planning Consultants working with the Parish Coucnil and taken into account views expressed at the 7th December 2023 Consultation Event have produced a Design Code which will supply evidence to support policies in the Neighbourhood Plan and direct development in the Parish towards good design.

HOUSING NEEEDS ASSESSMENT

AECOM Planning Consultants working with the Parish Coucnil a have produced a Housing needs Assessment for the Parish which will supply evidence to support policies in the Neighbourhood Plan and direct development in the Parish towards houisng need.

7th December 2023

On 7th December 2023 Plaistow and Ifold Parish Council together with AECOM consultants, hosted a consultation event on the 2023 Neighbourhood Plan. Attendees were asked to respond to seven questions and the questions and responses are set out below. 

If you missed this event you can still respond to the questions by emailing Clerk@plaistowandIfold-pc.gov.uk or post your responses into the Winterton Hall, Plaistow, post box on the front of the building. Further responses will be accepted up to 22nd March 2024.The consultation has now closed.

On 8th August 2023, the Parish Council resolved to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan.