Daventry District Council

Spratton Village Design Statement

Supplementary Planning Document

Statement of Consultation

Adopted May 2013

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Introduction

This report sets out the consultation undertaken on the Spratton Village Design Statement Supplementary Planning Document (AHSPD). This report is required by regulation 12 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) () Regulations 2012.

At its meeting on 17 th January 2013 the Council’s Strategy Group approved the VDS for the purposes of consultation.

Consultation

Consultation commenced on 1st February 2013. Around 350 emails and letters were sent to developers, Registered Providers, Parish Councils and other neighbouring local authorities.

Publicity

The draft SPD could be accessed from the Planning Policy and Consultation pages of the District Council Website.

Copies were available in all district libraries as well as the Council Offices at Lodge Road, Daventry.

The Council placed notices in the Daventry Express, Chronicle and the Harborough Mail., a copy of which is included at Appendix A.

Consultation Period

Consultation took place with organisations and local residents on the document for a period of 6 weeks until 4.30pm on Friday 15th March 2013.

Comments received. No responses were received.

Consideration of Responses A report was presented to the Council’s Strategy Group on 11 th April 2013 advising that no responses had been received and recommending that the document be adopted subject to some minor changes to the wording (to reflect the fact that consultation had now closed). This was followed by a report to Council on 15th May 2013 when the document was adopted.

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Appendix A

Clipston Village Design Statement Spratton Village Design Statement

Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012

Regulation 12, 13 and 35 – Consultation Statement regarding Supplementary Planning Documents

Daventry District Council is consulting on Village Design Statements for Clipston and Spratton. The documents will, when adopted, provide design guidance for development in Clipston and Spratton parishes and will supplement the Saved policies from the Daventry District Local Plan and the emerging Core Strategy.

The Council hereby welcomes comments from any interested party on the documents. The documents will be available during the consultation period for inspection at Daventry District Council, Lodge Road, Daventry, the libraries at , Daventry, , Moulton and during normal opening hours.

A copy will also be available on the Council’s website: www.daventrydc.gov.uk

Comments in writing should be forwarded to Richard Wood, Local Strategy Manager, Daventry District Council, Lodge Road, Daventry, , NN11 4FP or e-mail [email protected] by 4.30pm on Friday 15th March 2013 at the latest.

Comments cannot be accepted after this time.

Richard Wood Local Strategy Manager

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