Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan Previous Stages

Previous stages

Previous stages of the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan:

October 2024

At the referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan that took place on 17 October 2024, 2353 of the votes cast were in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan being made part of the Development Plan for Milton Keynes and 294 were against. The turnout was 22.9%. The Declaration of the Results

Following the successful referendum, the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan is now in force as part of the statutory development plan for the area covered by Newport Pagnell parish and will be used when making decisions on planning applications in this area.

September 2024

Referendum information:

A Referendum relating to the adoption of the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan will be held on Thursday, 17 October 2024

The question which will be asked in the Referendum is:

'Do you want Milton Keynes City Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Newport Pagnell to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?'

The Referendum area is identified on the map within the Information Statement which is available below. This is the same as the designated Neighbourhood Plan area for Newport Pagnell.

Residential referendum

A person is entitled to vote in the Residential Referendum if, on 17 October 2024:

  • he or she is entitled to vote in a local government election in the referendum area and
  • his or her qualifying address for the election is in the Referendum area. A person’s qualifying address is, in relation to a person registered in the register of electors, the address in respect of which he or she is entitled to be so registered. 

Referendum expenses

The referendum expenses limit that will apply to this referendum is £3,045.63.

The referendum will be conducted in accordance with procedures which are similar to those used at local government elections.

Specified documents

A number of "specified documents" have to be published for the Referendum. These provide information about the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan and the planning system in general.

The specified documents can be viewed here:

A copy of the specified documents may be inspected at:

Questions?

If you have any questions, you can:

Visit the Planning Policy pages of the website.

August 2024

Decision statement following receipt of Examiner's report

Following the receipt of the Examiner's report on the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan, Milton Keynes City Council has considered and accepted all of the Examiner's recommendations.

Examiner's report

The Examiner's report on the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan has been published.

April 2024

Following the publicity period on the submitted Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan, Milton Keynes Council has appointed Andrew Ashcroft to conduct an examination of the Neighbourhood Plan.  The examiner’s main role is to ensure that the neighbourhood plan meets the basic conditions.

Should the examiner consider that a hearing is required as part of the examination then further information and arrangements for that will appear on this web page.

The examiner has prepared a note on the arrangements for the examination.

The examiner has prepared a clarification note. 

The Town Council's response to the clarification note.

March 2024

Newport Pagnell Town Council submitted the Modifications to the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan to Milton Keynes City Council on 13 February 2024.

In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Milton Keynes City Council is now publicising the submitted Modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan and its accompanying documents for six weeks from Friday 1 March 2024 to 5pm on Friday 12 April 2024.

The Publicity Summary Statement provides more information about the plan and the consultation arrangements.

The Submitted Modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan and its accompanying documents can be found as follows:

Following the publicity period, an independent examiner will be appointed to consider the neighbourhood plan and any comments received during the consultation. The examiner will decide if the plan and its policies meet the basic conditions that all neighbourhood plans must comply with, whether the modifications change the nature of the plan and whether the plan should proceed to a local referendum.

Making comments

Any comments on the submitted Modifications to the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan must be received at the following address before 5pm on Friday 12 April 2024

By post to: Neighbourhood Planning, Milton Keynes City Council, Civic, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ.

By email to: neighbourhoodplanning@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Please be aware that all comments that we receive will be publicly available and may be included on our website.

A paper copy of the submitted Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan and its accompanying documents is also available to inspect at the following locations:

June 2021

Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan was formally made part of the Development Plan at the meeting of Full Council on 16 June 2021.

The made Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan can be seen here.

The report to Cabinet and Full Council can be seen here.

The Decision Statement is available here.

May 2021

Examiner's Report

The Examiner's report on the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan has been published. The examiner has concluded that the review of the Plan includes material modifications which do not change the nature of the Plan.  Consequently, the Plan does not require a referendum and the Council will now proceed in due course to make the Plan. 

Examiner’s report on the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan

March 2021

Following the publicity period on the submitted Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan, Milton Keynes Council has appointed Andrew Ashcroft to conduct an examination of the Neighbourhood Plan.  The examiner’s main role is to ensure that the neighbourhood plan meets the basic conditions.

Should the examiner consider that a hearing is required as part of the examination then further information and arrangements for that will appear on this web page.

The examiner has set out his route map for undertaking the examination. 

The examiner has prepared a clarification note. 

Newport Pagnell Town Council’s response to the examiner’s clarification note.

Comments received during publicity period

Submitted Neighbourhood Plan documents:

January 2021

Newport Pagnell Town Council submitted the Modifications to the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan to Milton Keynes Council on 6 January 2021.

In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations, 2012, Milton Keynes Council is now publicising the submitted Modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan and its accompanying documents for six weeks from Friday 22 January to 5pm on Friday 5 March 2021.

The Publicity Summary Statement provides more information about the plan and the consultation arrangements.

The Submitted Modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan and its accompanying documents can be found as follows:

Following the publicity period, an independent examiner will be appointed to consider the neighbourhood plan and any comments received during the consultation.  The examiner will decide if the plan and its policies meet the basic conditions that all neighbourhood plans must comply with and whether the modifications change the nature of the plan.  Where material modifications do not change the nature of the plan (and the examiner finds that the proposal meets the basic conditions, or would with further modifications), a referendum is not required. In this case, the local planning authority will proceed to adopt the modified plan.

Making Comments

Any comments on the submitted Modifications to the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan must be received at the following address before 5pm on Friday 5 March 2021.

By post to:  Neighbourhood Planning, c/o UDLA, Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ

By email to: neighbourhoodplanning@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Please be aware that all comments that we receive will be publicly available and may be included on our website.

June 2016

The Neighbourhood Plan was made part of the Development Plan by Milton Keynes Council on 8th June 2016. The decision statement relating to this is available to view. 

This follows the referendum held on 5th May 2016, the results of which were 3335 votes for 'Yes' and 602 votes for 'No'. The formal declaration of results is also available to view. 

The plan and other specified documents that were subject to referendum are available to download on this webpage as follows:

February 2016 update - Examiner's Report

The Council has now received the examiner's report, which concludes the plan can proceed to referendum subject to certain modifications that are outlined in the report. These changes will now be implemented before the report is formally accepted by the Council and arrangements duly made for a referendum. Further details on this process will appear here in due course.

Post-hearing update

Following the public hearing held on 28 January 2016, the examiner has requested the following materials be made available for his consideration and on this website.

Local Plan proposals map showing settlement boundary and strategic reserve (NB. Fig. 2 in Appendix 5 of the submitted Neighbourhood Plan is erroneous. There is no 'post-2026' strategic reserve. The 'post-2011' reserve referred to is the area marked 'SR5' on the Local Plan proposals map).

Examination

Mr John Parmiter has been appointed as independent examiner for the Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan. He has indicated that he intends to hold a public hearing to assist with this. This hearing will commence at 13:00 on 28 January 2016 at Green Park Community Centre in Newport Pagnell. The hearing is held at the examiner's discretion; the agenda and list of invited participants has been circulated.

The responses made during the publicity period have been shared with the examiner and are now available below along with the submission documents. Newport Pagnell Town Council have also issued some points of clarification in respect of the publicity responses, these too have been shared with the examiner and are available below.

Responses to the publicity period and Newport Pagnell Town Council's response to these are available to download as follows:

The Plan, its appendices, and supporting documents are all available to download as follows:

The submitted Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan:

Appendices:

Supporting Documents:

SEA Screening

The Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan has been screened twice to see whether Strategic Environmental Assessment is required. The result of both screening opinions was that SEA is not needed. A copy of the second screening statement, issued after the likely level of development in the plan increased, is available to view.

Neighbourhood Area

Following a Delegated Decision on the 22 October 2013, the area put forward by Newport Pagnell Town Council in their Neighbourhood Plan Area Application has now been approved as a Neighbourhood Plan Area.

To comply with regulation 7 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Milton Keynes Council is publicising the following details:

The name of the Neighbourhood Area: Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Area.

The name of the relevant body who applied for the designation: Newport Pagnell Town Council.

A map of the designated area can be viewed at: Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan Area. 

The relevant Delegated Decision Report and decision note can be viewed at: Delegated Decision 22 October 2013.

Submission and Consultation

In July 2013, Newport Pagnell Town Council applied to Milton Keynes Council, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, to designate a Newport Pagnell Neighbourhood Plan Area.

The application and a statement explaining why and how Newport Pagnell Town Council intends to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan, and how the organisation and area meet the conditions of Section 61G(2) and 61F(5) of the Town And Country Planning Act, 1990 can be viewed at:

In accordance with Regulation 6 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 Milton Keynes Council consulted residents and other interested stakeholders on this application. The Consultation ran for a 6 week period from Wednesday 31 July 2013 to Wednesday 25 September 2013. A copy of the consultation statement can be viewed at:

This was not a consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan itself, but merely the identification of the area for which the parish or town council wished to prepare a neighbourhood development plan.

Following the close of the 6 week consultation period, Milton Keynes Council considered all the comments received and prepared a report and recommendation to take to the Delegated Decision on the 22 October 2013.