Fwd: Local Green Space Review

Dear Sir / Madam,   

Local Green Space Review 

Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is at the early stage of preparing its new Local Plan, which will establish the planning framework to guide future change in B&NES up to 2042. It will contain a vision, strategy and policies to guide and manage how the district grows and changes over the next 20 years and how planning applications for new development will be decided.

In addition to allocating development sites the new local plan will seek to identify green areas of particular importance to be designated as Local Green Spaces. This is in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), and Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) which encourages local communities to identify and nominate green areas of particular importance to them for special protection.

You have been identified as a local community organisation/group with an interest in this process and are therefore invited to put forward sites for consideration. It should be noted that local green spaces are already designated through the Placemaking Plan and therefore, please only put forward any additional sites for consideration. The attached letter and appendix set out further details and guidance on the nomination process.

Please can nominated sites be submitted to the Council by Friday 5pm 14^th July 2023 in order to enable consideration in preparing the Local Plan Options document. If Parish/Town Council meetings are taking place after this date Parishes may wish to submit spaces subject to formal ratification at the next meeting of the Parish/Town Council.

Regards

Richard Daone

Deputy Head of Planning (Policy)

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Planning_policy@bathnes.gov.uk

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