The Basic Conditions Statement confirms that, in the view of Goring on Thames Parish Council, the Goring on Thames Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version meets the legal requirements for a Neighbourhood Development Plan, as follows:
- The draft Plan is being Submitted by a qualifying body:
- The Plan Submission Version is being submitted by GPC which is the qualifying body.
- What is being proposed is a neighbourhood development plan:
- The Plan Submission Version relates to planning matters (the use and development of land) and has been prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements and processes set out in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011) and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012.
- The proposed neighbourhood plan states the period for which it is to have effect:
- The Plan Submission Version (Chapter 1, section 1.3, scope of Plan) specifies the time period for which it is to have effect as 2018 – 2033.
- The policies do not relate to excluded development:
- The Plan Submission Version does not deal with county matters (mineral extraction and waste development), nationally significant infrastructure or any other matters set out in Section 61K of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
- The proposed neighbourhood plan does not relate to more than one neighbourhood area and there are no other neighbourhood development plans in place within the neighbourhood area:
- The Plan Submission Version relates to the Goring on Thames Neighbourhood Area and to no other area. There are no other neighbourhood plans relating to this neighbourhood area.
- The proposed neighbourhood plan has a designated area:
- The Goring on Thames Neighbourhood Area was designated on 20th November 2015.The Neighbourhood Area boundary is shown in Section 1 of this statement and in the Neighbourhood Plan and Sustainability Appraisal. The Neighbourhood Area follows the Goring on Thames Parish Council boundary.