The Consultation Statement has been prepared to fulfil the legal obligations of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012. The statement contains
The first full drafts of the Goring Neighbourhood Plan and the Sustainability Appraisal were made public and, importantly, available to all residents and statutory and other interested bodies and stakeholders for the Regulation 14 Consultation process which took place in November and December 2017. Paper copies were made available at the Parish Council Offices and Goring Library. The Plan was also available on the Plan’s website. A four-page leaflet summarising the essential details of the Plan was distributed to every household and all businesses in the village. Copies were also left in shops, pubs and other locations open to the public.
Drop in events took place in 2017 as follows:
The same material was presented at each event. In addition, the relevant developer attended each site-specific event, showing plans of the proposed development and responding to questions and comments.
Responses and comments on the Plan could be submitted on a specially designed web page, by email and by letter. In all, responses were received from 158 individuals and bodies. Approximately 700 specific comments were recorded although many of these were repeated. Analysis of these comments identified 162 specific issues. The Plan’s response to these issues is shown in Section 4 of this document. Between January and March 2018, the draft Plan was revised to take account of the comments received where appropriate. The revised Plan was accepted by Goring Parish Council and submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council for the Regulation 16 Consultation in March 2018.
Comments were received from the following stakeholders:
All comments received have been redacted to remove contact details, leaving only the name / organisation of the commenters on this web site.
Clarifications were sought from statutory bodies as follows:
Comments were received from 158 people or organisations as follows:
Almost 700 separate comments were received, however, many of the comments themselves covered multiple topics, and a significant number of respondents submitted the same comments, either by pasting a standard set of comments or by supplying a standard comprehensive document. There is a high degree of commonality and overlap between the comments made, making it impractical, not proportionate, and not contributing to overall clarity, to respond fully to each comment and each issue within each comment.
Following advice from SODC the approach taken has been: