Frequently Asked Questions

Tasley Parish Council decided in the autumn of 2022 that a Neighbourhood Development Plan was what the Parish needed to give our residents a greater say in the huge amount of development being planned for our area. There were already 550 homes proposed at Tasley Gateway under the adopted Shropshire Local Plan and a further 1,050 are included in the new Local Plan due to run from 2026 to 2038, if adopted.

Whilst there was much opposition to this amount of development, we knew that decisions on these proposals would be made by Shropshire Council and the Government. However, once adopted, a Neighbourhood Plan would allow us to have some input into the future of Tasley. It could allow us to give protection to some of our best loved green spaces and their biodiversity. It could allow us some control over the design of new housing including its density and help to support the infrastructure needed to go with this level of development.

Tasley Neighbourhood Development Plan (TNP) sets out the planning policies we have prepared to achieve the best outcomes for Tasley Parish and is the result of the consultations we have held with the local community to understand their needs and desires for the future of this parish.

• Neighbourhood Plans 

• are a part of the overall National Planning Framework 

•  are a way for local communities to have a say in the future planning of the area in which they live and work

  •  i.e to identify their local priorities and to identify what they would like yto see included in any new developments

• enable Parish and Town councils to prepare neighbourhood plans for their local area

  • putting in place a strategies and policies for the future developments

• are an important and powerful planning document that has statutory weigh

  • the policies must be taken into account in future planning 

• cannot be prepared in isolation

  • they have to sit within a higher- level planning policy framework of

    • the national Government planning policy (i.e. the National Planning Framework: NPF)

    • the local planning authority’s adopted Local Plan (i.e. the Shropshire Council Local Plan )

• cannot overwrite or contradict policies in the NPF or Local Plan

In Shropshire, Broseley, Much Wenlock and Shifnal have already developed Neighbourhood Plans. 

Tasley is among the communities who are developing their Neighbourhood Plans.

There are certain legal requirements that Neighbourhood Plans must meet, known as the Basic Conditions, against which a draft plan is reviewed during an independent examination process.

This examination takes place before the Plan can be subjected to a local referendum. 

These requirements include a formal structure for the final document which for the majority of people can be quite intimidating and difficult to understand.

• • Neighbourhood Plans are a part of the overall National Planning Framework 

•  are a way for local communities to have a say in the future planning of the area in which they live and work

  •  i.e to identify their local priorities and to identify what they would like yto see included in any new developments

• enable Parish and Town councils to prepare neighbourhood plans for their local area

  • putting in place a strategies and policies for the future developments

• are an important and powerful planning document that has statutory weigh

  • the policies must be taken into account in future planning 

• cannot be prepared in isolation

  • they have to sit within a higher- level planning policy framework of

    • the national Government planning policy (i.e. the National Planning Framework: NPF)

    • the local planning authority’s adopted Local Plan (i.e. the Shropshire Council Local Plan )

• cannot overwrite or contradict polocies in the NPF or Local Plan

In Shropshire, Broseley, Much Wenlock and Shifnal have already developed Neighbourhood Plans. 

Tasley is among the communities who are developing their Neoghbourhood Plans.

There are certain legal requirements that Neighbourhood Plans must meet, known as the Basic Conditions, against which a draft plan is reviewed during an independent examination process.

This examination takes place before the Plan can be subjected to a local referendum. 

These requirements include a formal structure for the final document which for the majority of people can be quite intimidating and difficult to understand.

The local authority, i.e. Shropshire Council, is also responsible for developing a Local Plan. 

For Shropshire the 'local' plan covers the whole of the county.

Town and Parish Councils, such as Bridgnorth Town Council and Tasley Parish can influence the Local Plan by:

• submitting comments and objections to the draft plan

• make suggestion for amendments to the draft plan 

The ultimate decision on the Local Plan lies with the local authority, i.e. Shropshire Council.

The plan is subject to review by the nation planning inspectors (the Shropshire Plan is currently at this stage).

Town and Parish Councils are able to make submissions to the planning inspectors 

• Bridgnorth Town Council and Tasley Parish Council are jointly working on their submissions

Once approved and adopted the Local Plan cannot be changed.