Quinton Neighbourhood Plan Referendum to take place in January

A neighbourhood plan referendum will take place on Thursday 19^th January in Quinton.

Voters in these parishes will go to the polls to vote if Stratford-on-Avon District Council should use the Neighbourhood Plan for Quinton to help decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area.

To vote in these referendums residents of Quinton must be registered to vote and be 18 or over on the day of the poll.

To check you are on the Electoral Register and eligible to vote or to register please contact the District Council's Electoral Services on 01789 260208 no later than Tuesday 3^rd January 2023.

Polling stations for this Referendum will be at:

• Quinton and Admington Village Hall, Lower Quinton, CV37 8SE.
• Meon Vale Village Hall, Bailey Avenue, Meon Vale, CV37 8QR.

Counting for the Neighbourhood Planning Referendums will take place on Friday 20^th January.

The referendum will be asking whether the community wish to see the District Council use the Neighbourhood Plan to decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area (which is based on the Parish boundary).

A number of documents (referred to as 'specified documents' in the Regulations) have been produced in order to help with the voting process. These specified documents can be viewed on the District Council's website on the page dedicated to the specific referendums.

The Quinton Neighbourhood Plan

The Quinton was independently examined between May and August 2022 and the Examiner recommended that, subject to some proposed modifications, the Plan should proceed to referendum.

The District Council has issued a Decision Statement on the Quinton Neighbourhood Plan and the Portfolio Holder for 'Place at the District Council has endorsed the recommendation to proceed to referendum. The referendum will be asking whether the community wish to see the District Council use the Neighbourhood Plan to decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area (which is based on the Parish boundary).

For further information visit: www.stratford.gov.uk/Quintonnp

In accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (Referendum) Regulations 2012 (as amended) the Local Planning Authority must publicise the referendum for a minimum of 28 working days prior to the date of the referendum.

The documents are available on the District Council website, as detailed above.

 Alternatively, a printed version of the specified documents are available for inspection at:

• Stratford-on-Avon District Council Offices at Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HX. Opening hours are Monday - Friday 9am to 2pm.

• Stratford-upon-Avon Library, 12 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6PZ. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm and Saturday 1am to 3pm.
  
  
• Quinton Parish Council C/O Maria Norman (Parish Clerk), Oak Tree View, Rookery Lane, Newbold-on-Stour, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 8TZ

If you have difficulty accessing any of the documentation, please call the Planning Policy team at the District Council on 01789 260321 who will be able to assist.

Neighbourhood planning is a key component of the Government's Localism Act, introducing a new tier of planning. The Localism Act devolves greater powers to councils and neighbourhoods, giving local people new rights to shape the development of the communities in which they live by taking a more active role in the development of planning policy at a local level.

The Act makes it clear that a Neighbourhood Plan will have to generally conform to the Development Plan produced by the District Council.