Decision details

(1)        That the exclusion of an area to the west of the M11 motorway from the application by North Weald Bassett Parish Council for the designation of the whole Parish for the purposes of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan be agreed for the following reasons:

            (a)        a number of strategic cross boundary matters had been identified   which   included, but were not limited to, Green Belt review, cross district    boundary agreement of housing and job growth figures, and planning and      delivery of key strategic infrastructure;

            (b)        the matters identified in (a) above were not within the remit of a       Neighbourhood Plan to address;

            (c)        a comprehensive assessment of all of the possible sites around     Harlow (in Epping Forest, Harlow and East Hertfordshire District Council          areas) must be carried out to ensure that the most suitable site(s) (if any at all) were allocated for development in the Local Plans for these three         Districts; and

            (d)        the proposed area to be excluded from the Neighbourhood Area  designation was defined by existing physical and administrative boundaries, and did not cover an area of high existing population.