Chevington Village

September Drop-In Session
Village Hall 19 Sept 4pm – 8pm

We’re holding a Drop-In Session to get people in the village across what’s going on with the Neighbourhood Plan. 
Come along any time between 4pm and 8pm. 
We’ll be asking you what you think of the ideas we’ve come up with, things that could really make changes to Chevington, thanks to last year’s survey.

There will be information about what Neighbourhood Plans are, the stages that must be followed before the Plan can be used by West Suffolk Council when deciding planning applications, descriptions of how we take the Plan on to the next stage and how you can get your opinions heard.

We now have our own logo (see below) so look out for it. 
We’ll be using it for everything to do with the Plan from now on.

We’re all across social media too. Look at what we are doing on this page of Chevington’s new village website and on Facebook it’s 'Chevington Village Neighbourhood Plan'.

We’ve got a grant from the government of £4,000 to cover initial costs such as the work by our consultants, Places4People. 
They are well used to this sort of work – over the years they have prepared over 30 Plans across the region. 
They will be doing much of the technical stuff drawing up the Plan and making sure that it meets government regulations.

We’ve also applied to have a Design Guidance prepared for the village. 
That’s going to help guide the way we do any future development.  
If you want to see examples of Plans and Design Guidances they’ll will be on display at the Drop-In.

The big issue for a Neighbourhood Plan is planning permission for building. 
Obviously, we’ll be asking about that, but it also lays out what residents want from their neighbourhood on a broad range of issues and draws up an action plan of projects.

So what kinds of questions do we want answered?

Let’s give you a taster of what to expect, much of which was inspired by the answers you gave to the survey last year.
The most basic question of all is:

What kind of village do you want Chevington to be?

Here are some of the questions we will be asking you during the event. 
Please come with other ideas/suggestions as there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss these with the working party.

Transport and Communication

• Do we want/need a local bus service?
  • This has become a real hot potato following the cancellation of the Chevington to Bury bus service
• Would you like a cycle route connection to Bury? If so where?

Environment

• Are there views in and around Chevington that are particularly precious to you?
• Are there any areas of the village that are important to keep as a green space? E.g. greens, verges, fields, woods.
• Would you like allotments? Where?

Housing and the built environment

• From the village survey, it showed there was interest in a village hub (new village hall, recreation ground, shop, café etc).
  • Do we need it? What do we need?
  • If so which area of the village would you like it?
• If necessary, would you be prepared to accept new housing to pay for a village hub?

Business

• What would make it easier to run your business from Chevington?
• The survey showed keen interest in renewable energy schemes. If we could build a community solar farm, where would you put it?

That’s not all - there will be other ideas we want to put to you to get your views on, and there will be members of the NP Working Party there to answer your questions.

So turn up on the 19th September and get in with the Plan!