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Shrewton Neighbourhood Plan

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Welcome!

14 Apr 25

The big news is that the developer who was thinking of submitting a Speculative Bid to Wilts Council to develop houses in Shrewton has decided instead to work with the Neighbourhood Plan and not try to compete with it.  

 

As the village remains vulnerable to any speculative bid until such time as the NP is "Made" by Wilts Council sometime in early 2026, this is a significant statement.  

 

However, it doesn't prevent a different developer coming forward with a Speculative Bid using different land, so the NPSG is still working away, as fast as reasonably possible.  And for this, we need all villagers to engage.

 

Time is not on Shrewton's side.​

​Other progress

  • Stephen Tarr has volunteered for the NPSG Community Engagement role, and we will all help him.  This leaves only the Business role vacant - volunteers please, as it isn't particularly onerous. 

  • AECOM continues working on the Shrewton Housing Needs Assessment, which will take 16 weeks or so.  We should be given an update sometime in June. 

  • The NPSG is developing a methodology to compare all identified landholdings in the SHELAA against major policies and requirements in the NP, so that there is full transparency and fairness in the NP process. And this will also be compared with the analytics coming from the Questionnaire responses.

  • Work on the draft NP V1 is taking longer than we had hoped but progress is being made.  

  • 130 Questionnaire responses so far.  Here is The Questionnaire   You can collect paper copies from the Bridge Garage and Profile Studio.​​  If you haven't done one, please do - every little helps. Short questionnaires for kids and the youth are being developed by relevant organisations.  And the need for a survey of community assets and facilities has been identified, so they can have their say.  

  • The next public Zoom call is on 1 May at 1900 and the next physical meeting is in the VH on 17 April.

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All comments and suggestions are welcomed.  ​Thank you!!

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Patrick Curry, Chair NPSG - patrick.curry@shrewton.info

The new government’s planning targets and policies are about to increase significantly the number of new houses to be built in Shrewton before 2030. At the same time, the amount of traffic through the village is expected to increase if alternative arrangements are not made.

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For the second time in 12 years, Shrewton Parish Council has launched the development of a Neighbourhood Plan as a legally recognised instrument for Shrewton to be able to control and influence the development of housing, infrastructure and transport within Shrewton and the external infrastructure and services upon which Shrewton depends. This second project to develop a Neighbourhood Plan draws heavily on the extensive work done during the first project. 

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Shrewton Parish Council has formally sponsored the Neighbourhood Planning Steering Group (NPSG) to be the focus for the development and delivery of the Neighbourhood Plan.  Shrewton Parish Council will support and work closely with the NPSG to achieve this.  We need volunteers to help!!

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