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Background
Evidence Report

Introduction

Purpose of this Background Evidence Report How the Neighbourhood Plan fits within the
This document is the Background Evidence Report for the Local Plan
Ickford Neighbourhood Plan. It brings together all the The Neighbourhood Plan will be in conformity with national
information used to provide evidence for the policies in planning policies and the Aylesbury Vale District Plan
the Neighbourhood Plan. (2004)(saved policies), which sets the strategic planning
Some issues will be dealt with elsewhere by the parish context and policies for the District. The Neighbourhood Plan
council, not all identified issues will appear as policies in will therefore draw on neighbourhood planning principles,
the Neighbourhood Plan. developing more detailed policies specific to Ickford.
Following a finding by the Planning Inspectorate that
certain aspects of the Vale of Aylesbury Plan were unsound,
the Plan was withdrawn on 5 February 2014. Aylesbury
What is a Neighbourhood Development Plan? Vale District Council (AVDC) are developing a new plan:
A Neighbourhood Development Plan (NP or the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan (VALP).This will include
‘Neighbourhood Plan’) is a new way for communities the overall strategy for the district, alongside site
to decide the future of the places where they live and allocations, and development management policies. In
work which was introduced by the Localism Act 2011. summer 2016, a Draft Plan was published and in Autumn
It seeks to enable local communities to take a more 2017, the Submission Draft was published. The Plan was
active role in the development of planning policies at a submitted for Examination in February 2018 and
neighbourhood level and the preparation of Examination Hearings took place in July 2018. Interim
development proposals, reflecting local need and findings of the Inspector can be found on the Aylesbury
aspirations. Once adopted a NP is a material Vale District Council website. This Plan is at an advanced
consideration and has the same weight in decision stage, and the direction of the policies has been taken into
making as the district local plan. account in the drafting of the Neighbourhood Plan.

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