Rackheath Neighbourhood Plan Review

Rackheath Neighbourhood Plan Review

Rackheath Community Council has undertaken a review of its 2017 Adopted Neighbourhood Plan in accord with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).

Following a consultation with the community and other stakeholder bodies on a pre-submission draft of the modified Neighbourhood Plan between 17 November 2024 and 6 January 2025 (in accordance with Regulation 14 of the aforementioned Regulations), the Community Council submitted its proposed, modified Neighbourhood Plan to Broadland District Council in March 2025.

The submitted documents were approved by the local planning authority against the relevant criteria in Schedule 4B of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 and were subject to a formal consultation.

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The consultation on the submitted, modified Neighbourhood Plan, as required by Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations, 2012 (as amended), finished at 5.00pm on 27 June 2025.

The next stage is for Broadland District Council to submit the Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents to an independent examination. The Council has appointed Mr Andrew Matheson to undertake this examination and this will commence in early July 2025. Written correspondence between the examiner, Broadland District Council and Rackheath Community Council, in respect of the examination, will be published in the ‘documents’ section (available via the link below).

Once the examiner’s report has been produced and submitted to Broadland District Council, the latter will consider the report’s conclusions before either adopting the examiner’s modifications or deciding on the examiner’s recommendations before progressing the plan to a referendum.

The stages involved in the plan are summarised in the table below and will be updated as the plan progresses.

View the modified Neighbourhood Plan documents.

View the current adopted Rackheath Neighbourhood Plan.