Wealden District Council

Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan was formally made at Full Council on 21^st July 2021.

Key Documents

Referendum Result

The Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan successfully passed a referendum held on 6 May 2021 and now forms part of the Council’s Development Plan.

The results of the referendum confirmed that 81% of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being used to decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area.

Referendum Stage (Spring 2021): Specified Documents

On Thursday 6 May 2021 a referendum took place on the Hellingly Neighbourhood Development Plan. The question asked in the Referendum was: “Do you want Wealden District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Hellingly to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?” Further information on the referendum is available in the specified documents below. Specified Documents

Decision on a Plan Proposal

On 29^th April 2020, Wealden District Council agreed the Decision Statement for the Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan. This sets out the modifications that will be made to the plan in response to the Examiner’s modifications.

Examination Wealden District Council appointed John Slater BA (Hons), DMS, MRTPI to undertake the examination of the Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan. The Examiner issued his final report on 27^th March 2020.

Examiners Final Report 27th March 2020

Neighbourhood Plan Hearing. The Independent Examiner considered it necessary to hold a Public Hearing in order to hear oral evidence on certain matters put forward in the Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan Hearing took place at 10.00am on Tuesday 18th February 2020 at Hellingly Village Hall. Notes from the examiner can be viewed and downloaded below. In addition, please see the:

Written submissions provided to the Independent Examiner prior to the Hearing:

Submissions received from Hellingly Parish Council prior to the Hearing:

The following documents formed part of the independent examination process.

Following the receipt of the Draft Wealden Local Plan Planning Inspector’s letter on 20^th December, Wealden District Council updated the Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan Habitat Regulations Assessment Report. Natural England and the Environment Agency were consulted on the report as part of this process. The report is below:

Final Hellingly NDP HRA Report – March 2020

Regulation 16 – Pre Submission consultation on a draft Neighbourhood Plan

Consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Plan for Hellingly Parish closed on 18 June 2019. The consultation responses and the documents forming the consultation can be viewed and downloaded below. Consultation responses

Consultation documents

The documents will be available at the following deposit points: Hellingly Parish Council, 25 Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2PX (by appointment only) Wealden District Council, Council Offices, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2AX (M-F 8.30am to 5pm, Wed 9am to 5pm) and at: Hailsham Library Western Road, Hailsham, BN27 3DN (Mon 12-5, Tue 12-5, Wed Closed, Thu 10-6, Fri 10-5, Sat 10-5) All comments submitted during the consultation period will be passed onto an appointed independent examiner along with a copy of the Neighbourhood Plan and the supporting documents. The role of an independent examiner is to consider whether the submitted plan meets the statutory requirements set out in the legislation and consider the area the referendum should apply to. Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) The Hellingly Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) is available to download below as well as email responses from Natural England, The Environment Agency and Historic England: