Moulton Neighbourhood Plan

Regulations 19 and 20 - Made Plan

Cheshire West and Chester Council decided to make the Moulton Neighbourhood Plan under Section 38A(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on 5 July 2019.

The Moulton Neighbourhood Plan now forms part of the Development Plan for Cheshire West and Chester and will be taken into account in local planning decisions. The Council has published a decision statement which sets out the decision to make the neighbourhood plan and the reasons for doing so.

Referendum

The Moulton NP referendum took place on 4 July 2019, with 90.7% of voters saying "yes" to the neighbourhood plan. 

Regulations 17 and 18 - Examination

Cheshire West and Chester Council appointed Mr Robert Yuille MSc DipTP MRTPI as independent examiner of the Moulton Neighbourhood Plan. ​His report was published on 14 March 2019.

During the course of the examination, Mr Yuille requested some additional information from the Council and the Qualifying Body. He also invited Civitas Planning to respond to Question 11 of his 3 December 2018 letter, and accepted a letter from Gowling WLG. To request copies of these letters and responses, please email neighbourhoodplanning@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

  • Examiner's letter - 3 December 2018
  • LPA response to Examiner's Questions - 22 Jan 2019
  • Moulton PC response to Examiner's Questions - 25 Jan 2019
  • Moulton PC Q2 - Proposals Map
  • Moulton PC Q10 - Local Green Space Map
  • Examiner's letter - additional questions - 25 January 2019
  • LPA response to Examiner's Further Questions - 1 Feb 2019
  • Moulton PC response to Examiner's Further Questions - 8 Feb 2019
  • Examiner's letter to Civitas Planning - 6 February 2019
  • Civitas Planning response to examiner's letter 14 Feb 2019
  • Gowling WLG letter - 8 February 2019
  • Examiner's letter - 14 February 2019
  • CWAC and PC response to Gowling Letter - 28 Feb 2019

Regulation 15 and 16 - Publicity stage consultation and SEA + HRA screening determination

The Moulton NP regulation 16 consultation ran from 11 October to 23 November 2018.

Regulation 14 - Pre-submission consultation

The Moulton NP regulation 14 consultation took place between 4 December 2017 and 11 February 2018.

Regulations 5, 6 and 7 - Neighbourhood Area designation

Moulton Parish Council submitted a neighbourhood area application to the Council and the neighbourhood area was designated on 6 March 2013.