Referendum
The Edith Weston Neighbourhood Plan is now at the stage of proceeding to a public referendum, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday 20th February 2025 when residents of Edith Weston parish will be asked:
‘Do you want Rutland County Council to use the neighbourhood plan for the Parish of Edith Weston to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’
If the Plan is successful at referendum, then it will then be ‘made’ (adopted) by Rutland County Council. This means it will become part of the development plan for this area, against which planning applications will be assessed.
The Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents are available to download below.
For more information about the Referendum process, visit the Neighbourhood planning referendums page.
Decision Statement
Rutland County Council in consultation with Edith Weston Parish Council having considered each of the recommendations made by the examiner’s report, and the reasons for them have accepted the modifications to the draft plan which are set out in the decision statement and can be viewed below.
Edith Weston Neighbourhood Plan Decision Statement
Rutland County Council can now confirm that the Edith Weston Neighbourhood Plan will proceed to a Neighbourhood Referendum.
Independent Examination
Rutland County Council and Edith Weston Parish Council have agreed and appointed Andrew Ashcroft as the independent examiner to conduct the examinations of the Edith Weston Neighbourhood Plan. The Examination note explains the Examination process.
The examiner concluded that subject to a series of recommended modifications set out in the examiners report, report, that the review of the Edith Weston Neighbourhood Development Plan meets all the necessary legal requirements and should proceed to referendum. Within five weeks following receipt of the Examiner’s report, the Council will decide whether the plan is ready for referendum and publish a Decision Statement.
Download the Examiner's Report
Download the Examiner's Note
Download the Examiner's Clarification Note
Download Edith Weston Parish Council's response to the Examiner's Clarification Note
Consultation Responses
Responses we have received during the public consultation:
- Anglian Water
- British Horse Society
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation
- Environment Agency
- Historic England
- Integrated Care Board
- Leicestershire County Council
- National Highways
- Natural England
- RCC Officer Comments
Public Consultation
We undertook a six week public consultation on the draft submission plan and associated documents between Monday 29th April and Monday 10th June 2024.
All representations and comments received have been passed on to the independent examiner who will consider the representations and recommend whether the Neighbourhood Plan should be put to a community referendum.
All comments are publicly available and identifiable by name and organisation (where applicable). Personal information will be processed in line with our GDPR (Data Protection) requirements.
Neighbourhood Plan Documents