Sproughton Neighbourhood Plan
The Sproughton Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) has been prepared by the Parish Council and local community and will be used to help guide and shape future development in the parish.
Sproughton NDP Review
Sproughton Parish Council are reviewing their adopted Neighbourhood Plan to ensure that it remains relevant and up to date. For more information, please visit the parish council website.
The adopted Sproughton NDP (Nov 2023)
Reg 20 Formal adoption (28 November 2023)
In an ‘out of meeting’ decision taken on Tuesday 28 November 2023 Babergh District Council agreed to adopt ('make') the Sproughton NDP.
This NDP, which covers the plan period to 2037, now forms part of the development plan and will be used to help determine planning applications in the parish unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
- Read the adopted Sproughton NDP
- Read the adoption Decision Statement
- See the 'out of meeting' request
Supporting Evidence
This NDP is supported by a comprehensive list of background documents. These include a Design Guide, and separate assessments that cover Housing Need, Local Green Spaces, and Sites. There is also an Appraisal of Non-designated Heritage Assets, and various other landscape studies and third-party documents.
Previous stages...
Local Referendum (21 November 2023)
A local referendum on the Sproughton NDP was held on Tuesday 21 November 2023.
The question asked of those entitled to vote was: "Do you want Babergh District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Sproughton to help it decide planning applications in the Neighbourhood Plan Area?"
- See the Declared Result (a majority yes vote)
Reg 18 Exam Report Decision Statement (16 August 2023)
New procedures, agreed in September 2021, mean that a NDP could be advance to a referendum without Cabinet approval where there is no objection to implementing the Examiner's recommendations. That applied in this case, with the decision confirmed through publication of the following statement:
Reg 17 Examination (Final Report - 24 July 2023)
Babergh District Council appointed Ann Skippers BSc (Hons) MRTPI FHEA FRSA AoU to carry out an independent examination of the Sproughton NDP. The examination was conducted through written correspondence.
On 24 July 2023, the Examiner issued her final report. It recommended that, subject to modification, this NDP met the basic condition tests and that it should proceed to a local referendum.
See also:
- The Examination Correspondence document
- The updated Appraisal of Non-designated Heritage Assets (Sept 2022)
- The Special Character Area appraisal (Sept 2023)
Reg 16 Submission consultation (12 Dec 2022 to 3 Feb 2023)
The submission draft Sproughton NDP was made available for public consultation between 12 December 2022 and 3 February 2023. The Parish Council (the qualifying body) had formally submitted the following documents:
- A Map identifying the NDP Area
- The Submission draft Sproughton NDP 2018 – 2037
- A Consultation Statement
- A Basic Conditions Statement
- Copies of the SEA and HRA Screening Reports and Determination Notices (see further below)
- A comprehensive list of supporting documents (now published above with the adopted NDP)
An assessment on how this NDP met the basic conditions formed part of the examination. At the time of submission, our initial check suggested that the relevant procedural requirements had been met. Read our Regulation 15 Checklist.
Respondents were also reminded that their comments would be forwarded to the examiner and, with the exception of personal details, be published on this website.
SEA/HRA Screening and Determination (Sept 2022)
Initial screening of this NDP to determine whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and or a Habitats Assessment (HRA) were needed took place in late 2021. A post-Reg 14 version of the NDP went through further screening in Summer 2022. This concluded that a full SEA and HRA were not needed. The relevant reports and determination notices are published below:
- Read the Sproughton NDP SEA Screening Report (LUC, June 2022)
- Read the Sproughton NDP HRA Screening Report (LUC, June 2022)
- Read the Sproughton NDP SEA Determination Notice (Sept 2022)
- Read the Sproughton NDP HRA Determination Notice (Sept 2022)
Reg 14 Pre-submission Consultation (2 Oct to 15 Nov 2021)
Pre-submission consultation by the parish council on a draft plan took place between 2 October and 15 November 2021.