The Portland Neighbourhood Plan has now been examined and changes to the submitted version recommended by the Examiner have been accepted by the Local Planning Authority. Dorset Council as the planning authority have confirmed that the Plan could proceed to a local Referendum. However emergency regulations resultant from the Coronavirus Act 2020 state that no […]
The inspector has now undertaken a local visit and corresponded with Dorset Council and Portland Town Council. The covering letter and schedule of requests are available to view in this PDF. There has been further correspondence between the Local Planning Authority, Portland Town Council and the Plan’s examiner. Latest information is available on the Dorset […]
The Local Planning Authority have now appointed an Inspector and the process she intends to adopt is set out as per this letter. Details of the comments received will be posted by the Local Planning Authority at an appropriate point. Once we have any further information we will advise accordingly via this News Page.
15th August 2019 to end of day 9th October 2019 The Consultation which is under the direct control of the Local Planning Authority has now commenced. Details of the consultation and associated documents can be found on the Dorset Council Website. The Town Council is allowed to promote the consultation and accordingly have arranged for […]
Portland Town Council on behalf of the Community has now submitted the version of the Neighbourhood Plan to be consulted on under the Regulation 16 requirements. This consultation will be overseen by the Local Planning Authority and all comments will be referred to an appointed Inspector. The consultation period will last six weeks and once […]
Page updated: 4th Jan 2019 The draft version of the Neighbourhood Plan which is intended to be formally submitted to the Local Planning Authority at the end of January 2019 together with supporting information is now set below. Please note we are currently in discussion with the local planning authority to determine whether a further […]
The Portland Plan consultation has now closed and a summary is available. Thank you to all who sent in comments. The purpose of the summary is to: Clarify the relationship between the Local Plan Review and the Portland Neighbourhood Plan. Provide some details about the recent ‘Regulation 14’ Consultation (June/July 2018) and actions currently being […]
Portland Neighbourhood PlanRegulation 14 Public Consultation Notice In accordance with Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Part 5, 14(a)-(c), notice is given that a formal pre-submission public consultation on the Draft Portland Neighbourhood Plan will start at 9am on Monday 18th June 2018 ending 5pm on Monday 30th July 2018. About the PlanThe Portland Neighbourhood Plan […]
Thank you to those who responded to the Informal Consultation Stage. Comments were also received from the Local Planning Authority, the Minerals Authority, DCC, Historic England, Portland Port, the Department of Environment as well as landowners and developers. A listing of comments and response are now available in the document library under 2018. The plan […]
The informal consultation period which ran between the 28th November 2017 and 12th January 2018, has now closed. Thank you to those who contributed to the recent informal consultation phase. We are currently analysing the comments received including those from a number of statutory bodies. In general most people we spoke to and commented were […]