The Power of Neighbourhood Planning

Neighbourhood planning, introduced by the Localism Act 2011, is now well established as the new ‘first tier’ of our planning system. The key to this brave new world of localism is the Neighbourhood Development Plan, which enables local communities to make planning policies for their area that have statutory effect and which must be taken into account by decision makers.

But how does a neighbourhood plan get off the ground? How do communities make sure that it comes into force? And, mo…