The Neighbourhood Plan has made steady progress through the year. A core Neighbourhood Plan team has been formed and this works subject to the guidance of a steering committee which ensures that the work it does is on track and addressing what’s seen as important by the community.

Following a recent meeting with the steering committee (Oct 14) a list of 5 top level priorities has been published. There’s a short report of that meeting at bit.ly/1vMPhIP

We are still interested in people’s opinions of these so if you go to svy.mk/15SLQYJ you can tell us (1) whether or not you agree with them; and (2) if you think we’re missing something really important.

The next steps will be to:

• explain broadly ‘how’ we will address these priorities
• be specific about what this means in terms of actions
• where appropriate, develop these actions into planning policies

After that we’ll have a Neighbourhood Plan which we can publish and begin the process of getting it signed off by the community, by South Cambridgeshire District Council and by ‘the inspector’.

Finally: please don’t think this is a closed process being undertaken by a limited group of people. Practicalities mean that this is sometimes the case but we are very open to anyone contributing to the development of the Plan. If you want to join in please contact Nick Wood (nick.wood@hisimp.net)