Consultation on Danbury Neighbourhood Plan

Parish-tier councils, or other organisations, can take the lead in creating neighbourhood development plans, community plans and orders for planning in their area. We will help to create the plans, and make decisions at key stages.

Referendum

The Danbury Neighbourhood Plan has been developed by Danbury Parish Council. It covers the whole of the parish, and includes planning policies on the environment, village character, development, and open space.

The draft Danbury Neighbourhood Plan will proceed to a local referendum within the Neighbourhood Area. This follows an independent examination carried out by written representations.

We will hold the referendum on 12 December 2024. You can view our Upcoming Elections page to find out more about the referendum and how you can vote in it.

We will announce the result of the referendum on Friday 13 December 2024. If the majority of people who vote in the referendum support the draft Plan, we will adopt it and it will become part of Chelmsford’s Local Plan.

Referendum documents

We have published the following documents as part of the referendum information:

Draft Danbury Neighbourhood Plan
Examiner’s Report
Summary of the representations submitted to the independent Examiner
Decision Statement by Chelmsford City Council (that the draft Plan meets the basic conditions and convention rights)
Information Statement (about the referendum, town and country planning and neighbourhood planning)

You can also view the documents at:

Customer Service Centre, Civic Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1JE (Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm).
Danbury Parish Council, The Old School House, Main Road, Danbury, Chelmsford CM3 4NQ. (You can contact the Parish Council on 01245 225111 for opening times.)

Responses to consultation

Although consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Plan has now closed, you can still view the comments we received to the consultation on our Consultation Portal.

You can read our guide on how to view comments.