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. You can view the results of the referendum online.
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.
Submission documents
There are also some evidence documents which provide helpful background information, and which were used to inform the draft Neighbourhood Plan.
You can find them on the Danbury Neighbourhood Plan Submission web page.
Examination correspondence
We have published all correspondence relating to the Independent Examination on this page.