Bures Hamlet and Bures St Mary Neighbourhood Plan
The parishes of Bures Hamlet and Bures St Mary are preparing a joint Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP). When complete, the Plan will be used to help guide and shape future development across the two parishes.
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SEA/HRA Screening and Determination (Nov 2024)
The pre-submission draft Bures NDP has been screened to determine whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and or a Habitats Assessment (HRA) were required. Both were 'screened-out'.
The screening assessment - carried out by the consultants appointed by the Bures NDP Team - and the joint determination notice issued by Babergh District Council and Braintree District Council are published below:
- Bures NP Preliminary SEA HRA Screening Assessment - 2024
- Bures NP SEA HRA Determination Notice - Nov 2024
Bures Hamlet and Bures St Mary Neighbourhood Plan Bures Hamlet Parish Council undertook a Regulation 14 Consultation which ended at midnight on Monday 28th October 2024.
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In June 2021 a joint application was submitted by Bures Hamlet Parish Council and Bures St Mary Parish Council to their respective local planning authorities (Braintree District Council and Babergh District Council) to designate the parish of Bures Hamlet combined with Bures St Mary as a Neighbourhood Plan Area, under Neighbourhood planning Regulations 2012 (part 2, sect 6).
Bures Hamlet and Bures St Mary Area Application and Area Map
As the application covers two parishes as a single Neighbourhood Plan Areas, a six week consultation period is required.
Reg 6 - Area Designation Consultation. Both authorities therefore invited comments on the appropriateness or otherwise of the proposed NDP Area.
View a map of the proposed area
The same consultation was published on the Babergh District Council website
The consultation began on Wednesday 1 September and closed at 4:00pm on Friday 15 October 2021.
The Bures Neighbourhood Area application was approved by Braintree District Council Local Plan Sub-Committee on the 25th November 2021.
Regulation 7 Public Notice - Designation of the Bures Neighbourhood Plan Area - 25th November 2021
For further information please contact the Parish Council at buresparishcouncils@gmail.com or see the Bures Neighbourhood Plan
Page updated November 2024
