Steeple Bumpstead Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of result

Steeple Bumpstead Neighbourhood Plan - declaration of result of poll

Neighbourhood Planning Referendum

I Dan Gascoyne, being the Returning Officer at the above referendum held on Thursday 3 April 2025, do hereby give notice that the results of the votes cast is as follows:

Question: Do you want Braintree District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Steeple Bumpstead to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?

  Votes Recorded Percentage
Number cast in favour of a Yes 437 95.4%
Number cast in favour of a No 21 4.6%
The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of ballot papers
A - want of an official mark 0
B - voting for more answers than required 0
C - writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0
D - being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 0
E - rejected in part 0
Total: 0
Electorate: 1271 | Ballot Papers Issued: 456 | Turnout: 36.03%

And I do hereby declare that more than half of those voting have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan.

Dated
Thursday 3 April 2025

Returning Officer
Dan Gascoyne

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