Thornbury Neighbourhood Development Plan (TNDP) Examination

After undertaking the consultation on the submission of the Plan and evidence base, the Plan can now proceed to examination.

Staying informed

Below are the documents submitted to the council as well as further updates on the Examination. Further updates will be made to the webpage as the Examination progresses

Update 14 December 2021 - Final Examiners Report

After undertaking the factual check the council has now received the final Examiners Report from the Examiner on 16 December 2020. This concludes the Examination and the council will now have 8 weeks to review the Report and publish a Determination Statement.

Update 16 November 2021

The Thornbury Neighbourhood Plan Group has provided a response to the questions for clarification. The Examiner has received these and will take these into consideration. The responses submitted can be found linked below:

• Response regarding Policy 1
• Regulation 14 Analysis Methodology
• Regulation 14 Sift 1
• Regulation 14 Sift Action Summary

Update 01st October 2021

The Examiner has issued a number of questions for clarification. The document can be found via the link here. The Thornbury Neighbourhood Plan Group will now have a chance to consider the questions and publish a response. The response will also be published once the Examiner is in receipt of the response.

Update 15th September 2021

South Gloucestershire Council approached NPIERS (Neighbourhood Plan Independent Referral Service) and through discussion and agreement from the Neighbourhood Plan Group the Council have appointed Deborah McCann to undertake the Examination.

Update 16^th August 2021  

South Gloucestershire Council is now in the process of appointing an examiner in liaison with the Thornbury Neighbourhood Planning Group.

The Council has now processed the responses received during the consultation and these can be found linked below.

Regulation 16 consultation comments

The comments received during the recent consultation which closed on 23/07/2021 can be found here

Thornbury Neighbourhood Development Plan Consultation Documents

Below is the most update-to-date Thornbury Neighbourhood Development Plan.

• Thornbury Neighbourhood Development Plan (submission version)
• Basic Conditions Statement
• Basic Conditions Statement Appendix 1: Screening Opinion
• Statement of Community Involvement
• Sustainability Appraisal

Evidence Base

Below you will find evidence base documents that support particular policies within the Plan.

• Evidence Base Report
• Appendix 1: Survey Results
• Appendix 2: Issues Report
• Appendix 3: Options Worksheets
• Appendix 4: Regulation 14 Analysis and Report
• Appendix 5: South Gloucestershire Council Supplementary Comments

This consultation has now closed and we are analysing the results, which will be published here in due course.