To make the Ross on Wye neighbourhood development plan as part of the statutory development plan for Herefordshire and approved the consequential updates to the countywide policies maps.

To fulfil the legal duty to make /adopt the Ross on Wye neighbourhood development plan and update the countywide policies map as part of the statutory development plan for Herefordshire.

Herefordshire Council has positively supported communities to be involved in producing a neighbourhood development plan and currently has the greatest number being produced in a local authority area within England.

There are currently 113 plans in total; 72 of which have now been made. These neighbourhood development plans are produced by parish councils and their local communities and provide locally designed planning policies to support the delivery of the Herefordshire Local Plan – Core Strategy and guide development within the town or parish until 2031.

On 20 May 2016, the Council delegated authority to the cabinet member for decisions on all further neighbourhood development plans adoptions and amendments to the countywide policies map.

That:

a)    The Ross on Wye neighbourhood development plan is made as part of the statutory development plan for Herefordshire; and

b)    The required consequential changes are made to the countywide policies map.

1.               There are no alternative options to making or adopting the Ross on Wye neighbourhood development plan following the legal requirements of a positive referendum result on the 6 May 2021 and compliance with the European obligations and Human Rights conventions, as referred to in this report.