To make the Clifford neighbourhood development plan as part of the statutory development plan for Herefordshire and approve the consequential updates to the countywide policies maps.

To fulfil the legal duty to make /adopt the Clifford 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.

That:

a) The Clifford neighbourhood development plan be 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 Clifford neighbourhood development plan following the legal requirements of a positive referendum result on the 13 October 2022 and compliance with the European obligations and Human Rights conventions, as referred to in this report.