Caterham, Chaldon and Whyteleafe
Update March 2021
On Thursday 6 May 2021, there will be a referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan for the parishes of Caterham Valley, Caterham-on-the-Hill, Chaldon and Whyteleafe (CCW Neighbourhood Plan) in the designated neighbourhood area.
The plan which is the subject of the referendum is the Neighbourhood Plan as modified following independent examination and agreed by the Council’s Planning Policy Committee in September 2020 (for further details see previous updates below)
The following documents are relevant to the referendum:
Since initial publication of the modified Neighbourhood Plan a minor correction has been made to the area of Local Green Space 19 to clarify the designated area of St Luke’s churchyard, Whyteleafe. This applies to Figure 7.9 on page 52 and Inset 3 on page 77 of the Neighbourhood Plan, and to Figure 7.9 and page 21 of Appendix B. This correction was agreed by the CCW Neighbourhood Plan Group and is supported by the Council. Paragraph 12 (6) (e) of schedule 4B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) allows for the correction of errors, in respect of the submission version of a neighbourhood plan, prior to a plan going to referendum.
If approved at referendum the Neighbourhood Plan will be taken to the Planning Policy Committee to be made, will become part of Tandridge District Council’s planning policies for the area and given full legal weight in planning decisions.
Background
On 24 September 2020 the Planning Policy Committee agreed to accept all the Examiner’s recommended modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan and that the Neighbourhood Plan as modified could proceed to local referendum in due course. They also agreed that the Plan would now be given significant weight in deciding relevant planning applications.
View the Council’s Decision Statement.
View the modified (ie Referendum) Neighbourhood Plan and its appendices, Appendix A and Appendix B.
Examination Report - update 11 August 2020
The report of the independent Examiner of the Neighbourhood Plan has now been received.
It can also be seen on the CCW NP website.
The Examiner recommends that, subject to modifications, the Neighbourhood Plan meets legal requirements and can proceed to referendum. In his report he makes a number of recommendations and sets out the reasons for these.
The next steps are for Tandridge District Council to decide whether to accept his recommendations, and whether to take the modified Neighbourhood Plan forward to a referendum in which people in the Neighbourhood Plan area can decide whether to accept the plan.
We anticipate that the Neighbourhood Plan referendum version will be considered by the Tandridge District Council Planning Policy Committee on 24 September 2020.
A referendum will not take place before May 2021, in line with current government regulations related to the Covid 19 pandemic.
If you have any queries, please contact the Strategy Team on 01883 722000 or contact customer services.
Examination
An independent Examiner (Mr Jeremy Edge) has been appointed by Tandridge District Council, and all the responses made to the Regulation 16 consultation, and the three responses to the June 2019 consultation on Local Green Space, together with the material submitted by the parishes at Regulation 16, have been passed to him for consideration.
Any questions raised by the Examiner, and details of any public hearing will be published on this website and on the website of the Caterham Chaldon and Whyteleafe neighbourhood plan.
To date the Examiner has asked for further information on two issues: proposed allocations of Local Green Space, and housing sites, within the neighbourhood plan area.
He asked the group responsible for preparing the plan to complete a template providing information on each proposed Local Green Space by mid February 2020. These have been received. View the completed templates.
He has also asked for an update of Table 5.2 in the neighbourhood plan, which lists sites for housing in the neighbourhood plan area, and requested further information on the delivery of those sites. He also asked the CCW Steering Group and Tandridge District Council to agree a Statement of Common Ground relating to this Table before the hearing date. View the updated table and the Statement of Common Ground.
He is will hold a hearing on Tuesday 10 March 2020, at the Soper Hall, Harestone Valley Road, Caterham CR3 6HY, commencing at 10am. He has issued an agenda, a list of invitees he wishes to hear from, and a series of questions. Due to the availability of some invitees please note that he will deal with the Housing topic first ie the agenda will be taken in reverse order on the day. View the agenda.
The Examiner will report to the Council on the neighbourhood plan. If the neighbourhood plan is acceptable it will progress to local referendum, and if approved at referendum, will become part of Tandridge District Council’s planning policies for the area.
If you have any queries, please contact the Strategy Team on 01883 722000 or contact customer services.
Regulation 16 Consultation
Tandridge District Council published the submitted Caterham, Chaldon and Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Plan for a six week consultation, running from 9am Friday 19 July until 5pm on Monday 2 September 2019. This consultation is now closed.
View the responses made to the consultation. Personal details have been redacted.
The documents which were consulted on are available to download below.
Supporting information and additional documentation is available to view on the Caterham, Chaldon and Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Plan website.
The Consultation Statement Addendum July 2019 and Annex I to the Consultation Statement explain that in June 2019 owners of land proposed to be designated as Local Green Space were notified of this by the CCW Steering Group.
Three responses were received. Read the responses.
The landowners were also consulted formally as part of the Regulation 16 consultation described above.
Background
The first proposal for a Neighbourhood Plan in Tandridge was for the area made up by the Caterham Hill Parish, Caterham Valley Parish, Chaldon Parish and Whyteleafe Parish. This proposed Neighbourhood Plan was the subject of a "front runner" bid for Government funding in late 2011. The bid was successful and £20,000 was awarded to help prepare the Neighbourhood Plan. More details can be found on the website.
A formal application made by Caterham Hill Parish Council, Caterham Valley Parish Council, Chaldon Village Council and Whyteleafe Village Council to designate the Neighbourhood Area was received by the Council and was publicised in accordance with the relevant Regulations. No comments were received. On 18 July 2012 the Council designated the Caterham Hill/Caterham Valley/Chaldon/Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Area.
Upon expiry of the original designation, a formal application to re-designate the Neighbourhood Area (unchanged) was received by the Council and publicised in accordance with the relevant Regulations. No adverse comments were received. On 10 September 2018 the Council designated the Caterham Hill/Caterham Valley/Chaldon/Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Area.
The area is shown on this map of CR3 Neighbourhood Area.
The District Council has screened the proposed Neighbourhood Plan to determine if a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) will be required. The CR3 Neighbourhood Plan SEA Screening doc concludes a SEA will be required.
Following the first SEA, the Neighbourhood Plan decided to no longer allocate sites. View the update to the SEA.