Neighbourhood Plan
The following information is an extract from the Government Planning website Neighbourhood planning - GOV.UK
Does a neighbourhood plan have to be updated every 2 years?
There is no timeframe within which neighbourhood plans are required to be reviewed or updated. However, when other policies in the development plan are updated, this may mean that existing neighbourhood plan policies become out-of-date, for example where they conflict with a strategic policy or where they are superseded by other local policies. This does not necessarily mean that the whole neighbourhood plan becomes out-of-date, but only those policies which are superseded by other development plan policies. The starting point for decision making is the development plan, and the National Planning Policy Framework sets out that permission should not usually be granted where a planning application conflicts with an up-to-date development plan (including any neighbourhood plan which forms part of the development plan).
The Framework also confers a degree of limited protection for those neighbourhood plans which satisfy all the criteria set out at paragraph 14(a) – (d). Paragraph 14(a) sets out that the protection can apply where the neighbourhood plan became part of the development plan 2 years or less before the date on which the decision is made. This includes circumstances in which the neighbourhood plan is updated by way of making a material modification to the plan, (provided the relevant criteria continue to be met including that the neighbourhood plan contains policies and allocations that meet the identified housing requirement for the neighbourhood area). In updating the neighbourhood plan, it will be important to ensure that sites identified for years 1-5 are deliverable in line with paragraph 67 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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