Etwall Neighbourhood Plan

This page contains information about the Etwall Neighbourhood Plan and is divided into a number of sections for ease of reference. You can view the contents of a specific section by clicking on the relevant heading.

The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group are making good progress towards completing a first draft of the Plan. The Working Group are reviewing the current proposals to check that they have considered all the issues which have been raised by residents during the consultation process so far.

The Working Group are aiming to have a first draft available for consideration by the Parish Council by late February. Once the Parish Council has approved this version of the Plan, the Working Group will arrange to submit it for residents and statutory consulters like the Environment Agency, Historic England, Derbyshire County Council and SDDC to respond to its contents. This will be a 6 week consultation period.

The Working Group will then consider all the responses, amend the Plan as necessary, then submit it to South Derbyshire District Council. There is still a long process to be followed before the Plan can be made and come into force.

The Plan currently contains details of the challenges faced by Etwall residents to afford to buy or rent homes in Etwall, and the possible ways of helping residents to stay living within the village. It also lays out the areas around the village (the current “settlement boundary”) where development needs to be carefully managed. The Plan specifies the areas of the village where Green Spaces need to be protected, and it also identifies a number of buildings that have a local heritage value which are identified for the contribution they make to the historic character of the Parish. This is in addition to the 15 Listed Buildings within the village.

It also addresses the traffic issues that affect the village, and raises the other concerns that residents have about the lack of a doctor’s surgery, poor mobile phone reception, lack of cycling routes and connectivity to neighbouring villages.

The Plan contains a number of Policies which developers will need to follow, including guidance on how new buildings should look. The decision to build the East Midlands Intermodal Park (referred to as the Freeport locally) is taken by Central Government, and neither the Neighbourhood Plan nor SDDC can stop its development. However, the Plan does include proposals for the possible mitigation which may be needed to minimise any negative effects from the Freeport on the village.

The Etwall Neighbourhood Plan Working Group meet on the second Wednesday of each month. If you would like to get involved, or have any thoughts or feedback on the project, please contact etwallndp@gmail.com