Welcome
A very warm welcome to our website!
The Danbury Neighbourhood Plan is being created by local residents, community groups and businesses and will help us shape how the parish changes in the coming years.
Steering Group Meeting 26th April 2021
The next Steering Group meeting will be held remotely on Monday 26th April 2021 at 2 p.m. and the Notice & Agenda is available HERE. Members of the public who wish to join the meeting can log on using the details shown in the Notice.
Please give us your Email address
If we have your email address, we can notify you when new items are posted on the web site. Please subscribe by selecting the 'Keep me Updated' link at the foot this page and complete the Update Form.
Landowners are invited to submit development proposals on potential Sites.
The Steering Group meeting on 29th July discussed important issues and the minutes are available to read HERE.
The evaluation of the sites put forward to meet Danbury’s allocation of around 100 new homes has been completed. This includes an analysis of the results of the 2018 Questionnaire and an assessment of each site on its suitability for development.
What is Next
Landowners, whose site is under consideration have been asked to provide a brief description of their proposals considering the results of the 2018 Questionnaire to include:
Here are links to provide relevant information:
Landowners have been asked to respond by the middle of September. In addition, Essex Highways have been asked to report on the suitability of each site having a maximum 30 units built adjacent to the Defined Settlement Boundary. When we have this information, we will:
What is the Defined Settlement Boundary and why is it important?
The link HERE takes you to a map of Danbury showing the Defined Settlement Boundary (DSB). You can see the homes within the DSB are not in one continuous area but split into 3 unconnected blocks of different sizes. The Boundary is very important in considering current planning applications. In the main, the existing criteria requires new development to be within the DSB.
When preparing the Neighbourhood Plan, this restriction has been relaxed and sites will be available for selection if they are within or adjoining the DSB. This allows each section of the DSB to grow slightly but not allow sites to be allocated leaving gaps which can be filled later. It can be likened to a fruit or vegetable growing slowly. Once the sites have been built out the DSB will be re-drawn and the existing rule will prevail once again.
Your opinion is important so please give us your e-mail address so we can advise of progress
The website will be updated as the work progresses and if you have provided us with your email address, we will notify you when updates are available. Please use the Keep me Updated link HERE to give us your email address.
We appreciate that not everyone is able to access a computer and we will continue our articles in the Focus and Contact Magazines along with the Danbury Times - we are very grateful to the editors of these magazines who include our articles at no cost. If you have relatives, friends or neighbours who have no access to the web site, please keep them informed of our news.
Project Plan
The Project Plan is currently being revised. The key milestones can be viewed HERE. Estimated timescales will be added once the revised Plan has been updated.
The Danbury Neighbourhood Plan is being created by local residents, community groups and businesses and will help us shape how the parish changes in the coming years.
Steering Group Meeting 26th April 2021
The next Steering Group meeting will be held remotely on Monday 26th April 2021 at 2 p.m. and the Notice & Agenda is available HERE. Members of the public who wish to join the meeting can log on using the details shown in the Notice.
Please give us your Email address
If we have your email address, we can notify you when new items are posted on the web site. Please subscribe by selecting the 'Keep me Updated' link at the foot this page and complete the Update Form.
Landowners are invited to submit development proposals on potential Sites.
The Steering Group meeting on 29th July discussed important issues and the minutes are available to read HERE.
The evaluation of the sites put forward to meet Danbury’s allocation of around 100 new homes has been completed. This includes an analysis of the results of the 2018 Questionnaire and an assessment of each site on its suitability for development.
What is Next
Landowners, whose site is under consideration have been asked to provide a brief description of their proposals considering the results of the 2018 Questionnaire to include:
- Location Plan and proposed access
- Area for development with up to 30 homes which must be adjoining the Defined Settlement Boundary (see below for more information)
- Housing mix (the style and size) which should be in line with Chelmsford’s draft Local Plan Policies
- How they propose to mitigate any identified constraints.
Here are links to provide relevant information:
- List of Sites HERE
- Map HERE showing the Sites under consideration - the Defined Settlement Boundary is coloured Purple.
Landowners have been asked to respond by the middle of September. In addition, Essex Highways have been asked to report on the suitability of each site having a maximum 30 units built adjacent to the Defined Settlement Boundary. When we have this information, we will:
- Update the earlier completed site assessment with any new information. Some of the sites are very large and this work will only assess that part of the site where development is proposed
- Prepare a summary of our conclusions to highlight any constraints
- Prepare information for a public Exhibition and consultation.
What is the Defined Settlement Boundary and why is it important?
The link HERE takes you to a map of Danbury showing the Defined Settlement Boundary (DSB). You can see the homes within the DSB are not in one continuous area but split into 3 unconnected blocks of different sizes. The Boundary is very important in considering current planning applications. In the main, the existing criteria requires new development to be within the DSB.
When preparing the Neighbourhood Plan, this restriction has been relaxed and sites will be available for selection if they are within or adjoining the DSB. This allows each section of the DSB to grow slightly but not allow sites to be allocated leaving gaps which can be filled later. It can be likened to a fruit or vegetable growing slowly. Once the sites have been built out the DSB will be re-drawn and the existing rule will prevail once again.
Your opinion is important so please give us your e-mail address so we can advise of progress
The website will be updated as the work progresses and if you have provided us with your email address, we will notify you when updates are available. Please use the Keep me Updated link HERE to give us your email address.
We appreciate that not everyone is able to access a computer and we will continue our articles in the Focus and Contact Magazines along with the Danbury Times - we are very grateful to the editors of these magazines who include our articles at no cost. If you have relatives, friends or neighbours who have no access to the web site, please keep them informed of our news.
Project Plan
The Project Plan is currently being revised. The key milestones can be viewed HERE. Estimated timescales will be added once the revised Plan has been updated.
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