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Introduction

The Steering Group (comprising parish councillors and local volunteers) is working on both an update to the 2017-2026 Neighbourhood Plan and a new Plan, to be valid until 2037. 

The update, aiming to complete in the first half of 2023, focuses on the intended use of land set aside in 2017 for a new infant school and doctors’ surgery.

The full revision is wider-ranging and aims to reflect both emerging national/district policies and the latest community priorities.  That revision is targeted to be finalised by 2024.

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We are pressing West Berkshire Council for feedback on the proposal that land previously set aside for a new infant school and doctors’ surgery should be re-assigned for school sports and play facilities, a dental practice and parking, with the remainder set aside for a possible future doctors’ surgery.

Once the feedback is received and addressed, an examiner will be appointed to review the proposal, before the revised Neighbourhood Plan, valid until 2026, is issued. This is expected to complete by the end of 2023.

We are separately chasing its appointed consultant for a report that takes insights obtained from public consultations, to suggest themes for a revised Plan, that will include a strategy for Mortimer’s sustainable development. The resulting comprehensive Neighbourhood Plan update, valid until 2039, is now expected to complete by the first half of 2025.

 

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