Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum - Renewal Application Consultation

This consultation has now closed.

Neighbourhood Forums work with local communities to prepare Neighbourhood Plans for their area and forum designations last for five years. On 3 November 2022, Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum applied to BCP Council to renew its status as the designated neighbourhood forum for the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan area in accordance with s61F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and s8 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.

The forum was last designated in 2017 and its ‘qualifying body’ status expired in October 2022. It now seeks to demonstrate compliance with the statutory conditions to enable it to continue to operate as a qualifying body for purposes of neighbourhood planning within the designated plan area.

Neighbourhood forums must be able to demonstrate that they have a written constitution to describe the basic framework of the organisation including its purpose, membership rules and election of officers. The neighbourhood planning legislation and regulations state that Forums must have at least 21 members who are individuals, either living, working within the area of the neighbourhood forum, or are elected members of the authority concerned.

The information submitted to the council to renew the Forum’s status comprises of an application received by email on 3 November 2022 setting out:

(a) Application form and list of members with contact details.

(b) Map of the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan Area and rationale.

(c) Vision Statement and Objectives setting out that the forum is established for the purpose of promoting or improving the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the area.

(d) Written constitution of the proposed neighbourhood forum and membership details.

(e) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity Constitution, objects, equality diversity and inclusion policy, data protection policy, legal and financial statements.

Please note that if the neighbourhood forum’s status is approved by the council, no other organisation may be designated as a neighbourhood forum for the purposes of the Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 for that neighbourhood area until the designation expires or is withdrawn. This will only affect the ability to exercise neighbourhood planning powers and will not affect the existence or creation of any other neighbourhood community voluntary or charitable bodies in the area.

Have Your Say

We asked for views and comments on the renewal application from residents and other interested parties. Respondents were asked to consider whether the forum should be designated, i.e., that they should continue to exist.

During the consultation period, respondents could view Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum's renewal application here and at:

They could respond to the consultation by:

  • Completing an online survey or;
  • Completing a paper survey and posting it to ‘Neighbourhood Planning Team, BCP Planning Policy, BCP Council, PO Box 9548, Bournemouth, BH1 9ET’ or emailing it to the address below, or;
  • Sending an email to neighbourhoodplanning@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

If respondents had any questions or required the documents in a different format, they could contact neighbourhoodplanning@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

The consultation closed at 23:59pm on 22 December 2022.

Next steps

All comments received during the consultation period will be considered and will feed into our formal decision-making process. If the council approves the application, the Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum will be able to operate as a qualifying body, for the purpose of neighbourhood planning in the designated area for a period of five years.

This consultation has now closed.

Neighbourhood Forums work with local communities to prepare Neighbourhood Plans for their area and forum designations last for five years. On 3 November 2022, Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum applied to BCP Council to renew its status as the designated neighbourhood forum for the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan area in accordance with s61F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and s8 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.

The forum was last designated in 2017 and its ‘qualifying body’ status expired in October 2022. It now seeks to demonstrate compliance with the statutory conditions to enable it to continue to operate as a qualifying body for purposes of neighbourhood planning within the designated plan area.

Neighbourhood forums must be able to demonstrate that they have a written constitution to describe the basic framework of the organisation including its purpose, membership rules and election of officers. The neighbourhood planning legislation and regulations state that Forums must have at least 21 members who are individuals, either living, working within the area of the neighbourhood forum, or are elected members of the authority concerned.

The information submitted to the council to renew the Forum’s status comprises of an application received by email on 3 November 2022 setting out:

(a) Application form and list of members with contact details.

(b) Map of the Broadstone Neighbourhood Plan Area and rationale.

(c) Vision Statement and Objectives setting out that the forum is established for the purpose of promoting or improving the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the area.

(d) Written constitution of the proposed neighbourhood forum and membership details.

(e) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity Constitution, objects, equality diversity and inclusion policy, data protection policy, legal and financial statements.

Please note that if the neighbourhood forum’s status is approved by the council, no other organisation may be designated as a neighbourhood forum for the purposes of the Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 for that neighbourhood area until the designation expires or is withdrawn. This will only affect the ability to exercise neighbourhood planning powers and will not affect the existence or creation of any other neighbourhood community voluntary or charitable bodies in the area.

Have Your Say

We asked for views and comments on the renewal application from residents and other interested parties. Respondents were asked to consider whether the forum should be designated, i.e., that they should continue to exist.

During the consultation period, respondents could view Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum's renewal application here and at:

They could respond to the consultation by:

  • Completing an online survey or;
  • Completing a paper survey and posting it to ‘Neighbourhood Planning Team, BCP Planning Policy, BCP Council, PO Box 9548, Bournemouth, BH1 9ET’ or emailing it to the address below, or;
  • Sending an email to neighbourhoodplanning@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

If respondents had any questions or required the documents in a different format, they could contact neighbourhoodplanning@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

The consultation closed at 23:59pm on 22 December 2022.

Next steps

All comments received during the consultation period will be considered and will feed into our formal decision-making process. If the council approves the application, the Broadstone Neighbourhood Forum will be able to operate as a qualifying body, for the purpose of neighbourhood planning in the designated area for a period of five years.

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