The North Chelmsford Area Action Plan will deal with the development of two new neighbourhoods in the North of Chelmsford. The Action Plan will deliver planned growth of around 4,000 new homes. It will also cover the northern suburbs of urban Chelmsford, including Springfield, as well as the villages of Broomfield, Great Waltham and Little Waltham.
Latest newsSubmission Stage: Consultation on this stage of the document has now CLOSED. However, you can still view the document by clicking on the link below:You can also register on our Consultation Portal so that we can contact you with updates on the documents you have an interest in. This is a quick and simple process and can be done electronically by clicking the link above. View comments onlineAll the comments received during the consultation on the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan, the Statement of Community Involvement, the Chelmsford Town Centre Public Realm Strategy and the Stock Village Design Statement are now available to view online. The comments are currently being analysed so that feedback reports can be prepared. These will be published here when they are available. Comments received on the Site Allocations Document will be available for viewing soon. There are three ways to view comments received to the consultations, via the Consultation Portal. You do not need to register, or be logged in, to view comments. Open the Consultation Portal and click on the name of the document you want to look at. Click on the link to open the LDF Consultation Portal . If you wish to see a list of all the comments received, this can be viewed by clicking the right hand tab that says All Comments (the other two say Event Information and Supporting Documents). You can view the list in order of the date comments were received, or by document order, and you can create PDFs by selecting which records you are interested in. You can also search on any word. You can also use the Read and View Comments prompt to go to the document, and read through or use the index to find a particular section you are interested in. Above most Paragraphs and Figures is a tab which says View Comments. Where there is a number in the brackets, click on the tab to view the comments. You can download PDFs of any comments you wish to save. Alternatively, you can use the Who Said What link towards the top of the page to search by name, organisation or agent.
Stages of preparationThe preparation process for the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan covers several stages - Evidence Gathering, Issues and Options, Preferred Options, Submission, Examination and Adoption Evidence Gathering - This studies and surveys on the social, economic and environmental characteristics of the Borough. This provides information on the needs, opportunities and constraints of the Borough to inform documents in the LDF. Assembling the evidence base is an ongoing activity. Issues and Options - This was the early consultation undertaken with the community and stakeholders on the issues that the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan needs to address and the options which are available to deal with these issues. This was undertaken in Summer 2007. Preferred Options - This is where further public and stakeholder consultation is being carried out on the draft North Chelmsford Area Action Plan following the initial consultation. The consultation period ran between December 2008 and February 2009. Submission - This is the consultation on the final draft of the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan after consideration of comments made at Preferred Options stage, followed by submission of the document to the Government for Independent Examination. Examination and Adoption - This is the process of testing whether the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan is sound.
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