Bishop’s Stortford Town Council is now undertaking a limited revision of the two Neighbourhood Plans to bring them up to date.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES INCLUDE:
• A new section on Climate Change • New to identifications for many local green spaces and seeking to more space for nature’
• A comprehensive policy for the Town Centre
• Amendments to Transport, Green Infrastructure, Education and site-specific policies to bring them up to date (without changing the intent)
• Amendments throughout so that policies* are the same for both plans The consultation period on the first draft of the Revised Neighbourhood Plan has now open and every home in Bishop’s Stortford and most of Thorley should have received a leaflet distributed in the last few weeks.
 
HOW TO FIND OUT MORE:
• download the latest draft of the Plan from our website at https://www.bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk/planning
• Due to the government guidelines on Covid-19, our exhibitions will now be at Tourist Information Centre in Market Square until Thursday 6th November 2020 and Jackson Square from Wednesday 4th November to Monday 9th November 2020
 
HOW TO COMMENT:
• via our website and sign up to our newsletter at www.stortfordplan.org
• by email at comments@stortfordplan.org
• by post to Bishop's Stortford Neighbourhood Plan, Bishop's Stortford Town Council, The Old Monastery, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2ND