As announced in the PEW, there will be a meeting in the village hall on Wednesday 16^th October at 7.30pm to consider a draft set of aims and objectives for the Westbury Neighbourhood Plan. The draft has been drawn up by the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group and is based on feedback on village priorities from surveys and meetings held over the last 18 month. Once agreed, it will the basis for formulating the policies to be set out in the plan.

A number of focus groups have been held over the past few weeks which have enabled residents to say whether they think the draft accurately represents the views of the community. The village hall meeting will be another such opportunity to comment, fine tune and consider next steps.. Those present will also be able to consider which of the agreed aims and objectives it might be possible to achieve through planning policy and which would need to be pursued in other ways.

*Neighbourhood Plan Priorities Survey.*

A link to enable you to complete the new Neighbourhood Plan Priorities Survey is below. If you click on the link, the introduction will explain why this survey is different to anything you have already seen, and why it is important. While hard copies will be circulated to every residential address in the parish next week, it will save a great deal of time and effort if you complete it on line using a phone, PC or tablet. The website will accept one completed form per device per address.

The link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5CYGZP2

The village meeting on the 27th March 2024 provided brief updates on a number of related issues including proposals for housing development at Roughmoor Lane.  A summary of the information provided, with links to further detail where appropriate, is given here.

All households in Westbury should, by now, have received a copy of a Housing Needs Survey which is being conducted by an independent company ( CNB Housing Insights) on behalf of the parish council.  The survey is a key step towards developing a neighbourhood plan for the village which, once agreed, improves our chances of influencing how Westbury will develop over the next 10 – 20 years.  We need there to be a good response if the plan is to be seen as representative of village opinion.

Although the paper survey may look a little lengthy it is very easy to complete, particularly if it is done on line. I completed mine in just under eight minutes.

Two new papers are now available on the village website.

A Settlement Character Assessment that seeks to describe what makes the built environment of Westbury special & guidelines for producing developmenty that is ‘in keeping’

A report by Cotswold Archaeology on the heritage value of the traditional barns at Court House Farm and its implications for development.

They can be found here

Both are very large files and may take a little while to load.