Mursley Neighbourhood Plan Acting today for a better

Mursley Neighbourhood Plan "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

Our Vision To involve and represent the views of the residents, the community and other stakeholders on what they value about Mursley and how it should develop over the next 20 years. The Neighbourhood plan is our commitment to making a difference for future generations "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

Who are we? • The Parish Council are our sponsors and the Chair of the Steering Group is Simon West. The lead internal consultant to the Group is Alex Gallon. • Our Steering Group members are: Barry Agnew, Faizal Aziz, Kym Bartlett, Mick Jones, Alan Knowles, Marjorie Macdonald, Sean Omahoney, Caroline Stimpson & Les Turton. • Our Steering Group was formed and quickly got down to work in two distinct Task Groups, Housing & Environment. • We have been working with external consultants, Mike King & Neil Homer throughout the project "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 1 – Settlement Boundary Defined in Neighbourhood Plan INTENTS: • to show on a plan where the village boundary lies and to confine housing and other development to within the boundary unless it is suited to a countryside location • to confine development schemes within the boundary to no more 0. 2 Ha or 5 homes & no more than two storeys in height. "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 2 – Housing Site Allocations INTENTS: • to allocate X sites for housing development up to 2033 and to set out the key development requirements for each scheme (e. g. approx. housing number, design/landscape features, means of access) • in doing so, to secure greater protection from national policy to defend the village from speculative housing applications over the next few years "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 3 – Housing Mix INTENTS: • to balance the future mix of housing types in the village, as we have too many 4+ bed homes and not enough 3 bed homes "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 4 – Design Guidance INTENTS: • to ensure that all development schemes are of a high quality by informing applicants of the distinctive design factors in the village that they must take into account in designing their proposals "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 5 – Buildings of local interest INTENTS: • to identify buildings that may not be worthy of being nationally listed buildings but that have local importance, either because of their architectural (A), their historical/social (H) and/or their villagescape (V) value • to ensure that applicants are aware of these buildings and can demonstrate their proposals have taken into account the local value "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 6 – Local Green Spaces INTENTS: • to identify the village green as a Local Green Space to give it ‘green belt’ protection from development and to ensure that its special character is not harmed by adjoining development. "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 7 – Green Infrastructure Network ü Network is shown on Policies Map ü Network comprises: - open spaces - woodlands - trees - water bodies - wildlife corridors - hedgerows - green lanes - footpaths - bridleways - cycleways "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

MUR 7 – Green Infrastructure Network (cont’d) INTENTS: • to identify all of the existing green infrastructure assets in the village and wider parish to protect them from harmful development and to encourage proposals that will improve and better connect them in the future. "Acting today for a better tomorrow"

What happens next? Ø The Workbook continues to be completed at our Surgeries and will be available online until the 13 th December 2019 Ø Workbook shows the steps we will take to achieve a Referendum outcome by 31 st March 2020 Ø Please do not take this workbook away with you, hand it back in at our reception desk before you leave. "Acting today for a better tomorrow"