Leckhampton and Warden Hill Neighbourhood Plan

Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish Council has drafted a Neighbourhood Plan which they submitted to Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) in 2023 for public consultation. Following this public consultation, the Neighbourhood Plan is undergoing an independent examination. 

Examination

An independent examiner, Ann Skippers MRTPI, was appointed to undertake the examination of the draft Neighbourdhood Plan following public consultation. 

The purpose of the examination is to test whether the draft Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions and other legal requirements set out in paragraph 8 of Schedule 4b of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). The examiner will issue a report recommending the plan:

1. can go forward to a Referendum unchanged
2. go forward to a Referendum with modifications or 
3. not go forward

 The documents relating to the neighbourhood plan can be found below:

Leckhampton with Warden Hill Neighbourhood Plan

 

Draft Proposed Amendments To Neighbourhood Plan - pdf - 410 Kb

Leckhampton With Warden Hill Neighbourhood Plan - pdf - 5.26 Mb

Annex 1 Consultation Report - pdf - 2.54 Mb

Annex 2 A Brief History Of Leckhampton And Warden Hill - pdf - 913 Kb

Annex 3 Demographic Social And Economic Profile - pdf - 194 Kb

Annex 4 Landscape Character Assessment Update - pdf - 6.67 Mb

Annex 5 Designated Heritage Assets, Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monument - pdf - 1.07 Mb

Annex 6 Inspectors Comments - pdf - 97 Kb

Appendix 1 Transport And Travel Plan - pdf - 1.65 Mb

Appendix 2 Green Infrastructure List - pdf - 1003 Kb

Appendix 3 Statement On Valued Landscape - pdf - 258 Kb

Appendix 4 Non Designated Heritage Assets - pdf - 635 Kb

Leckhampton With Warden Hill Basic Conditions Statement - pdf - 9.10 Mb

 

Regulation 16 Public Consultations

CBC carried out an initial Regulation-16 consultation on the draft Neighbourhood Plan for just over 6 weeks in early 2024. Following comments received in last year’s consultation and other matters, the Parish Council had proposed amendments to the Neighbourhood Plan. In light of the proposed amendments, CBC ran an additional Regulation-16 consultation to allow residents, local businesses and interested parties to comment on the proposed amendments in Spring 2025. This consultation ran for just over six weeks.

This final stage of consultation is a requirement of regulation-16 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 (as amended).

Copies of all representations submitted during both Regulation-16 consultations can be found below

Regulation-16 Representations

The representations below were submitted following the Regulation-16 public consultation held in 2024. 

Reg 16 Online Consultation Form Redacted Comments - pdf - 259 Kb

Reg 16 CNLB Response - pdf - 347 Kb

Reg 16 GCC Response - pdf - 300 Kb

Reg 16 Historic England Response - pdf - 265 Kb

Reg 16 Lwwh PC Response - pdf - 85 Kb

Reg 16 National Gas Avison Young Response - pdf - 87 Kb

Reg 16 National Grid Avison Young Response - pdf - 92 Kb

Reg 16 National Highways Response - pdf - 375 Kb

Reg 16 Natural England Response - pdf - 115 Kb

Reg 16 Pegasus Response Iro Land At Nurseries Kidnappers Lane - pdf - 5.78 Mb

Reg 16 Pegasus Response Iro Land East Of Kidnappers Lane - pdf - 2.66 Mb

RPS Lwwh Response Obo MH - pdf - 510 Kb

Appendix A - pdf - 1011 Kb

Appendix B - pdf - 897 Kb

Appendix C - pdf - 385 Kb

Appendix D - pdf - 385 Kb

Appendix E - pdf - 119 Kb

Appendix F - pdf - 1001 Kb

Appendix G - pdf - 537 Kb

Appendix H - pdf - 681 Kb

Appendix I - pdf - 2.02 Mb

Appendix J - pdf - 1004 Kb

Appendix K - pdf - 378 Kb

Appendix L - pdf - 1.28 Mb

 

The representations below were submitted following the additional Regulation-16 public consultation held in 2025.

Additional Reg 16 Online Consultation Forms Comments - pdf - 427 Kb

Additional Reg 16 EA Lwwh NP Response - pdf - 238 Kb

Additional Reg 16 GCC Response - pdf - 224 Kb

Additional Reg 16 GWT Lwwh NDP Amendment Response - pdf - 416 Kb

Additional Reg 16 Historic England Response - pdf - 267 Kb

Additional Reg 16 Lwwh PC NP - pdf - 30 Kb

Additional Reg 16 National Highways - pdf - 328 Kb

Additional Reg 16 Natural England Response - pdf - 115 Kb

Additional Reg 16 Neighbour Comments - pdf - 153 Kb

 

Screening opinion

In November 2022, the council published its opinion on whether further environmental assessment of the Leckhampton and Warden Hill Draft neighbourhood plan was required. This was requested by the neighbourhood area. The council considers that neither a full Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) nor Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) are required. As per Regulation 11 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, the documents relating to this decision can be found below:

Determination Decision On The Need For SEA And HRA - pdf - 3.28 Mb

Screening Opinion On The Need For SEA And HRA Statement Of Reasons - pdf - 212 Kb

 If you wish to request an email or postal copy of this (you will be charged approximately £11 for a postal copy) you can email planning.policy@cheltenham.gov.uk or telephone 01242 264321.

Neighbourhood area designation

On 15 September 2015, the council’s cabinet approved the designation of a neighbourhood area covering Leckhampton with Warden Hill parish.

The application consisted of the following information:

• A map that identifies the area to which the application relates
• Statements explaining why the area is considered and why the parish council is a ‘relevant body’ for the purposes of neighbourhood planning

Leckhampton Warden Hill Neighbourhood Plan Designation Plan - pdf - 485 Kb

Neighbourhood Plan Application For Designation Statement - pdf - 80 Kb

 

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• Neighbourhood planning process