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Current stage
Fulbourn Neighbourhood [PDF, 27.5MB] (accompanied by Fulbourn Neighbourhood Policies Map [PDF, 2MB]) was made on 30 March 2023, after a successful referendum.
The Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan as made now forms part of the development plan for South Cambridgeshire. All planning decisions in the area will need to comply with the development plan (that now includes the Neighbourhood Plan), unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
The Fullbourn Parish Council website also has information on the neighbourhood plan.
Neighbourhood area designated
On 13 August 2018 the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development designated the Fulbourn neighbourhood area.
- Application to designate Fulbourn neighbourhood area [PDF, 0.3MB]
- Fulbourn neighbourhood area designated map [PDF, 1MB]
Strategic Environmental Assessment / Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening Determination Statement
Pre-submission consultation (Regulation 14)
Fulbourn Parish Council carried out a pre-submission consultation on their draft Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan which started on 1 January 2021.
Submission public consultation (Regulation 16)
A public consultation was carried out by SCDC. The representations received during can be viewed in our online consultation system.
Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents:
- Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan [PDF, 24.5MB]
- Basic Conditions Statement [PDF, 2.5MB]
- Consultation Statement [PDF, 1MB]
- Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Determination Statement [PDF, 1.5MB]
- Fulbourn Policy Map [PDF, 2MB]
The supporting documents for the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan are as follows:
- Evidence Paper 1 - Village Setting: Key Village Views [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Evidence Paper 2 - Village Setting: Important Countryside Frontages [PDF, 1.5MB]
- Evidence Paper 3 - Local Green Space [PDF, 2.5MB]
- Evidence Paper 4 - Protected Village Amenity Areas [PDF, 2.5MB]
- Evidence Paper 5 - Connected Green Infrastructure [PDF, 0.7MB]
- Evidence Paper 6 - Biodiversity in Fulbourn [PDF, 7MB]
Examination (Regulation 17)
- Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan Examination Arrangements [PDF, 0.2MB] – this sets out the arrangements for the examination of the plan.
- Examiner’s Clarification Note [PDF, 0.2MB] – this sets out the examiner’s initial comments on the submitted Plan and sets out areas where it would be helpful to have some further clarification from the parish council.
Fulbourn Parish Council provided responses to the questions asked by the examiner in his clarification note:
The examiner decided it was necessary to hold a hearing on 3 policies. The examiner issued a hearing note [PDF, 0.1MB] setting out the issues to be discussed, the participants invited, and the format and arrangements for the hearing.
The examiner completed his examination, and sent his final Examiner’s Report [PDF, 0.3MB] to South Cambridgeshire District Council on 12 September 2022.
Referendum Stage
The referendum on the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan took place on 9 February 2023.
This is the Declaration of Results [PDF, 70Kb].
The following documents are those specified in the Referendum Information Statement [PDF, 0.8MB] :
- the ‘Referendum’ version of the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan [PDF, 3.5MB], which includes a map of Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan area;
- the Examiner’s Report [PDF, 0.3MB] on the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan;
- the written representations on the submission version of the Fullbourn Neighbourhood Plan [PDF, 7.5MB], that were submitted to the independent examiner;
- South Cambridgeshire District Council’s decision statement on the receipt of the Examiner’s Report and its decision to proceed to referendum (14 December 2022), including a statement of satisfaction that the ‘Referendum’ version of the Neighbourhood Plan meets the Basic Conditions and is legally compliant; and
- a statement that sets out general information as to town and country planning including neighbourhood planning and the referendum [PDF, 0.2MB]
Making the Neighbourhood Plan
Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan [PDF, 27.5MB] (accompanied by Fulbourn Neighbourhood Policies Map [PDF, 2MB]) was made on 30 March 2023 and now forms part of the development plan for South Cambridgeshire. All planning decisions in that area will need to be made in accordance with the development plan (that now includes the Neighbourhood Plan), unless material considerations indicate otherwise.
Made (adopted) Decision Statement (30 March 2023) [PDF, 0.1MB]
Decision report of results of referendum on the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan (13 March 2023)
Report to make the Fulbourn Neighbourhood Plan (30 March 2023)