SHIREBROOK GROWTH PLAN 

Consultation Draft Document

March 2024

Contents

1)Introduction
⦁ Background
⦁ Purpose of this document
⦁ How has it been prepared?

2) Policy Framework for the Shirebrook Growth Plan

⦁ Vision Bolsover
⦁ Local Plan for Bolsover District
⦁ National Planning Policy Framework
⦁ National Planning Practice Guidance

3) Consultation findings to date

⦁ Initial Consultation Exercise
⦁ Masterplanning Consultation

4) Options for Growth Plan

⦁ Living and Working in Shirebrook (Including potential development sites)
⦁ Shirebrook Town Centre
⦁ Green Spaces and the Countryside

5) Next stages and the Growth Plan preparation timetable


Equalities Statement

Bolsover District Council is committed to equalities as an employer and when delivering the services it provides to all sections of the community. The council believes that no person should be treated unfairly and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination, advancing equality and fostering good relations between all groups in society.

Access for All Statement

You can request the Shirebrook Growth Plan policy document, or other formats such as large print or in other languages by contacting the council on:

  • Phone: 01246 242424
  • Email: [email protected]
  • BSL Video Call: A three way video call with us and a BSL interpreter. It is free to call Bolsover District Council with Sign Solutions, you just need wifi or mobile data to make the video call, or call into one of our Contact Centres.
  • Call with Relay UK: via textphone or app on 0800 500 888 - a free phone service provided by BT for anyone who has difficulty hearing or speaking. It's a way to have a real time conversation with us by text.
  • Visiting one of our offices: At Clowne, Bolsover, Shirebrook and South Normanton


Preface

P.1 This document has been prepared for the purposes of the consultation exercise on the Council’s draft Shirebrook Growth Plan.

P.2 This consultation exercise starts on Monday the 4th of March and runs through to Friday 5th April 2024 and if you want to make comments on the contents of this consultation document you need to provide them by 5pm on the 5th April 2024.

P.3 Comments should be made through the PlaceBuilder Consultation Portal as this is the easiest and quickest way for you to make your comments.


Submitting your representation online via PlaceBuilder

Submitting your representation online is a quicker way of getting involved.

⦁ Your representation will already have your contact details filled in.
⦁ You will receive an instant confirmation email to give you a receipt so that you know your representation has been successfully delivered and that your comments will be considered.
⦁ Go to https://placebuilder.io/shirebrookgp/ for more information.

(If you don’t yet have an account, you can set one up easily from this web address)

P.4 If this method is not accessible to you, you will be able to email or post your comments to us in the standard way.

1) Introduction 


 Background


1.1  Bolsover District Council resolved to commence the preparation of a Growth Plan for Shirebrook in February 2022.

1.2  Growth Plans are non-statutory planning documents that sit on top of the Local Plan for Bolsover District and direct where additional growth would be acceptable to the Council. The Council will adopt prepared Growth Plans as material considerations in the planning processes.


Purpose of this document 
 

1.3  The purpose of this document is to set out the potential content of the Growth Plan and the key options for growth that it could include so that the Council can hear the views of all stakeholders before making its decision on how the Growth Plan should be finalised.


How has it been prepared? 
 
1.4  As Growth Plans are non-statutory documents, the Council is preparing the Shirebrook Growth Plan in accordance with its Local Development Scheme (2022) and consulted on in accordance with its Statement of Community Involvement.

1.5  The preparation of the Shirebrook Growth Plan started in March 2022 and has already undergone two stages of public consultation:

      • Initial Consultation Exercise in March 2022 – this consultation asked people living and working in Shirebrook what they thought about the town as a place to live and work in, and what they thought about the town centre and local environment.
      • Masterplanning Consultation Exercise in September 2022 – this consultation asked people what they thought growth in Shirebrook could look like and what land uses it should include.

1.6  The feedback by way of the representations submitted to the Council have all been considered and have informed the contents of this document and more information on this is set out below in section 3.




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