What the plan is about?
Ilminster Neighbourhood Plan is an exciting community approach to local planning policies.
It aims to help people play a direct role in improving the town. Following events run by The
Town Council in 2018, we have drafted our vision and would like your views on this before
we prepare more detailed planning policies.
We want to hear from you:
Come to our free event on Saturday 16th March 2019 at The Market House, Ilminster, TA19
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10.45-12.30pm: Walkabout: meet at The Market House at 10.45 for a briefing followed by a
walking tour around the town centre. You will receive a free leaflet/ questionnaire.
1-3pm: Workshops based on the 4 themes
If you have special access requirements please get in touch plan@ilminster.gov.uk
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BLANK EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME IN THE TITLE TO: plan@ilminster.gov.uk
Other news will be posted at www.ilminster.gov.uk
Who is preparing the plan?:
A working group set up by Ilminster Town Council is leading
the Neighbourhood Plan. The group are being advised
by ECA. ECA are a Planning, Architecture and Community
Consultancy (Community Interest Company) who have
prepared a number of neighbourhood plans in the west of
England. They come with a wealth of experience and are
able to provide high quality impartial planning and urban
design advice. They will provide on-going technical support
and promise to make our vision for Ilminster real through the
producing robust neighbourhood planning policies. But this
is your plan and we invite all residents to share there ideas
and views with us. We intend to have a draft neighbourhood
plan by the end of 2019 with adoption planned for some time
in 2020.
ECA won a Planning Award for their work on the Poole Quays
Neighbourhood Plan in 2017 and also led the Boscombe
and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan (BAP NP) which has
a population of 22,000. Their consultation on the BAP NP
included setting up a pop-up shop and all sorts of fun-days
with young and older people. Come and meet the ECA team
led by Martha Covell and Antonia Morgan at our event on 16th
March, which promises to be informal, fun and meaningful!
