The Neighbourhood Plan team have held a number of consultation activities to engage members of community and gather feedback and comments about the issues important to the village.
You can read all the comments received to date here.
A chart illustrating the key issues with 5 or more comments can be found here.
Breakdown of consultation activities
Date | Activity | Outcome |
Phase One | ||
Oct 2012 | Village Open evening – Mended DrumFacilitated by Parish Councillors with support from Planning Aid; information video and handouts | Introduced Neighbourhood Plan process, initial comments and expressions of interest |
Village Open morning – Huby Memorial Village HallFacilitated by Parish Councillors with support from Planning Aid; information video and handouts | Introduced Neighbourhood Plan process, initial comments and expressions of interest | |
February 2013 | Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Information session; Parish Councillors with support from Planning aid | People interested in joining working group submitted expressions of interest |
Phase two | ||
June 2013 | Newsletter Edition One | Explained the Neighbourhood Planning process, introduced working group members, invited people to share their views |
June 2013 | Set up website and email address – www.hubyvillage.org.uk and neighbourhoodplan@hubyvillage.org.uk | Website provides a range of information about the Neighbourhood Plan, how to get involved, and other village information |
June 2013 | Information stall at Huby Feast; aimed at families and childrenDisplay boards about HNP process and about Huby; Comments sheets provided. Facilitated by working group members | Written comments on Huby’s future from cross section of the community |
June 2013 | Session with Children at Huby County Primary School CouncilFacilitated by Working Group members | Feedback from children about what they would like to see in Huby |
July 2013 | Information stall at Huby County Primary School Carnival, including display of historical pictures of school life in Huby. Facilitated by Working Group members. | Feedback from children, parents and other community members |
July 2013 | Information stall at the Huby and Sutton Show, including display of historical pictures of Huby and old maps showing village development. Free herb seedlings given away and a quiz about Huby. | Written comments on Huby’s future from cross section of the community |
Phase three | ||
August 2013 | Letters sent to all known voluntary groups in Huby asking for feedback on Huby’s future | Encouraging groups to provide feedback on what would help their group to thrive in future |
Letters sent to all businesses and other relevant stakeholders in Huby asking for feedback on Huby’s future | Encouraging businesses and other stakeholders to provide feedback on what would help their businesses to thrive in future or on any particular issues they thought needed to be addressed by the plan | |
HNP Newsletter Edition Two | Provided a summary of feedback to date and invitation to next round of consultation events | |
September 2013 | Consultation evening and morning in Huby Memorial Village HallInformation stalls summarising feedback received to date and asking for further comments. Facilitated by Working Group members with Planning Aid volunteers in attendance to answer any technical questions. | Discussions and written comments from across the Huby community |
December 2013 | HNP Newsletter Edition three | Provided information about initial analysis of feedback, outlining what next |
February 2014 | Parish council/Hambleton District Council Housing Needs survey | Survey to help identify the extent of current housing need in the parish. |
February – April 2014 | Series of meetings with Huby groups asking for views relating to the future development of Huby. At least two Working Group members attended each meeting. XX held in all. | More in depth discussion with committee members representing local groups |
March 2014 | HNP Newsletter Edition Four | Identified early actions undertaken by Working Group in response to some of the non-planning issues identified through consultation activity; outlined next steps |
April 2014 | Information stall at Annual Parish Meeting | Provided summary analysis information and information about the non-planning ‘Quick wins’ |
Phase Four | ||
June 2014 | Letters to landowners | Landowners asked to notify the HNP working group if they have land they would like to be considered as potential sites for small scale housing to meet the identified housing need |
July/August 2014 | ‘Walking the village’ exercise – two evening sessions in which we invited the community to join us in walking down Main Street/Tollerton Road ‘seeing’ the village streetscape with fresh eyes | Some additional ideas/input about building design and streetscape appearance that people liked/didn’t like |
August 2014 | Newsletter Edition Five | Provided information about what happens next and reported back on non-planning issues |