19. Farringdon
Referendum
A local referendum was held on 6 May 2021 on the Farringdon Neighbourhood Plan. The referendum asked residents in the parish of Farringdon the following question:
"Do you want East Devon District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Farringdon to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"
The results, confirmed in the published Declaration, are as follows:
Number cast in favour of a 'YES'
132 (89%)
Number cast in favour of a 'NO'
16 (11%)
Turnout: 56%
A "Referendum Version" of the Neighbourhood Plan is available to view.
The full set of documents relating to the referendum can be found on the Electoral Services page of our website.
The Plan will now be considered at a meeting of our Cabinet on 9th June to decide whether the Plan can now be formally 'made'. If so, it will become part of the approved development plan for East Devon, and carry its full weight in the determination of planning applications in the parish.
Examination
The Farringdon Neighbourhood Plan examination has now been completed. The appointed independent examiner was David Hogger.
The Examiner's Final Report, including proposed modifications to the Neighbourhood Plan, is now available.
The District Council considered the Examiner's report at its Cabinet meeting on 3rd February 2021. It was agreed to incorporate all of the Examiner's proposed modifications into the Neighbourhood Plan and for this to be recommended to go forward for referendum. A formal decision notice confirming this has been issued.
Questions raised by the Examiner and responses provided to them during the examination are as follows:
Procedural Letter from the examiner including initial questions.
Responses to Examiner's Initial Questions
Submission of Plan to Local Authority - Regulation 16
Farringdon Parish Council (as the qualifying body) prepared and submitted the Farringdon Neighbourhood Development Plan to East Devon District Council on 22nd July 2020.
The Plan was consulted on for 10 weeks from 11th August to 20th October 2020.
The Farringdon Neighbourhood Development Plan (Submission Version) consists of the following documents:
Other supporting documents are:
Map showing extent of Farringdon Neighbourhood Area
Comments received during the consultation are as follows:
Avison Young for National Grid
Devon Countryside Access Forum
McMurdo on behalf of Stuart Partners
Savills on behalf of Crealy and FWS Carter & Sons
Pre-Submission Consultation (Regulation 14)
The Parish Council has now completed its consultation on the Pre-Submission Version of their Neighbourhood Plan. This ran from 6th April 2020 to 29th June 2020.
The plan was reviewed in the light of the comments made and a Submission Version of the plan prepared.
More information on this stage of plan making is available on the Farringdon Parish Council website.
Neighbourhood Plan Designation
Farringdon Parish Council requested that their parish be designated as a neighbourhood area. The designation was approved on the 9 December 2015.
For further information please select the links below:
Comments from The Environment Agency
Comments from Historic England
Comments from Clyst Honiton Parish Council
An interactive map can be viewed by visiting the Neighbourhood Planning Interactive Map.