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Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan Review
Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan Review


What is Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan?

CNDP helps guide and shape land use and development in the parish. FoDDC use this alongside their emerging Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework to decide on planning applications.

Coleford Town Council will be responsible for the final review document, but we need skills, expertise and interests of local people to create this. Please get involved. The current CNDP, now seven years old, runs until 2026 so it’s now time to review and decide how we see Coleford’s future. So whether you live, work, go to school or just visit Coleford regularly we’d like you to help create the vision of how the town might look in years to come, to shape decisions that will affect the way the town grows and flourishes.

This affects the whole Coleford area so your opinions are important if you live or are involved in any of the surrounding villages and areas, including Coalway, Milkwall, Broadwell, Mile End, Forest Grove, Scowles and Whitecliff.

Let us know what matters to you and listen to what affects others. Join a theme group: the town centre, the local economy, housing, community and community facilities, transport and infrastructure, the natural environment and historic environment.



Our Overall Vision is to support sustainable development within the Parish of Coleford.
 Our Objectives lie within these main areas or themes:
 · To boost our local economy by supporting services and businesses, encouraging both local custom and visitors
 · To develop coherent access to the town
 · To develop “breathing” or green spaces and enhance the natural environment
 · To support and enable community projects with a special concern for young people
 · To conserve the historic environment, including buildings and spaces that give Coleford its own character among the Forest towns
 · To influence The District Council re the allocation of new housing in the area, within the Government NPPF (National Planning Policy Framework).


HERE’S WHERE WE ARE NOW/ WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING:

Currently the theme groups are reviewing the existing CNDP section (see below) and recording how it could be improved/ how to fill gaps (see below). Both these documents are produced and if you wish to add a comment, please record your contribution on the record and send to CNDPReview@outlook.com

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1. Town Centre
2. Economy

The Town Centre and Local Economy: The Community Regeneration Plan is online. It is comprehensive, so quite long, but start by looking at pages 24-28, and 38-44, that gives you some context and proposals…..
 Coleford, along with many other small towns, has not yet returned to pre-Covid spending levels.
 To encourage an increase in local shopping, a new, funShop Local initiative called SHOP, SNAP, SHARE, WIN is being launched on the 29thNovember. See the link to win a prize.

3. Housing

Housing: Following the District Council’s recent decision re Housing Strategy we know that some new homes will come to Coleford. Our NDP will be a very useful tool for influencing decisions re housing allocations and types.

4. Community and Community Facilities

Communities and Citizen’s Vision: Watch this space! An exciting project is just underway at the redundant St John’s Ambulance building in Coleford, it is being repurposed, becoming a different facility, maximising community space. Canopy Creative Network used it for the lantern parade workshops. A survey of halls in and around Coleford will enable better access for more people as theCitizen Vision consultation wanted.

Health has been a concern brought forward: this needs higher priority than last Plan.

5. Historic Environment

The Historic Environment: Work is underway to identify undesignated buildings and spaces which make Coleford unique. These places are not “Listed” but valued locally and need our protection.

6. Natural Environment

The Natural Environment: Ways to preserve and enhance the Local Green Spaces in the parish, and increase greening in the centre are included in the Regeneration Plan. We need to look at climate change, including water management, further. How can we flex the Green Ring, keep its natural surroundings, and perhaps bring a bit of the Forest into town?

7. Transport, Infrastructure and Accessibility

Transport: The footpaths are being made good, and access points reviewed. An extended development of cycle/ foot pathway in and out of town toward the Main Place is being worked on. Leave your electric car to charge, check the new map in the car park or pick one up in the Tourist Information Centre and walk into the shops and services.

Recording Comments

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Please view our latest leaflet, which includes success examples from within the current CNDP 2018 - 2026:

CNDP Leaflet

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Maintaining and increasing the dynamism of Coleford is crucial; 
keeping that balance and future-proofing against any challenges to come, protecting the place we know and love.


WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU!
See progress so far- use this website regularly - and come and talk to us about the new Coleford Neighbourhood Development Plan at the Town Council Office in Mushet Walk, Fridays 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th 

or Saturday the 10th of January from 10 am - 12 noon. We need your views!
Please do get in touch with any ideas, information, concerns. 
Coleford is special because of the people who live and work in it, Help us, join us to help Coleford!


You can contact CNDP by email:CNDPReview@outlook.com If you send your email address, we can keep you up to date.