West Finchley Neighbourhood Plan
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Designation of Neighbourhood Area and Forum
An application for designation of both the forum and the area was submitted to the Council in September 2015
Publicity of the application took place over 6 weeks between 23 September 2015 and 4 November 2015
Designation of the West Finchley Neighbourhood Plan Area and Forum was approved on 26 November 2015
Re-designation of Neighbourhood Area and Forum
An application for re-designation of both the forum and the area was submitted to the Council in July 2020
Publicity of the application took place over 6 weeks between 7 August and 18 September 2020
Designation of the West Finchley Neighbourhood Plan Area and Forum was approved on 13 October 2020
Regulation 14 Consultation
The West Finchley Neighbourhood Forum published the draft Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 14) for consultation between March and May 2019
Regulation 16 Consultation
The West Finchley Neighbourhood Plan was submitted to Barnet Council on 19 December 2019
The submission (Regulation 16) consultation was carried out between 15 January and 26 February 2020
Examination
Barnet Council, with agreement from the West Finchley Neighbourhood Forum, appointed Jill Kingaby as the independent Examiner.
On 7 April 2020, the Examiner sent a letter to clarify several initial procedural matters and questions. The Neighbourhood Forum responded to the Examiner's questions. The Council then sent a response to the Forum's letter to the Examiner.
On 27 August 2020, the Examiner sent the Examiner's Report to the Council and the Forum. The Council agreed with the recommendations from the Examiner and the Neighbourhood Plan can proceeded to public referendum.
Referendum
A local referendum was held on 8 July 2021
The majority of voting residents voted yes to the question:
Do you want the London Borough of Barnet to use the Neighbourhood Plan for West Finchley to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
The Plan was considered at committee on 30 September 2021 and referred to Full Council for adoption 19 October 2021