Forsbrook neighbourhood plan area

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council records 11 April 2018 as the date it designated the Forsbrook neighbourhood area. Forsbrook Parish Council is the body named to prepare a neighbourhood plan. On the district’s Forsbrook page, the published progress entry describes area designation. Open the designation record and area map.

Read the map

On the district page, open the document labelled Forsbrook Neighbourhood Plan Map. Locate your street or a nearby junction first, then trace the marked boundary past the site you are interested in. The red boundary identifies the area covered by the designation. Fields inside that line do not automatically have an allocation for housing, and the line does not grant planning permission.

The parish council’s application letter appears alongside the map. Read it to understand the original request. For a property on the edge of Blythe Bridge, the map is more useful than a postal address alone.

What designation means

Designation establishes the area for which people can prepare neighbourhood policies. Drafting, consultation, examination and a referendum are later stages, before a plan can be made and become part of the development plan. The designation date is therefore different from an adoption date. For the latest stage and any published draft, consult the district neighbourhood planning pages and the parish clerk.

Which policy applies to a planning application?

Start with the district’s planning policy and Local Plan maps. These set out adopted policies and mapped designations. For a proposal already submitted, use its application reference to read the supporting statement, consultations and, when available, officer report. These show how the planning authority considered the site and the policies relevant to it. See how to follow an application.