Rushcliffe Local Plan: Greenbelt Under Review

A Greenbelt review of the Rushcliffe Area was made available for public consultation on 17 June 2013 and will run until 9th August, not the 19th August as originally stated in the Radcliffe Parish Council meeting on 1st July. The public consultation period is open NOW, not that we would have known it. This is rather frustrating considering that we only have a month to have our say on plans that as yet, we have been unable to see. At the Rushcliffe Parish Council meeting of 1st July 2013, it was claimed that the Rushcliffe Local Plan would be available on the Parish Council Website. We have requested access to that and unfortunately it is still not available. They are looking into the technical difficulties, but in the meantime, a copy of this can be found at the Rushcliffe Borough Council website here.

While the Radcliffe on Trent Community Plan that we have all recently completed is important, this has no sway over the decision that Rushcliffe Borough Council will take on the future of our Greenbelt. However this will help our Parish Councillors in Radcliffe on Trent to get a good sense of the community's feelings on the matter and to make recommendations on our behalf. However, to be effective as a community we need to take up our own opportunity to respond. This is available to us via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website here. This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community as the proposals are to cut back our Greenbelt. The designated area for public response is available here.

A response to the Rushcliffe Local Plan online via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website is the approved format for lobbying against the proposed reduction of our Greenbelt, however a paper copy is available here to download. They have requested submissions online, but will accept the submission of downloaded paper versions by post. 

At present, the most important thing that you can do in reaction to the plans to review our Greenbelt in Radcliffe is to express your voice via the Rushcliffe Borough Council approved methods available here.

This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community and this is our opportunity to respond as a community and express our views over the protection of the Greenbelt and proposed plans to build on it. The proposals to cut back our Greenbelt and designated area for public response are available here.