Rockbeare Parish Plan

Why do a parish plan?

Parish Plans...

Enable communities to engage meaningfully with the local planning process
Make known those issues that affect your community
Identify and prioritise Key Issues with your community
Produce an Action Plan to promote the changes that communities want to see at local, district and county levels
Are useful in influencing the maintenance and creation of community services and facilities such as;
- Identifying new uses for the Village Hall or other community buildings
- Encouraging the setting up of a parent and baby clinic
- Providing after school child care and a holiday club for school children
- Improving liaison with the police and establishing a neighbourhood watch scheme
- Feeding into district and county strategies, through Local Strategic Partnerships
Are useful in Influencing the planning system by
- Identifying local needs for affordable housing or community facilities
- Producing a design statement for new development
- Identifying which open spaces are needed and valued for community use
- Giving a local dimension to broader planning policies
- Working with the planning process to deliver sustainable development
Are useful in identifying and planning action that the local community can undertake itself, such as;
- Re-opening a closed village shop
- Producing a community newsletter
- Providing a community transport scheme
- Carrying out environmental improvements
- Creating a new play area and place for young people to meet