At our meeting on 25th June (7pm, St John's Church) the NXCA will be discussing the Neighbourhood Plan for the City, drawn up to reflect what residents, businesses and visitors have said are their priorities for planning policies to conserve and improve our city and the Neville's Cross area. It is vital that local residents have the opportunity to be involved in shaping the contents of the Plan. The public consultation for the plan runs from 17th May to the 28th June 2019.
If over 50% of those who vote in a referendum give approval to the Plan it then becomes the statutory development plan by which, along with national and County planning policies, development and enhancement proposals within the City of Durham Parish are decided. More information about the plan can be found here.
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A message from the City of Durham Parish Council:
Firstly, on behalf of Councillors on the City of Durham Parish Council, a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the CrowdJustice fundraising campaign to date. Thanks to your support, over £9,800 has been raised to support a judicial review of the County Council’s decision to build its new headquarters at the Sands and the City of Durham Parish Council has now lodged its case with the courts. At our annual Parish meeting in May, residents told the Parish Council that this is the biggest issue for them in the Parish and asked Councillors to continue in their opposition to these plans. The Parish Council will be continuing its fundraising campaign until the 16th July (beginning of the Summer holidays). The Parish Council will thereafter be putting the fundraising campaign on hold until September; at which point we hope to hear back from the courts as to whether this will proceed to a full judicial review. Please continue to promote and share the link to our campaign below until the 16th July: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-challenge-against-dcc-sands-hq/ A big thank you again to everyone who has fundraised and got the Parish Council to this stage. The next meeting of the Neville's Cross Community Association will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 25th June 2019 in the Upper Room, St John's Church. The meeting is open to all local residents, so please do come along and join us.
Our agenda and minutes of previous meetings can be found here. Neville's Cross Community Association is supporting the Western Relief Road Action Group (WRRAG) in their campaign to fight the new Western Relief Road, proposed across Green Belt land to the west of Neville's Cross.
WRAGG will have a stall at the ECOFEST on Sunday 16th June, to raise awareness and strengthen their protest. For more information about WRRAG and their fundraising, visit their stall or contact Tony Cleaver, NXCA’s representative on WRRAG. |