Neighbourhood planning: Hengrove and Whitchurch Park

Information on the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development plan.

The Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development plan is now used with the Local Plan to decide planning applications in Hengrove and Whitchurch Park.

The plan and supporting documents can be viewed below:

• Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan (pdf, 2.7MB) (opens new window)
• Hengrove Park Masterplan  (pdf, 7.2MB) (opens new window)
• Open Spaces study (pdf, 4.5MB) (opens new window)

Hengrove and Whitchurch Park became a designated neighbourhood planning area on 7 November 2016.

You can look at a map of the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Area (pdf, 798KB) (opens new window) .

Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum became the designated forum for this area on 7 November 2016.

At the Full Council meeting of 19 March 2019, following a positive referendum result, Bristol City Council resolved to ‘make’ the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan.

You can look at our statement setting out this decision (pdf, 388KB) (opens new window) .

You can also see copies of the decision statement and the Neighbourhood Development Plan at City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Results of the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Referendum

We held a referendum on 14 February 2019 to decide if the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Development Plan should be used to decide planning applications in Hengrove and Whitchurch Park.

More people voted 'yes' than ‘no’ in this referendum.

You can view the declaration of result of poll on the referendum on the Neighbourhood Development Plan for Hengrove and Whitchurch page.

Decision to proceed to referendum

The Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan was submitted to Bristol City Council on 18 April 2018. 

The plan was publicised by Bristol City Council with comments invited between 11 May and 22 June 2018. The plan and all representations received were passed to an independent examiner for consideration.

The examiner recommended that:

• the plan should be modified  
• there should be a referendum to decide if the modified plan is used alongside the Bristol Local Plan when we make decisions on planning applications in Hengrove and Whitchurch Park

We modified the plan in line with the examiner's recommendations with the agreement of the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum.

On 25 October 2018 we decided the modified plan meets the requirements for a neighbourhood development plan.  You can read our statement explaining this decision (pdf, 791KB) (opens new window) .

Examination documents

You can read all documents relating to the examination, including the examiner's report, below:

• Examiner's report (pdf, 325KB) (opens new window)
• Draft Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan: Examination (pdf, 167KB) (opens new window)
• Additional Information from Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Forum 30 July 2018 (pdf, 900KB) (opens new window)
• Response from Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Forum (pdf, 270KB) (opens new window)
• Questions for Clarification H and W Neighbourhood Plan-2 (pdf, 250KB) (opens new window) (pdf, 250KB) (opens new window)
• Further Evidence 1 (pdf, 209KB) (opens new window)
• Further Evidence 1(a) - Hawkfield (pdf, 6.9MB) (opens new window)
• Further Evidence 1(b) - Malago (pdf, 2.5MB) (opens new window)
• Further Evidence 1(c) - Runway designation request Mar18 (2) (pdf, 187KB) (opens new window)

Representations received on submitted Neighbourhood Development Plan

• Bristol City Council (pdf, 350KB) (opens new window)
• John and Christine Button (pdf, 91KB) (opens new window)
• The Coal Authority (pdf, 84KB) (opens new window)
• Barton Wilmore for Taylor Wimpey, Bovis Homes and Land Improvement Holdings (pdf, 222KB) (opens new window)

Neighbourhood development plan submission documents 

• A plan of the neighbourhood area (pdf, 802KB) (opens new window)
• Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan (pdf, 5.9MB) (opens new window)
• Hengrove Park Masterplan (pdf, 7.2MB) (opens new window)
• Open Spaces study (pdf, 4.5MB) (opens new window)
• Basic Conditions Statement including Equality Impact Assessment (pdf, 788KB) (opens new window)  
• Consultation Statement (pdf, 4.6MB) (opens new window)
• Strategic Environmental Assessment/Habitat Regulations Assessment – Screening Determination (pdf, 159KB) (opens new window)

How to get involved

To find out more about the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum contact Rita Youseph  (Co-chair) at rita.youseph@gmail.com

• Application letter for a defined Neighbourhood Planning Forum area and status (pdf, 200KB) (opens new window)
• Communities of interest information (pdf, 170KB) (opens new window)
• Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum constitution (pdf, 118KB) (opens new window)
• Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum distribution map (pdf, 401KB) (opens new window)