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:
- pdf Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan (2.66 MB)
- pdf Hengrove Park Masterplan (7.20 MB)
- pdf Open Spaces study (4.46 MB)
Hengrove and Whitchurch Park became a designated neighbourhood planning area on 7 November 2016.
You can look at a pdf map of the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Area (798 KB) .
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 pdf statement setting out this decision (387 KB) .
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 pdf statement explaining this decision (790 KB) .
Examination documents
You can read all documents relating to the examination, including the examiner's report, below:
- pdf Examiner's report (325 KB)
- pdf Draft Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan: Examination (166 KB)
- pdf Additional Information from Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Forum 30 July 2018 (899 KB)
- pdf Response from Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Forum (269 KB)
- pdf Questions for Clarification H and W Neighbourhood Plan-2 (249 KB)
- pdf Further Evidence 1 (6.92 MB)
- pdf Further Evidence 1(a) - Hawkfield (6.92 MB)
- pdf Further Evidence 1(b) - Malago (2.46 MB)
- pdf Further Evidence 1(c) - Runway designation request Mar18 (2) (186 KB)
Representations received on submitted Neighbourhood Development Plan
- pdf Bristol City Council (349 KB)
- pdf John and Christine Button (91 KB)
- pdf The Coal Authority (84 KB)
- pdf Barton Wilmore for Taylor Wimpey, Bovis Homes and Land Improvement Holdings (221 KB)
Neighbourhood development plan submission documents
- pdf A plan of the neighbourhood area (801 KB)
- pdf Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Development Plan (5.92 MB)
- pdf Hengrove Park Masterplan (7.20 MB)
- pdf Open Spaces study (4.46 MB)
- pdf Basic Conditions Statement including Equality Impact Assessment (787 KB)
- pdf Consultation Statement (4.62 MB)
- pdf Strategic Environmental Assessment/Habitat Regulations Assessment – Screening Determination (159 KB)
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
- pdf Application letter for a defined Neighbourhood Planning Forum area and status (200 KB)
- pdf Communities of interest information (169 KB)
- pdf Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum constitution (117 KB)
- pdf Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Neighbourhood Planning Forum distribution map (400 KB)