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Neighbourhood planning: Old Market

Information about the Old Market Neighbourhood Development Plan.

Old Market became a designated neighbourhood planning area on 31 January 2013. You can look at pdf a map of the Old Market neighbourhood planning area (4.09 MB) .

Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Planning Forum became the designated forum for this area on 1 May 2013. 

The Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Development Plan is now part of the development plan for Bristol and is being used with the Bristol Local Plan to decide planning applications in Old Market.

To get involved in the forum email Paul Bradburn: p.bradburnis@gmail.com

Redesignation of forum

An pdf application (2.58 MB)  was made on 6 November 2018 to redesignate Old Market Community Association as the Neighbourhood (Planning) Forum for the Old Market Neighbourhood Planning Area.

The forum was redesignated on 7 March 2019.

The application was determined in accordance with the relevant requirements of the pdf Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended) (199 KB) . Further details on the designation process can be downloaded below.

Neighbourhood Plan ‘made'

At the Full Council meeting of 15 March 2016, following a positive referendum result, Bristol City Council resolved to ‘make' the Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Development Plan.

You can look at pdf our statement (132 KB)  setting out this decision.

Copies of the decision statement and the neighbourhood development plan are also available to inspect at City Hall, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm).

The neighbourhood development plan will now be used with the Local Plan to decide planning applications in Old Market Quarter.

Neighbourhood Development Plan documents

Referendum

We held a referendum on 25 February 2016 to decide if the pdf Old Market neighbourhood development plan (17.11 MB)  should be used to decide planning applications.

Results of the Old Market Referendum

More people voted 'yes' in this referendum.

pdf The referendum declaration of results (18 KB)

Neighbourhood Development Plan referendum documents

Submission of the plan

Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Planning Forum formally submitted their neighbourhood development plan in 2015.

Graham Self, an independent examiner, carried out an examination of the plan. You can look at pdf the examiner's report for the neighbourhood development plan (138 KB)  . You can also look at a pdf summary of representations submitted to examiner (144 KB) .

He recommended that the plan should be updated and that there should be a referendum on the updated plan. The referendum will decide if it is used alongside the Bristol Local Plan when we make decisions on planning applications in Old Market.

We worked with Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Forum to update the plan based on the recommendations. On 10 December 2015 we determined that the updated Old Market Quarter neighbourhood development plan meets the requirements for a neighbourhood development plan. This means it is ready for a referendum. You can look at pdf our statement setting out this decision (5.22 MB) .

Neighbourhood development plan submission documents

Responses to the Neighbourhood Development Plan

Downloadable files

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