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deals with Neighbourhood Plans.<br />
6.4 The Neighbourhood planning process also provides Parish and Town<br />
<strong>Council</strong>s an opportunity to work in partnership with the <strong>Council</strong> in the<br />
preparation of the Allocations and Development Management part of the<br />
Local Plan Core Strategy.<br />
6.5 Neighbourhood Plans will be subject to an independent check by the<br />
appointed Examiner to ensure that proposals comply with equalities and<br />
human rights legislation. <strong>Blaby</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will have advised prior to the<br />
examination whether it is considered that the Neighbourhood Plan is in<br />
conformity with the Core Strategy Local Plan.<br />
Neighbourhood Planning regulations<br />
6.6 The Neighbourhood Planning Regulations became effective on April 6 2012<br />
and set out the statutory procedures for Neighbourhood Plans. <strong>Blaby</strong> has<br />
received a request from the Fosse Villages Neighbourhood Plan group area to<br />
be recognised for formal designation as a neighbourhood plan area and it is<br />
intended that advertisements will be placed to advertise this application in line<br />
with the Regulations. .<br />
6.7 There are seven new key duties for <strong>Blaby</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in respect of<br />
Neighbourhood Planning thus:<br />
1. Duty to support<br />
2. Designate Neighbourhood Area<br />
3. Designate Neighbourhood Forum<br />
4. Consider compliance with statutory<br />
and EU requirements<br />
5. Advise independent examiner on<br />
representations received and other<br />
matters<br />
6. Fund and organise examination<br />
7. Consider examiners<br />
recommendations<br />
8. Fund and undertake referendum<br />
9. Duty to Adopt<br />
Designation of a Neighbourhood Area<br />
6.8 The <strong>Council</strong> is responsible for receiving and determining applications for the<br />
designation of a neighbourhood area such as the one received from the<br />
Fosse Villages Group. The whole of the district in <strong>Blaby</strong> is covered by either<br />
Parish or Town <strong>Council</strong>s or Parish Meetings.<br />
6.9 Applications for the designation of a neighbourhood area must include the<br />
proposed boundary and supporting information on why the boundary is an<br />
appropriate one. The <strong>Council</strong> is then required to advertise the application for a<br />
statutory six week period and thereafter consider any representations<br />
received.<br />
6.10 The only potential difficulty that may arise in respect of the designation of<br />
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