SINCE the Liss Neighbourhood Plan public consultation period ended, the steering group has been carefully assessing all the comments and representations that were received from many members of the public, statutory authorities, developers and landowners.

Over the next two months the plan will be amended where appropriate to accommodate the constructive points made during the consultation period. Steering group chairman Sir John Dunt has said the aim was to forward the modified plan to the South Downs National Park Authority in the early autumn for its assessment, prior to an independent examination which it is hoped will take place around the end of the year. Subject to approval by the examiner, the final step will be a referendum in the village early in 2017. If more than 50 per cent of those who vote in Liss approve the plan, it will become legally binding and developers will be obliged to conform to the new housing proposals on greenfield sites.