THE CONSULTATION on the Liss Neighbourhood Plan will soon be coming to a close. The eight-week consultation period started on March 21, and it will end on Monday, May 16.
The plan sets out where 150 new homes on greenfield sites should be built over the next 12 years. Supporting policies in the plan cover a wide range of subjects including landscape, open space, infrastructure and facilities in the village.
The plan and a large volume of work supporting the plan is available on the plan’s website and a copy of it is available to read in the parish council offices, the Triangle Centre and various locations around the village.
Liss Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group chairman Sir John Dunt said: “The consultation is important and the parish council urges the residents of Liss to comment.
“A great deal of work has been undertaken over the last 15 months, all by a steering group of volunteers who have worked with many others with the best interests of the village at heart.
“All comments and representations received during the consultation period will be carefully considered by the steering group. If necessary, the plan will then be modified before it is submitted to the South Downs National Park Authority.
“Any objections to the plan will be considered by an independent examiner.
“Following the independent examination, all those on the electoral register in Liss will be able to vote on the plan in a referendum.
“The referendum is important. If more than 50 per cent of those who vote support the plan, it will become legally binding for all new development in the village.
“If the plan is rejected the people of Liss will lose out on deciding where development in Liss will go.”
Find out about planning applications that affect you by visiting the Public Notice Portal.
Visit www.lissnp.org.uk for more information and to view the plan.