1st of may is referendum day!
If you live in the Batchworth Community Council area, you will have received your voting forms for 1st May 2025 – this is not just for County Councillor elections, but also to vote on whether the Batchworth Community Council Neighbourhood Plan should be adopted. If you have a postal vote, you will receive a referendum form with the County Council election forms.
The plan has been under construction for 5 years by a resident led Steering Group on behalf of Batchworth Community Council. Many reviews and consultations have taken place to get it to this stage and we would like to thank all of you who took part. Below you will find all the final documents plan that has been submitted for the referendum along with the supporting documents.
Below you'll find the suite of supporting documents that make up
The Batchworth Plan.
What is next?
If The Batchworth Plan is adopted, then Batchworth Community Council will receive 25% of any Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) raised within its bounds – this is currently received at 15%.
Batchworth Community Council will begin the process of delivering the many proposals laid out in the plan.
- An independent examiner has now assessed whether the plan meets legal and policy requirements, considering the consultation responses as part of the process.
- Following a successful examination, the Neighbourhood Plan is now subject to a referendum within Batchworth Community Council area, as to whether the plan should be adopted by the Council.
- Should the referendum result in support for adoption, Three Rivers District Council will formally adopt the Batchworth Neighbourhood Plan incorporating it into the Council's Development Plan.
What is a neighbourhood Plan?
It will take a bit more than a few sentences to explain, so we would encourage you to click on the link so you can get the full story…
