We have decided to prepare a Growth Plan for Creswell. The Growth Plan will be a dedicated plan for Creswell, setting out plans for how Creswell could grow and prosper over the next five years and beyond. It will cover issues such as living and working in Creswell and will particularly focus on the village centre and environmental issues.
What happened previously?
We started the preparation of the Creswell Growth Plan in April 2022 and ran an initial consultation exercise during June 2022. Feedback on what the people of Creswell said during this consultation exercise is set out in the Creswell Growth Plan Newsletter 1 but the full comments can be viewed in the prepared Consultation Report (Creswell Growth Plan)
Following this exercise, we ran a second stage consultation during January and February 2023 which focussed on masterplanning to understand what land uses the people of Creswell thought any growth in the village should include. Feedback on what the people of Creswell said during this consultation exercise is set out in the Creswell Growth Plan Newsletter issue 2 through a Virtual Balloon ride. However, the full comments can be view in the prepared Consultation Report.
Based on this feedback, we prepared a Draft Growth Plan which outlines the consultation feedback to date and the policy framework for the Growth Plan, before setting out a number of options for additional growth and other questions about Creswell’s green spaces, countryside, employment and housing and this was subject to public consultation during July and August 2024.
The feedback from this exercise has been summarised and those summaries are available to view in the Consultation Report (Creswell) and will inform the preparation of a preferred growth option for the final Creswell Growth Plan. This preferred growth option will be reported to Planning Committee in March 2025.
Timetable
The timetable for the next stages of the preparation of the Creswell Growth Plan is as follows:
- April 2025 – Engagement with infrastructure providers and landowners.
- June 2025 – Adoption of Creswell Growth Plan
