The NP was commissioned by Catshill and North Marlbrook Parish Council (PC) in 2016 and was approved in a referendum held in November 2021. Over 800 residents voted in the NP in this referendum with 723 in favour. As a result, the twenty planning policies in the NP became part of the statutory planning framework and were adopted by Bromsgrove District Council (BDC) meaning that new planning applications, submitted in the Parish, were to be considered against these policies (together with all other policies of the development plan regime).
Paragraph 11 of the NP states that;
“Catshill and North Marlbrook Parish Council will ensure there is compliance with the NP and that it is regularly reviewed. In order that the NP is actively managed the Parish Catshill and North Marlbrook Parish Council will ensure there is compliance with the NP and that it is regularly reviewed.
The Council will carry out an annual review which, on completion, will be placed on the Parish Council’s website and made available as a hard copy version at the Parish Council Office, by prior arrangement, and the local library.”
This report is the first review of the NP covering the period 2022 and can be viewed here