Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee – 17th November 2025

Longstone Area Neighbourhood Plan – Steering Committee

Minutes of Meeting 8

Monday 17^th November 2025, Village Hall, Great Longstone

Attendance

Apologies received from

1. Apologies for absence. Apologies received as above.
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting. – approved
3. Actions from previous meeting. Completed actions removed as per table at the end of the minutes
4. NP Workstream Areas – At some point will need to establish which elements fall into the Neighbourhood Plan and others to be picked up in a “Area Village Plan”.
   • Business & Tourism – Members – Richard, Jeremy & Sam,

No further reports

• Housing – Members – Frank & Deborah

  Housing survey in process

• Climate Mitigation and Renewable Energy – Members – Jonathan, Sam, Jeremy & Andy

  Session set up with Marches Energy Agency for the Book Swap Café (BSC) 26^th November with an option for thermal camera surveys for residents to be undertaken as part of the offering

• Land Management and Nature Recovery– Members – Sara & Alexa

  Local engagement with farmers, initially informally to develop next steps planning meeting for December.

• Transport – Members – Georgina & Andy

  Three strands to the workstream covering busses, parking and footpaths. Active travel focus.
  East Midlands mayoral consultation and survey online.

• Creating Community – Members – Simon, Alexa & Deborah

  Engagement process to develop to build up events and gaps in engagement. Thoughts about using the school area / end of school day times to better communicate.
  Stand to set up at the Christmas Bazar on 5^th Action – SH

5. Communication and Engagement Strategy
   • General Questionnaire
     Productive discussion around the workstream questions and left with an objective for the workstreams to review the three questions for their areas then feed in so they can be pulled together in a “survey monkey” type programme.

     Need to make sure that the issues needed for the Neighbourhood Plan element of the Workstreams are included in the survey and that the questions remain at a general level. Still trying to solicit opinion rather than create solutions.

   • Engagement calendar to keep updated to make sure we balance the events.
6. AOB – Next Meeting. – Monday 15^th December 2025, 19:00 Hrs GLVH

Action Summary

Proposed Dates for SC Meetings, all Monday @ 19:00 hrs Great Longstone Village Hall