Form 2 – Executive Report 14 January 2014

Report of: Simon Green Executive Director for Place ________________________________________________________________ Report to: Maria Duffy Interim Head of Planning ________________________________________________________________ Date: 16th October 2014 ________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dore Neighbourhood Plan: Dore Neighbourhood Area

Designation ________________________________________________________________ Author of Report: Sarah Smith, Planning Officer ________________________________________________________________ Key Decision: NO ________________________________________________________________ Reason Key Decision: N/A ________________________________________________________________ Summary: Dore Village Society has submitted a valid application

for the City Council to designate Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process.

________________________________________________________________ Reasons for Recommendations: After consultation, evaluation of the application identified no legal, equality or financial issues that would warrant its refusal or escalation of the decision to Cabinet. The designation of a Neighbourhood Area will enable consideration by the Council of the application by Dore Village Society to be designated as Dore Neighbourhood Forum. Once designated, Dore Village Society (as Dore Neighbourhood Forum) can then start to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for Dore. The neighbourhood area designation will also allow the Council to recoup some of the costs incurred on this stage of the Dore Neighbourhood Plan process. ________________________________________________________________ Recommendations: 1. It is recommended that Sheffield City Council designate as a neighbourhood

area in accordance with section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act

SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL

Executive Director for Place Report

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1990 that part of the Dore Neighbourhood Area which lies within the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary (see Appendix 3).

2. As soon as possible after the decision is made, authority is given to publish

the decision and the reasons for it on the Council’s Dore Neighbourhood Plan web page and such other manner, which will bring the decision and the designation to the attention of people who live, work or carry on business in the neighbourhood area, in accord with statute1.

________________________________________________________________ Background Papers: a) Proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area Boundary, submitted by Dore Village

Society (see Main Report Appendix 1). b) Statement stating why the proposed neighbourhood area is considered

appropriate and that Dore Village Society is a relevant neighbourhood planning body (see Main Report Appendix 2)

c) Map showing the part of Dore Neighbourhood Area to be designated by

Sheffield Planning Authority (see Main Report Appendix 3)

Category of Report: OPEN

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Statutory and Council Policy Checklist

Financial Implications

YES Cleared by: Catherine Rodgers

Legal Implications

YES Cleared by: Paul Bellingham

Equality of Opportunity Implications

YES Cleared by: Ian Oldershaw

Tackling Health Inequalities Implications

NO

Human Rights Implications

NO

Environmental and Sustainability implications

NO

Economic Impact

NO

Community Safety Implications

NO

Human Resources Implications

NO

Property Implications

NO

Area(s) Affected

Dore and Totley Ward

Relevant Cabinet Portfolio Lead

Cabinet Member for Business, Skills and Development

Relevant Scrutiny Committee

Is the item a matter which is reserved for approval by the City Council?

NO

Press Release

NO

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REPORT TO THE INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING DORE NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA DESIGNATION 1.0 SUMMARY 1.1 Dore Village Society has submitted a valid application for the City Council

to designate Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process. The boundary of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area follows Burbage Brook in the West, Ringinglow Road and Limb Brook in the North, Limb Brook in the East except the inclusion of Beauchief Gardens and the group of houses between Beauchief Gardens and Limb Brook on the southern side of Abbeydale Road South, and Stony Ridge, Old Hay Brook and the River Sheaf in the South except the inclusion of Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue (see Appendix 1). The proposed neighbourhood area is coincident with the Dore Village Society’s ‘area of benefit’. As the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area includes land which is within the Peak District National Park Authority’s area, an application was also submitted to them. This report only considers for neighbourhood area designation, the part of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area which is within the Sheffield City Council planning authority boundary. Dore Village Society also submitted a neighbourhood forum application for the City Council and Peak District National Park Authority to designate Dore Village Society as a neighbourhood forum. The forum application is being considered in an associated report, but the forum designation is dependent on the designation of Dore Neighbourhood Area.

1.2 Sheffield City Council consulted on the proposed Dore Neighbourhood

Area application from 20 December 2013 to 20th January 2014 as part of a joint consultation with the Peak District National Park Planning Authority, on both the forum and area applications submitted by Dore Village Society. The majority of comments received don’t object to the proposed Neighbourhood Area boundary within the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary.

1.3 After consultation, evaluation of the application revealed no legal, financial

or other issues that would warrant its refusal, or escalation of the decision to designate the area to Cabinet. The designation of a Dore Neighbourhood Area is a positive contribution towards enabling sustainable development through a neighbourhood plan for Dore and will allow the Council to recoup some of the costs incurred on this stage of the Dore Neighbourhood Plan process.

2.0 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SHEFFIELD PEOPLE 2.1 Designation of a neighbourhood area for Dore is the first stage in the

Neighbourhood Plan preparation process. Once a neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum are designated, the designated neighbourhood forum can move directly to the next stage of the neighbourhood planning process and prepare a Dore Neighbourhood Plan based on Dore

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Neighbourhood Area. 2.2 Neighbourhood Planning contributes directly to delivering the outcomes of

Strategic Core Objective:

• Great Place to Live – this outcome relates to the activities and assets that make local neighbourhoods attractive, safe accessible and vibrant so that Sheffield people feel happy and content about where they live.

2.3 A Neighbourhood Plan for Dore ultimately allows the local community to

promote development within their area while having a greater say in the way that development takes place.

3.0 OUTCOME AND SUSTAINABILITY 3.1 The main outcome is to designate the part of the Dore Neighbourhood

Area which is within the Sheffield City Council planning authority boundary. This can then enable consideration by the Council of Dore Village Society’s application to be designated as Dore Neighbourhood Forum. Once designated, Dore Village Society (as Dore Neighbourhood Forum) can then start to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for Dore.

4.0 EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS 4.1 No equality implications have been identified. Fundamentally this

designation is equality neutral affecting all local people equally regardless of age, sex, race, faith, disability, sexuality, etc. No negative equality impacts have been identified.

5.0 BACKGROUND 5.1 Dore Village Society wishes to prepare a neighbourhood plan covering the

Dore area of Sheffield. They have submitted an application to Sheffield Planning Authority to designate the Dore Neighbourhood Area; they have also submitted an application to Sheffield Planning Authority to designate themselves as the neighbourhood forum for the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is being considered in an associated report. Positive decisions on these two applications would complete the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process. As part of the proposed neighbourhood area is also in the Peak District National Park Authority, applications for area and forum designation have also been submitted to the Peak District National Park Planning Authority as required by statute2. The Peak District National Park Planning Authority intend to make a decision on the area designation at Planning Committee on 10th October 2014. Sheffield Planning Authority intend to make a decision on the area designation and the forum designation on the 16th October 2014, with the area designation decision being made first. It is more critical that both planning authorities make the decision on the Neighbourhood Forum Designation on the same day, so that the 5 year forum designation made

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by both local planning authorities will expire on the same date. Therefore both planning authorities have agreed to the 16th October 2014 as the decision date.

5.2 Dore Village Society’s application to designate a neighbourhood area is

valid in terms of the information submitted3. Their submission includes: (a) a map identifying the proposed neighbourhood area (see Appendix 1); (b) a statement explaining why the proposed neighbourhood area is

considered appropriate (see Appendix 2); (c) a statement that Dore Village Society is a relevant neighbourhood

planning body (see Appendix 2) 5.3 The boundary of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area within Sheffield

Planning Authority Area follows Burbage Brook in the West, Ringinglow Road and Limb Brook in the North, Limb Brook in the East except the inclusion of Beauchief Gardens and the group of houses between Beauchief Gardens and Limb Brook on the southern side of Abbeydale Road South, and Stony Ridge, Old Hay Brook and the River Sheaf in the South except the inclusion of Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue. The proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area is coincident with the Dore Village Society’s ‘area of benefit’ i.e. the area within which they restrict their activities.

5.4 This report considers the part of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area

within the Sheffield City Council Planning Authority’s boundary. This is illustrated by the map accompanying this report (see Appendix 3).

6.0 DORE NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA – CONSULTATION SUMMARY 6.1 Sheffield City Council and the Peak District National Park Authority jointly

consulted on the area application and the forum application, submitted by Dore Village Society, from 2nd December 2013 to 20th January 2014.

6.2 A previous Dore Neighbourhood Area application was received in March

2013 and consultation was held on it in April-May 2013. However following the consultation period Dore Village Society decided to withdraw, amend and resubmit their area application (see section 9.0). Therefore the consultation responses from the April 2013 consultation have no relevance to this report.

6.3 The following steps were taken to publicise the neighbourhood area

application: • the Area application was available to view from:

- The Council’s website - Sheffield City Council - Dore Neighbourhood Plan

- Totley Library. - First Point at Howden House.

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• Posters were erected in the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area • Letters or Emails were sent to South West Community Assembly

and Sheffield Local Plan contacts. • Ward Councillors, Cabinet Lead and the Planning and Highways

Committee chair were notified. • Planning authorities neighbouring the proposed neighbourhood

area were made aware of this application. • The Council’s email alert system (used to alert those registered as

interested in Planning). • Tweeted from @SCC_Planning_BC. • The information was added to Sheffield Planning’s “What’s New”

webpage. • Press release, joint with Peak District National Park Planning

Authority 6.4 The neighbourhood area consultation was about the proposed boundary

of the neighbourhood area. It was not about whether or not there should be a neighbourhood plan.

6.5 Seven comments were received as part of this joint consultation with the

Peak District National Park Authority. One comment wholeheartedly supported the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area and statement of appropriate area, and one had no objections to the proposed area. Three comments gave general support for the proposed neighbourhood area with reservation. Sheffield Planning Authority can only consider one of the comments proposing boundary changes, as this applies to Ringinglow and surrounding area – some of this area falls in the Sheffield Planning Authority and some in the Peak District Planning Authority Area. The comment stated that if a neighbourhood area application was ever received for Ringinglow, that at that time the area should be excluded from the Dore Neighbourhood Area. As no application for a proposed Ringinglow Neighbourhood Area has been received to date or is expected, then this issue is currently irrelevant. If an application was received for a Ringinglow Neighbourhood Area in the future, Sheffield planning authority would need to consider the desirability of maintaining the existing boundaries of areas already designated as neighbourhood areas. If it is necessary, the boundaries of Dore Neighbourhood Area would be modified, with designation of an adjacent Neighbourhood Area4.

6.6 All other comments solely relate to the proposed neighbourhood area

outside the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary and within the Peak District National Park Planning Authority, but still within Sheffield City Council boundary. These are reported below for information, but are not part of the decision of this report. One comment objected to the proposed Neighbourhood Area boundary between Dore and Totley, discrediting the Dore Village Society’s interpretation of the historic Fairbanks map used to support the boundary definition and proposing two alternative boundaries: Edge of Strawberry Lee plantation (the 1923-24 boundary); and the Polling District boundary along a public footpath. The objector also

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considers Strawberry Lee Plantation and Cowsick Bog to be within Totley. Other comments objected to the inclusion of all or part of the Peak moorland in the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area. Sheffield Planning Authority cannot consider these comments in their decision, as they fall outside of the Sheffield Planning Authority Area.

7.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 7.1 Section 61G(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requires a

local planning authority to designate a neighbourhood area if it receives a valid application and some or all of the area has not yet been designated. This report sets out how the application meets those necessary conditions, with respect to the part of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area which falls within Sheffield City Council’s planning authority boundary.

7.2 Section 61(I) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 sets out that the

power to designate an area as a neighbourhood area is exercisable by two or more local planning authorities in England if the area falls within the areas of those authorities. This power will be exercised by the Peak District National Park planning authority and Sheffield City Council planning authority.

7.3 The proposed Dore neighbourhood area complies with section 61G of the

Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The Council have considered whether they should designate the area concerned as a business area pursuant to section 61H. The area is not wholly or predominantly business in nature and therefore it is not considered appropriate to designate it as a business area. Dore Village Society have complied with Regulation 5 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 and the Council has complied with Regulation 6. If the neighbourhood area is designated the Council then need to comply with Regulation 7 when publicising the designation.

7.4 The delegation of neighbourhood area designations was decided by

Cabinet on 18th December 20135. Cabinet has delegated some of its decision making powers in respect of neighbourhood planning to the Head of Planning, or, in her absence, to the Forward and Area Planning Team Manager, such delegated authority to be exercised in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member responsible for Planning (currently the Cabinet Member for Business, Skills and Development). This delegation included decisions as to whether or not to designate a neighbourhood area.

8.0 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 8.1 The Government’s current financial support to local planning authorities

for neighbourhood planning allows local planning authorities to recoup some of the cost incurred in the neighbourhood planning process.

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8.2 The designation of a neighbourhood area will allow a claim for £5000 towards the cost of validation, publicity and consultation on the area application to be made in the next available window for claims. Failure to designate will mean that the support funding cannot be claimed.

8.3 As the Dore Neighbourhood Area straddles two local planning authorities,

the £5000 claim will be split between Sheffield City Council and Peak District National Park Authority. The precise split will be agreed between the two authorities in advance of the claim submission. Sheffield City Council will be the lead authority. This will be the subject of a separate Delegated Officer Decision Report, with the decision to be made by the Director of Regeneration and Development Services.

8.4 Further work is currently being undertaken regarding the financial

implications of neighbourhood planning. Any additional costs that cannot be recouped from the Government’s current financial support would have to be met from the existing service budgets.

9.0 ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED 9.1 Sheffield Planning Authority has the power to refuse an application for a

neighbourhood area or designate an alternative area if there is a good reason that an application is not appropriate. If doing so, it must publicise the decision and statement of reasons for making this decision. The justification for the neighbourhood area boundary is set out by Dore Village Society in their statement of appropriate area (see Appendix 2)

9.2 Dore Village Society has made two applications for a neighbourhood area.

The first area application submitted in March 2013 used the railway line as the boundary between Dore and Bradway. This was supported as a suitable planning boundary by Sheffield Planning Authority as movement is restricted across it. However, Dore Village Society decided to withdraw this boundary to enable them to respond to comments made by the Bradway Action Group saying that the railway line is not the historic boundary between Dore and Bradway. The consideration for Sheffield Planning Authority is whether the boundary is sound in planning terms, and makes sense to the community.

9.3 The second application was validated after further discussion with Dore

Village Society on the 12th November 2013. It uses the River Sheaf as the boundary between Dore and Bradway except where it includes Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue. It also now includes the whole of Beauchief Gardens. Beauchief Gardens, the houses on the south side of Abbeydale Road South, and Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue are included in the Neighbourhood Area because of their physical connection to the original village area and because the residents believe they live in Dore neighbourhood. This is the option for consideration in this report.

9.3 As no application for a proposed Ringinglow Neighbourhood Area has

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been received to date or is expected, then no consideration could be given to excluding land which forms part of another proposed or designated Neighbourhood Area. At the time of receiving a Ringinglow Neighbourhood Area application, Sheffield planning authority would need to consider the desirability of maintaining the existing boundaries of areas already designated as neighbourhood areas. Apart from the comment concerning Ringinglow, consideration of all proposed boundary changes proposed by consultees affect land outside the Sheffield Planning Authority Area. Any decisions based on these are outside the scope of Sheffield Planning Authority.

9.4 Sheffield Planning Authority consider that the boundary within the

Sheffield Planning Authority Area is sound in planning terms, and makes sense to the community. There are therefore no valid planning reasons to deviate from the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area as validated in November 2013.

10.0 REASONS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION 10.1 To comply with statute6, Sheffield Planning Authority has considered

several specific questions while evaluating whether to designate a proposed neighbourhood area; these questions are: 1. Has a relevant body applied for an area specified in the

Neighbourhood Area application to be designated by this authority?

Answer: Yes. The application includes a section on why Dore Village Society is a relevant neighbourhood planning body i.e why it is an organisation or body which is, or is capable of being, designated as a neighbourhood forum (on the assumption that, for this purpose, the specified area is designated as a neighbourhood area) (See Appendix 2). Dore Village Society is considered to be a body which is capable of being designated as a neighbourhood forum. The associate report sets the justification and recommendation for Dore Village Society being designated as the Dore Neighbourhood Forum (on the assumption that the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area will be designated as the Neighbourhood Area).

2. Does the proposed area cover any part of the area of a parish council? Answer: This application is wholly within a non-parished area.

3. How desirable it is to maintain the existing boundaries of areas already designated as neighbourhood areas (neighbourhood areas must not overlap)? Answer: No surrounding areas are designated as

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neighbourhood areas.

4. Should the area be designated as a business area?

Answer: No. The area is not wholly or predominantly business in nature, so it should not be designated as a business area.

5. Are there any valid planning reasons to deviate from the boundary which has been submitted? Answer: No. There are no valid planning reasons. The boundary appears to be coherent, consistent and appropriate in planning terms. The application boundary within Sheffield City Council planning area is set out in paragraph 5.3. The surrounding rural areas relate to the built-up area of Dore in that they contain uses including farms, houses on Long Line, garden centre, and farmland, which are of edge-of-settlement uses, and businesses and residents located here are more likely to use the facilities of and relate to Dore Village, rather than any other edge-of-Sheffield suburb. The rivers and brooks form suitable planning boundaries, and the inclusion of 46 & 48 High Trees Avenue reflects their physical connection to the rest of Dore, and residents believe that they live in Dore neighbourhood.

10.2 The answers to the above questions have raised no issues of concern or

that would warrant escalation of the decision to delegate the area to Cabinet, or refuse the application. The decision to designate that part of the Dore Neighbourhood Area within Sheffield Planning Authority is therefore not complex or complicated; it allows the Council to recover some of its costs; and it has no negative implications or risks for the Council. The decision will have the benefit of being a positive start to the preparation of a neighbourhood plan for the Dore area.

11.0 RECOMMENDATION 11.1 It is recommended that Sheffield City Council designate as a

neighbourhood area in accordance with section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 that part of the Dore Neighbourhood Area which lies within the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary (see Appendix 3).

11.2 As soon as possible after the decision is made, authority is given to

publish the decision and the reasons for it on the Council’s Dore Neighbourhood Plan web page and such other manner, which will in order to bring the decision and the designation to the attention of people who live, work or carry on business in the neighbourhood area, in accord with statute7.

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Sarah Smith Planning Officer 16th October 2014

Appendix 1: Proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area Boundary, as submitted by Dore Village Society

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Appendix 2: Statement stating why the proposed neighbourhood area is considered appropriate and that Dore Village Society is a relevant neighbourhood planning body

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DORE VILLAGE SOCIETY

Registered Charity: 1017051

Localism Act 2011

Neighbourhood Planning General Regulations April 6 2012

Applications to Sheffield City Council and Peak District National Park Authority to designate Dore as a Neighbourhood Area

1 July 2013

Neighbourhood Area Map

The attached map identifies the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area.

The boundary of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area follows Burbage Brook in the West, Ringinglow Road and Limb Brook in the North, Limb Brook in the East except the inclusion of Beauchief Gardens and the group of houses between Beauchief Gardens and Limb Brook on the southern side of Abbeydale Road South, and Stony Ridge, Old Hay Brook and the River Sheaf in the South except the inclusion of Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue. The proposed Neighbourhood Area is coincident with the Dore Village Society ‘area of benefit’.

Statement of Appropriateness

Dore is an appropriate area to designate as a Neighbourhood Area;

1. Historic Identity

Dore has a special historical identity being the site of the meeting in 829 when Eanred the King of Northumbria offered his obedience to King Ecgbert of Wessex and Mercia who thus became ‘Our Lord of the whole English speaking race.’ Dore is recorded in the Domesday Book as belonging to the Land of Roger de Bully.

2. Spatial Identity

Dore Neighbourhood Area is largely defined by the ancient ‘Dore Township’ map drawn in 1802 by W & J Fairbank, most of the area being known as Dore Moors. The map shows adjoining townships of Hathersage to the west, Hallam and Ecclesall to the north and east and Totley to the south. Dore Neighbourhood is separated from most of South West Sheffield by the large expanse of Ecclesall Woods, and the built-up area of the village is separated from adjoining built up areas of Bradway and Totley by the Sheffield Green Belt.

3. Community Identity

Dore Village has a strong neighbourhood centre based on the Parish and Methodist Churches, comprising local shops, public houses and other community services, located around the remnants of a former Derbyshire farming settlement. Dore Village has a well-developed sense of local community, engendered by local community activities including its churches, young peoples’ uniformed groups, local societies and clubs, public houses, restaurants, village well dressing, Dore Old School Trust, local secondary, primary and special schools, Dore Gala and Festival, Dore Show and Dore Village Society. Dore Village Society publishes a quarterly community newspaper, ‘Dore to Door’, which is circulated free to all households and business premises in the Neighbourhood and publishes the Dore Village Society web site. Beauchief Gardens and the houses on the south side of

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Abbeydale Road South and Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue are included in the Neighbourhood because of their physical connection to the original Township area and because the residents believe they live in Dore Neighbourhood. The adjoining neighbourhoods of Bradway and Totley have their own community newspapers and community organisations.

4. Planning Identity

Dore Village Society produced a Village Design Statement in 2005 following extensive public consultation and a local design workshop. Consultation on planning matters is undertaken through the community newspaper, ‘Dore to Door’, delivered free to all households and business premises, and the Dore Village Society web site. The Dore Village Society has, since its founding, made representations on planning applications, local planning developments, planning policies and environmental proposals. Most recently the Dore Village Society made representations at the examination on the Core Strategy and the Policies and Sites Document of Sheffield Local Plan. The Dore Village Society has also commissioned public consultation and a report on car parking issues in the village centre. The Neighbourhood Area proposed is identical to Dore Village Society’s ‘area of benefit’.

Dore Village Society is the Relevant Body

1. Dore Village Society, founded in 1964, is a registered Charity having twelve trustees elected as an Executive Committee to manage the Society’s business. The area of benefit of the Dore Village Society is identical to the proposed Neighbourhood Area.

2. The primary objects of the Society are;

i) To promote high standards of architecture or planning in or affecting the area of benefit.

ii) To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area of benefit.

iii) To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit.

iv) To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit the provision of facilities and activities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving their conditions of life.

In furtherance of the said purposes but not otherwise, the Society through its Executive Committee shall have the following powers;

a) To apply to be recognised as a Neighbourhood Forum, which in this instance is a Society established for the public benefit for the purpose of promoting or improving the social, economic and environmental well-being of Dore, Sheffield (under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or any subsequent amendment or re-enactment thereof) with a view to drawing up Neighbourhood Development Plans for the said area of benefit.

3. Membership is open to all who are interested in actively furthering the purposes of the Society, including residents of the area, business owners and elected members of the City Council. The Society currently has 1000 members.

Please note that a Special General Meeting on 27 January 2014 Dore Village Society will be considering an amendment to the constitution to remove the word ‘actively’ with regard to furthering the purposes of the Society in order to meet the requirements of the Localism Act and Regulations.

Appendix 3: Map showing the part of Dore Neighbourhood Area to be designated by Sheffield Planning Authority

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