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Helmdon Parish Plan
 
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In 2002 Helmdon succesfully applied for funding to carry out a Parish Plan during the course of 2003/4.

Parish Plans are part of the Countryside Agency's "Vital Villages" initiative and they want to help 1,000 communities produce a Parish plan by 2004. Although any community can apply for a grant, priority is given to smaller villages and parishes in rural areas.

The purpose of a Parish Plan is to "... set out a vision of what is important, how new development can best be fitted in, the design and quality standards it should meet, how to preserve local features and to map out the facilities which the community needs to safeguard for the future." Plans should "identify key facilities and services, set out the problems that need to be tackled and demonstrate how distinctive character and features can be preserved."

The Countryside Agency works in conjunction with other bodies to implement the initiative at local level. For Helmdon that means close co-operation with Northamptonshire ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) and SNC (South Northamptonshire Council).

A Working Group has been set up to put the idea in to practice in Helmdon but the Parish Plan should involve every single person in the Parish. If you would like to help out please contact any member of the Working Group.

The results of the parish questionnaire, conducted in January 2004, have now been posted in full on this web site.

Danny Moody 01295 768090

 
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