The Town Council is a consultee in the planning process and meets to discuss the Town Council’s response to planning applications. The Committee's recommendations are then submitted to the District Council as the local planning authority. Overall the Committee aims to promote sustainable development in the town. Meetings of this Committee include a public participation session. This Committee also supports the interests of public transport users. 

Please click here to link to Planning on the South Hams District Council website.

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales. Please click here to link to the Planning Portal.

What is Neighbourhood Planning?

The Localism Act 2011 introduced statutory Neighbourhood Planning in England. It enables communities to draw up a Neighbourhood Plan for their area and is intended to give communities more of a say in the development of their local area (within certain limits and parameters). These plans are used to decide the future of the places where you live and work giving opportunities to:

• choose where you want new homes, shops and offices to be built
• have your say on what new buildings should look like
• grant planning permission for the new buildings you want to see go ahead.

The Final Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan was adopted in December 2017.

Neighbourhood Planning Links

Department for Communities and Local Government - Policy: Giving communities more power in planning local development.

The Planning Portal - Neighbourhood Planning

South Hams District Council Neighbourhood Development Plans and Orders.

Ivybridge Town Council Facebook

Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan

Ivybridge's Neighbourhood plan documents below show the various stages before the final stage was reached for the plan to be adopted.

• Validation Notification Letter from South Hams District Council of Intention to Designate a Neighbourhood Plan - 17 April 2013
• Notice of Application to Designate a Neighbourhood Plan Area
• Ivybridge Proposed Neighbourhood Plan Area
• Confirmation from English Heritage on Consultation of Neighbourhood Plan Area - 29 May 2013
• Technical Advice from Natural England on Bickleigh, Ivybridge and Salcombe Neighbourhood Plans - 4 June 2013
• Responses from Consultation of Neighbourhood Plan Area from Network Rail, South West Water and the Highways Agency - 6 June 2013
• Confirmation of Designation of Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Area - 2 August 2013
• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group - November 2014
• Constitution/Terms of Reference
• The Ivybridge Vision
• Minutes of Meeting held on 10 September 2014
• Minutes of Meeting held on 25 November 2014
• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Presentation - 15 January 2015
• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Presentation - 27 May 2015
• Minutes of Meeting on 27 May 2015

Published alongside the draft plan are a draft sustainability appraisal scoping report, a draft schedule of evidence that has helped to inform the plan, an early draft of the statement of consultation setting out how the community has been engaged in plan-making, and a draft statement explaining how the plan meets the basic conditions set by government

• Draft Sustainability Appraisal and Scoping Report - June 2015
• Schedule of Evidence - June 2015
• Draft Statement of Consultation - June 2015
• Draft Basic Conditions Statement - June 2015
• Lions FunDay Consultation Event Poster - 4 July 2015
• Lions FunDay Consultation Event Leaflet - 4 July 2015
• Summary Leaflet - July 2015

Responses to the Draft Plan

• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan 2015 - Results of Consultation - November 2015
• Consultation on the draft plan - The response in general; Key consultees' main points; Responding to those points; Next steps - Lee Bray – Planning and Regeneration Consultant - 2 November 2015
• Informal Notes from the Meeting on 2 November 2015
• Key Issues for the Steering Group – 25 May 2016
• Main Changes and Issues Following Consultation on the Draft Plan - Key Items for the Steering Group - May 2016
• Response Report - May 2016
• Appendix D: Monitoring Framework - May 2016
• Meeting of Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group - 25 May 2016 at 5.30pm
• Steering Group - 25 May 2016

Responses received from key consultees on the Draft Plan, and others who chose to respond other than through the on-line survey monkey

• South Hams District Council Part 1 - including screening opinions on SEA and HRA - July 2015
• South Hams District Council Part 2
• Devon County Council initial response - 25 August 2015
• Devon County Council supplementary response - 4 November 2015
• Highways England - 15 September 2015
• Natural England - 30 July 2015
• Environment Agency - 4 September 2015
• South West Water - 10 July 2015
• National Health Service - 20 August 2015
• PL21 - July 2015
• DPDS for Hannick Homes - 21 August 2015
• Gladman

Documents supporting submission of the Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan

• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Area - October 2016
• Statement of Consultation - October 2016
• Basic Conditions Statement - October 2016
• Screening Opinion - October 2016
• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Proposal - December 2016
• Ivybridge Town Council Response to the Examiner's Questions regarding the Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan - July 2017
• SHDC comments on Reg 17 plan - July 2017

A Referendum on the Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan was held on Thursday 30 November 2017 asking if you wanted South Hams District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Ivybridge to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area.

• Timetable - 30 November 2017 - October 2017
• Information statement and information for voters - October 2017
• Decision statement - October 2017
• Ivybridge NP examination report - October 2017
• Ivybridge NP Referendum Version October 2017 - October 2017
• Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan Area A4 - October 2017
• INP Schedule of Responses to Reg 16 - October 2017
• Final Adopted Version of the Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan - December 2017