No doubt everyone will have their own interpretation of the results so it is difficult to succinctly summarise. Nonetheless :
The business survey is still ongoing but that will not affect the main thrust of the Neighbourhood Development Plan. Given what we now know, what then are the next immediate steps?
As has already been indicated earlier, we now need to reach out to landowners to see what land is currently possibly available for development.
That is offically a 'call for sites' and will take place almost immediately.
A professionally conducted survey is required to be certain what local housing needs really are.
The government has already approved technical support for this from a national consultancy.
Professional help with Site Location Assessment is also available from the government.
Government technical support will be available once we complete our site call. In the meantime we are seeking support to help clarify where best future development should be.
In the meantime, discussions are required with the Parish Council about the formation of a Peasmarsh Community Land Trust.
These talks are imminent.
Discussions are also required with all of the relevant service providers to understand how they will improve existing services and cope with future development.
These will start in the near future.
In closing, to look to the longer term future, this is a reminder of the likely overall timeline :
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