Murton Village circa 1900 | Welcome To The Murton Parish Council Website | MPC
Murton is one of 17 parishes in York that that are creating their own Neighbourhood Plan. It will form part of the bigger planning picture, the National Policy and the emerging City of York Local Plan .
The Localism Act 2011 introduced new rights and powers for communities. It set out the Government’s planning policies and how they should be applied. It gives the framework for the preparation of locally distinctive planning policies in the form of Local Plans. For us, this is the City of York Local Plan.
The Act includes the introduction of a new ‘neighbourhood’ layer to the planning system which is central to the package of planning reforms and is aimed at giving people the opportunity to shape the places they live in. Neighbourhood Plans are a key element of neighbourhood planning, giving communities a new and better way to decide the future of the places where they live and work. It allows us to make decisions about what is important and needs protecting, and what needs improving through the planning sys
Murton Village circa 1900 | Welcome To The Murton Parish Council Website | MPC