Nocton Dairy

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Thanks to those who have sent me comments which I have read and forwarded to the planning department and the NKDC Chief Executive as appropriate.

The Question and answer consultation on August 6th and 7th was done by the applicants of their own choice. This is not part of the District Council’s formal consultations, which will happen once the application is in. Some people were disappointed to miss the two applicant events as the notice was very late and three venues were separately published making it hard to find. Some also said they would have preferred a normal meeting where they could hear better, which is a useful lesson too.

The District Council have been consulting on what aspects the applicant should cover in their environmental report. This is now completed and a "scoping opinion" was issued on August 5th. The applicant can now submit a new application and it will be up to the councillors on the whole planning committee to see if it is acceptable or not.

To see the scoping opinion on the web, google “planning on line North Kesteven”, accept the conditions and type in 10/0831/EIASCO. To see the comments to the previous application, the reference is 09/1040/FUL. These will not be forwarded because the new application will be different. The Council will notify any previous objectors/supporters when the new application comes in.

Once the new application is submitted, then people can place comments in response on line, using the same process. As before, if I want to be involved in the planning decision, then I cannot state a view in advance of the meeting. I await to see the application. We do want agricultural development, but the environmental impacts will obviously be a key planning issue.

In the meantime, the normal e-mail for planning matters is planning@n-kesteven.gov.uk. If it is OK with you, I will add you to my monthly e-mail newsletter. It keeps you informed and makes it easy for you to respond using the "reply" button.

I hope that is helpful. Do keep in touch.