I am Cllr. Guy Martin and have been a Neighbourhood Planning Champion for Derbyshire for the past four years or so, originally by the CPRE/NALC set up and when that shutdown I carried on myself.
I have visited Councils all over Derbyshire as well as Staffordshire & Yorkshire. My own Council has a NP in place since July 2015.
I am hoping that we get much better support now than I had in the past when I had to produce most of the documents I handed to councils myself and would like to hear from other Champions about their experiences and if they have a NP in place in their area. My council area is responding to an appeal against a desision to refuse permission for around 200 houses on a very controversial piece of land and will have to cover the costs of a QC for the three day appeal in front of a Planning Inspector. .
My email address is martinguy@aol.com
Regards to all,
Guy Martin