Parson Drove electors asked to vote in village’s Neighbourhood Planning Referendum

Residents in Parson Drove are set to go to the polls next month over a proposed neighbourhood plan to change planning policies affecting the village.

Fenland District Council is holding the Parson Drove Neighbourhood Planning Referendum to ask electors whether they want to adopt the Parson Drove Neighbourhood Plan, which has been produced by Parson Drove Parish Council.

Polling cards are being sent to residents in the parish area next week, ahead of the referendum on Thursday, February 27.

Voters will be asked a single question: “Do you want Fenland District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Parson Drove to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?”

If more than 50 per cent of people voting in the referendum support the plan, then Fenland District Council must bring it into force. It will then form part of the Development Plan for Parson Drove.

For more information, and to view the plan documents, visit:

www.fenland.gov.uk/article/14411/Parson-Drove-Neighbourhood-Plan

Copies of the plan can also be viewed at the Council’s Customer Service Centres at Fenland Hall, County Road, March, and at The Boathouse Business Centre, Harbour Square, Wisbech.