Village plans up for consultation

A final round of public consultation on the draft neighbourhood plans for the parishes of Castor and Ailsworth has been launched and will run to February 17. Public exhibitions will take place from 2-5pm on January 14 at Castor Village Hall and on January 21 at Ailsworth Chapel. Copies of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found on the website at www.castorailsworthnps.com The plans are important as they provide a vision for the future of the two villages, working in partnership with each other, up to 2037. They also provide policies that future development must take into account which will help ensure that the vision is achieved. The plans have been prepared by the Castor and Ailsworth Neighbourhood Plan Working Group over the course of 2015 and 2016. Although each parish council is responsible for its own Neighbourhood Plan, each Council agreed to share a common approach.