Alternative to survey is to simply send email

In the Opinion column in last week’s Advertiser, Gavin Ames described as ‘a shocker’ the fact that Maidenhead does not have a Neighbourhood Plan (NP) when so much of the future development in the Royal Borough is planned here.

The volunteers at Maidenhead Neighbourhood Forum have applied for permission to develop a NP for the town, and RBWM is currently consulting the public on whether to agree this.

Their consultation ends on December 6 and we encourage anyone who cares about the town to support our ‘designation’ – ie our being allowed to develop a NP.

A NP can’t contradict what is already in the Borough Local Plan, but it can add much-needed local detail and granularity.

Some people have told us that the mechanisms for responding to the consultation are fiddly.

Our advice is – keep it simple.

You can just send an email to planning.consultation@rbwm.gov.uk, and state: “Regarding the proposal to designate the Maidenhead Neighbourhood Forum and the seven wards of Maidenhead as the

Area, I support the designation of both” – plus your name and address.

We warmly thank those who have already done so.

ANDREW INGRAM & IAN ROSE

Co-chairs Maidenhead Neighbourhood Forum