Don’t forget to vote on the use of the Horam Neighborhood Plan on 26 September

Horam Neighbourhood Plan – Regulation 18 – Decision Statement – Issued 13th August 2024

Horam Parish Council have received the Decision Statement for the Neighbourhood Plan from Wealden District Council. The referendum on the Horam Neighbourhood Plan will take place on Thursday 26th September.

The Polling Station at Horam Village Hall will be open from 7.00 am to 10.00 pm.

If you want to understand the plan in detail the Decision Statement, the Examiner’s Report and the Horam Neighbourhood Plan (Referendum Version) can be viewed on Wealden District Council’s website:

https://www.wealden.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/

Referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan

How do I vote in the referendum? You vote by putting a cross (X) in the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ box on the ballot paper. What does the vote mean? If more people vote “Yes” than “No” in this Referendum, then Wealden District Council will use the Horam Neighbourhood Plan to help it decide planning applications within Horam.

A referendum asks you to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a question. The question to be asked at the Referendum will be: • Do you want Wealden District Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Horam to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?

The Neighbourhood Plan will become part of the Development Plan. If more people vote “No” than “Yes”, or if there is a tied vote, then planning applications will continue to be decided without reference to the Neighbourhood Plan.

Parishioners must only vote on the referendum version of the neighbourhood plan and not on earlier versions of the document.

Paper copies of the documents will also available for inspection at the following locations
• The Horam Centre, 3 Bank Buildings, Horam TN21 0EH
Tuesday: 9.30 – 12.30,
Wednesday: 9.30 – 12.30,
Thursday: 9.30 – 12.30
Friday: 10.00 – 13.00.

Additionally, Saturday 21st September 10- 2pm

• Wealden District Council Offices, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham BN27 2AX
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8.30am-5pm,
Wednesday 9am – 5pm.

You can apply for a postal vote online https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote. If you are unable to do it online, you can download a form (the link is on Wealden’s website) or contact electoral services for a paper application form elections@wealden.gov.uk

The deadline for applying for postal votes is 5pm on 11th September. Postal votes will be dispatched on 16th September.

If you have any questions, please contact the Planning Policy Team on 01892 602008 or email Nplans@wealden.gov.uk

The Elections Team at Wealden District Council will carry out a count on the close of poll on Thursday 26th September and the results will be available the following day. The results will be published on Wealden’s elections results webpage.