The independent examination commenced on 10 May 2021 and the final Examiner’s report was received on 21 July 2021.

The referendum was held on 21 October 2021. 

The plan was ‘Made’ on 24 November 2021.

• Adopted version of the Sharnbrook Neighbourhood Development Plan (PDF)
• Final decision statement (PDF)

The consultation documents are available below (all PDFs):

Submission documents

• Neighbourhood Development Plan
• Basic conditions statement
• Consultation statement (amended 12 March 2021)
• Habitat Regulations Assessment
• Heritage statement and assessment
• Landscape Character and Built Environment Assessment
• Sharnbrook Housing Needs Assessment
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Sharnbrook Site Options Assessment Report
• Sharnbrook Site Options Assessment Report Appendix B
• Sharnbrook Transport Study

Reponses to submission consultation

• Responses to submission consultation - document one
• Responses to submission consultation - document two

Examination

• Examiner’s procedural letter 
• Response to examiner’s questions
• Examiner Supplementary Matters Question
• Response to examiner supplementary questions
• Examiner letter regarding policy S5
• Bedford Borough Council response to examiner questions of 27 May 2021
• DLP letter to examiner
• Sharnbrook Parish Council response to examiner’s questions of 27 May 2021
• Sharnbrook Neighbourhood Development Plan final examiner report
• Sharnbrook Neighbourhood Development Plan Decision Statement to proceed to referendum

Referendum

• Sharnbrook Neighbourhood Plan – referendum version
• Sharnbrook Information Statement
• Notice of Poll for Sharnbrook and situation of polling stations
• Sharnbrook declaration of results of poll