Little Aston Neighbourhood Plan Review withdrawal
Shenstone Parish Council has decided to withdraw the Little Aston Neighbourhood Plan Review in order to take account of the responses received during the recent Regulation 16 consultation, which closed on 15th September 2025. This means that the Neighbourhood Plan Review will not proceed to examination at this stage.
All comments submitted during the consultation will be considered by the Parish Council and will help shape any amendments to the document. A further opportunity to comment will be provided once a revised draft plan has been prepared and resubmitted to the District Council for consultation.
Further updates will be provided on this webpage when the Parish Council confirms its next steps.
Adopted Little Aston neighbourhood plan
The Little Aston neighbourhood plan was made on 19 April 2016. The neighbourhood plan now forms part of the development plan within the district.
The Little Aston neighbourhood plan is supplemented by a number of supporting documents:
- Little Aston neighbourhood plan basic conditions statement
- Little Aston neighbourhood plan consultation statement
- Little Aston neighbourhood plan strategic environmental assessment and habitat regulations assessment screening report
- Little Aston neighbourhood plan neighbourhood area map
- Little Aston neighbourhood plan designation application
The Little Aston neighbourhood plan was adopted following a successful referendum, on 19 April our cabinet agreed to make the Little Aston neighbourhood plan, which now forms a part of the development plan for Lichfield District. As required by the neighbourhood planning regulations, a decision statement on the 'making' of the plan has been published.
The referendum for the Little Aston neighbourhood plan took place on 25 February 2016 and local residents voted in favour of the neighbourhood plan:
- 89% voted in favour
- 11% voted against
- 21.5% turnout
The neighbourhood plan was independently examined in 2018 and the examiner recommended that subject to some modifications the plan should proceed to referendum. We agreed with the examiner’s report and voted to progress the plan to referendum at the cabinet meeting on 3 November 2015. The neighbourhood plan and other background documents are available via the links below:
- Report of the independent examiner
- Decision statement by Lichfield District Council that the draft plan meets the basic conditions