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We have received an application from the Bradwell, May Bank, Porthill & Wolstanton Neighbourhood Forum Group to designate a Bradwell, May Bank, Porthill & Wolstanton Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area in accordance with the provisions set out in the Localism Act 2011.

If successfully designated, a Forum can develop a Neighbourhood Plan for their area.

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How to make a comment

If you would like to make any comments in relation to the proposed designation the Bradwell, May Bank, Porthill & Wolstanton neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum, please contact us by:

• email: planningpolicy@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
• post: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1BL

Comments need to be received by Wednesday 8 March 2023.

What happens next?

Once the consultation closes, a decision on whether to formally adopt the Neighbourhood Area will be made by the 26 April 2023.

If we approve the application, there will be a designated Bradwell, May Bank, Porthill & Wolstanton Neighbourhood Area and a designated Bradwell, May Bank, Porthill & Wolstanton Neighbourhood Forum for the area. If such a designation is made no other organisation or body may be designated as a Neighbourhood Forum for that Neighbourhood Area until that designation expires or is withdrawn.