Community Meetings & Consultation Events.

A number of community conversations and meetings have been held to date. These are shown chronologically with the most recent event listed first. You may view the materials shared in each of the meetings/events as well as notes summarising the feedback received by downloading the PDF documents via the links provided. As further events take place, materials shared and a summary of feedback received will be included here.

If you wish to make comments and contribute to the plan please use the form on the Contact Us page within this website or by emailing gmndplan@yahoo.com. You are also always very welcome to attend any of the Steering Group’s monthly meetings in the Village Hall and learn more on how we are progressing. The meeting calendar can be seen by clicking on the ‘Steering Group Admin’ tab on the menu bar above and scrolling down to ‘Meetings’.

Community Conversation: Monday October 6th 2025

A Community Conversation was held on Monday 6th October 2025 at 6pm in the Village Hall to discuss where minor expansions to the Great Massingham Development Boundary might increase opportunities for small-scale infill housing. About 20 people attended. This Conversation followed a systematic inspection of the Development Boundary in July 2025. Additionally, it built upon insights gathered from responses to a questionnaire circulated during the May 2023 two-day ‘Public Consultation Event’. These responses indicated a preference among community members (46%) for infill housing within the existing Development Boundary, rather than expanding housing outside of it (28%). The October 6th conversation provided an opportunity for attendees to discuss the merits and drawbacks to changing the Development Boundary.

Residents are now invited to look at the three documents below for further information and complete a questionnaire that asks for your opinion on the proposed changes. To do this, click on the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/295HRC8 , answer the 5 questions and submit by clicking on the green “Done” button at the end. Please complete and return this BEFORE the end of October.

Community Meeting : Landscape Views : 2nd June 2025

The material shared at the Community Conversation can be accessed via the link below. This will continue to inform and guide draft policies for the Neighbourhood Plan itself.

Community Meetings : October, November & December 2024.

Three community meetings were held in October, November & December 2024 which aimed to provide feedback on the work undertaken to date and to discuss and explore the key topics that have emerged throughout the NDP process. A number of themes were explored as detailed below.

• Housing growth (Theme 1)
• Development boundary for Great Massingham (Theme 2)
• Types of new housing – tenure (Theme 3)
• Types of new housing – size (Theme 4)
• Types of new housing – specialist housing for older people (Theme 5)
• Existing housing – minimising the loss of permanent residential occupancy (Theme 6)
• Protecting significant employment sites in Great Massingham (Theme 10)

The materials shared and the feedback gathered over the course of these 3 meetings are summarised in the documents below. These will continue to inform and guide draft policies for the Neighbourhood Plan itself.

Consultation Day May 19th & 20th 2023

Thank you to all who attended the Public Consultation Event in May which set out to share progress and seek opinions on many topics including future housing needs, climate change and the green spaces we should protect. Over 120 people attended and provided their opinions via questionnaires and feedback sheets. Responses gathered at the Consultation Day are summarised in the 2nd document below.