History

 

In the summer of 2007 there was unhappiness that much of the planning and control of our town and county had been removed from local government, and instead policy was being forced upon us from city dwelling officials in Westminster who had only a limited idea of our unique, distinct, local issues.

The solution was to develop a Town Plan for Ross-on-Wye a "bottom-up" resource that would be an effective tool to argue against the "top-down" control being levied from London and giving a voice to the people of Ross-on-Wye.

A steering group was established and the process started with a public meeting at the Corn Exchange, over the following months, earlier information such as the 2003 ComDev survey report was re-evaluated; back copies of the Ross Gazette were read and relevant topics noted; and, a total of 88 voluntary organisations were contacted and asked for their thoughts. A clear set of topics emerged and these were written up in an Options Report.

 

Options Report 11th September 2008 This document is good initial starting place for anyone trying to understand the process that was followed. Click on document picture to read

 

There then followed much consultation to "flesh out" the ideas in the option report

With officers of Herefordshire Council, to determine current policies 30th October 2007   With focus groups to address various special needs   Planning for Real (PfR) at six locations around the town: The Larruperz; Tudorville Community Hall; The Market House; Brampton Abbotts; The Library; and, John Kyrle High School Click on document picture to read

 

Topics raised by more than a very few people were distilled into a Questionnaire. Some 4,750 copies were distributed in May 2009, and an on-line version put on the RoWToP website. Remarkably, there were 1,725 valid responses; a 36% rate!

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Questionnaire (consisting of 66 questions over 14 pages) Click on document picture to read

 

All of the foregoing was taken into account in drafting the Plan itself.

Click the picture above to read The Ross-on-Wye Town Plan document, Or click here to read about how this document was created.

 

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