Our Vision of Blacon is…

“By 2040 the residents of Blacon will have benefited for a decade or more from a range of successful and accessible community facilities, which are the envy of other parts of the city. The community is healthier and happier as people no longer need to travel long distances to access them. The local shops have survived and thrived by continuing to meet every-day needs that most people can walk to. All its local green spaces have been kept to provide residents with local play and recreation spaces and places to enjoy in the hotter summer days”. 

The objectives of the Neighbourhood Plan which match the findings of the Community Engagement Report are:

1. Build a new Indoor Sports facility and Community Hub to make Blacon more self-sufficient in its local services 
2. Prevent the loss of existing community facilities and widen their accessibility 
3. Prevent the loss of any local shops that meet the day to day needs of the local community 
4. Protect important green spaces for the enjoyment of local residents

The Neighbourhood Plan contains four policies, each of which is intended to contribute to one or more of these objectives. Each policy has a code number and title and the policy wording is in Bold text. Below each policy is some supporting text to explain the intent of the policy and how it should be understood by applicants and applied by CWaC to planning applications. The justification of each policy will be contained in the Basic Conditions Statement. Where a policy applies to specific land or sites in Blacon this is shown on the Policies Map.