How can you (and your neighbours) take part?

Parish Plans are all about everyone getting involved. In very small communities that statement might literally be true. In a Civil Parish the size of Yateley, everyone cannot sit on committees, and decide the actual words written in the Plan. However everyone can voice their opinions and everyone can be consulted. For previous plans consultation has either been accomplished by the Yateley Town Council sending out questionnaires to every household in Yateley, or, for Town Centre Plans and other policies incorporated into draft Hart District Local Plans, public consultation was carried out by means of objection letters and a Local Plan Inquiry.

The new planning process now means that we, the general public of Yateley, are in the driving seat. You can say how you want to be consulted: questionnaire, local meeting, exhibition? You tell us. That is one good reason why we set up this special website. You can email your comments to the Parish Plan by using the email link on the SideBar. That's fine for people with internet connections. So if you know of neighbours without computers, ask them what they think about the issues you are most concerned about, and you let us know what they think. Let's get a big discussion going. Send us letters. Write to the local newspapers! How can we make Yateley better?

Of course the best way to have your say is to join one of the many groups needed to produce the Parish Plan. There are Topic Groups and Area Groups based on specific locations, mainly based on Yateley's 4 Wards. You will be welcomed to join any of the following:

Yateley Parish Plans Steering Group

Topic Subgroups looking at the 8 Community Priorities on the SideBar

Character Assessment Teams based on the 4 Yateley Wards looking at spatial planning

Read the Yateley Health Check Worksheets and provide us with full answers, corrections, or comments.

You do not have to be a member of the Yateley Society,

nor a member of any of the community groups already involved.

Anybody can take part, if you live in Yateley, work in Yateley, go to school in Yateley, or come to Yateley for sport or leisure.