Welcome on behalf of the Steering Group for the Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan.
In early 2010, the two Parishes of Sunninghill & Ascot and Sunningdale were offered a great opportunity by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead to come together and become a Front Runner Neighbourhood Plan, as enabled by the government’s Localism proposals. It’s been a long journey of 3 years, with full-scale consultation leading to the delivery of this Plan.
The Ascot, Sunninghill & Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan (NP) Steering Group has been led by local residents (volunteers), with the aim of preparing a Plan that will deliver the long-term goals of a balanced and vibrant neighbourhood. Since September 2010 we have held many public meetings, online and paper consultations, to seek the views of local residents and other stakeholders, groups and businesses who share an interest in our neighbourhood area. An active website has allowed everyone to keep up to date with our progress and to make contact with us.
All involved in developing the Neighbourhood Plan have listened very carefully to all the feedback received through all these consultations and have worked hard to ensure that the Plan incorporates and reflects the views of the community.
It’s been a great achievement and we wish to thank all those 50 or so volunteers from the Steering Group, the Topic Groups and others who worked on our Plan with enthusiasm, and provided the resource and expertise needed to collect the information and evidence which form the backbone of the Plan.
We are also grateful to officers at the RBWM, Borough Councillors and officers at the Department for Communities and Local Government for their support and advice.
Most of all we would like to thank all those who live and work in the community, who have played their part in shaping and supporting our Plan and who helped the team to focus on the most important things that make our Neighbourhood unique and a great place to live. Thanks to the huge response to all the consultations our NP has genuinely been shaped by the local community, for the local community.
Margaret Morgan & Charles Appleby
Co-Chairs
Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale Steering Group