Neighbourhood Plan
10th March 2025
We are pleased to say that the result of the Referendum was a “Yes” vote, with 79% of the votes cast in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan.
Read the full result declaration here.
We will keep you updated with the next steps, as soon as possible.
24th January 2025
Following the independent examination, Calderdale Council’s Cabinet has determined that the Todmorden Neighbourhood Plan should proceed to a referendum on Thursday 6th March 2025.
The referendum question is: “Do you want Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Todmorden to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?”
More details plus the referendum documents can be found on Calderdale Council’s website.
A copy of all the referendum documents will be available to view from Monday 27th January, in Todmorden Library and in the Town Council office within Todmorden Town Hall (Todmorden Town Hall by appointment only – contact us at [email protected]). They are also linked below.
*Please note that some of these documents may be unsuitable for users of assistive technology.
Todmorden Information Statement * Todmorden Neighbourhood Plan
* Todmorden Design Handbook Schedule of representations
26th November 2024
Todmorden Town Council has approved a final version of the Neighbourhood Plan to be sent to Calderdale MBC as the Local Planning Authority to take forward for Referendum.
All documents can be accessed via this link.
This is a significant milestone in the Town Councils journey to help influence local planning issues and is now at the stage where a formal process will be followed culminating in the public having the final say by way of a referendum vote as to whether this will be adopted or not.
The proposed timetable is as follows:
| Body | Stage | Date |
| TTC | Development Committee | 6th November 2024 |
| TTC | Full Council | 20th November 2024 |
| TTC | Submit final to CMBC | 20th Dec 2024 – Submitted 21st November 2024 |
| CMBC | Cabinet | 13th January 2025 |
| CMBC | Cabinet Decision Issued | 13th January 2025 |
| CMBC | Scrutiny Call in Ends | 15th January 2025 |
| CMBC | Place Scrutiny | 30th January 2025 |
| CMBC | Publish Referendum Documents | 3rd February 2025 |
| CMBC | Earliest Referendum Date | 13th March 2025 |
| CMBC | Latest Referendum Date | 1st April 2025 |
Once we are advised of the actual referendum date we will issue social media posts.
In the meantime, having finalised the referendum submission version, we will be arranging for printed copies to be made available in the next few weeks for reference here at the Town Hall and the Library of the Plan itself, and Design Handbook, as the two main documents that will be considered by our Development Committee when acting in our role as statutory consultee for planning applications.
For those members of the public who have kindly contributed to the making of this plan through consultation and feedback, a big thank you.
It has been based on your priorities and whilst not everything can be included as a land use planning policy document, we do hope we have fairly reflected your views in arriving at a Plan that has now also passed External Examiners scrutiny and just needs now your final majority vote to support it.
Contact Us About the Neighbourhood Plan
If you have any questions or enquiries about Todmorden’s Neighbourhood Plan please email Colin Hill, Project Manager [email protected]