Prestwich Village Neighbourhood Forum

Working towards a better Prestwich Village

YOU SAID - WE DID!

If you attended the Community Engagement Event on Saturday 8th Feb 2025 – you will have heard about and seen some excerpts from the completed Prestwich Village Neighbourhood Area Design Code that we commissioned from AECOM in April 2024.
 
Many of you provided feedback to PVNF at range of community engagement events during 2024 :
 
  • The Inaugural Engagement event Feb 24;
  • The Clough Day June 24;
  • The Online DC Survey conducted July 24
All the data collected from these events was analysed and triangulated to inform the Design Code (DC).
 
Your views were important and have been used to shape the Design Code.
We will publish the Design Code once the Council has considered it and approved it.
 
Just to remind you –
  • A design code is a document that is part of a Neighbourhood Plan and sets rules for the design of new developments.
  • It is a tool that can be used in the design and planning process for a designated area. Eg: buildings, shop & road signage, public realm, walkways etc.
We will publish the key findings from the synthesis of your data/feedback you gave us on here over the next few weeks that fed into the DC.
 
Please do keep on telling us what you like about living, working studying in Prestwich Village area and what improvements you would like to see in the future.
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The Neighbourhood Plan for Prestwich

We are a group of local residents who have used the ‘Localism Act’ to establish a ‘Neighbourhood Forum’ that will help develop Prestwich in the way that residents and local business want.  

We will work with residents to create what is called a ‘Neighbourhood Plan’ – you can read all about what a Neighbourhood Plan is here: UK Govt – Neighbourhood planning (the link opens in a new tab in your browser)

The Neighbourhood Plan will take time to deliver, we are told typically 18 months or longer is the minimum it usually takes. During this period we will collect ideas, share information with you all about what we are doing but also what we learn about the wider developments across Manchester such Manchester’s future transport strategy so that we can see how this effects Prestwich.

You will also be aware that the Longfield Centre is being redeveloped. Although the Neighbourhood Plan will not be ready in time to influence this redevelopment, we will share with you the redevelopment plans that we become aware of and advise on how you can give feedback to the Council and the developers on their proposed plans. 

Please get engaged with the regeneration

We all need to help guide the planning process to give us the Prestwich Village we all want

To support the Prestwich Regeneration Plan and the future development of Prestwich in general