Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan submission consultation

Overview

We want to hear the views of local residents and organisations on the Neighbourhood Plan for Buckingham.

In November 2014, the Parish of Buckingham was designated a neighbourhood area by Buckinghamshire Council. This followed an application by Buckingham Town Council.

Buckingham Town Council has now completed a period of local community engagement on the Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Review and have submitted the final version to us.

This is the first review of the Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan, which was adopted by Buckinghamshire Council in 2021. If successful, this reviewed Neighbourhood Plan will replace the current one. 

The next stage of the process is for us, as the local authority, to carry out a public consultation on the submitted plan.

This is the final opportunity for local people to comment on the plan before it goes to independent examination.

The Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan includes policies to shape local development to:

• define a settlement boundary 
• encourage development through housing allocations 
• influence housing mix 
• introduce design guidelines and codes 
• identify Local Heritage Assets 
• promote energy efficient buildings 
• protect and maintain green spaces and infrastructure 
• promote active and sustainable travel 
• protect and support further provision of community facilities for culture, leisure and health 
• promote economic development 
• mitigate and manage flood risk 

Related documents

Please see the documents below for more information about the Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan:

• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version (PDF 27.6MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (PDF 1.45MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Statement (PDF 0.55MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Appendices (PDF 10.0MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Evidence Base (PDF 8.1MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Maps (PDF 2.89MB)
• Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report (PDF 2.86MB)

How to submit a comment

You can submit a comment in one of the following ways:

• complete the online survey using the link below
• complete, and return, a printed version of the survey (PDF 0.19MB)
• email us at neighbourhoodplanning@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
• write to us at Buckingham Neighbourhood Plan, Planning Policy Team, Buckinghamshire Council, Walton Street Offices, Walton St, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA

If you have any questions about this consultation, please email us at neighbourhoodplanning@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or phone us on 01296 383 698.

You will need to provide your name and address when responding as planning law states that we cannot accept anonymous comments.

If you would like to be notified of future progress with the neighbourhood plan, please tell us in your response.

Please make sure we receive your comments by 11:59pm on Thursday 30 January 2024. We cannot consider any comments received after that deadline.

What happens next

Following consultation, we will collate the responses and submit them to an independent examiner.

The examiner will consider public comments and ensure the plan meets the basic conditions in the Localism Act and other relevant regulations.

If the plan passes independent examination, the next stage is a local referendum to see whether it has community support.

If the neighbourhood plan is supported, we will adopt it as part of local planning policy to assess planning applications in the neighbourhood area.

Privacy

We will use the information you provide here only for this activity. We will store the information securely in line with data protection laws and will not share or publish any personal details. For more information about data and privacy, please see our Privacy Policy.

If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. Or write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.