Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan submission consultation

Overview

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

In October 2022, the Parish of Little Missenden was designated a neighbourhood area by Buckinghamshire Council. This followed an application by Little Missenden Parish Council.

Little Missenden Parish Council has now completed a period of local community engagement on the Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan and have submitted the final version to us.

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 Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan includes policies to shape local development to:

• protect rural character, landscape features, and biodiversity
• designate strategic buffer zones
• introduce designs codes
• promote energy and water-efficient buildings
• influence housing mix
• protect the conservation area and designate local heritage assets
• retain and improve community facilities, recreation spaces, and local services
• designate local green spaces
• support local businesses, agriculture, and homeworking structure
• influence parking provision and improve travel networks

Related documents

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

• Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version (PDF 3.91MB)
• Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (PDF 0.64MB)
• Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Statement (PDF 12.8MB)
• Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan Design Code (PDF 6.17MB)
• Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan – SEA & HRA Screening (PDF 1.39MB)

Little Missenden Neighbourhood Plan – Evidence Documents: 

• Local Green Space Assessment (PDF 11.3MB)
• Heritage Assets (PDF 3.64MB)
• Strategic Gaps Buffer Zones (PDF 2.10MB)
• History in Little Missenden Parish (PDF 15.0MB)

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 0.20MB)
• email us at neighbourhoodplanning@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
• write to us at Little Missenden 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 8 January 2026. 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

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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.