Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan submission consultation 2025

Overview

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

In July 2015, the Parish of Stoke Mandeville was designated a neighbourhood area by Buckinghamshire Council. This followed an application by Stoke Mandeville Parish Council.

Following consultation in 2024, Stoke Mandeville Parish Council took the decision to withdraw the proposed neighbourhood plan to make some further amendments. 

Stoke Mandeville Parish Council has now completed this review 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 Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan includes policies to shape local development to:

• designate local green spaces 
• identify a green buffer 
• identify a settlement boundary 
• influence education and medical provision 
• encourage sports and leisure facilities 
• introduce transport policies for active travel, public transport and traffic congestion 
• influence and support business development 
• preserve heritage assets 

Related documents

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

• Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan Submission Version (PDF 4.57MB)
• Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (PDF 0.44MB)
• Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Statement (PDF 9.21MB)
• Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan SEA and HRA Screening (PDF 0.52MB)
• Green Buffer Policy Evidence Paper (PDF 1.26MB)

Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan – Consultation Appendices: 

• People and Places Consultation Feedback April 2017 (PDF 1.07MB)
• People and Places Consultation Feedback December 2018 (PDF 0.43MB)

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 Stoke Mandeville 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 22 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.