Chobham Neighbourhood Plan consultation
Comments are invited on the Chobham Neighbourhood Plan until 5 September. More information can be found on the Chobham Neighbourhood Plan consultation webpage.
Neighbourhood plans enable communities to prepare planning policies to guide future development in their local area. The plans can also include site allocations.
Once adopted neighbourhood plans become part of the development plan and the policies contained within them are then used in the determination of planning applications.
When preparing a neighbourhood plan certain prescribed steps must be followed. This process includes formal designation of a ‘neighbourhood area’, consultation with the local community and consideration of the plan by an independent examiner and a public referendum.
Neighbourhood plans cannot block development that is already part of the Local Plan. They must also:
Grant funding and some technical support is available from the government for communities wanting to prepare neighbourhood plans. For more information visit the Neighbourhood Planning website (external link).
Surrey Heath Borough Council has a statutory role in the preparation of neighbourhood plans as follows:
We can provide a range of support which is detailed on the neighbourhood plan process webpage.
There are a number of organisations that provide detailed advice on the preparation of neighbourhood plans: