Emerging Neighbourhood Plans & Neighbourhood Plan Reviews

What is a Neighbourhood Plan?

A neighbourhood plan covers a geographic area and can be taken forward by town and parish councils or 'neighbourhood forums'. It will be the role of the local planning authority to agree who should be the neighbourhood.

The Neighbourhood Plan enables local communities to shape development and growth in their area.

Once adopted, a Neighbourhood Plan becomes part of the development plan for that area and will be used in determining planning applications.

What draft Neighbourhood Plans are there in Ashford?

This table provides a brief visual summary of the progress made on each draft neighbourhood plan in the borough.

There are currently no draft Neighbourhood Plans in production in Ashford borough.

Table key

• ✓ - completed stage
• ~ - stage in progress
• Regulation 14 - pre-submission version of the neighbourhood plan
• Regulation 16 - submission version of the neighbourhood plan