Wantage Neighbourhood Plan
What’s happening now?
Wantage Town Council is working on a neighbourhood plan which has recently been submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council.
We are carrying out a consultation on the submitted neighbourhood plan and supporting documents which runs from Thursday, 10 October to 11.59pm on Thursday, 21 November 2024.
You can view the neighbourhood plan and supporting documents below:
- Wantage Neighbourhood Plan
- Consultation Statement
- Basic Conditions Statement
- SEA Screening Statement
- Local Character Assessment
Paper copies of the plan are available to view at Wantage Town Council offices at
The Beacon, Portway, Wantage OX12 9BX, which are open from 9.30am to 12.30pm, Monday to Friday.
The documents can also be viewed by appointment at the district council’s office at Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE on Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 5pm and Friday 8.30am – 4pm. Please email or call us to make an appointment.
The consultation documents can also be made available to view in an alternative format (for example large print, braille, audio, email, Easy Read and alternative languages) on request.
Please contact us on 01235 422600 or email planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
if you need help accessing the consultation materials or have any queries about this consultation.
If you know anyone you think would be interested in this consultation who does not have access to the internet, we would appreciate your help in telling them about it. Please ask them to get in touch with us via our contact details provided above.
How to comment
The quickest and easiest way to join the conversation is to use our online comment form.
Comments can also be made by:
- emailing planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
- writing to Planning Policy, Vale of White Horse District Council and post to ‘Freepost SOUTH AND VALE CONSULTATIONS’ (no other address information or stamp is needed)
- completing a paper comment form (available on request) and posting or emailing it back to us
Next steps
After the publicity period ends, your comments, name, email (if applicable) and postal address will be sent to an independent examiner to consider. The opportunity for further comments at this stage would only be at the specific request of the examiner.
Most neighbourhood plans are examined without the need for a public hearing. If you think the neighbourhood plan requires a public hearing, you can state this in your comments, but the examiner will make the final decision.
Please clearly state in your comments if you wish to be notified of our decision on whether we formally adopt the neighbourhood plan.
All personal data will be held securely by the council and examiner in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Comments submitted by individuals will be published on our website alongside their name. No other contact details will be published. Comments submitted by businesses or organisations will be published in full, including contact details. Further information on how we store personal data is provided in our privacy statement.
Background information
More information on the process is available on our Neighbourhood Planning Resources page.
If you would like to discuss neighbourhood planning with a member of the team, please contact us.
