Neighbourhood Planning Resources

The council delivered an online presentation providing an introduction to neighbourhood planning for Town and Parish councils. The presentation provided Town and Parish councils with an opportunity to explore the value of neighbourhood planning and what support is available. You can view the council’s presentation in the video below. 

South Oxfordshire have prepared a series of neighbourhood planning guides and templates on topics which we think are valuable to local communities preparing neighbourhood plans. They seek to assist groups in the preparation of neighbourhood plans, covering a range of topics which we hope will help groups through every stage of the process and overcome barriers. The guides and templates are available on the Neighbourhood Planning Resources page.

Further Resources

The Neighbourhood Plans Roadmap is designed to help local communities to decide whether or not to produce a neighbourhood plan for their area and, if they decide to go ahead, to guide them through the process of producing the plan. Please note that due to the withdrawal of Government funding for Neighbourhood Planning support services, Locality are no longer keeping these guides up-to-date

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have produced a number of useful neighbourhood planning toolkits to support the production of neighbourhood plans.

View the presentation from our Policy Writing workshop

Our Neighbourhood Development Plan Policy table shows the range of topic areas covered by neighbourhood plans across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District. The table also signposts the reader towards examples of neighbourhood planning policies for each topic area.

Follow our Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit.