The Local Plan for Buckinghamshire - Have your Say

Residents are being asked for their views on Buckinghamshire Council’s approach to future development in the county, in light of a significant increase in the number of new homes central government says must be built here.

The Council has launched a consultation on its draft Local Plan for Buckinghamshire. This is something that all councils are expected to have in place; the Local Plan sets out the strategy for meeting Buckinghamshire’s future housing and employment requirement through to the year 2045. Following consultation feedback and the completion of a technical evidence base, the final Plan, due next year, will outline what infrastructure is needed to support growth, whilst also protecting the county’s most valued environments. Not having a Local Plan leaves Buckinghamshire vulnerable to speculative and unplanned developments.

The draft of the Local Plan for Buckinghamshire that residents are being asked to comment on will have to accommodate a huge increased level of housing to meet a new national target set by central government of 95,000 new homes and represents a 43% increase on what the council had previously been required to plan for. The council has therefore prepared a plan that reflects these higher growth numbers and is asking for views to help shape the final version in time for the submission deadline of December 2026 to central government.

Have your Say (consultantion ends on Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 23.59).

• You can view the draft Local Plan and give your views here https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/draft-local-plan
• The Local Plan consultation focuses on the approaches to the spatial strategy for meeting the housing and employment requirements along with development management policies on topics such as the natural environment, infrastructure, housing and employment

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