Introduction

Ashley Green Parish Council has prepared the first Ashley Green Neighbourhood Plan (AGNP). The Parish Council is defined as a ‘qualifying body’ for this purpose in line with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). Ashley Green Parish was designated a ‘neighbourhood area’ by the local planning authority, Buckinghamshire Council (BC), on 20 May 2025 (see map below). The Area coincides with the Ashley Green Civil Parish area.

The AGNP will cover the ten year period from 2026 to 2036. There is scope for the Plan to be reviewed every 5 years or as necessary having regard to changes to national policy and guidance, local policy or other factors. This version contains five policies to help BC determine planning applications for the use and development of land within the Parish during that period. In doing so, it operates alongside other policies of the development plan that relate to Ashley Green.

In line with best practice, the AGNP has been subject to the informal engagement process throughout the summer of 2025, and has now progressed to the formal, statutory consultation period (Regulation 14). The final version of the AGNP will be modified to take account of comments made during Regulation 14 consultation and submitted to BC to arrange an independent examination and referendum in due course.

A Glossary of Terms is available here to define terms used throughout the AGNP and associated documents.