Whilst approving the Local Plan in May 2019 for Regulation 19 Public Consultation and submission of the Final Draft Plan for scrutiny by an independent Planning Inspector, the LPA confirmed a (further revised!) timetable.  The key dates for the Plan are shown here together with other BNG events and critical dates: ​

​Publication of Draft Local Plan - Friday 7 June 2019

​Start of six week Regulation 19 public consultation period - ending Friday 19 July 2019*   

* Please note that the Consultation Period has been extended to Friday 23 August 2019
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LATEST NEWS:  BNG Have created a Word version of the Submission Form that can be directly typed into (unlike the Council's PDF version).  You can access the Word version of the Submission Form here.

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​End of Statutory Period for Council to determine BNG's S.88 Application (ACV) - Thursday 4 July 2019

​BNG submitted an application to have the fields at Lye Green listed as an Asset of Community Value under the Localism Act 2011 - if there is not landowner objection and Council are satisfied land should then be listed for 5 years.
BNG were successful in getting the fields at Lye Green listed as an Asset of Community Value

​LPA to submit Local Plan to Inspectorate - October 2019 ?

​The Inspectorate will then convene a Public Planning Inquiry Examination (probably from Dec 2019 to Mar 2020 after which he/she will issue a Report with recommendations on the soundness of the Plan (estimated Oct 2020) for adoption by the new Bucks Unitary Authority in Dec 2020.