Under instructions from the Labour government, Buckinghamshire Council is tasked with identifying sites for 95,500 new homes in the county. This is a substantial increase in the number of houses over the new housing plans that the unitary council inherited from Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Buckinghamshire and Wycombe.
Bucks are working on a new spatial strategy to define how sites will be selected. This aims to follow the new National Local Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published by the government in 2024 and which has some further revisions out for consulation.
Read about the emerging plans and find links to the existing plans here
When the plan is published our Neighbourhood Plan will in all likelyhood need to be updated
Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan (VALP) 2013-2033
As Bucks develops its new Local Plan, for our area the VALP remains in force.
Planning Applications
Planning applications are submitted to Buckinghamshre Council’s planning department and once validated these are sent to Parish Councils for consultation. Other agencies are also consulted – e.g. Highways, Environment, Heritage. Once all consultations are received and analysed it is up to Bucks Planning to determine whether or not an application is to be approved or refused. Decisions can only be judged against planning laws and guidelines – in a heirarchy starting at the top with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and moving down to more local policies, such as the saved (retained) policies of the Aylesbury Vale District Local Plan and any “made” neighbourhood plans . If a decision is disputed the applicant may appeal to the Planning Inspectorate which then makes a recommendation to the Secretary of State.
Applications and decisions made by the Aylesbury Vale Area Planning Department can be found on the Aylesbury Vale Area planning portal where they are listed by month and week by Parish. Applications can also be searched in detail by entering the application number or address. Members of the public may also make comments via the planning portal.
Planning applications within Drayton Parslow parish are placed on the Parish Council meeting agenda and any decisions by the Council are minuted and submitted to the planning portal by the Clerk.