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Neighbourhood planning process guide notes and templates


The guidance in this section gives advice on how to make a Neighbourhood Plan. It sets out the key stages of the process. It also shows the steps that you need to take to ensure that your Neighbourhood Plan meets the legal requirements. It has useful templates which will help you with some of the key documents that you will need to produce to support your Neighbourhood Plan. 

Please use our Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan Toolkit below to learn how to use them in practice.

Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan Toolkit

  1. How to create a Neighbourhood Plan: Your step by step roadmap guide - Locality Neighbourhood Planning
  2. Keeping your neighbourhood plan simple guide note - Locality
  3. Locality project planner tool
  4. Sample terms of reference for Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group template
  5. Neighbourhood area designation letter template
  6. Changes to parish boundaries and implications for neighbourhood plans guide note
  7. Material weight of neighbourhood plans guide note
  8. Local Council interactive mapping guide note
  9. Locality engaging with your community in a meaningful way guide note
  10. Communication and engagement guide note
  11. Including young people when designing community spaces video
  12. Initial survey template
  13. Data and evidence guide note
  14. Vision and objectives guide note
  15. Planning policies guidance
  16. Neighbourhood plan template
  17. What can neighbourhood plans do (topics analysis) guide note
  18. Locality Understand if your plan requires a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) guide note
  19. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulation Assessment guide note
  20. Pre-submission consultation list template
  21. Local Green Spaces Appraisal guide note and template
  22. Consultation statement template
  23. Basic Conditions Statement template
  24. Reviewing your neighbourhood plan guide note

Contact us if you need any help: neighbourhoodplanning@cornwall.gov.uk  

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