Thame Neighbourhood Plan

This plan was made (adopted) as part of the district council’s development plan on 18 July 2013. The town council has begun a review of the plan.

What’s happening now?

The publicity period on the draft review plan that will be submitted for examination concluded on Thursday 25 July 2024. The draft plan documents and comments received during the publicity period have now been submitted for independent examination.

Andrew Ashcroft has been appointed by the district council to carry out the examination. The examiner‘s role is to make recommendations on the draft plan, and ultimately recommend if the plan should proceed to referendum. Please see the Examination Arrangements for more information.

The examiner issued a Clarification Note, which sets out initial comments on the submitted plan and areas where further clarification would be helpful. The District Council provided a response to the Clarification Note. The Town Council has issued a response.

Savills have provided an additional representation and an illustrative map in response to the examiner’s clarification note. The examiner has stated they are happy for these documents to be admitted as evidence.

You can view the neighbourhood plan review and supporting documents below:

• Thame Neighbourhood Plan Review
• Consultation Statement – Part 1, 2a and 2b
• Consultation Statement – Part 3a, 3b and 4
• Basic Conditions Statement
• Equalities Impact Assessment
• Environmental Report
• Environmental Report – Addendum
• Design Code
• Character Area Study
• Housing Needs Assessment
• Housing Needs Assessment – Addendum
• Masterplanning Report
• SEA/HRA Screening

Thame Neighbourhood Plan 2013 Documents:

• Thame Neighbourhood Plan
• Examiner’s Report
• Summary Schedule of Responses
• Basic Conditions Statement
• Consultation Statement
• Neighbourhood Plan Delivery Strategy
• Area Designation Letter
• Final Decision Statement

More information on the process is available on our Neighbourhood Planning Resources page.

If you would like to discuss neighbourhood planning with a member of the team, please contact us.