HAVE YOUR SAY!
How to comment on the Datchet Neighbourhood Plan

The Datchet Neighbourhood Plan team has been working with local people to create a set of planning policies for Datchet which address the issues you raised. The Plan has now reached the Regulation 16 public consultation stage
which runs from Monday 5 September until midnight on Monday 17 October 2022
Don’t miss your opportunity to comment.
Help to shape future development in Datchet

Where to see the Plan

RBWM is publicising the proposed Plan widely to bring it to the attention of people who live, work or carry on business in the Neighbourhood Plan area (the Parish of Datchet). During the consultation period, you will be able to view the Plan during normal opening hours at
  • Datchet Parish Council Office
  • Datchet Library
  • The Bridge
Or click here to view the Plan on the RBWM website during the consultation period. (Please note, it's a large pdf file so it may take a short while to download). Regulation 16 documents are also published on this website, click here. See also www.datchetparishcouncil.gov.uk
You can read a short summary of the plan's contents in a leaflet which was distributed throughout the village earlier this year: click here to read the summary leaflet.

What you can comment on

RBWM conducts this second consultation, known as Regulation 16. Its purpose is to check that the proper process has been followed and that the DNP complies with relevant legislation and meets the ‘basic conditions’. The four basic conditions are as follows:
  • have regard to national policy
  • contribute to the achievement of sustainable development
  • general conformity with the strategic policies in the development plan
  • compatible with EU obligations.
The Plan and your comments (representations) will then be passed to an independent examiner but he/she can only consider those comments which fall within his/her remit to determine whether the draft plan meets the ‘basic conditions’, above, as laid out in The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).

How to comment

During the consultation period, comments can be made online, by email or by letter, preferably using the response form. (Response forms are available at the locations, above; on RBWM's consultation portal for online responses, below; or a Word version can be downloaded from the RBWM website.)
  • To comment online, visit: http://consult.rbwm.gov.uk/portal
  • To comment by email, send your email to planning.consultation@rbwm.gov.uk
  • To comment in writing, send your letter/response form to Planning Consultation – Datchet Neighbourhood Plan, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1RF
When you submit your comments, you can also comment on the referendum area and whether an oral hearing should be held, and you may ask to be kept informed of the Plan’s progress.

The deadline for making comments is 24:00 hrs on Monday 17 October 2022.
Please note that no late representations can be accepted.

What happens next?

Further information about the public consultation process can be found here.