Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Process

Regulation 14 Consultation is OPEN from 16 April 2026 to 28 May 2026

Pre-Submission Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan

This is the pack of documents for the Regulation 14 Consultation assembled by the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group and approved by the Parish Council on 14 April 2026.

The consultation period runs for six weeks starting on Thursday 16 April 2026.  Closing date for responses is Thursday 28 May 2026.  Any responses received after this date, will not be included.

The documents are:

• The Adderbury Neighbourhood Draft Plan ANP2 2026-2042 which was approved by Adderbury Parish Council at its meeting on 14 April 2026.  This includes the site allocation and draft policies.
• Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) Report: carried out by Aecom, an independent consultancy, which considers the future housing requirements and assesses the types of new housing that Adderbury is likely to need in the future.
• Site Options Assessment (SOA) Report: carried out by Aecom, an independent consultancy, which identifies potential sites for new housing development by landowners and their agents, and describes how a long list, then a short list of sites was selected.
• Site Assessment Report (SEA) Report: carried out by Aecom, an independent consultancy, which considers the environmental impact of potential sites and appraises the allocation site.

Please click here to submit your comments on the Draft Plan.

Updating the Neighbourhood Plan and the Formal Stages required 

As we have previously advised, the Parish Council (PC) is reviewing and updating the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan to respond to and align with the emerging Cherwell District Council Local Plan.

The Parish Council conducted an informal consultation of the village between 19 January and 16 February 2026 regarding one of the proposed new policies which is to identify a site within the village which could accommodate the required 75 new housing units allocated to the village under Cherwell District Council’s emerging Local Plan. 

Please click here for information on the informal consultation process

In mid-April, the Parish Council will commence a formal Regulation 14 Consultation seeking the views of the village, local businesses and statutory bodies, upon the draft Neighbourhood Plan as a whole. This will run for 6 weeks and details will be provided shortly.

The Formal Stages

There are a number of formal stages which the draft Neighbourhood Plan has to go through before it can be approved and adopted.

These are:

• Regulation 14 Consultation - pre submission Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan (ANP) – commencing mid April for 6 weeks
• Regulation 15 - Submission of the draft ANP to Cherwell District Council (CDC)
• Regulation 16 Consultation – by CDC and will run for 6 weeks
• CDC will submit the draft ANP, incorporating any amendments resulting from these consultations, to an Examiner.
• If the draft ANP passes examination, subject to any modification suggested by the Examiner, it will then be subject to a Referendum of the village before it can be formally adopted