7/5/25
Following a successful referendum result on 1 May 2025, the Wantage Neighbourhood Plan became part of the Development Plan and carries full weight in the determination of planning applications.
More information can be found here
27/3/25
Following the independent examination of the Wantage Neighbourhood Plan, the District Council has decided that the plan should proceed to referendum. The referendum will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025. Please see link to Vale of White Horse District Council below:
Wantage Neighbourhood Plan – Vale of White Horse District Council
26/2/25 –
The Neighbourhood Plan has been submitted to the independent examiner and no further changes can be made by Wantage Town Council unless they are specifically recommended by the examiner. The district council is responsible for deciding whether to accept the examiner’s recommendations.
The examiner has issued a Clarification Note to better understand the reasoning behind the decisions in the Plan. The town council’s response to this will be considered alongside comments received during the Regulation 16 consultation. Based on this, the examiner will determine whether any modifications are needed to ensure the Plan meets the basic conditions. Any modifications deemed necessary will be included in the Fact Check Report issued by the examiner.
11/10/ 24 – Update
Wantage Town Council is working on a neighbourhood plan which has recently been submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council who are carrying out a consultation on the submitted neighbourhood plan and supporting documents which runs from Thursday, 10 October to 11.59pm on Thursday, 21 November 2024.
Wantage Neighbourhood Plan – Vale of White Horse District Council (whitehorsedc.gov.uk)
Updated Draft Wantage Neighbourhood Plan
The Town Council has finalised updates to the draft Wantage Neighbourhood Plan. The original Plan was rejected by an inspector in 2016 relating to the proposed town centre and greenspaces policies. The updated Plan has been modified to amend or remove the policies that were deemed unacceptable. All other policies remain unchanged from the document published in 2016 and the updated version of the Plan published and informally consulted upon in November 2020. No new policies have been added. More information on the role of the Plan in the planning processes, and a copy of the updated Plan, can be accessed here.
The Town Council has completed formal consultations under Regulation 14 of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.
The next steps are the development of a Basic Conditions Statement and a Consultation Statement, both of which are required in order to submit the plan to the Vale. These documents are currently being prepared.
After submission the Vale will undertake a Regulation 16 consultation and will arrange for an independent examination