Current Development Plan for West Berkshire

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government's planning policies and must be taken into consideration in the preparation of Development Plans. 

Applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

The Development Plan for West Berkshire is currently made up of a number of different documents:

• Local Plan, which comprises of the following three documents:
  • Core Strategy Development Plan Document (2006 - 2026) adopted July 2012
  • Housing Site Allocations Development Plan Document adopted May 2017
  • West Berkshire District Local Plan 1991 - 2006 (Saved Policies 2007) as amended in July 2012 and May 2017
• Cold Ash Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) adopted May 2024
• Compton NDP adopted February 2022
• Hermitage NDP adopted May 2024
• Stratfield Mortimer NDP adopted June 2017
• South East Plan Natural Resource Management Policy 6 [114KB]  relating to the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
• Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2022-2037) adopted December 2022

The timetable for the preparation of further Development Plan Documents (DPDs) is set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS).

Information on emerging plans that will form part of the Development Plan for West Berkshire when adopted can be viewed here.