Boreham Neighbourhood Plan consultation

About Neighbourhood Plan consultations

Parish-tier councils, or other organisations, can take the lead in creating neighbourhood development plans, community plans and orders for planning in their area. We will help to create the plans, and make decisions at key stages.

Boreham Neighbourhood Plan

Boreham Parish Council has developed a draft Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish and formally submitted it to us. The plan proposes local planning policies for Boreham.

Examination

We have appointed an Independent Examiner to examine the Boreham Neighbourhood Plan. The Examiner is Andrew Freeman BSc (Hons) DipTP DipEM FRTPI.

We have sent all the submission documents and comments to the Examiner, who will decide whether the Boreham Neighbourhood Plan should proceed to referendum. If we do hold a public referendum in the area covered by the Plan, and more than 50% vote ‘yes’, we will adopt it.

Two-week consultation on compliance with new planning rules

Updated planning rules will take effect from 25 March 2026. These new rules change parts of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This means that Neighbourhood Plans now have to meet revised legal standards and basic conditions.

You can read the Examiner’s letter explaining the changes.

If you have an interest in the Examination, you can review the changes and share your views on whether you think the Neighbourhood Plan follows the new requirements.

You should not repeat any comments you may have made during the Regulation 16 stage, or raise new topics that are not about the changes in the legal requirements.

You can make comments until 4pm on Monday 13 April 2026.

You can submit your comments by:

email to planning.policy@chelmsford.gov.uk
post to Planning Policy Team, Spatial Planning Services, Chelmsford City Council, Civic Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1JE

You should include your name and address, and we will send all comments to the Examiner.