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.

Referendum

The Boreham Neighbourhood Plan has been developed by Boreham Parish Council. The plan proposes local planning policies for Boreham.

Following an independent examination via written representations, we can now confirm that the Neighbourhood Plan will proceed to a local referendum within the neighbourhood area.

We will hold the referendum on Thursday 30 July 2026. You can view our upcoming elections page to find out more about the referendum and how you can vote in it.

If the majority of voters in the referendum support the Boreham Neighbourhood Plan, the plan will be ‘made’ by the us and it will become part of Chelmsford’s Local Plan.

Referendum documents

We have published the following documents as part of the referendum information:

Draft Boreham Neighbourhood Plan
Examiner’s Report
Summary of the representations submitted to the Examiner
Decision Statement by Chelmsford City Council (that the draft Plan meets the basic conditions and convention rights)
Information Statement (about the referendum, town and country planning and neighbourhood planning)

You can also view the documents at:

Customer Service Centre, Civic Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1JE (Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm)
Boreham Parish Council, Main Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, CM3 3JD (you can contact the Parish Council on 01245 469941 to check opening hours)