About this toolkit
Our Chilterns Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit is designed to help communities consider the special qualities of the Chilterns National Landscape within the Neighbourhood Planning Process
Our Toolkit covers some of the key topics and the decisions you may need to address during the Neighbourhood Planning process.
The Chilterns National Landscape welcomes neighbourhood planning; it is a great way for communities within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the wider Chilterns landscape to look after their special, locally distinctive areas.
With over a hundred parishes in the Chilterns National Landscape, there remains much-untapped potential for new Neighbourhood Plans to enhance and conserve the special qualities and natural beauty of the region.
We hope this Toolkit will:
- Help communities (Parish Councils and other defined Neighbourhood areas) plan for the future with a Neighbourhood Plan
- Guide communities with the decisions they need to make and the resources they may need to consider.
- Offer hints and tips, drawn from our work in the Chilterns National Landscape
- Select various discussion points with media drawn from existing Neighbourhood Plans within the Chilterns.
This Toolkit has been created as part of the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs (CCC) Landscape Partnership – an ambitious scheme that aims to connect local people to the wildlife and cultural heritage of the Central Chilterns. Its work focuses on three themes – wildlife, heritage and people. A whole host of interweaving projects fall under these three themes, designed with the Chilterns’ landscape in mind and sharing common threads, such as volunteering, learning and digital media. CCC is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund with match funding from a range of sources including the HS2 Community & Environment Fund, and is hosted by the Chilterns National Landscape.
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Our Chilterns Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit was created as part of the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership Scheme, made possible with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Published by the Chilterns Conservation Board (CCB), a Conservation Board established under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
DISCLAIMER: While every effort is made to ensure all the legal and policy references are correct, CCB always recommends that these are checked as revisions and updates will occur.
The Chilterns National Landscape management plan
Influencing planning and development
