Local Development Scheme

Buckinghamshire Council came into effect on 1 April 2020, bringing together the former Buckinghamshire County Council and former district councils of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe.

As a result, the new council inherited the local development plan documents for each legacy council. These documents are still relevant to the former district areas because we use them to make local planning decisions.

The status of the plans for each former county and district area is as follows:

• Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan: adopted in 2021 (applicable to north and central planning areas)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (to 2036): adopted in 2019 and applicable to the whole council area

• Chiltern Local Plan: adopted in 1997 (applicable to east planning area)
• South Bucks Local Plan: adopted in 1999 (applicable to south planning area)
• Chiltern Core Strategy: adopted in 2011 (applicable to east planning area)
• South Bucks Core Strategy: adopted in 2011 (applicable to south planning area)
• Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan (to 2036) (Publication Version): withdrawn

• Wycombe Local Plan (to 2033): adopted in 2019 (applicable to west planning area)
• Delivery and Site Allocations Plan: adopted in 2013 (applicable to west planning area)

In addition to the local development plans, we're preparing other plans and policy documents:

• Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) - sets out how we'll involve anyone with an interest in planning matters
• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) - a charge that can be levied on new developments

There are no local plans or development plan documents that we intend to produce jointly with other authorities.