Alderholt Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2022 to 2034 was made (adopted) on 17 December 2024. 

The neighbourhood plan was prepared by the parish council. It has undergone examination by an independent examiner and has received a positive result at a local referendum. 

Referendum 

The referendum took place on Thursday 28 November 2024.  The referendum asked: “Do you want Dorset Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Alderholt to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?” The result was a majority in favour (673 'yes' votes and 52 'no' votes). See the full referendum results.

The documents published at the start of the referendum period were:

Plan examination

The independent examination was undertaken by Andrew Mead BSc (Hons) MRTPI MIQ. The examiner’s report was issued on 22 August 2024.

At the start of the examination, the examiner wrote to Dorset Council and Alderholt Parish Council to clarify some initial procedural matters.

On 16 July, the examiner wrote to Dorset Council and Alderholt Parish Council in order to clarify some matters.

Plan submission and Regulation 16 consultation

The submitted neighbourhood plan is: 

It is supported by the following documents:

The parish council also provided the following evidence base documents: 

All representations received during the Regulation 16 consultation have been compiled into the following report:

A few of the representations included large and often technical appendices which could not be easily added into the main consultation report. The following files provide the additional information which was submitted.