Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan

The original version of the Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan was made (adopted) on 21 February 2017. A review of the plan was submitted for examination in May 2026.

Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan review

Shillingstone Parish Council has submitted the Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Review for examination. We are inviting comments on the submitted plan from Friday 12 June to Friday 24 July 2026 (inclusive). View the submitted plan and submit comments.

Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan - original version

Following the referendum on 9 February 2017, the Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan was 'made' on 21 February 2017.

• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan (made February 2017)
• Decision Statement (Making) 

Referendum (2017) documentation

A Summary of Representations submitted to the examiner.

The Examiner's report.

The Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum draft (as proposed and amended as a result of the examination)

The Decision Statement, which includes a statement by the local planning authority that the plan as proposed meets the basic conditions

The Information Statement, which includes general information as to town and country planning including neighbourhood planning and the referendum

Submission documents

• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Submission Draft (April 2016)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Summary (March 2016)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Basic Conditions Statement (April 2016)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report (August 2015)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment Statement of Reasons and Requirement for a Habitats Regulations Assessment (March 2016)

Supporting evidence

• Ecological assessment of potential development sites within Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan (October 2015)
• Hine Town Lane Biodiversity Mitigation Plan (March 2015)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Heritage Assessment (January 2016)
• Housing Needs Assessment Shillingstone (July 2015)
• SHLAA extracts (March 2012)
• Shillingstone Local Green Spaces (March 2016)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Site Selection report (December 2015)
• 2003 North Dorset District-Wide Local Plan Inset Map
• Dorset Census 2011 Ethnicity statistics for Shillingstone
• Dorset Census 2011 Housing statistics for Shillingstone
• Dorset Census 2011 Education and Economy statistics for Shillingstone
• Dorset Census 2011 People, Health and Care statistics for Shillingstone
• Shillingstone Parish Plan (2006)

Other background documents

• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan First Draft (June 2015)
• Shillingstone Neighbourhood Plan Pre-Submission Draft (August 2015)
• North Dorset Local Plan Part 1 (LP1) 2016 (North Dorset district council)
• Dorset Rural Roads Protocol 2008 (Dorset county council and Dorset AONB Partnership)