- Site assessment template (PDF, 296KB - Word version available if required)
- Guidance notes on how to write planning policy (PDF, 184KB)
- Guidance on strategic policies in the adopted Local Plan (PDF, 199KB) (Neighbourhood Plans must be in 'general conformity' with these policies).
- Guidance note on historic environment in neighbourhood plans (PDF, 81KB)
- Historic England advice note - neighbourhood planning and the historic environment
- Neighbourhood planning in a climate emergency (CSE)
- Guidance note on community energy (PDF, 384KB)
- Guidance note on justifying Local Green Space designation in neighbourhood plans (PDF, 228KB)
- Public Health England - Spatial Planning for Health (PDF, 194KB)
- Sport England and Public Health - Active Design Guidance (PDF, 14.74MB)
- Government guidance on community-led broadband schemes
- 2011 Census - data for parishes (provided by the Council's Insight and Intelligence Team, and taking into account boundary changes from 2015 Community Governance Review).
- Population estimates, including by parish (provided by the Council's Insight and Intelligence Team).
- Appraisals and assessments to support the plan (PDF, 292KB)
- Sources of information and statistics for your Neighbourhood Plan area (PDF, 281KB)
- Housing needs surveys (PDF, 144KB)
- Rural affordable housing FAQs (PDF, 150KB)
- Procuring consultants guidance note (PDF, 150KB)
- Accessible and adaptable dwellings toolkit guidance note (PDF, 286KB)
- Creating Age-Friendly Developments (housinglin.org.uk) (PDF, 3.5MB)
- Dementia and Town Planning (RTPI)
