Neighbourhood plans

The Localism Act introduces statutory neighbourhood planning in England.

Cookham Neighbourhood Plan 2021-2038: Submission Version - Regulation 16 Consultation

Cookham Parish Council has submitted a Neighbourhood Plan for the Cookham neighbourhood area. The Plan sets out the local community’s aspirations for the Plan area over the period to 2038 and establishes policies in relation to land use and development. It sets out the Vision for the Plan area and planning policies to guide future development to help determine planning applications in the area.

The Cookham Neighbourhood Plan 2021-2038 Submission Stage (Regulation 16) Consultation Version is now subject to consultation. The Regulation 16 ‘Submission’ consultation commences on Monday 6 January 2025 and will run until 23:59 on Monday February 17 2025.

Following the closure of the consultation, the Submission Plan will be subject to an independent examination.  All comments received in response to this consultation will be considered by an Examiner as part of the examination process. If it is successful, there would then be a referendum on whether the plan should be brought into force (‘made’) or not.

Please remember that the Examiner will only be assessing whether the plan meets the basic conditions and other relevant legal requirements as laid out in the Localism Act 2011.

Where the plan can be inspected:

You can review the Cookham Neighbourhood Plan 2021-2038: Submission Version and supporting documents on our consultation portal and via the following links:

Paper copies of the Cookham Neighbourhood Plan 2021-2038: Submission Version and the Basic Conditions Statement can also be viewed at the following locations during their usual opening hours:

 ⦁   Maidenhead Library, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1QU
⦁    Cookham Library, High Road, Cookham, SL6 9JF
⦁    Cookham Parish Office
⦁    The Jolly Farmer, Church Rd, Cookham Dean, Cookham, Maidenhead SL6 9PD
⦁    The GWR station waiting room, Cookham, Maidenhead SL6 9BP
⦁    The Little Bookshop, 16 High St, Cookham, Maidenhead SL6 9SJ

How to make Representations

Comments or representations can be made in any of the following ways:

1.    Via the Planning Policy Consultation Portal

2.    By completing the representation form available on the consultation portal or in paper from the libraries listed above, then return it to us either:

⦁    By email to  planning.consultation@rbwm.gov.uk or

⦁    By post to Planning Policy, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF

All representations must be received by the council by 23:59 on Monday 17 February 2025. Any representations may include a request to be notified of the local planning authority's decision under regulation 19 in relation to the neighbourhood development plan.