Neighbourhood Plan

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF OCKLEY NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA (The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended))

Notice is hereby given that Mole Valley District Council has received a proposal on behalf of Ockley Parish Council to prepare a Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) for your community. The Council is seeking views on the area application from 12th October 2026 to 23rd November 2026.

An NDP will show where, how much, and what type of new development will take place in an area over a period of 10+ years. Before work on the NDP’s preparation can formally get underway, the Council is required to agree the proposals that have been submitted for the extent of the neighbourhood area that will be covered by the Plan i.e. the Ockley Parish. In March 2022 the Council's Executive formally designated the Ockley neighbourhood area for the purposes of preparing a neighbourhood plan. This designation has a five-year lifespan so expires in March 2027. The neighbourhood area application submitted by Ockley Parish Council is identical to the boundary that was designated in March 2022.

Ockley Parish Council has set up a body to help oversee the preparation of the NDP on its behalf – the Ockley Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan Steering Group. The proposed Ockley NDP will be prepared by the Steering Group in consultation with its community and while it has to be based on the Council’s strategic planning polices, its detailed policies and proposals can reflect the specific issues facing the community. Once adopted, the NDP will become part of the Council’s Development Plan and will be taken into account in the determination of planning applications for proposals in the area covered by the neighbourhood plan.

Representations should consider whether the neighbourhood area is appropriate to be re designated. Representations can be made over the period beginning Monday, 12 October 2026 and ending on Monday, 23 November 2026.

Representations must be sent to: planning.policy@molevalley.gov.uk or Planning Policy, Mole Valley District Council, Pippbrook, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1SJ

The application can be viewed here.

Consultation Information Arrangements

Any responses received to the consultations will be held electronically for the purposes of meeting the Council’s duties arising from reporting consultations. Consultation responses will be made public but your personal data, other than your name or the name of the person you are acting for, will not be made public. Consultation responses will be kept for two years post adoption of the plan.