Local Plan

The South Bucks District Local Plan was adopted on 22nd March 1999 as a statutory plan for the District.

Following a Direction from the Secretary of State in 2007, 75 policies in the South Bucks Local Plan are saved for continued use, and 45 policies are not saved and have therefore expired.The South Bucks Core Strategy was adopted on 22nd February 2011. The Core Strategy further replaced 22 saved Local Plan policies. There are 53 saved Local Plan policies left in total.

The consolidated version of the saved Local Plan Policies (February 2011) and a list of all the saved policies can be downloaded below:


Local Development Framework
For further information on the Core Strategy, please refer to the Core Strategy Development Plan Document page .

For the latest information on flood zones please visit The Environment Agency's website . (Opens new window to external site)