Introduction

What is a Neighbourhood Plan?

Neighbourhood Plans allow communities to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood, by creating policies that define the development of and use of land within it.

A Plan allows the community to decide where any needed new homes, shops and offices should be built, specify aspects of their design and the infrastructure needed to support them. 

In response to a requirement from the West Berkshire Local Plan to build 110 homes here, a group comprising parish councillors and residents created the 2017 Mortimer Neighbourhood Plan, that runs until 2026. It was one of the first in West Berkshire.

Why update the Mortimer Neighbourhood Plan?

• To review the use of 1 land set aside in 2017 for a new school, doctors' and associated parking.
• To take account of changes in local and national government policies which can render Neighbourhood Plan policies ineffective or redundant.  
• The community might wish to add policies or revise existing ones, to reflect what is important, or lessons learnt from the 2017 Neighbourhood Plan.