Southborough and High Brooms
Neighbourhood Development Plan Submission Version
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Update – May 2025
The Southborough and High Brooms Neighbourhood Development Plan is being prepared by Southborough Town Council.
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A Steering Group comprising local councillors and volunteers from the community was set up to lead the project on behalf of the Town Council.
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We have reached an important milestone in the process having finalised the Submission Version of the document.
Thank you to those of you who commented on the draft version of the Plan. The Steering Group carefully considered the feedback and the Plan has been revised accordingly into the version to be submitted to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
The Neighbourhood Development Plan sets out planning and land-use policies that, once ‘made’, will set out how land should be considered in the area, in planning terms. The policies will also be a material planning consideration in the determination of planning applications, alongside the policies of the adopted Tunbridge Wells Local Plan.
The Neighbourhood Development Plan must undergo a rigorous process. The next step is a further round of formal consultation led by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, giving you an opportunity to input your views on the Submission Version policies. The consultation will run from Wednesday 11 June 2025 to Friday 25 July 2025. Details of how to take part in this consultation will be available from their website here:
​Once that second consultation is complete, the Plan will be independently examined and, assuming this is successful, there will be a local referendum inviting residents to vote to introduce the plan formally.
The Submission Version Plan and supporting documents can be viewed from the Documents lists on this page and the Governance page.​
For further information please email us at shbndp@gmail.com