Bere Regis Neighbourhood Plan Review (2019 to 2034)

Overview

Bere Regis Parish Council has undertaken a review of its neighbourhood plan. You have the opportunity from 8 June 2026 to 20 July 2026 to view and comment on the revised plan before it goes to an independent examiner. 

To view the plan, click on the image below.

The plan is accompanied by the following documents:

• Consultation Statement
• Basic Conditions Statement
• SE1: Parish Plan (2007) and Parish Plan Action Points (2007)
• SE2: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (April 2026)
• SE3: Census 2021 Review (Nov 2024) 
• SE4: Historic Environment Statement (2018)
• SE5: Conservation Area Appraisal (2002)
• SE6: Overview of Planning Designations and Policy Review (Nov 2024)
• SE7: Noise Impact Assessment (2017)
• SE8: Housing Site Evidence (March 2025) 
• SE9: Areas of Local Green Space (April 2026)
• SE10: Modification Statement (April 2026)
• SE11: SEA Screening and Scoping Opinion (Aug 2025)
• SE12: Ecology Reports of Site Allocations (Jan 2024)
• Habitat Regulations Assessment (June 2026)

To view the current Bere Regis Neighbourhood Plan (made June 2019) see the Bere Regis Neighbourhood Plan web page. 

If you have difficulties accessing any of these documents, or would like to respond in an alternative way, please contact us using the details on this page. 

Why your views matter

This consultation is an opportunity for individuals, organisations and businesses to comment on the plan. 

All representation received during the consultation period will be made available to the independent examiner. The examiner will consider whether the plan meets certain basic conditions and satisfies other legal requirements. The basic conditions are:

• is it appropriate to make the plan, having regard to national planning policies and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State;
• does the plan contribute to achieving sustainable development;
• the making of the plan should not result in less housing development taking place than would otherwise be the case; 
• the plan does not breach the requirements of Chapter 8 of Part 6 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017; and
• the plan does not breach and is otherwise compatible with EU obligations and human rights requirements.

As this is a neighbourhood plan review, the examiner will also consider whether the changes are so significant or substantial as to change the nature of the plan. A referendum on the plan may be held if the examiner concludes that the nature of the plan will be changed.

If the revised plan successfully passes all the above steps, it will replace the existing neighbourhood plan. Its policies will be used to make decisions on relevant planning applications in Bere Regis along with other appropriate development plan policies.

This is a regulation 16 consultation. Representations made at this stage can include a request to be notified of Dorset Council's decision under regulation 19 in relation to the neighbourhood plan.