Neighbourhood Planning
Have Your Say!
Welcome to the Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Royal Wootton Bassett, which is open for public consultation, starting Monday 29th September 2025 until midnight on 23rd November 2025.
Introduction to Draft Plan
Royal Wootton Bassett is a wonderful place to live and work. Our Town Council is committed to ensuring the future growth in our area reflects the wishes and needs of our community.
The present Neighbourhood Plan runs until 2026 and required reviewing to ensure it remains relevant and effective. A Working Group of local councillors, community representatives and residents, with support from consultants DLP Planning Ltd, have been working together to undertake this review process over the last five years.
We have modified the plan by assessing existing neighbourhood plan policies, using the views expressed during our engagement survey in October 2020 and on the feedback given on our Vision and Objectives Statement in October 2021, plus a Call for Sites in August 2022. The plan covers the years up to 2038 and provides a clear ambition and strategy, empowering our residents to shape the future of our town together. It enables us to highlight characteristics we want to protect, choose where we want new homes, what new buildings should look like and protect our valued amenities. You can click and view a copy of the summary leaflet of the draft plan.
We are now undertaking a pre-submission consultation on the Royal Wootton Bassett Draft Neighbourhood Plan as required by Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulation 2012.
Statutory consultees are being contacted and we need our communities’ views too.
We Need Your Views
The Plan proposes a number of planning policies, which when adopted, will be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications within the parish of Royal Wootton Bassett.
A copy of the draft plan is available to view in the following ways:
- View the draft plan online
- View an Accessible Version online
- See a printed copy either at Town Council Office, The Manor House, weekdays from 9.30am to 1.30pm, or at Wootton Bassett Library when open.
As well as the draft plan, there are several further supporting documents that are available to view online on the council’s document library (paper copies can be viewed on request).
We do hope that you find these document helpful in understanding the vision for Royal Wootton Bassett over the next 13 years. We have also produced a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document of common questions and answers to help too.
Webinar
A live webinar was held on Wednesday 8th October 2025, presented by our planning consultants, DLP Planning Ltd, a recording is now available on our YouTube Channel.
YouTube: Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council – Draft Neighbourhood Plan webinar, 8 October 2025
The webinar includes a question and answer session. If you were unable to attend our webinar, you can still attend the public drop-in-events, details can be found in the paragraph below.
Consultation Period
The consultation period last until midnight on Sunday 23rd November 2025 and we have arranged a number of ways you can share your opinions with us:
- We will be holding public drop-in-events in Royal Wootton Bassett; Community Rooms, The Manor House on Saturday 4th October 10am to 2pm; Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall on Saturday 11th October 10am to 2pm and Wootton Bassett Library on Monday 3rd November 3.30m to 6.30pm.
- On this website you can fill in a comments form online. We would encourage everyone to complete the form online if all possible.
- Or you can print and return a paper version comment form either by posting or dropping off to the Town Council Office, The Manor House, Lime Kiln RWB SN4 7GJ, or emailing the form to planning@royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk
- If unable to do this then you can pick up a comments form from either Reception in Town Council Office, The Manor House (weekdays from 9.30am to 1.30pm) or at Wootton Bassett Library.
- Or email comments to planning@royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk
Your comments on Royal Wootton Bassett’s Plan are essential, so please complete the comments form and ensure its completed or returned by midnight on 23rd November to be included.
What happens next?
Following from this first formal consultation, your comments will be assessed and the Plan reviewed. This draft and supporting documents can then be submitted to Wiltshire Council to undertake a further six-week “submission consultation” know as Regulation 16, before the plan is subject to a final formal examination by an Independent Examiner. Following any amendments, the Plan will go to referendum, with a majority yes vote, the Neighbourhood Plan is adopted and becomes part of the statutory development for our area.
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