10/03/2026
🧐We see there have been some questions about BDC's Local Plan posters concerning the Airbase. These appear to refer to the need for a 'Master Plan' for the Airbase to make sure what happens there is done properly. The BDC Local Plan does not have much detail beyond that. However, it is in line with our draft Finchingfield and Wethersfield Neighbourhood Plan for which we are still awaiting approval. A Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan sit together once approved.
MUCH more detailed proposed policies relating to the Airbase can be found on pages 95-96 in the Reg 15 draft version Neighbourhood Plan on our website. As Michael Staines wrote, our NP draft lays out detailed guidelines as to what should (or should not) happen at the Airbase in the future. These will form the basis for planning policy alongside BDC's Local Plan and frame how any future Master Plan will be laid out.
Our draft Plan for both parishes was submitted to BDC in August, 2025, so we awaiting next steps. It reflects surveys, public meetings and public consultation conducted by Finchingfield and Wethersfield Parish Councils' Neighbourhood Plan team and is soon (hopefully) to be subject to another round by BDC once they have completed their due diligence processes.
As the Airbase is also partly in Toppesfield parish, planning will also have to be consistent with their Neighbourhood Plan which is currently at the slightly earlier Reg 14 stage.
Phew! That's a lot but hopefully clarifies.....🫤
👇Please take a look at the FWNP website for more info or contact the NP team [email protected]
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