Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan for Buckinghamshire evidence
To inform the Draft Local Plan Consultation, a range of Regulation 18 evidence has been compiled drawing from a variety of information sources.
Regulation 18 evidence
Select an option from below to view the Regulation 18 evidence that informed the local plan.
Equality Impact assessment (PDF, 314KB)
Habitats Regulation Assessment Scoping Report (PDF, 4.11MB)
Habitats Regulation Assessment of Draft Plan (PDF, 5.85MB)
Health Impact assessment (PDF, 1.12MB)
Scoping Report for the Sustainability Appraisal (PDF, 8MB)
Sustainability Appraisal (PDF, 3.14MB)
Sustainability Appraisal Note (PDF, 2.61 MB); an early-stage assessment that evaluates the likely environmental, social, and economic effects of emerging Local Plan options before the final plan is developed
Sites Engagement Sustainability Appraisal Note (PDF, 2.61 MB)
Buckinghamshire Gypsy and Travellers Accommodation Assessment (PDF, 782KB)
Bucks Local Housing Needs Assessment Report of Findings (PDF, 2.14MB)
Bucks Local Housing Needs Assessment Executive Summary (PDF, 450KB)
Draft Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) (XLSX, 168 KB); setting out the sites submitted to us and our initial assessment of their potential
New and Expanded Settlements Study Summary (PDF, 18.4 MB); assessment of large strategic sites
New and Expanded Settlements Study Methodology (PDF, 774 KB)
Position Statement on Supply vs. Need (PDF, 351 KB); giving an up-to-date overview of Buckinghamshire’s housing and employment land needs compared with the supply currently identified
You can also view our existing HELAA Methodology (DOCX, 1 MB)
Employment and Retail Regulation 18 Evidence Report - Executive summary July 2025 (PDF, 220KB)
Employment Regulation 18 Evidence Main Report - July 2025 (PDF, 6.15MB)
Employment Regulation 18 Evidence Report - Appendices 1-5, 7 and 8 (PDF, 674KB)
Employment Regulation 18 Evidence Report - Appendix 6 (PDF, 994KB)
Modern economy study (PDF, 4.15MB)
Retail Regulation 18 Evidence Main Report - July 2025 (PDF, 2MB)
Retail Regulation 18 Evidence Report Part B - Appendices July 2025 (PDF, 4.88MB)
Baseline Transport Study and the Local Transport Plan 5 (PDF, 4.6MB)
Appendix A - Initial Transport Impacts Assessment (PDF, 13.2MB)
Appendix B - BSTM Local Model Validation Report (PDF, 8.2MB)
Appendix C - TRACC outputs (PDF, 18.1MB)
Appendix D - Carbon Assessment Playbook (PDF, 655KB)
Appendix E - EEH Transport Strategy list of proposed schemes (PDF, 131KB)
Appendix F - A421 Corridor Study (PDF, 11.3MB)
Baseline Infrastructure Study (PDF, 2MB)
Communities Facility Study (PDF, 756KB)
Settlement Review (PDF, 966KB)
Wider Sports and Open Spaces Study (PDF, 3MB)
Net Zero Carbon Study and POS Statement 2025 (PDF, 3.7MB)
Net Zero Carbon Study Policy Options Risk Matrix 2025 (PDF, 855KB)
Renewable Energy Assessment (PDF, 8.9MB)
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 (PDF, 15.2MB)
Appendix A to B (included within the SFRA Level 1 report)
Appendix C:
- Map C. 1 - Watercourses (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 2 - Flood History (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 3 - Fluvial Flood Zones (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 4 - Flood Zone 3b and Climate Change (PDF, 2MB)
- Map C. 5 - Flood Zone 3a and Climate Change (PDF, 16.6MB)
- Map C. 6 - Flood Zone 2 and Climate Change (PDF, 2MB)
- Map C. 7 - Flood Defences and Areas Benefitting from Defences (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 8 - Flood Warning and Alert Areas (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 9 - Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 10 - Risk of Flooding from Surface Water - 1 in 30 year and Climate Change (PDF, 2.41MB)
- Map C. 11 - Risk of Flooding from Surface Water - 1 in 100 year and Climate Change (PDF, 2.32MB)
- Map C. 12 - Rick of Flooding from Surface Water - 1 in 1000 year and Climate Change (PDF, 2.69MB)
- Map C. 13 - Groundwater Emergence Mapping (PDF, 5MB)
- Map C. 14 - Groundwater Flood Mapping (PDF, 4.4MB)
- Map C. 15 - Risk of Flooding from Reservoirs (PDF, 4.9MB)
- Map C. 16 - Working with Natural Processes (PDF, 5.5MB)
- Map C. 17 - Watercourse Buffer Strips (PDF, 5MB)
Appendix D - Settlement Flood History (DOCX, 2.45MB)
Appendix E - Sequential Test Methodology (DOCX, 525KB)
Appendix F - User Guide (PDF, 1MB)
Appendix G - Cumulative Impacts Assessment (DOCX, 966KB)
Appendix H - Sources of Information (DOCX, 424KB)
Water Cycle Study Level 1 Report (PDF, 18.7MB)
Water Cycle Study Level 1 Addendum (PDF, 2.2MB)
Appendix B - Page 1 - Ammonia deterioration (PDF, 4.3MB)
Appendix B - Page 1 - BOD deterioration (PDF, 4.3MB)
Appendix B - Page 3 - Phosphate deterioration (PDF, 4.3MB)
Draft Green Belt Assessment
- Draft Green Belt Assessment; identifying the relative contribution of different areas of Green Belt to national Green Belt purposes:
- Main Report (PDF, 5.5 MB)
- Executive Summary (674 KB)
- Appendix 1 Consultation (PDF, 401 KB)
- Appendix 2 Assessment Areas (PDF, 30 MB)
- Appendix 3 National Landscape (PDF, 2.36 MB)
- Appendix 4 Local Green Space (PDF, 842 KB)
- Appendix 5 Flood Risk (PDF, 834 KB)
- Appendix 6 Biodiversity (PDF, 3.47 MB)
- Appendix 7 Irreplaceable habitat (PDF, 789 KB)
- Appendix 8 Historic Environment (PDF, 780 KB)
- Appendix 9 National Landscape setting (PDF, 872 KB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas A to B (PDF, 23 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas C (PDF, 20 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas D to G (PDF, 11 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas H (PDF, 21 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas I to N (PDF, 24 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas P to W (PDF 24 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas Settlement Not Applicable (Part 1) (PDF, 26 MB)
- Appendix 10 Proformas Settlement Not Applicable (Part 2) (PDF, 24 MB)
Urban Potential Study (PDF, 5.13MB)
Health and Wellbeing Study (PDF, 2.9MB)