Guidance
After the neighbourhood plan is made: implementation, monitoring and review
This guidance explains how to implement, monitor and review existing neighbourhood plans.
Applies to England
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This guidance covers implementing neighbourhood plans as follows:
- what implementation means and who is responsible
- how to make effective representations on planning applications
- how to work with developers
- the key stages in effective development projects
- Community Infrastructure Levy expenditure
- skills and training for local authority officers and neighbourhood planning groups
- engagement with the local planning authority
- key principles for influencing people
It covers monitoring as follows:
- what monitoring means and who is responsible
- assessing the effectiveness of neighbourhood plan policies in development management
- how to view Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy receipts
- projects and actions that fall outside the scope of planning policy
- assessing whether the aims of the neighbourhood plan are being achieved
- how to monitor changes to external policies and guidance
- how to reflect changes to the local area and the evidence required to support this
It sets out the neighbourhood plan review and revision process as follows:
- what a plan review means and who is responsible
- when to undertake a plan review
- a checklist for reviewing plans and factors to consider
- who is involved in revising the neighbourhood plan
- the key stages of undertaking a neighbourhood plan review
- the types of plan review and their statutory requirements
We are currently reviewing and updating our guidance and toolkits. This toolkit is provided for reference but has not yet been updated to reflect recent changes to planning policy. It remains useful as background information, but regularly check the Neighbourhood planning - GOV.UK page for updates to neighbourhood planning policy and guidance.
Updates to this page
Published 15 April 2026