Guidance

Making Local Green Space designations in your neighbourhood plan

This guidance explains how make Local Green Space designations as part of a neighbourhood plan.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 24 July 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Making local green space designations in your neighbourhood plan

PDF, 238 KB, 21 pages

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Details

This guidance covers:

• why green space is important
• the different values of green space
• how neighbourhood plans can address green space
• evidence requirements
• an audit tool for use where existing evidence is not available
• community and stakeholder engagement
• guidance and a tool for making Local Green Space designations
• other green space designations
• policy making for Local Green Spaces

We are currently 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 page for updates to neighbourhood planning policy and guidance.

Published 24 July 2026