Following the decision of Full Council on 26 February 2025 to withdraw the Draft Elmbridge Local Plan 2037 from examination, the council is starting the process of preparing a New Local Plan for the borough. For further information see the withdrawal of the Draft Elmbridge Local Plan 2037, including the council's Statement of Withdrawal.
The New Local Plan will provide a positive vision for the future of the borough; a framework for addressing housing and other development needs; as well as other economic, social and environmental priorities for at least a 15 year period post adoption. It will contain locally distinctive strategic and non-strategic policies and land/site allocations, while fostering high quality design and contributing to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.
Local Development Scheme
We have produced a new Local Development Scheme (LDS) which sets out a timetable for the production of the New Local Plan over the period 2025 to 2028. It supersedes the council’s previous LDS covering the period 2023 to 2026.