Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan

The adopted plan covers a range of planning policies for the Byfleet Neighbourhood Area.

We have adopted the Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan as part of the Development Plan for managing development in the Byfleet Neighbourhood Area.

View or download the final decision statement below.

Neighbourhood plan documents

You can view the plan's documents online on the Woking 2027 website:

Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan background

The Byfleet Residents’ Neighbourhood Forum submitted a draft Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan to Woking Borough Council in July 2025. Following Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, we published the plan proposals and invited the public to submit their comments during a consultation period of 6 weeks.

The public responses received were submitted (with the plan proposals) to an independent examiner, who considered the documents.

The final examiner's report was received by us on 29 January 2026 and we issued a decision statement to submit the Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan to referendum.

The referendum was held on 7 May 2026. The outcome was positive and more than 50% of those who voted were in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan being used to help decide planning applications in the Neighbourhood Area.

On 11 June 2026, Full Council adopted the Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan part of the Development Plan for the area.

About neighbourhood plans

Planning policies covered by the neighbourhood plan includes: 

  • design
  • the village centre
  • employment sites
  • trees, hedges and woodland
  • flood management
  • local green spaces and heritage

For more information, go to Neighbourhood Planning – Woking 2027.