DRAFT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LOCAL PLAN: NOW 660 HOUSES NOT 424 IN NEWTON LONGVILLE, AS WELL AS A 20 PITCH TRAVELLERS SITE ...

Buckinghamshire Council opened the Regulation 19 consultation for the draft Buckinghamshire Local Plan this afternoon (23 July). We are preparing a leaflet to be distributed over the next week which will include guidance for any residents who are looking for help on how they you may wish to respond over the next six weeks (the consultation period closing on Sunday 6 September).

View the Buckinghamshire Council Local Plan consultation page this includes links to view or download the draft plan.

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Public Meeting - Friday 17th July

Many thanks to everyone who attended the public meeting in Longueville Hall. We had about 90 in the room including from Buckinghamshire Council our two ward councillors, Jilly Jordan and Caroline Cornell, plus Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Transport Thomas Broom.

Subjects covered over the two hours or so included the latest on the East West Rail train maintenance depot, the draft Buckinghamshire Local Plan and the two pre-application consultations (Pond Close and Richborough, close to the Stoke Road/Drayton Road/Newton Road in Stoke Hammond parish). The slides about the draft Buckinghamshire Local Plan may be read or downloaded.

One important take-away from this meeting was how important it is going to be for as many people as possible to respond to the Local Plan Regulation 19 consultation which is due to open up on Thursday 23rd. More on this will follow, including a leaflet on how residents can submit their views.

We obviously won’t have time to run a repeat when we have the monthly Parish Council meeting on Monday (20/07/2026), but if you missed the public meeting (or did attend and want to see the follow-up) then please consider joining us at the Free Church at 7pm.

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TRAIN MAINTENANCE DEPOT (TMD) - June 2026

EWR have provided further information on the layout options for the proposed train maintenance depot west of Whaddon Road, straddling Newton Longville and Mursley parishes. The most significant changes are arguably the addition of a third option (the 'Bow-Tie'), major increases in the estimated volume of excavated material that would need to be removed from the site, and the demolition and rebuilding of bridge OXD06 on Whaddon Road (Newton Longville) for layout options 2 and 3. EWR have also noted that they expect the majority of trains entering or leaving the depot to be coming from or going in the Cambridge direction (which favours option 2).