The Stoke Mandeville Parish Council has issued a new November 2025 version of its Neighbourhood Plan following a review with Buckinghamshire Council. 

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We have previously asked residents to review and comment on the Plan and received 200 responses. All the comments that were received have, if applicable, been reflected in the latest version of Plan, and includes some amendments as a result of a recent review with Buckinghamshire Council, and to ensure compliance with the adopted Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan.

 

​In a Parish whose rural nature will be forever changed as a result of the proposed housing allocations, HS2 and new road infrastructure, the Neighbourhood Plan cannot prevent development on strategic sites on land between Stoke Mandeville Village and the southern borders of Aylesbury.

 

However, the Stoke Mandeville Parish Council has done everything they can to influence what can still be protected, such as the many local green spaces and open countryside, community facilities such as the Buckinghamshire County Council Sports and Social Club site, and assets of historical or archaeological interest. 

​Alongside policies which attempt to preserve at least some open space in and around new housing estates, the Parish Council’s Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group has included policies to ensure that developers pay proper attention to traffic mitigation. Responding to residents’ frustration with constant traffic jams, the policies require developers to provide specific safe and accessible pedestrian and cyclist routes through the Parish, along with other measures to decrease the bottlenecks in and outside the Parish.

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​Councillor Kirsty Shanahan, Chair of Stoke Mandeville Parish Council said, “While there is little we can do about the new housing and road developments in the Parish, we have taken on board the public’s strong views on preserving as much green space as possible, and we have attempted to mitigate the terrible traffic congestion that the Parish regularly suffers.” 

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The latest version of the Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan has been signed off by the Stoke Mandeville Parish Council and will be submitted to Buckinghamshire Council for review by an independent inspector before the Council is in a position to present the Plan to residents in a Referendum. 

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The latest revision of the Stoke Mandeville Neighbourhood Plan can be seen here - THE REVISED PLAN.

November 2025