Completed plans will undergo independent examination and, if successful, a referendum will follow with the local community. If the majority of eligible voters in the neighbourhood area vote in favour of the plan it will be ‘made’ by full council and will form part of the development plan. It will then be used to determine planning applications within the neighbourhood plan area. Below are the 'made' plans.

Sandbanks Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan

The Sandbanks Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan was made on 23 July 2024.

Supporting appendices:

• Assets of Community Value in Sandbanks dated Sept 2022 (appendix A)
• Sandbanks Character Area Assessment dated Dec 2021 (appendix B)
• Sandbanks Landscape Assessment dated July 2021 (appendix C)
• Marketing requirements dated August 2022 (appendix D)
• Evidence base document dated December 2021 (appendix E)
• Detailed Guidance document dated December 2021 (appendix F)
• Design Guide document dated April 2022 (appendix G)

Read BCP Council's 'Made' Decision Statement agreed at full council on 23 July 2024.

The Sandbanks Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Plan area was formally designated on 20 December 2019.

Below you can view the:

• Formal designation of the Sandbanks neighbourhood area
• Sandbanks Peninsula submission draft neighbourhood plan for examination (under Regulation 16)
• Representations received to the submitted Sandbanks Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan
• Sandbanks Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan examination
• Sandbanks Referendum

The Sandbanks Neighbourhood Forum’s status was renewed for a period of 5 years in January 2025. No other organisation may be designated for that neighbourhood area until the designation expires in January 2030 or is withdrawn.