Invitation
to Provide Comments on Pre-Submission Consultation (Regulation 14) Ringwould
with Kingsdown Neighbourhood Plan 2025-2040
Consultation Period: Monday 28 September 2026 to Monday 9th November 2026
Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council invites your views on the proposals contained within the Pre-Submission Version Ringwould with Kingsdown Neighbourhood Plan.
The consultation will run from Monday 28 September 2026 to Monday 9th November 2026.
This is a statutory Pre-Submission Consultation in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and Regulation 14 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).
The Neighbourhood Plan is a document that sets out planning and land-use policies relating to Ringwould with Kingsdown parish. It is a formal document that sets out, in development terms, how land should be used within the parish, as well as planning policies to influence development proposals.
A steering group comprising local councillors and volunteers from the community was set up to lead the project to develop the Neighbourhood Plan. A great deal of work has been undertaken to reach the point of having a draft Plan, which we are now consulting on.
The Neighbourhood Plan must undergo a rigorous process, including a series of consultations, an independent examination and finally a local referendum, as ultimately it will form part of the development plan for Dover District Council, sitting alongside the adopted Dover District Local Plan to 2040. If successful, it will be used alongside the Local Plan policies to determine the outcome of planning applications within our parish.
The Pre-Submission Draft Plan and the associated documents can be found below, and we welcome your views on the draft policies. If you require assistance in viewing the Neighbourhood Plan documents, please contact the Parish Clerk on: clerk@ringwouldwithkingsdown-pc.gov.uk
Please submit your responses in one of the following ways:
- By post to: Clerk to Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council, c/o Beacon Hill Cottage
Beacon Hill, Little Mongeham, Deal, Kent, CT14 0HW
- Drop off comments to: The Village Shop, Upper Street, Kingsdown, CT14 9BJ (paper copies of the survey can be obtained from here) or post in the Parish Council box by the main door of Ringwould Village Hall.
- Community Meeting: Join us for a meeting on Monday 19th October 2026 at the School Hall from 7pm, where you can hear more about the project and how to comment.
Responses must be received by 5pm on Monday 9th November 2026.
A summary of all comments will be made publicly available following the consultation, and each will be carefully reviewed by the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee. The draft Neighbourhood Plan will be amended accordingly into its Submission Version, which will be formally submitted to Dover District Council, who will undertake a further round of consultation. After this, the Plan will be independently examined and, if successful, will proceed to a local referendum.
Please note that personal information provided in your responses will be confidential and processed in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations. The Parish Council will process your details in relation to the preparation of this Neighbourhood Plan document only. As part of the Consultation and in line with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), when responding to the consultation, please confirm that you are happy for the Parish Council to pass on your contact details (name, address/email address) to Dover District Council so that they can contact you at the next Submission Version (Regulation 16) stage of consultation.
Documents to view: (all pdfs)