FUTURE
BLEDINGTON
September 2026 update
Fourteen members met in September to review the shortlisted actions and agree where work should begin.
Activity is now getting underway on a welcome pack for new residents and researching project funding opportunities; community involvement; green spaces and biodiversity; community allotments and growing; a Bledington Green Pledge; reviewing housing needs; and transport, traffic and road safety.
Smaller project teams are taking these activities forward, with progress coordinated through Future Bledington.
For more information please contact: parishplan@bledington.com
Final Bledington Village Parish Plan
Following over 2 years of work involving dozens of volunteers across the village, multiple public consultations and a survey open to every Bledington household, the Parish Council has adopted the final Parish Plan for Bledington. You can download and read it by clicking the button below..
The Plan sets out recommendations across four main areas:
- Foundations, Facilities & Community Assets
- Environment & Sustainability
- Housing & Land
- Transport, Road Safety & Connectivity
September 2025 update
The draft Parish Plan is now available for discussion by the community. Below is a brief introduction with the major points. An Executive Summary and Main Recommendations from the report are here and the draft of the full Parish Plan is here, or click on the links below.
If you'd prefer a paper copy of the Plan please contact Ian Simpson (Chair, PPG) on 07766 797730 or planb@bledington.com.
Village Questionnaire about the draft Plan: September 2025
The Parish Plan Group (PPG) has produced a draft Parish Plan which will be submitted to the Parish Council in November. The next step in the consultation process after the recent Open Meeting on Saturday 20th September is a questionnaire.
The PPG hopes this questionnaire will provide further opportunity for members of the community to make comments on the Plan. A hard copy will be delivered to each house in the village. While this questionnaire covers the main points addressed in the Plan, there is a lot more detail in the full document and any comments on this would also be welcomed. Questionnaires will also be available at the shop. The questionnaire can also be filled out online using this link below.
Completed hard copies can be left in the ballot box at the shop or to Ian Simpson, at 2 Chapel Lane. Please let us have your replies by Monday the 13th of October. Many thanks for your input.
January 2025 update
Here you can access the consultation papers from the Parish Plan. You can access this here:
- Bledington Parish Plan: results of the consultation on a draft Plan, October 2025
- Bledington Parish Plan: comments from the consultation on a draft Plan, October 2025
Background:
The Parish Council has agreed to support the development of a parish plan and Plan Bledington, or Plan B for short is the first step in launching this ambition. The Village Meetings in November 2022 and May 2023 showed that there is concern over a number of issues facing the village. We all know Bledington has a huge amount to be proud of. However, challenging changes are taking place locally and in the wider world. Plan B aims to anticipate and prepare for those challenges and to develop Bledington further as a flourishing and sustainable community in which to live, work and visit.
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