Fareham Local Plan 2044 Timetable
The government has published new legislation and guidance that requires local plans to be prepared, examined and adopted within a streamlined 30 month timetable, with defined gateway stages to ensure progress, quality and compliance at key points.
Section 15B of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026 include the requirement to publish a Local Plan Timetable and keep it up to date.
The purpose of the Local Plan Timetable is to set out key milestones for the preparation of the Local Plan, development plan documents and supplementary plans. It provides a clear, transparent programme for plan preparation and highlights opportunities for community and stakeholder engagement.
The matters that the Local Plan will deal with
The Local Plan will be comprehensive, planning for the administrative area of Fareham for minimum 15-year period to 2044, replacing the existing Fareham Local Plan 2037 and The Welborne Plan.
It will include a vision and strategic priorities for the area, setting out the overall amount and distribution of new development, site allocations and other policies for the determination of planning applications.
A Policies Map will accompany the plan and illustrate geographically where its policies apply.
Geographical area that the plan will cover
The Local Plan will cover the administrative area of Fareham, ONS E07000087, as shown on the map below.
Geographical area of the Fareham Local Plan 2044 (click the image for larger map)
Timetable
The Local Plan Timetable sets out the key stages and dates for preparing our new Local Plan and reflects the Government's updated 30-month plan-making process.
This timetable comes into effect on 26th June 2026.
Local Plan Stage |
Target Date |
| Formal Notice of the Intention to commence Plan making (Regulation 19) |
by 30 June 2026 |
| Publication of scoping consultation (Regulation 20) |
24 August to 2 October 2026 |
| Gateway 1 (self-assessment) – Decision to progress to Gateway 1 (Regulation 21) | by 31 October 2026 |
| Consultation on the proposed Local Plan content and evidence (Regulation 23) | 7 June 2027 to 16 July 2027 |
| Gateway 2 – Decision to progress to Gateway 2 (Regulation 26) |
13 December 2027 to 21 January 2028 |
| Public consultation on the proposed draft Local Plan (Regulation 27) | 7 February 2028 to 31 March 2028 |
| Gateway 3 – Decision to progress to Gateway 3 (Regulation 31) |
31 July to 29 September 2028 |
| Submission (Regulation 34) | 27 October 2028 |
| Independent Examination (Regulation 35) | 30 October 2028 to 27 April 2029 |
| Adoption of the Local Plan (Regulation 39) | expected by 31 May 2029 |
Schedule of amendments
The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Part 2 Regulation 6 requires that we update the timetable monthly (if necessary) and at specific stages in the production of the Local Plan. We will maintain and publish a schedule of any amendments made to this timetable here.
First published: 26th June 2026
Last updated: 26th June 2026
Availability of documents
The timetable can be downloaded here 
(310 KB).
The timetable can be viewed upon request at the Civic Offices, Civic Way, Fareham, PO16 7AZ - Monday to Friday 8.45 am to 5.15pm.
Data download
To meet the requirements of the Planning Data (England) Regulations 2026, we also provide our Local Plan Timetable and related information in CSV File format. These files are updated whenever the timetable changes or when key milestones are reached.
This data is provided under the Open Government Licence 
and can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate link:
