Joint Local Plan 2045 (JLP2)

We have started to prepare a new Joint Local Plan for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse. This will be our second joint local plan, it will cover the period up to 2045 and we will refer to it as JLP2.  

On 19 June 2026 we published our notice of intention to commence Joint Local Plan 2045 preparation and our timetable which sets out the plan-making milestones.

Key dates in the preparation of the Joint Local Plan 2045: 

June 2026: Publication of our Notice of intention to commence local plan preparation and Publication of the Local Plan Timetable.

September 2026: Scoping Consultation (8 September – 29 September 2026)

October 2026: Publication of our Gateway 1 Self-Assessment Summary (30 October 2026)

June to July 2027: Consultation on proposed plan content and evidence 

March to April 2028: Consultation on the proposed plan 

Examination: November 2028 to March 2029 

Adoption: April 2029 

Latest News

On 30 October 2026, we published our Gateway 1 Self-Assessment Summary, which assesses our readiness to start the statutory 30-month plan preparation process. The publication of our self-assessment summary marks the start of the 30-month period.  

To view our self-assessment summary, please refer to our Gateway 1 webpage.

Our Scoping Consultation which ran from Tuesday 8 September until Tuesday 29 September at 11.59pm has now closed.  

For further information, please refer to our Scoping Consultation webpage. 

Work on our first Joint Local Plan 2041 (JLP1) is continuing, please visit our Joint Local Plan 2041 ‘Latest News’ page for further details, as this webpage relates to the preparation of a new Joint Local Plan 2045 (JLP2).

We are preparing JLP2 in line with the 2026 regulations published by Government in March 2026 and are following a 30-month local plan preparation and examination timeline.  

For more information on why we are working on two joint local plans at the same time, please visit our ‘Why two Joint Local Plans?’ webpage.