We are pleased to share the following from Kingston Council’s engagement team:
The Council has now reached the final stage of consultation on Kingston’s new Local Plan. This is an important opportunity for residents, businesses and community groups to comment on whether the Plan is legally compliant and sound before it is submitted for independent examination.
Thank you for helping us ensure as many people as possible are aware of this final opportunity to have their say.
We’re getting in touch to let you know that the final consultation on Kingston’s new Local Plan is now open and we’d really welcome your views. The consultation runs until 11.59pm on Friday 4 September 2026.
The Local Plan sets out how Kingston could grow and change over the next 15 years, including where new homes, jobs, infrastructure, community facilities, culture and leisure opportunities could be located, while protecting the things that make our borough special, such as our parks, green spaces and local character.
The Plan also sets out where development can take place and the planning policies that will be used to make decisions on future planning applications.
What you can share your views on
At this stage, which is called a Regulation 19 consultation, comments must focus on whether the borough’s Plan is legally compliant and sound, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), paragraphs 36-38. If you believe something has not been done correctly, or that the Plan does not meet the required standards, we would like to hear from you.
Once this consultation has closed, we will review all of the comments received, prepare and submit Kingston’s Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate by the end of the year.
post your comments to the team: Spatial Planning Team, The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall 2, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU
visit any open library in the borough or the Information and Advice Centre, Guildhall 2, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU and pick up a printed response form and stamped addressed envelope
If you need the Local Plan in another format, or if you have a question, please email localplan@kingston.gov.uk or call us on 020 8547 5000 and we’ll call you back.
Join us at a drop-in session
If you’d like to find out more or ask questions, please come along to one of our borough-wide drop-in sessions:
Wednesday 12 August, 4pm to 7pm – New Malden Methodist Church (Lower Hall), 49 High Street, New Malden, KT3 4BY
Saturday 15 August, 9am to 1pm – Surbiton Farmers’ Market, Maple Rd, Surbiton KT6 4FB
Thank you for taking the time to get involved and helping to shape Kingston’s future
Secretary Keegan Hillier has also asked the Engagement Team if the KDN can have a disability-focused meeting with the Council surrounding the plan – we will update with their response!
The following is shared on behalf of Disability Rights UK.
Disability Rights UK is launching a nationwide conversation to understand what truly matters to Disabled people today.
With 16.7 million Disabled people in the UK – representing 25%, or one in four of the population – your lived experience, insight and priorities are essentialin shaping thefuture direction of our organisation.
We are in the process of developing our next five-year strategy. As a Disabled People’s Organisation, led by and for Disabled people, we want to make sure it reflects your insight, experience and ambition for the organisation. Our current goals were created in a very different political and social climate. We believe that the world, and the landscape for Disabled people, has changed significantly since then.
This is our chance to step back, listen to each other, and shape where we go next.
We don’t want this to be a tick-box exercise: we want a real conversation.Every voice matters. While not every suggestion will become a formal goal, they will inform and guide our direction and priorities over the coming years.
To share your thoughts, please respond to the survey:
