Planning laws allows a community to add extra planning policies for their own area. A Neighbourhood Plan sets out those polices.

Work began on developing a Neighbourhood Plan for Dormansland in 2014. Progress on the plan was delayed for a variety of reasons including uncertainty over the future of Tandridge District Council's new Local Plan. That plan was rejected by the Government Inspector in 2024 leaving the whole Tandridge area open to speculative development. The Parish Council therefore decided to take forward the Neighbourhood Plan in order to help protect Dormansland from inappropriate development and preserve the characteristics of the different parts of the parish.

A draft Dormansland Neighbourhood Plan and a Design Code have been prepared based on consultations that were carried out in 2015/16 and 2025.

The documents are being updated to take account of the responses received during the 2025 consultation and supporting technical documents are being prepared. These will be sent to Tandridge Council early in 2026 for them to undertake a formal public statutory consultation which will provide residents and businesses with a further opportunity to comment.

Following that consultation and an examination by a planning inspector the Neighbourhood Plan will be put to the community in a referendum for all electors in Dormansland Parish. A simple majority in favour will make the plan valid. Ifadopted the Plan and Design Code will become part of the planning policy framework used by Tandridge District Council to determine planning applications.

The Neighbourhood Plan, Design Code and associated documents can normally be viewed here - Neighbourhood Plan but are currently being updated.