From 17 July we are inviting local people and organisations to give us feedback about our draft MK City Plan 2050 as part of a 12-week consultation.  

Have your say in this consultation

Local authorities such as Milton Keynes City Council must set out plans to provide more homes. Our aim is to get the right type of development in the right places to meet the growing needs of local people and businesses, while protecting our green spaces and rural areas. 

We want to make sure infrastructure is put first (such as health facilities, schools and shops). We want to ensure developers provide what communities need to benefit local people. We also want Milton Keynes to grow sustainably, tackling and reducing the impact of climate change. 

To do this, we create what’s called a local plan and review it every five years. Our current plan (Plan:MK) is now five years old, and we’ve been working to create a new plan to help deliver our ambitions for the future of MK.  

Our new plan, the MK City Plan 2050, is an important planning document that sets out how Milton Keynes will change and grow in the years ahead. It guides where future development should happen in the city until 2050, and where it shouldn’t in order to protect our environment.  

If we don’t produce a plan, we risk having very little influence over where new development happens and will not be able to take an infrastructure first approach. 

As well as telling us what you think about the draft Plan, you also have the opportunity to:

• Tell us your priorities for growth and infrastructure.
• Comment on our emerging Sustainability Appraisal through commenting on the Growth Strategy Chapter of the MKCP questions 1-4 and 13-20.
• Promote a site to the Council as part of our 'Call for Sites'.

Your views are really important to us. We want to hear from people who live, work and have an interest in the city.

Making comments

You can view the plan and comment online here. Please note: you will need to register in order to provide your feedback.

A guided tour for the published online platform will load when you visit the site for the first time. If you'd like to see it again (after the first time) you'll have to use incognito mode within your web browser as the tour only loads on a first visit.

Our privacy notice can be viewed here. 

Writing the Plan involves extensive evidence gathering, public consultations and joint working with neighbouring authorities and partners. Along with the evidence that we have gathered, the views you have submitted through previous consultations have helped us shape the MK City Plan 2050 that is emerging. The approach to public engagement taken by us in developing the Local Plan is set out in our Statement of Community Involvement. The plan will also need to meet the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 

What is the wider Planning Context?

To understand what a Local Plan is please watch this video by the Planning Inspectorate.

For some useful national planning context, please view this series of Fact Sheets relating to new homes and regeneration published by Homes England (the government's housing and regeneration agency).

Evidence Base and Topic Papers

A key component of the Local Plan is the evidence base. We have undertaken a number of different studies, including the Sustainability Appraisal to inform the development of the draft MK City Plan 2050. All policies in the plan must be based on evidence to ensure that they are sound. 

• To read our evidence based documents click here. 
• To read our topic papers click here. 
• To read our sustainability appraisal click here. 
• To read our other consultation documents, including the draft plan and policies maps, click here. 

Physical copies and alternative formats of the MK City Plan 2050

If you need any of the consultation documents in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille, or if you find another accessibility problem, please email ncp.engagement@milton-keynes.gov.uk or telephone 01908 252358. 

If you need this in hard copy or another format, please contact the city council at: ncp.engagement@milton-keynes.gov.uk.

Thank you very much to everyone who takes the time to respond to the consultation.

Next Steps:

We intend to consult on a final version of the MK City Plan 2050 in early 2025. We then intend to submit the plan to the Secretary of State for examination in public by the end of June 2025. If and when adopted, the MK City Plan 2050 will replace Plan:MK.

• Guide the development and use of land in Milton Keynes up to 2050
• Address the needs of our growing population.

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