• Plan will take up to three years to complete and achieve community approval.
  • Data and information gathering to take between 12-18 months.
  • Communication, community feedback, drafting of the Plan and any revisions to take about another year.
  • Statutory Local Government consultation to take at least six months.
  • Then the Referendum will need to be organised and held (probably another 3 months).
  • So we plan to complete the exercise before the end 2027 to coincide with the completion of the Dorset Local Plan.