Guide to neighbourhood planning

Planning Duty Officer telephone service

Thank you for contacting the RBKC Planning department.

You can search, view and comment on applications using the Planning Applications Search on the council's website. The service is updated regularly, and key milestones and target dates are shown under "Proposal Details".

If you have submitted an application that is still within its statutory determination period, or an agreed extension of time, a progress update may not yet be available. If you need to speak to the planning officer dealing with your application, you can email them directly. Their contact details can be found in:

  • your planning application acknowledgement letter
  • any emails or letters about your application

For more information about planning applications, planning guidance, planning enforcement and other planning services, visit planning and building control.

Planning advice for your business or property is also available through our pre-application advice.

Last updated: 22 September 2026

Council support

We have a duty to support those who are producing a Neighbourhood Plan in their area and we will do what we can to help a community bring forward a Neighbourhood Plan. Whilst we cannot help draft the plan, or finance the production, we will offer as much support and guidance as we can to help those involved through the process. This includes:

  • checking and then publicising the initial application to set up the Neighbourhood Forum and the Neighbourhood area
  • publicising the draft Neighbourhood Plan to give stakeholders the opportunity to tell an independent inspector whether they support the plan
  • appoint the inspector and organise the examination into the Plan; and where appropriate
  • organise, run and pay for the referendum where those who live or work in the area can decide whether the Plan should become part of the Development Plan for the area
Neighbourhood Forum

Further information on how we can assist a Neighbourhood Forum draw up a Neighbourhood Plan is set out in the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement

For more information about neighbourhood planning email the Planning Policy team at: [email protected]

Last updated: 5 May 2026