FOI release

Cost of Local Plan

Case reference FOI2026/01007

Received 25 June 2026

Published 13 July 2026

Request

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request regarding the cost of the recent Local Plan, what does it cost and what has it cost to put through and get our new Local Plan done. This is just as a matter of interest when there are so many cuts needed parliamentary level, I was interested to know how much it just cost to put forward a Local Plan.

Response

The total cost for the production and examination of the Local Plan, which was adopted by the Council in December 2025 comes to £4,796,814.

This consist of different elements including staff costs and other planning policy costs, commissioning of evidence work to inform the Plan, plus Examination costs (to the Planning Inspectorate, the Programme Officer and including legal Counsel costs) and additional staffing costs when needed. These costs relate to the whole period for the production and adoption of the Local Plan, from approximately 2015 - 2025.

Documents

There are no documents for this release.

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.