As the independent voice of business for the Thames Valley, we seek to promote and enhance the interest of our members in line with our key policy priorities.
We regularly respond to consultations and calls for evidence by national and local government and government agencies.
Our responses are shaped by informed contributions from active members of our consultation panel. If you are a member and would like to know more about our panel and contribute to future responses, please get in touch with your account manager.
Live Consultations
The Consultations below are currently being reviewed by the Chamber in preparation to submit a response. We welcome input from members and invite you to provide your own comments to help shape and develop these responses. Please contact the Policy Team.
Please note that the deadlines referenced are those of the body inviting responses. Please ensure you submit your comments in good time (at least two weeks before the deadline) understanding the Chamber’s timeframe for preparing its submission on behalf of our membership.
View our responses below
Download our responses to Consultations on the following topics:
Buckinghamshire Economic Strategy Refresh
11th July 2024
Download our responses to Consultations on the following topics:
Bracknell Forest Draft Economic Strategy 2024-2034 – Revised Growth Strategy
29th November 2023
Wiltshire Local Plan Review Pre-Submission Draft
2020-2038
22nd November 2023
West Berkshire Local Plan Review (Reg 19) Submission and Covering letter
3rd March 2023
Oxfordshire County Council: Central Oxfordshire Travel Plan Consultation
13th October 2022
Download our Open Letters on the following topics:
TVCC Letter to The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
13th December 2024
Letter to Stephen Morgan MP, Shadow Minister for Rail_regarding Western Rail Link to Heathrow (WRLtH); Response from Stephen Morgan MP
1st November 2023 – 3rd November 2023
Download our Open Letters on the following topics:
Bracknell Forest Council: Levelling Up Funding – Round Two submission – 6th July 2022
The Local Plan for Buckinghamshire – 11th February 2022
Wokingham Borough Local Plan: Revised Growth Strategy – 19th January 2022
Oxford’s Economic Strategy Consultation – 19th January 2022
Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Consultation – 7th October 2021
Letter to Chris Heaton-Harris, Western Rail Link to Heathrow – 6th August 2021; Response from Chris Heaton-Harris, Western Rail Link to Heathrow – 13th August 2021
Union Connectivity: Call for Evidence – 23rd December 2020
England’s Economic Heartland Draft Transport Strategy – Consultation Response – 6th October 2020
Decarbonising Transport, Setting the Challenge – 28th August 2020
Reading Transport Strategy 2036 – 25th August 2020
Announcement of extension of CE Marking easement – BCC reaction – 24th August 2021 following TVCC’s Letter to Secretary of State for BEIS_CE Mark_Call for Update – 29th July 2020
Transport Strategy for the South East- Consultation Response – 7th January 2020
Bracknell Forest Council Local Plan – 12th December 2019
Aviation 2050 – The Future of UK Aviation – 13th June 2019