Call for Sites

Our Call for Sites Submission Form is available on this webpage.

Call for Sites – new Public Consultation (March 2025)

Oadby & Wigston Borough Council (the Council) is inviting submissions of land to be considered for new development in the borough for the period 2031 and beyond, as part of this Call for Sites public consultation.

This consultation period is to run for a 4-week period from midday, Wednesday 5 March 2025 until midday, Wednesday 2 April 2025.

The Council’s new local housing need (LHN) figure has increased significantly under the revised standard methodology (December 2024) to 382 dwellings per annum, meaning that the Council has been forced to ‘pause’ progress on the recently publicly consulted Regulation 19 draft Local Plan which set out a spatial strategy to deliver 240 dwellings per annum (142 dwellings per annum less than the new LHN figure).

This Call for Sites public consultation is therefore needed to enable the Council to consider all available site options that can be considered to accommodate the uplift moving forwards and to inform the Borough of Oadby & Wigston’s emerging draft new Local Plan.

Further Land Submissions

Should any landowners and / or agents wish to submit additional land for the council’s consideration, please contact the Planning Policy Team via the contact details on this page.

Due to the unique nature of the borough, the council would welcome the submission of any suitable land parcels (no minimum site size threshold) and invite any interested parties, including local residents; businesses; landowners; developers; and, agents, to identify potential sites for consideration for development which could comprise part of the Borough’s housing and economic development land supply, post 2031.

The council is seeking the submission of all sites suitable for accommodating new development or designations that can deliver any of the following types of development:

• Residential (housing) development of one dwelling or more
• Specialist housing provision, for example older peoples housing.
• Employment or mixed commercial uses
• Retail
• Leisure / community use
• Local Green Spaces
• Any other forms of development

How to make representations

All site submissions should be done by completing the Site Submission Form as fully as possible:

Call for Sites Site Submission Form (Word Document, 129.14 Kb)

You will need to use a separate Site Submission Form for each new site submitted and attach a Site Plan (1:2500 or 1:1250 scale) with the boundaries of the site clearly marked in red.

If you would like to submit further information about a site, in addition to the completed Site Submission Form, please submit this alongside the completed Site Submission Form.

Representations submitted via email, should be sent to planningpolicy@oadby-wigston.gov.uk

Representations submitted via post, should be sent to the following postal address: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, FAO. Planning Policy, Brocks Hill Council Offices, Washbrook Lane, Oadby, LE2 5JJ

If you require a hard copy version of the Site Submission Form, please contact the Planning Policy team on the above email.

Please note: all responses should be marked for the attention of the Planning Policy Team.

Previous Call for Sites Consultations and Document

The council has undertaken three formal Call for Sites Public Consultations to date in 2020, 2021 and in Spring 2024. These exercises were undertaken to understand what land interests there are in the Borough for potential housing, employment, retail or other development uses from 2031 onwards.

The most up to date Site Options known to the Council (as submitted and as of Winter 2024-25) are set out below:

Call for Sites – Site Collation and Initial Assessment – Winter 2024-25 (PDF Document, 3.15 Mb)