New Local Plan – Progress So Far

Regulation 18B Preferred Options Consultation – Spring 2024

Oadby & Wigston Borough Council undertook a public consultation on the Regulation 18B Preferred Options Consultation Draft Local Plan and the Sustainability Appraisal and Habitat Regulations Assessment Reports for a six week period between 12pm on Wednesday 3 April to 12pm Wednesday 15 May 2024.

The following documents were of relevance to this consultation:

• Draft Local Plan Reg 18B Preferred Options Document 

• Sustainability Appraisal Report – March 2024 

• Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report - March 2024 
  

Please note: this version of the draft plan did not contain any site allocations, but it did contain a list of all sites that had been submitted as Site Options as of spring 2024.

The Borough Council undertook a public consultation on the emerging Local Plan. It sought to cover the period up to the year 2041 and to plan for new development within the borough between now and then.

Hard copies were made available at the following locations:

• Brocks Hill Council Offices, Washbrook Lane, Oadby, LE2 5JJ

• Oadby Library, 10, The Parade, Oadby, LE2 5BF

• Wigston Library, Bull Head Street, LE18 1PA

• South Wigston Library, Bassett Street, South Wigston, LE18 4PE

Consultation Exhibitions – Spring 2024

As part of the public consultation exercise for the Regulation 18B document, the Planning Policy team attended consultation exhibitions throughout the Borough. These exhibitions took place on the following dates and times:

• Tuesday 9 April 2024 - Wigston Leisure Centre, Wigston, from 12pm-2pm

• Wednesday 10 April 2024 - Brocks Hill, Oadby, from 12pm-2pm

• Wednesday 10 April 2024 - Blaby Road Park pavilion, South Wigston, from 12pm-2pm

• Wednesday 17 April 2024 - Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby (In reception), from 5pm-7pm

• Thursday 11 April 2024 - Blaby Road Park pavilion, South Wigston, from 12pm-2pm

• Saturday 20 April 2024 - Wigston Town Centre, Bell Street / Leicester Road (Next to the digital sign, outside Loros), 11am-2pm

• Saturday 27 April 2024 - Oadby Town Centre, The Parade (Next to the digital sign), 11am-2pm

Regulation 18A Issues and Options Consultation – Autumn 2021

Oadby & Wigston Borough Council undertook a public consultation on the Regulation 18A Issues and Options Consultation Draft New Local Plan and the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for an eight week period between 12pm on Friday 3 September 2021 and 12pm on Friday 29 October 2021.

This documents can be viewed below:

• Regulation 18A Issues and Options Consultation Draft (2021) (PDF Document, 8.04 Mb)

• Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (2021) (PDF Document, 1.03 Mb)

The Borough Council published the Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18A) Statement of Consultation. This document sets out how the consultation in 2021 was undertaken and provides a summary of the main issues raised and explains how these issues will be addressed and how they have continued to inform the preparation of the emerging New Local Plan.

Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18A) Statement of Consultation (PDF Document, 3.92 Mb)

Consultation exhibitions – Autumn 2021

As part of the public consultation exercise for the Regulation 18A document, the Planning Policy team attended consultation exhibitions throughout the borough. These exhibitions took place on the following dates and times:

• Thursday 16 September 2021 - Wigston Leisure Centre, Wigston from 12pm - 3pm.

• Friday 24 September 2021 - The Parade, Oadby from 10am - 1pm.

• Wednesday 29 September 2021 - Blaby Road Park pavilion, South Wigston from 10am - 1pm.

• Friday 8 October, 2021 -Bell Street, Wigston from 1pm - 4pm.

• Tuesday 12 October 2021 - Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby from 10am - 1pm.

• Wednesday 13 October 2021 - South Leicestershire College, South Wigston from 10am - 1pm

• Tuesday 19 October 2021 - Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby from 5pm - 8pm.

Call for Sites

The council has undertaken three formal Call for Sites Public Consultations to date in 2020, 2021 and 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.

You can learn more on our Call for Sites webpage