New Oadby and Wigston Local Plan

Preferred Options (Reg 18B) Draft Local Plan

Last period of public consultation took place from 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 (PDF Document, 8.07 Mb)
• Sustainability Appraisal Report – March 2024 (PDF Document, 15.61 Mb)
• Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report - March 2024 (PDF Document, 16.7 Mb)

Please note: this version of the draft plan does not contain any site allocations, but it does contain a list of all sites that have been submitted as Site Options to date.

The next round of public consultation is due to take place in Winter 2024/25 on the Pre-Submission Draft Local Plan (Reg 19) and it will be that document that will contain information on proposed site allocations and associated Policies.

The borough council undertook a public consultation on the emerging New 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.

The draft Plan sets out a Vision, Spatial Objectives and Policies to guide future development in the Borough.

This draft Plan (known as a Regulation 18B consultation) was supported by a Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Appraisal (SA/SEA) and a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA).

The draft Plan and the accompanying documents were consulted on for a six-week period between 12pm on Wednesday 3 April 2024 and 12pm on Wednesday 15 May 2024.

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

If you would like a short explanation of what a Local Plan is and how it is prepared, you can watch this three-minute video prepared by The Planning Inspectorate. Note, this video has not been prepared by the borough council.

The council also prepared some Frequently Asked Questions to assist in digesting the relevant key information.

New Local Plan - FAQs (PDF Document, 413.81 Kb)

You might also wish to look at these New Homes Fact Sheets prepared by Homes England which provide some useful context on why new homes are needed and how they are planned for.

This stage of the preparation process (Regulation 18B) was very much focused on setting out the Council's Preferred Options for Policy objectives over the next Plan period, and how the New Local Plan responded to the issues and challenges that were raised under the previous consultation stage.

Statement of Consultation – Regulation 18A Issues and Options (PDF Document, 3.93 Mb)

Drop-in Sessions

We held seven public drop-in sessions during the course of the consultation period, as below:

Date	Time	Location
Tuesday 9 April 2024	12pm-2pm	Wigston Pool and Fitness Centre (In reception)
Wednesday 10 April 2024	12pm-2pm	Brocks Hill, Oadby (Gazebo on the grass area outside Jenno’s Coffee House)
Thursday 11 April 2024	12pm-2pm	Blaby Road Park, South Wigston (In the pavilion)
Wednesday 17 April 2024	5pm-7pm	Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby (In reception)
Thursday 18 April 2024	12pm-2pm	Blaby Road Park, South Wigston (In the pavilion)
Saturday 20 April 2024	11am-2pm	Wigston Town Centre, Bell Street / Leicester Road (Next to the digital sign, outside Loros)
Saturday 27 April 2024	11am-2pm	Oadby Town Centre, The Parade (Next to the digital sign)

A member of the Planning Policy Team was also available in-person (by pre-arranged appointment only – via emailingplanningpolicy@oadby-wigston.gov.uk) at the Brocks Hill Council Offices, Washbrook Lane, Oadby, LE2 5JJ between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday 10 April, Wednesday 17 April, Wednesday 24 April, Wednesday 1 May, and Wednesday 8 May, 2024.

Current Local Plan

Until the New Local Plan has been through each stage of public consultation, as per the Council’s up to date Local Development Scheme, and formally adopted by the Council, the current adopted Local Plan is still up-to-date.

View the current adopted Local Plan (2019)