Planning Consultations

Important update: Government halts Oadby & Wigston’s Local Plan with demand for even higher housing numbers

Regulation 19 Pre-Submission Draft Local Plan

Please click on the ‘New Local Plan’ button above to visit the draft Local Plan webpages.

Call for Sites – new Public Consultation (March 2025)

Oadby and 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.

For further details about this consultation and how to submit your land for consideration, please visit the Council’s Call for Sites webpage.

Please note: The deadline for representations is midday, Wednesday 2 April 2025.

Previous Public Consultations

Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (DC SPD)

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council (the Council) publicly consulted on the planning policy document titled the Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (DC SPD) from midday on Friday 10 January 2025 until midday on Friday 21 February 2025. The Council is now taking account of all representations received and will provide an update on this in due course.

The consultation documents are still available to view below:

• Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (January 2025) (PDF Document, 642.08 Kb)

• DC SPD Statement of Representation Procedure and Availability of Document (PDF Document, 85.09 Kb)

The purpose of this document is to provide further guidance and clarity on how contributions sought from new development will be negotiated on all major developments to ensure that sufficient infrastructure is put in place to meet the additional demands created by the new development and its increased population.

Design Code

The Council also publicly consulted on the borough’s draft Design Code for the Borough of Oadby & Wigston from midday on Friday 10 January 2025 until midday on Friday 21 February 2025. The Council is now taking account of all representations received and will provide an update on this in due course.

The consultation document is still available to view below:.

• Design Code (January 2025) (PDF Document, 3.02 Mb)

The Design Code is intended to set out clear principles and standards for how development should be designed in the borough, focusing on the priority aspects of design. The Code is meant to be a positive document about what should be encouraged and not a negative document about what should be prevented.