In England, the ‘plan-led’ approach to the regulation of land and development places local plans at the heart of the town and country planning system, where local plans must be positively prepared by Councils. You can find a comprehensive explanation of the Local Plan preparation process in England here.

Local Development Scheme Update - October 2023

With regards to the production of the Borough of Oadby and Wigston’s emerging New Local Plan, the council is currently working towards the following timescales and will formally update this position when in a position to do so.

Local Plan Preparation Stage Current LDS (Winter 2022) Proposed Timescales (TBC)

Regulation 18B - Preferred Options

July 2023 to September 2023

March to April 2024

Consideration of Representations and preparation of the Pre-Submission document

September 2023 to November 2023

May 2024 to February 2025

Regulation 19/20 - Pre-Submission

January to February 2024

February 2025 to March 2025

Regulation 22 - Submission to Secretary of State

March 2024

April 2025

Regulation 24 - Examination in Public

April / May 2024

August 2025

Regulation 26 - Adoption of Local Plan

September 2024

June 2026

Please do not hesitate to contact the Planning Policy Team for further information.

What is the Local Development Scheme?

The Local Development Scheme is a public statement that sets out the Councils proposals for the preparation of its Local Plan and other Local Development Documents.

The Local Development Scheme tells you:

  • the documents that make up the development plan in the Borough,
  • where to find planning policies and other information for the Borough, and
  • the timescales for the production of the Local Plan and other Local Development Document.

To view the Council's most recently published Local Development Scheme (Winter 2022), you can click on the following link:

Local Development Scheme (Winter 2022) (PDF Document, 996.71 Kb)

The Local Development Scheme (LDS) is the document that sets out the timetable, resources and monitoring arrangements for the production of the Borough of Oadby and Wigston Local Plan. Consultation on the new draft Local Plan (Regulation 18a) Issues and Options document was undertaken for an eight-week period from Friday 3 September 2021 until Friday 29 October 2021. The comments received on this version of the draft Plan (Regulation 18a) are helping to inform the next (Regulation 18b) draft new Local Plan Preferred Options document. We are continuing to develop the evidence base that we need to get to the next stage in the process (Regulation 18b)

Last updated: Tuesday, 24 October 2023 10:15 am