The Borough Council undertook a public consultation on the New Local Plan and the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for an eight week period between midday Friday, 3 September 2021 and midday Friday, 29 October 2021.

This stage of the New Local Plan preparation process (Regulation 18) is very much focused on identifying the key issues and challenges that may exist within the Borough area over the next Plan period, and how the New Local Plan will respond to these issues and challenges.

The New Local Plan Issues and Options consultation is a suite of documents, each looking at a specific topic area, as set out below:

Part 01. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Introduction and Next Steps (PDF Document, 622.56 Kb)

Part 02. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Overarching Policy Areas (PDF Document, 546.19 Kb)

Part 03. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Strategic Housing (PDF Document, 583.87 Kb)

Part 04. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Employment (PDF Document, 544.19 Kb)

Part 05. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Economy (PDF Document, 557.86 Kb)

Part 06. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Green Infrastructure (PDF Document, 593.78 Kb)

Part 07. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Environment and Sustainability (PDF Document, 535.5 Kb)

Part 08. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Infrastructure (PDF Document, 626.99 Kb)

Part 09. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Local Housing (PDF Document, 575.53 Kb)

Part 10. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Design and Character (PDF Document, 601.36 Kb)

Part 11. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Economy Retail and Leisure (PDF Document, 595.84 Kb)

Part 12. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Health and Wellbeing (PDF Document, 561.57 Kb)

Part 13. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Local Services (PDF Document, 550.87 Kb)

Part 14. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Heritage (PDF Document, 529.87 Kb)

Part 15. New Local Plan Issues & Options - Masterplanning (PDF Document, 393.63 Kb)

New Local Plan SA Scoping Report 03.09.21 (PDF Document, 1.03 Mb)

To ensure that local communities, local businesses and other interested stakeholders help shape the future of the Borough, the Council encouraged comments and feedback on any or all relevant documents, as above.

How representations were encouraged

Comments on the documents were received via email or letter. There was no standard format for comments.

Email –

Post – Planning Policy Team, Council Offices, Station Road, Wigston, LE18 2DR.

All comments were requested by midday on Friday 29 October, 2021.

In addition, please note that all comments received will be made public and published on the Council’s website at a later date.

The Borough Council have published the Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18A) Statement of Consultation, this document sets out how consultation has been undertake through the preparation of the emerging Local Plan and provides a summary of the main issues raise and explains how these issues are to be addressed and how they will continue to inform the preparation of the Plan.

Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18A) Statement of Consultation (PDF Document, 3.31 Mb)

Consultation exhibitions

As part of the public consultation exercise, 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 between 12 noon and 3pm.
  • Friday 24 September, 2021 - The Parade, Oadby between 10am and 1pm.
  • Wednesday 29 September, 2021 - Blaby Road Park pavilion, South Wigston between 10am and 1pm.
  • Friday 8 October, 2021 - Bell Street, Wigston between 1pm and 4pm.
  • Tuesday 12 October, 2021 - Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby between 10am and 1pm.
  • Wednesday 13 October, 2021 - South Leicestershire College, South Wigston between 10am and 1pm
  • Tuesday 19 October, 2021 - Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby between 5pm and 8pm.

If you have any questions or queries relating to the above, please contact the Planning Policy Team at

Planning Policy Consultation Database

If a person, organisation, and / or business would like to be added to the Council’s Planning Policy Consultation Database so that they will be informed about future planning policy public consultations, please contact the Planning Policy Team via the email and postal address set out above.

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)

Call for Sites

The Council would welcome the submission of any further 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.

For further details and information on how to submit a site, please visit the Council’s Call for Sites web page.

Emerging Local Plan Evidence Base

All newly published and/or relevant evidence-based documents to support the emerging new Local Plan for the Borough of Oadby and Wigston will temporarily be made available on this page. Please check back in future for a dedicated page.

Relevant National, Strategic and Local Policy and Guidance

Local Centres Study - 2022 (PDF Document, 2.64 Mb)

Wigston Town Centre Refreshed Masterplan 2022 (PDF Document, 30.21 Mb)

Last updated: Tuesday, 21 March 2023 9:44 am