Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37

We have been developing the Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37 for several years.

It provides a robust strategy for growth which simultaneously safeguards the environment and builds healthy communities here in Charnwood.

It sets out the location of land and infrastructure needed for the development required to support the growth of the borough up to 2037.

The plan identifies how the borough will meet increased Government targets for new homes, as well as providing employment land and critical infrastructure.

We have developed the plan using objectively assessed evidence which runs to thousands of pages. We have also held four consultations with the latest final public consultation held in 2021 when there were around 800 comments made.

We submitted the Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37 to Government at the end of 2021 and the examination process is now at an advanced stage.

Consultation on Main Modifications to the Charnwood Local Plan 2021-2037

The consultation on the proposed Main Modifications takes took place between Wednesday July 17 and 5pm on Wednesday September 4, 2024. It has now closed.

What are Main Modifications to the Local Plan?

Main modifications are material changes to the submitted plan which are necessary to make it sound and legally compliant. Main Modifications are proposed without prejudice to the Inspectors’ final conclusions on the Local Plan.

What was being consulted on?

There were three elements to the consultation

Schedule of Proposed Main Modifications
Updated Housing Land Supply Position
Schedule of Proposed Changes to Policies Maps 1 and 2.

These are explained in more detail below. There are seven documents that comprise the Main Modifications consultation and one provided for comments.

1. Schedule of Proposed Main Modification

The consultation invited representations on the following main modification documents:

EXAM 81: Schedule of Main Modifications (PDF Document, 2.84 Mb)
EXAM 82: Schedule of Proposed Main Modifications to Local Plan Diagrams (PDF Document, 7.08 Mb)
EXAM 83A: Sustainability Appraisal Report Addendum 2024 (PDF Document, 0.72 Mb)
EXAM 83B: Sustainability Appraisal Addendum Appendix (PDF Document, 1.73 Mb)

The Council has also produced a tracked changed version of the Local Plan to read alongside the Schedule of Proposed Main Modifications to assist in seeing how the Main Modifications fit into the wider context of the Local Plan chapters.

This document can be viewed below. It is important to note that this document was to aide the consultation itself.

To note, the document only includes Main Modifications ‘text’. The Main Modifications to Local Plan diagrams can be viewed in EXAM 82.

Tracked Changes Version Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37 (PDF Document, 7.78 Mb)

2. Updated Housing Land Supply Position

The Council has updated its housing land supply position to the end of March 2024 and has produced a number of documents to support this position as part of the Proposed Main Modifications to the Local Plan. The Inspectors invited representations on the following documents:

EXAM 58J: Housing Trajectory Update 2024 (PDF Document, 0.73 Mb)
EXAM 58K: Housing Trajectory Update Notes July 2024 (PDF Document, 0.66 Mb)
EXAM 58L: An Update to Five Year Supply on Adoption May 2024 (PDF Document, 0.12 Mb)
EXAM 58M: Updated Housing Land Supply Site List April 2024 (PDF Document, 0.42 Mb)

3. Schedule of Proposed Changes to Policies Maps 1 and 2

The Policies Maps do not form part of the development plan itself therefore the Council is proposing a number of changes to them rather than main modifications. This is to ensure that they are factually correct and provide an accurate representation of the Local Plan policies. The Council invited comments on the following document:

EXAM 84: Schedule of Proposed Changes to Policies Maps 1 and 2 (PDF Document, 9.77 Mb)

All of the supporting evidence base that has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate can be found here, the Submission documents here and all of the Examination documents that have been produced can be found here.

Consultation responses

There were 53 responses to the consultation and these can be found below. The responses have been sent to the inspectors examining the plan.

What will happen next?

The inspectors will consider the responses and prepare a report for the Council. Should that report find the plan sound subject to main modifications, the Local Plan can be adopted by the Council.

MMC 001 - Barrow Parish Council (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

MMC 002 - Babtag (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

MMC 003 - Barkby & Barkby Thorpe Parish Council (PDF Document, 0.15 Mb)

MMC 004 - Marrons Obo Clarendon Land Development (PDF Document, 0.42 Mb)

MMC 005 - Natural England (PDF Document, 0.2 Mb)

MMC 006 - Fisher German Obo DWH (PDF Document, 0.35 Mb)

MMC 007 - Paul Herbert (PDF Document, 0.16 Mb)

MMC 008 - Loughborough Fc (PDF Document, 0.21 Mb)

MMC 009 - Hwra Residents Association (PDF Document, 0.38 Mb)

MMC 010 - Gladmans (PDF Document, 0.27 Mb)

MMC 011 - Historic England (PDF Document, 0.23 Mb)

MMC 012 - MRS Leesa J. Smith (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)