Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019-36

The consultation about our draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019-36 has now closed.

The draft plan sets out how the Council will balance future growth in the area while making sure the environment is looked after and communities have the infrastructure they need.

The new local plan will include strategic and detailed policies and will be prepared to provide for a longer plan period than the adopted Charnwood Core Strategy which provides the strategy up to 2028.

As well as providing housing and jobs, the local plan considers the quality of design, climate change, renewable energy and improving biodiversity. It also considers how we secure infrastructure for our growing communities, including health services, schools and the transport system.

The consultation ran from November 4 until 5pm on Monday, December 16.

You can still read the draft local plan and the sustainability appraisal, which is a key supporting document, via the links below.

• Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019 36 (PDF Document, 10.89 Mb)
• Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019-36 Interim Sustainability Appraisal Report (October 2019) (PDF Document, 4.14 Mb)
  

The Council will consider all the comments it receives during the consultation carefully and provide a statement of how it is responding to each of them.  We will then use those comments and additional evidence to update the plan ready for further consultation in 2020.  

Handy information and guidance

For the consultation, we produced a summary document which is still available below. There is also an interactive map of the proposed allocations. PDFs of the maps are also available.

• Summary Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019 36 (PDF Document, 3.32 Mb)
• Interactive Map - click on What would you like to do, Choose Map Layers and Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019-36
• Policies Map 1 - Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019 36 (PDF Document, 6.55 Mb)
• Policies Map 2 - Draft Charnwood Local Plan 2019 36 (PDF Document, 0.83 Mb)
• Handy advice and guidance on how to complete the consultation
• Frequently asked questions

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The draft plan sets out how the Council will balance future growth in the area while making sure the environment is looked after and communities have the infrastructure they need.