Consultation launched on Borough Council's vision for Charnwood over next 16 years

Residents can feedback on the Local Plan for 2021-37 for the next six weeks.

Councillors last month agreed that the Charnwood Local Plan 2021-37 should go out for public consultation ahead of its planned submission to Government.

Public consultation will enable residents, businesses and other interested parties to submit comments about the ‘soundness’ of the local plan.

Perhaps the headline feature of the plan is the building of over 1000 homes a year in the Borough, as per the target set by the Government.

Representations will be collected by the Council and submitted to Government alongside the Local Plan. A Planning Inspector will then be appointed to consider the documents during a public examination.

Councillor Richard Bailey, lead member for planning, said: “This latest consultation means that residents, businesses and other interested parties get another chance to engage with the Local Plan process.

“There were hundreds of representations in 2019 when the draft Local Plan was subject to consultation and these have helped to shape the new local plan.”

“We have provided guidance on the website which will help interested parties make their views count when this key document goes in front of the Planning Inspector.”