Consultations
There are three formal stages of consultation in preparing the Local Plan Review. Information on each stage of consultation will be added to this page.
Scoping consultation
Between 14 September and 19 October we undertook a 'scoping consultation' and sought views on the following documents:
- Local Plan Review Scoping Consultation document: This sought views on what matters the Local Plan Review should address.
- Draft Local Plan Engagement Strategy: This sought views on how we can engage with you in preparing the Local Plan Review
You can read the formal Notice of Scoping Consultation below. This sets out that hard copies of the consultation documents were available at the Council offices and libraries across the Borough.
The consultation documents can be found on our online consultation portal.
Call for Sites
We are also asking landowners, developers, businesses, community group and other interested parties to suggest land that may be available for development through a ‘Call for Sites’. The Call for Sites is running from noon on Monday 21 September to noon on Monday 2 November 2026. Further information can be found on the call for sites webpage.
Next steps
The comments received to the scoping document, along with technical evidence that is being prepared will help to inform the next stage of the Local Plan Review including the future priorities, draft vision and local plan review content. Comments on the draft Engagement Strategy will be used to prepare a final version which will be published on the LPR website.
A summary of the Scoping Consultation will be published setting out who was invited to comment, how they were invited to comment, the main issues raised in the comments received and how the Council has had regard to those.