Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Support

Representation ID: 13516

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Paragraphs 4.5-4.7 deal with how Harborough DC are planning to deal with the Leicester City Council’s unmet need. It is likely that Oadby & Wigston will be declaring an unmet need in light of the recent uplift to the Borough’s Local Housing Need (LHN) and your plan may need to reflect this going forward, changing the figures set out in Policy DS01. Bearing this in mind, we welcome the wording you have included in your monitoring & review Policy IM01 in paragraphs 9.4 and 9.5 around committing to a review in light of emerging evidence of unmet need. Likewise, we welcome your commitment to ongoing partnership working set out in paragraph 9.11.

Support

Representation ID: 13517

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

We welcome the wording you have included in your monitoring & review Policy IM01 in paragraphs 9.4 and 9.5 around committing to a review in light of emerging evidence of unmet need. Likewise, we welcome your commitment to ongoing partnership working set out in paragraph 9.11.

Support

Representation ID: 13518

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

In Policy DS04 we welcome the desire to maintain both visual and physical separation between Oadby and Great Glen.

Support

Representation ID: 13519

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

We welcome the aim of Policy DS05 Clause d ii) to ensure that there is a joint approach to infrastructure provision on cross border strategic sites.

Support

Representation ID: 13520

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Policy SA02 is a policy dealing with the cross boundary site allocation between our two authority areas and while we welcome the overall tone and thrust of the policy, we feel that the education provision set out in Clause 6(e) would benefit from further discussion between both Councils and the County Council as Education Authority.

Object

Representation ID: 13521

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Council notes that this Plan doesn’t appear to take into account the unmet need from Leicester City between 2036-41. Oadby and Wigston’s recently paused Regulation 19 draft Local Plan sought to roll forward the unmet need from 2036-41, recognising that there was no other evidenced alternative approach as being more appropriate. This was widely agreed by all Partner Authorities in Leicester and Leicestershire, and therefore, we would recommend that Harborough District Council take a similar pragmatic approach in this Plan for that period.

Support

Representation ID: 13522

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

It is noted that a Strategic Transport Impact Assessment (AECOM, January 2025) has been published as evidence to support the draft Plan and that it includes some outputs and assumptions about sites in the Borough of Oadby and Wigston. We have commissioned our own Transport Study in relation to our Plan and the Borough’s increased LHN, that we need to test. Therefore, when our Study is complete, both authorities will need to discuss how the outputs and assumptions arising from both studies relate to each other in informing the delivery of our respective Local Plans.

Support

Representation ID: 13523

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

It is recognised that Land South of Gartree Road Strategic Development Area (SDA) will have a significant relationship with Oadby, and it is recognised that the proposed scale of growth will have a significant impact on existing infrastructure within the Borough, as well as that within the new development once built. It is also important to recognise that the SDA has the potential to grow in size in the future and that Oadby is the primary settlement that will absorb much of the impact of the sites population growth. Therefore, despite our respective plans no longer progressing simultaneously, we remain committed to working together to bring this site forward in a sustainable and joined-up manner.

Support

Representation ID: 13524

Received: 30/04/2025

Respondent: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

We look forward to continuing to work closely with you under the duty to cooperate as your Plan evolves, especially in relation to cross-boundary infrastructure delivery considerations to mitigate the impacts of potential new growth in our Authority areas.
Please note that we have provided separate comments on the Duty to Co-operate Statement that you shared.