01/09/2026
🗣 Have your say on the Local Plan 🚨
A public consultation event for the Local Plan (which is at Regulation 19 pre-submission stage) takes place on Thursday in Sibson:
📍Sibson Village Hall, Sheepy Road, Sibson, CV13 6LE
📆 Thursday 3 September
⏰ 4pm -7pm
This is your opportunity to have your say on the Local Plan before it is submitted to the Government (by 31st December), who will then appoint a Planning Inspector to carry out an independent review.
Details for other consultation events are at the bottom of this post 👇
⁉️ Who is responsible for Local Planning?
One of the issues most frequently raised with me – but which I have no say over – is local planning.
While I can make an impact on national legislation (which I try very hard to do!), the levers of power rightfully sit with your locally elected Borough Council and Councillors, who make decisions on where local housebuilding and development takes place.
⁉️ What is a local plan?
Something you may have heard me talk about a lot over the last few years is the impact of not having an up-to-date Local Plan.
Local Plans control where housebuilding goes in our area, ensure that we have protections in place for our heritage and environment, and, perhaps most importantly, include provision for infrastructure (schools, GPs, roads, etc) to grow alongside these new developments.
Without an up-to-date Plan – as we have found out – we are significantly exposed.
This has been compounded since the Labour Government came in, with building targets for our area increased by 59%. All while targets in Leicester City have been reduced by -31%.
Like you, I see so much housebuilding across our towns and villages, but without the infrastructure to match.
I have been calling on the Liberal Democrat-run Borough Council to get an up-to-date Local Plan in place for the past six years, and now is the chance to have your say...
⁉️ What can people in Hinckley and Bosworth do?
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council has launched a consultation for the Local Plan, and it's really important that you take part and share your views.
You can complete the consultation, which is open until 5pm on Monday 21st September, here: https://www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/2026reg19
Alternatively, if you have questions about the draft Plan and would like to speak about it in person, you can attend one of the Borough Council's drop-in events 👇
Sibson Village Hall, Sheepy Road, Sibson, CV13 6LE - Thursday 3 September - 4pm -7pm
The Atkins Building, Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, LE10 1QU - Wednesday 16 September - 4pm - 7pm
