Regulation 18 Consultation 2024
Frequently asked questions (including the schedule of consultation events)
Can I speak to a planning officer before responding?
The Planning Policy Team will be hosting eight in-person consultation events, details of which are below:
- Newbold Verdon Library (date: Thursday 15 August 2024, time: 4pm to 7pm)
- Earl Shilton Library (date: Thursday 29 August 2024, time: 2pm to 5pm) *RECENT SCHEDULING UPDATE*
- The Methodist Church, 31 Station Road, Ratby (date: Thursday 22 August 2024, time: 4pm to 7pm)
- Hollycroft School, Hinckley (date: Wednesday 4 September 2024, time: 4pm to 7pm)
- Higham on the Hill Methodist Church (date: Tuesday 10 September 2024, time: 4pm to 7pm) *RECENT SCHEDULING UPDATE*
- The Black Horse, Market Bosworth (date: Saturday 14 September 2024, time: 10am to 12:30pm)
- Millennium Hall, Burbage (date: Saturday 14 September 2024, time: 2pm to 4:30pm)
- Hinckley Hub, Hinckley (date: Wednesday 18 September 2024, time: 4pm to 7pm)
Please re-check the above events prior to attending due to recent scheduling changes which have had to be made.
Officers will also be available via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 18 September 2024 from 4pm to 7pm. Please contact Planning Policy: Planning Policy contact form, to book one of our 10-minute individual slots. A unique Microsoft Teams meeting joining link will be provided at booking confirmation stage. All bookings must be requested by 5pm on Tuesday 17 September to ensure the booking can be processed in time. Bookings will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability of slots. Please note, all virtual meetings will be recorded, and acceptance of a booking slot is subject to agreeing with these terms.
If you are not able to attend any of the above dates and times, but you would still like to arrange a one-on-one conversation with a planning officer, the Planning Policy Team will try to accommodate any individual requests via the Planning Policy contact form (subject to staff availability).
Where can I access a hard copy of the consultation documents?
We have made the document and supporting evidence available online, as well as hard copies located at the Hinckley Hub and all libraries across the borough (access subject to opening hours).
Hard copies have been sent to all parish councils in the borough, alongside copies of posters which contain the consultation details, intended to be displayed on public notice boards, parish council office windows, or wherever they thought was most appropriate in their community.
Hard copies can also be sent out directly to individuals or organisations on a request basis (subject to fees and charges). If you would like to request a hard copy, please contact Planning Policy: Planning Policy contact form
How have we spread the word about this consultation?
A regular communication strategy has been arranged to publicise and get people talking about the draft Local Plan, including:
- Press releases
- An article in the summer/autumn edition of the Borough Bulletin
- A schedule of social media posts through the duration of the consultation
- A home page advert on this website
We have also shared several articles across a number of the council’s newsletters. If you are not currently a recipient of any of the newsletters prepared by the Borough Council and you would like to be involved, you can sign up to the newsletter
Notification and an invitation to comment has also been sent directly to all neighbourhood planning groups, parish councils, as well as all individuals and organisations on the Borough Council’s Local Plan database via their preferred contact method of email or post.
If you would like to add new contact details to the Borough Council’s Local Plan database, or update or remove existing contact details, please submit your request here.
What will happen to my consultation response?
All representations received as part of this Regulation 18 consultation will be logged and summarised, and a brief response provided in order for us to produce a report of consultation. This report will detail the number of representations received, the nature of such representations and how they will inform or alter the Local Plan going forward to the next stage of plan preparation.
This report of consultation will be made available during the next stage of statutory plan consultation and will, in due course, be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate once the Plan is submitted for Examination in Public (EiP).
What are the next steps?
Following this consultation, the plan will be revised and subject to further sustainability appraisal, and remaining elements of evidence finalised. A Regulation 19 submission draft Local Plan will be prepared for further consultation in early 2025, prior to submission to the Secretary of State for Examination in Public (EiP) in 2025. Under changes to the national planning system, the Borough Council must submit a Plan prepared under the current plan making system by 30 June 2025.
The Borough Council’s latest Local Development Scheme (LDS) was published in February 2024. The LDS provides more detailed information on the project plan for preparing and eventually adopting the Local Plan. This document can be viewed below:
Is the Borough Council's Call for Sites still open?
The Borough Council have opened a new Call for Sites as part of this Consultation (over the consultation period).
This Call for Sites will be restricted to sites proposed for general employment use only. The Call for Sites is not open for any other land uses, such as residential.
You can find out more in the next section: Employment land Call for Sites
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Last updated: 22/08/2024 11:58
