Final week to have your say on latest Local Plan review

If you wish to help shape the borough’s future growth and development in the years ahead then please take the opportunity to give us your views now.

The review deals with issues such as where new homes might be built, where businesses could develop and how we will protect the environment around them? Would you like to see if, or where, new schools might be built?

You can have your say on where we build by taking part in the latest draft Preferred Options Local Plan consultation.  Once adopted, this plan will last for 15 years from 2028-2043.

This Stage Three consultation on the Local Plan began on December 8. Electronic and paper copies of the survey questions are available to give everyone the opportunity to have their say.

The statutory review of the Local Plan began two years ago and attracted responses from more than 1,100 individuals at the last consultation. These have been reviewed and will inform the next phase of the process, and you can still have your say, or make new comments, on any, and all aspects of the Local Plan.

The review had to be paused in 2024 to consider and incorporate Government changes that have increased the housing target for many local authorities, including North East Lincolnshire. As a result, the council is now undertaking this further round of consultation and updating evidence in relation to housing and employment need. Draft Plan changes relate to: 

• Jobs growth and employment needs within the plan period
• The requirements for new homes and the distribution of these homes; and
• Specific site allocations for employment and residential uses.

All comments from the 2024 consultation will be considered equally alongside new submissions. Full responses from the earlier consultation are available on the “What People Said” tab consultation portal.

You can view the Preferred Options document and supporting documents online at www.nelincs.gov.uk/local-plan-review.

You can comment on all parts of the Preferred Options document, or just the specific sections you are interested in.

Paper copies are available to read at Cleethorpes Library, Immingham Library, Waltham Library, Grimsby Pop-Up Library, The Gingerbread House, Humberston, Scartho Community Library, and the Municipal Offices, Grimsby.

To take part in this Stage Three consultation visit the Local Plan consultation portal at: https://nelincs-consult.objective.co.uk/kse/

You can also:

• Email: send your comments to spatialplanning@nelincs.gov.uk
• Write to: Spatial Planning, North East Lincolnshire Council, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HU.