New Local Plan - Supporting Evidence

The New Local Plan must be justified by a proportionate evidence base. Several documents have been prepared to provide evidence for the approach we have taken in the Local Plan.

Spatial Strategy documents

3.1A Housing And Economic Needs Assessment Report 2022 (5.1mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.1B Housing Economic Needs Assessment Executive Summary 2022 (278.3kb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.1C Housing And Economic Needs Assessment Employment Distribution Paper 2022 (176.2kb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.2 Housing And Economic Needs Assessment Updated Housing Distribution Paper 2025 (1.2mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
3.3 Sub Regional Growth Options Study 2023 (17mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.4 Strategic Distribution Floorspace Needs Update And Apportionment 2026 (2.7mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.5 Strategic Housing And Economic Land Availability Assessment 2025 Compressed (7mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.6A Site Selection Paper 2026 (4.6mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.6B Site Selection Appendix 2A Stage 1 Site Assessments Housing Mixed Use 2026 (1.3mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
3.6C Site Selection Appendix 2B Stage 1 Site Assessments Employment 2026 (283.6kb) Uploaded 9 June 2026

Climate Change and Flooding Documents

Environment Documents

5.1 Blaby Landscape And Settlement Character Assessment 2020 (17.8mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
5.2 Joint Water Cycle Scoping Study October 2024 (15.4mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
5.3 Air Quality Report 2025 Final Copy (5.4mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
5.4 Biodiversity Ecology Spreadsheet (495kb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
5.5A Landscape And Visual Sensitivity Assessment Of SHELAA Sites LUC 2025 Part1 (15.1mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
5.5B Landscape And Visual Sensitivity Assessment Of SHELAA Sites LUC 2025 Part2 (16.4mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
5.5C Landscape And Visual Sensitivity Assessment Of SHELAA Sites LUC 2025 Part3 (19.9mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
5.5D Landscape And Visual Sensitivity Assessment Of SHELAA Sites LUC 2025 Part4 (7.5mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
5.8 Blaby Green And Blue Infrastructure Study 2025 (11.7mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026

Housing documents

Health and Wellbeing documents

7.1 Open Space Audit 2019 (4.4mb) Uploaded 10 June 2026
7.1A Open Space Audit 2019 Appendix 1 Provision Maps (17.4mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
7.1B Open Space Audit 2019 Appendix 2 Access Maps 1 (17.6mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
7.1C Open Space Audit Appendix 2 Access Maps 2 (13.5mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
7.1D Open Space Audit Appendix 2 Access Maps 3 (17.5mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
7.1E Open Space Audit 2019 Appendix 3 Quality Maps (17.8mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
7.2 Parks Open Spaces Strategy 2024 (662kb) Uploaded 10 June 2026
7.3A Playing Pitch Strategy & Built Facilities Study Executive Summary April 2024 (398.6kb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.3B Playing Pitch Strategy March 2024 (1.6mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.4 Built Facilities Needs Assessment April 2024 (4mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.5 Built Facilities Strategy & Action Plan April 2024 (488.6kb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.6 Golf Needs Assessment Report 2025 (636.2kb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.7 Built Facilities Strategy Housing Addendum Report 2026 (1.2mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
7.8 Health Impact Assessment 2026 (2.4mb) Uploaded 8 June 2026

Employment documents

Retail and Leisure Documents

9.1 Blaby District Retail, Town Centre, And Leisure Study (1.8mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1A Blaby District Retail, Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 1 Study Area Plan April 2025 (2.8mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1B Blaby District Retail, Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 2 Household Survey Results April 2025 (10.5mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1C Blaby District Retail, Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 3 Centre Assessments (3.5mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1D Blaby District Retail Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 4 Quantitative Retail Tables April 2025 (16mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1E Blaby District Retail Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 5 Quantitative Leisure Tables April 2025 (3mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
9.1F Blaby District Retail Town Centre, And Leisure Study Appendix 6 Proposed Boundaries April 2025 (8.6mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026

Infrastructure and Transport documents

10.1 Settlement Audit And Hierarchy Report 2023 (597.5kb) Uploaded 8 June 2026
10.2 A Local Cycling, Walking and Improvement Plan (Blaby) (6.9mb) Uploaded 10 June 2026
10.2 B Blaby District Council Active Travel Strategy 2024 (1.4mb) Uploaded 10 June 2026
10.3A South Of Leicester Area Local Cycling And Walking Infrastructure Plan Part1 (19.6mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
10.3B South Of Leicester Area Local Cycling And Walking Infrastructure Plan Part 2 (19mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
10.3C South Of Leicester Area Local Cycling And Walking Infrastructure Plan Part 3 (14.9mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
10.4 Whole Plan Viability Assessment (14.1mb) Uploaded 18 June 2026
10.5 Burial Grounds Questionnaire: Initial Assessment and Analysis (2.3mb) Uploaded 18 June 2026
10.6 Leicester And Leicestershire Strategict Growth Plan Strategic Joint Transport Assessment Stage 1 2023 (18.8mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
10.7A South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Stage 1 2025 (10.3mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026
10.7B South Leicestershire Joint Transport Evidence Stage 2 (13.8mb) Uploaded 9 June 2026

Last updated 19 June 2026

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