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We are preparing a new Local Plan for Peterborough. Local Plans guide how places change over time. The Peterborough Local Plan will direct growth and regeneration in Peterborough and the surrounding villages to 2043. The new Local Plan will replace the Adopted Peterborough Local Plan (July 2019).

Updated Local Development Scheme (LDS)

Following the public consultation of the Proposed Submission Plan, all comments will be processed and reviewed. The Plan, all comments and all supporting evidence will be submitted to central government, who will appoint an independent planning inspector to carry out a public examination, by 31 of December 2026.

We provide monthly updates detailing our progress against the Local Development Scheme which you can find alongside the Local Development Scheme (LDS) (opens Microsoft SharePoint).

Local Plan Timeline

  • Public Participation (Regulation 18) - Stage 1 in July / August 2023 and Stage 2 - Draft Local Plan - in April / May 2025
  • Alternative Site Consultation - January / February 2026
  • Pre-Submission Publication (Regulation 19) - September / October 2026
  • Submission (Regulation 22) - December 2026
  • Independent Examination - December 2026 to June 2027
  • Inspector's Report Issued - July 2027
  • Adoption of DPD Local Plan - September 2027

Proposed Pre-submission Local Plan

The Proposed submission (Regulation 19) Peterborough Local Plan is scheduled to be considered by Cabinet on 1 October 2026. Subject to Cabinet approval, a six-week public consultation will follow. Please check this page regularly for updates.

Next stages

As we prepare the Proposed Submission version of the Local Plan, we will carefully consider all comments received through both the Draft Local Plan consultation and the Alternative Site Consultation.

We will then publish a Proposed Submission version Local Plan in summer 2026 for six weeks public consultation. This version of the plan will then be submitted to central government, who will appoint an independent planning inspector to carry out a public examination.

We provide monthly updates detailing our progress against the Local Development Scheme which you can find alongside the Local Development Scheme (LDS) (opens Microsoft SharePoint).

Previous stages

Previously, we asked people what they felt were the key issues facing the city and surrounding rural areas, and what the Local Plan could do in response. We also ran two 'Call for Sites' exercises.

You can view the following documents in our Planning Policy Library (opens in Microsoft SharePoint):

View the sites submitted during the 2023 and 2024 Call for Sites on our interactive map system.

We consulted on the Draft Local Plan between 11 April and 29 May 2025.

We have reviewed all comments and published a Key Issues Report. This report summarises the main issues raised for each section, policy and site.

We have also published an addendum to the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) report. This lists any new or amended sites suggested as part of the Draft Local Plan consultation. An interactive map of the new suggested sites has also been published. Please note, at this stage, any new sites presented in this report have no status. 

You can view below all comments, the Key Issues Report and the SHELAA report, as well as a copy of the draft plan and interactive map. All links open PDFs in Microsoft SharePoint.

The Draft Local Plan Alternative Site Consultation ran between 23 January and 5 March 2026 and is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted comments.

All representations received have been collated and considered, and a Key Issues Report has been prepared. The report summarises the main issues raised through the consultation and will inform the next stages of Local Plan preparation.

All comments submitted during the consultation period are available to view in the Local Plan evidence base folder.

You can view the consultation documents and outputs below:

Local Plans are grounded in the latest evidence. To support the emerging Local Plan, the Planning Policy Library (opens Microsoft SharePoint) contains all the evidence base documents associated with the emerging Local Plan. As preparation of the new plan progresses, we will update the contents of the library with new documents as we produce them.

Consultee database

If you wish to receive notifications of consultations and progress of the Local Plan preparation, please let us know.

Last updated: 23 September 2026
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