Local Plan Review 2026
ISSUES AND OPTIONS CONSULTATION (REGULATION 18)
Thank you to everyone who commented on the Issues and Options consultation, which ran between 28 November 2025 – 21 January 2026.
This consultation has now closed.
We received comments from over 470 residents and organisations.
View responses to the Issues and Options consultation.
All the comments received are being reviewed and considered before we publish a draft of the Local Plan in summer 2026 for further public comment. The revised Local Plan will be submitted to Government for independent examination by the end of 2026.
We also received comments on a number of the sites that had been submitted to our earlier Call for Sites.
View comments on the Call for Sites.
The timetable for the Local Plan preparation can be found in our Local Development Scheme.
The consultation documents published during the Issues and Options consultation remain available to view below.
Issues and Options consultation document
Call for Sites Information
- Call for Sites Information
- Call for Sites Map
- Call for Sites Map (North West)
- Call for Sites Map (North East)
- Call for Sites Map (South West)
- Call for Sites (South East)
SA Scoping Report
SA Scoping Report December 2025
Emerging Supporting Information
- Local Development Scheme (March 2026)
- Provision of facilities for waste and recycling for new developments and property conversions (2023)
- Planning Obligations for Sport, Recreation and Open Space (2023)
- Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2025
- Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (July 2024)
- Local Plan Strategic Environment Assessment incorporating the Habitats Regulation Assessment (Adoption Statement 2021)
- Greenspace Strategy 2024
- Strategic Greenbelt Assesement 2025
- Landscape Sensitivity Assessment - Part 1: Strategic Landscape Corridor Assessment
- North Warwickshire Employment Sites Study 2025
- Coventry & Warwickshire HEDNA _ WMSESS Alignment Paper
- Housing and Employment Development Needs (HEDNA) Assessment Executive Summary 2022
- Housing and Employment Development Needs (HEDNA) 2022
- Playing Pitch Strategy 2023
- Statement of Community Involvement 2024
- Settlement Sustainability Appraisal 2023
- Settlement Sustainability Appraisal 2025 (under review and updating)
The documentation on this webpage is for information purposes only and does not represent formal evidence or the views of officers and members. It will be used to help develop and refine formal evidence through internal approval processes in preparation for supporting the Local Plan review.