Consultations

Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Review

From: 22/07/2026 To: 02/09/2026.

Submission of Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Review

Notice is given that the Shearsby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Review  has been submitted by Shearsby Parish Council  to Harborough District Council for examination.

In accordance with the regulations, the following documents have been submitted for examination:

Appendices to the Plan

For more information and the Neighbourhood Plan evidence base please visit: Neighbourhood Plan | Shearsby Parish Council

Making Representations

A six week consultation on the proposed Neighbourhood Plan is now underway running from 22 July to 2 September 2026. Representations on the Plan Proposal are welcome and must be submitted to Harborough District Council on the submission forms (link 1 eform and link 2 print version )provided no later than 2 September 2026 as follows:

  • by email to neighbourhoodplans@harborough.gov.uk; or
  • by post to Strategic Planning, Harborough District Council, The Symington Building, Adam & Eve Street, Market Harborough, LE16 7AG

The submitted documents can be viewed online by selecting the relevant attachments below. Alternatively hard copies of the documents can be inspected at:

  • Customer Services, Harborough District Council: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri: 8.45am – 5.00pm. Wed: 9.30am – 5.00pm;
  • Kibworth Library, Paget Street, Kibworth Beauchamp, LE8 0HW
  • Fleckney Library, 8 School Street, Fleckney, LE8 8AS
  • Shearsby Village Hall

Please check times before visiting as opening times vary

If you wish to be notified of the Council’s decision on the plan proposal then please state this in your representation.

Harborough District Council will appoint a suitably qualified Examiner to carry out an examination into the Shearsby Parish Neighbourhood Plan Review. Please note that all representations received during the consultation period will be forwarded to the appointed Examiner and made publicly available.  

The Examiner is obliged to consider whether the amendments to Shearsby Plan Review are:

  • Minor (non-material) modifications to a neighbourhood plan or order are those which would not materially affect the policies in the plan or permission granted by the order. These may include correcting errors, such as a reference to a supporting document, and would not require examination or a referendum.
  • Material modifications which do not change the nature of the plan or order would require examination but not a referendum. This might, for example, entail the addition of a design code that builds on a pre-existing design policy, or the addition of a site or sites which, subject to the decision of the independent examiner, are not so significant or substantial as to change the nature of the plan.
  • Material modifications which do change the nature of the plan or order would require examination and a referendum. This might, for example, involve allocating significant new sites for development.

The Qualifying Body and the Local Planning Authority have both submitted statements of modification to the examiner and agree that the review plan requires examination but not refereendum. The examiner will make the decision whether the plan requires examination and referendum.

In completing the representation form, please be aware that the Examiner will only be testing whether the proposed Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions and other relevant legal requirements. The Examiner will not be testing the soundness of the plan or looking at other material considerations but checking that the plan:  

  • Has regard to national policy and advice contained in guidance issued by the Secretary of State;
  • Contributes to the achievement of sustainable development;
  • Is in general conformity with the Local Plan;
  • Does not breach, and is otherwise compatible with, EU and human rights obligations;
  • Meets prescribed conditions and complies with prescribed matters;
  • Meets the legal requirements;