Neighbourhood Planning - Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan Review

Read the adopted Shearsby Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum Version made on 15 January 2019.

View a map of Shearsby NDP policies 2019

Submission of Plan 

The following documents were submitted by the Qualifying Body for Regulation 16 consultation and examination on 5 June 2026.

• Shearsby NDP Review - submission version plan
• Shearsby Review Consultation Statement
• Shearsby Review Basic Conditions Statement

The Qualifying Body has submitted their statement of modifications and consider that the review plan requires examination but not referendum as the modifications are material but do not change the nature of the plan.

• QualifyIng Body Statement of modifications  - Shearsby NDP Review

The submission version plan has been validated by the District Council

• Read the validation document for Shearsby NDP Review

Strategic Environmental Assessment

The following documents were submitted in September 2024 to support the request for an SEA screening to be undertaken

• Shearsby Review Plan Sept 2024
• Design Guidance and Codes
• Housing Needs Assessment
• Environmental Inventory
• Important views

Harborough District Council screened the Shearsby Plan as submitted in September 204 and asked the statutory consultees for comment on the screening outcomes.

• Read the SEA Screening Report

The Determination issued in December 2024 forund that the Shearsby Review Neighbourhood Plan did not require a full SEA to be undertaken.

• Read the SEA Determination

Shearsby Parish Council, as the relevant body, applied for designation of the Shearsby Neighbourhood Area on 12 November 2014. The application was advertised for a 6 week period ending on 5 January 2015 and was approved by the Portfolio Holder for Planning Services on 16 January 2015. View a map identifying the designated Shearsby Neighbourhood Area(PDF, 199KB).