What is a Local Plan?
A Local Plan sets out a plan for future sustainable development in the district. It performs two specific roles:
- It identifies key areas of land for development to deliver the homes, jobs and services needed in the district, and
- Includes policies against which all planning applications are considered.
Huntingdonshire’s Local Plan is the document by which all development in the district is judged, it provides the basis for what can happen, where it can happen and when it can happen.
The current local plan was adopted in May 2019 and runs to 2036
However, HDC has now decided that the current plan is out of date and needs review. Therefore:
- The Call for Sites – an opportunity for people to send the council details of sites that might be suitable for allocation in the next Local Plan.
- Statement of Community Involvement
- Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report [PDF, 5.5MB]
- Land Availability Assessment Methodology [PDF, 0.8MB]
- Sustainability of Settlements Report [PDF, 2MB]
- October 2025 HDC -Huntingdonshire District Council has published a list of its preferred options of development site allocations for its new local plan, including potential for up to 15,447 new homes by 2046
- 21st October 2025 – HDC Cabinet approve draft plan and granted delegated authority to the Head of Planning, Infrastructure and Public Protection to make any necessary typographical or other minor changes to the documents prior to their publication.
- October 2025 HDC publishes – Preferred Draft Local Plan to 2046
- New HDC Draft Plan to 2046 moves to pre-submission stage and public consultation (regulation 19 stage) between 16th September 2026 to 28th October 2026
- September 2026 – HDC publishes Pre-submission Local Plan to 2046 Consultation
Please note this is the Huntingdonshire District Council Local Plan and is not the same as the Brington and Molesworth Neighbourhood Plan, which is due to be put to a parish referendum before the end of this year.