Do you want to know where new homes could be built in North East Lincolnshire, where businesses could develop and how we will protect the environment around them? Would you like to see if, or where, new schools might be built?
Have your say on how North East Lincolnshire grows and develops in the years ahead. Consultation on the draft Preferred Options Local Plan (2025–2043) is open now.
If you live in Immingham, you can visit our face-to-face event this Thursday January 8 at Burton Hall, Civic Centre, Pelham Road, from 5pm until 8pm, when planning officers will be available to answer questions and help you respond to the latest round of consultation. This event will give you a chance to look at the Council’s preferred housing and employment site options.
This Stage Three consultation on the Local Plan began on December 8 and runs until 23.59 on February 1 2026. Electronic and paper copies of the survey questions are available to give everyone the opportunity to have their say.
The statutory review of the Local Plan began two years ago and attracted responses from more than 1,100 individuals at the last consultation. These have been reviewed and will inform the next phase of the process, and you can still have your say, or make new comments, on any, and all aspects of the Local Plan.
The review had to be paused in 2024 to consider and incorporate Government changes that have increased the housing target for many local authorities, including North East Lincolnshire. As a result, the council is now undertaking this further round of consultation and updating evidence in relation to housing and employment need. Draft Plan changes relate to:
- Jobs growth and employment needs within the plan period
- The requirements for new homes and the distribution of these homes; and
- Specific site allocations for employment and residential uses.
The new housing target for North East Lincolnshire, based on the Government’s ‘standard method’ introduced in December 2024, is now 622 homes per year, totalling 11,196 homes over the plan period. Adoption of the revised plan is now expected in 2028 with its life extended until 2043.
All comments from the 2024 consultation will be considered equally alongside new submissions. Full responses from the earlier consultation are available on the “What People Said” tab consultation portal.
You can view the Preferred Options document and supporting documents online at www.nelincs.gov.uk/local-plan-review.
Paper copies will be available to read at Cleethorpes Library, Immingham Library, Waltham Library, Grimsby Pop-Up Library, The Gingerbread House, Humberston, Scartho Community Library, and the Municipal Offices, Grimsby.
To take part in this Stage Three consultation visit the Local Plan consultation portal at: https://nelincs-consult.objective.co.uk/kse/
Another face-to-face event will take place on Saturday January 17 at Cleethorpes Library, Alexandra Road, Cleethorpes, DN34 8LG, from 9am until 1pm.
You can also:
- Email: send your comments to [email protected]
- Write to: Spatial Planning, North East Lincolnshire Council, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HU.