Leighton Linslade Neighbourhood Plan

Flowers at the market in the town centre

1. INTRODUCTION

  1. Leighton Linslade Town Council (LLTC) is preparing the first Leighton Linslade Neighbourhood Plan (LLNP) to cover the period from 2024 – 2042. LLTC is defined as a ‘qualifying body’ for this purpose in line with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).
  2. The Leighton Linslade Neighbourhood Area was designated by Central Bedfordshire Council on the 26th June 2024 as the area to which the policies of the LLNP will apply. A map showing the Neighbourhood Area is shown below. The area coincides with the Town Boundary.
  3. Leighton Linslade has a population of 42,392 residents (as at Census 2021).
Figure 1. Leighton Linslade Designated Neighbourhood Area
  1. The LLNP will cover the period from 2025 to 2042. This version contains draft policies for determining planning applications for the use and development of land within Leighton Linslade during that period. In doing so it operates alongside other policies of the CBC development plan that relate to Leighton Linslade.
  2. The LLNP is published for statutory consultation under Regulation 14 of the Regulations. Comments on the proposals and content of the plan and its other published documents are welcomed from everyone living and working in Leighton Linslade as well as local organisations and landowners. They must be made either by email to paul.russell@leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk or by post to Leighton Linslade Town Council The White House, Hockliffe St, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1HD  by 30th November 2025 at the latest. Any comments made after that deadline may not be considered by LLTC. 
  3. Anyone submitting comments to LLTC must provide an email or postal address and contact name. LLTC will keep this information confidential. However, it must forward information to CBC in due course for the sole purpose of notifying all those that have submitted comments that it has received a final version of the plan for examination.

LLTC is working to this timetable:

  • Drafting and formal engagement on pre-submission Plan (Regulation 14) October/November 2025
  • Review of Reg 14 and production of Submission version of the Plan Winter 2025/26
  • Submission to CBC (Regulation 15) Winter 2026
  • CBC Consultation on submission version of Plan (Regulation 16)– Spring 2026
  • Examination – Summer 2026
  • Referendum – Autumn 2026