Emerging Local Plan

Rushcliffe Borough Council is preparing the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan with Broxtowe Borough and Nottingham City Councils to help guide future development, including new housing, across our combined areas to 2041. The Strategic Plan will replace the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy which was adopted in 2014. 

Examination of the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan

The draft Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan was submitted for examination on 22 December 2025.  Further details and all documents associated with the submission can be viewed on the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Examination website.

Further information on the Strategic Plan is also available on the Greater Nottingham Planning Partnership website.

Previous stages

Publication Draft March 2025 

We published the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Publication Draft (as revised) in March 2025. This is the full draft version of the Strategic Plan which the Councils would like to adopt as part of their Local Plans. The consultation on the draft Strategic Plan closed on Friday 25 April 2025.

Publication Draft November 2024 

In November 2024 there was a consultation on the Publication Draft of the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan. Following the start of this consultation, an updated National Planning Policy Framework was published and Gedling Borough Council decided to withdraw from the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan. Broxtowe Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils, however, have continued work on its preparation. 

Preferred Approach 

A Preferred Approach was published in December 2022 and consultation was carried out by Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils. The consultation closed on 14 February 2023. The Preferred Approach focussed on the amount and distribution of housing and employment development and the identification of strategic sites in the area to 2038.

An additional consultation was held by Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils on the Distribution and Logistics Preferred Approach in September 2023. The consultation closed on 7 November 2023. 

Further information on the Preferred Approach and the Distribution and Logistics Preferred Approach can be viewed on the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan website.

The consultation comments received during the two consultations have been processed and a Statement of Consultation has been published. The Statement sets out the details of publicity and consultation undertaken to prepare and inform the Publication Draft of the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan. 

Growth Options consultation

In July 2020 and February 2021, Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils carried out a public consultation on the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Growth Options.

The main studies and other evidence base related documents which support preparation of the Strategic Plan are available on the Greater Nottingham Plan website. 

Register for future consultations

Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils have a joint consultation database.

If you would like to receive notifications regarding future consultations, please register online.