Peterborough Local Plan Review – consultation

Peterborough City Council has published its draft local plan, which outlines how the area will grow to the year 2044. In reality it’s reviewed every five years so the current plan once approved will cover the city until around 2031. The current local plan was adopted on 24 July 2019.

There are three new areas of land that have been put forward in the parish for development in the reviewed plan.

  • LP 62.29: A large industrial area in the protected ‘green wedge‘ zone to the south east of the village.
  • LP 56.40: 10 homes where the former chip shop was located next to the Blue Boar pub.
  • LP 56.50: 100 homes to the north of Eye Green adjacent to the Grade II* listed Northolm farmhouse.

These are in addition to the 265 home development on Eyebury Road and 25 home development on Thorney Road that were approved with the previous plan.

The Peterborough Green Wedges are designated areas of protected green space around the city. They are part of the broader planning and environmental strategy to protect the natural landscape and prevent urban sprawl. It is an important buffer zone that separates urban development from swallowing up villages and protecting surrounding countryside and agricultural land, helping to maintain biodiversity, provide recreational spaces, and safeguard the character of villages.

You can comment on the draft version of the reviewed local plan from the 11 April to 29 May 2025: Peterborough City Council website. You can find the current local plan here.

Peterborough City Council are holding a series of public engagement events connected to the Draft Local Plan:

  • Tuesday 6 May 2025 – Online drop-in session via Zoom, 6.30pm
  • Thursday 8 May 2025 – Queensgate Shopping Centre, outside the O2 shop from 5pm to 7pm
  • Saturday 10 May 2025 – Peterborough Museum from 10am to 4pm
  • Monday 12 May 2025 – Online drop-in session via Zoom, 12.30pm
  • Thursday 15 May 2025 – Cathedral Square near Cathedral Arch from 5pm to 7pm

Copies of the plan and paper comment forms will be available at these events. They are also available in local libraries and the Town Hall on Bridge Street.

Eye Parish Council is also in the process of creating our own Neighbourhood Plan.

Looking across the fields from Eyebury Road towards Blue Diamond, the protected area that’s also know as the ‘Green Wedge’.