This year's review has concluded. Full details can be found on our accounts page.
Please see the Notice of Conclusion of Audit which details the rights of inspection.
Woodborough Parish Council has forwarded its response to the consultation following the extraordinary meeting held on August 27th.
Thank you to all of the residents who have shared their responses via our dedicated email address. Many of the issues raised have been incorporated into WPC's response.
Planning consultant Tamsin Cottle advised WPC on how best to present our arguments.
The next stage of the consultation is expected in spring 2026. At this stage, Gedling Borough's planning department will identify firm proposals for sites and numbers of dwellings to be built thereon.
People across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are being invited to share their views on the future of local government.
The survey aims to gather public feedback on what matters most to local people and organisations, to help shape new authorities’ priorities.
The six-week survey is being led jointly by all nine councils in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. It closes on September 14th.
The decision to launch a local government reorganisation process was taken by central government, who wrote to local authorities in February formally asking them to submit proposals to create new structures of ‘unitary authorities’ – which is a single tier of local government responsible for all local services in an area. The aim is to create more efficient and effective local government, potentially leading to streamlined services and cost savings.
Currently, council services in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are delivered differently, depending on where you live.
In Nottinghamshire local services are currently delivered under what is known as a ‘two-tier’ council structure. Nottinghamshire County Council oversees county-wide services such as social care, education, and road maintenance. While several smaller district and borough councils are responsible for more localised services, including waste collection, and leisure centres.
Nottingham City Council operates as a ‘unitary authority’, meaning it provides all council services within the city of Nottingham.
Under LGR, all nine existing local authorities would be abolished, to create new unitary councils with a higher population of residents.
It is being proposed that two new unitary councils should be created for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire to replace the current nine.
Two core options are currently being considered:
At this stage, no final decision has been made on a single option, and some councils could still explore additional proposals alongside the two core options currently being considered.
Gedling Borough Council's recommendation is option 1e.
Have your say here: Consultation
Background
Gedling Borough Council is consulting on its Local Development Plan and invites you to have your say. This overview of the background is a helpful introduction to a far reaching and broad plan for the borough until 2043.
Its scope includes delivery of the new homes required in the borough to meet UK government targets. A full set of maps can be found in the issues and options document from page 85.
Possible development sites - Woodborough can be found on page 98. The consultation runs from 21st July until 1st September.
What to include in your response?
Woodborough Parish Council recognises that residents hold different views, but we are almost certainly united by a wish to limit any new housing to preserve the character of the village, manage flood risk and avoid further strain on our limited infrastructure.
Woodborough Parish Council has engaged the services of 2 planning consultancies to help advise residents and the parish council on how best to respond to the consultation to ensure that concerns raised are valid planning considerations, more likely to hold weight with the planing policy team.
Information and opinions were shared at the public meeting held on 6th August.
Cllr Anderson's presentation on behalf of WPC
Amanda Mellor's presentation on behalf of WFLAG
The consultation includes 107 questions, but you can answer as few or as many as you like. Our planning consultant has suggested the following list:
Suggested list of priority questions affecting Woodborough
A short guide on how to respond
How do I get my response to Gedling Borough Council?
Gedling Planning Policy have asked that responses are submitted on this sheet (pdf) (or download an editable word version here) , ideally by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you are unable to access email then responses by post can be sent to the Planning Policy Team, Gedling Borough Council, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 6LU.
You will notice that the response sheet allows for only one question to be answered per sheet. Planning consultant Anthony Northcote advises that this response sheet is designed for Gedling's convenience but you are also able to write a letter or email with your views and legally it must be considered. You must include your contact details on a letter or email for it to be valid.
You may also have views that do not fit readily under any of the 107 questions in the consultation. Again it is fine to express these in a letter or email which includes your contact details - Gedling have to consider them.
Please ensure that you send your views directly to Gedling Borough Council by email or by post before the deadline on 1st September.
Further queries?
Gedling Cllr Helen Greensmith This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Michael Payne MP This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. have both offered to support residents in this process.
You can also let the Parish Council know your views by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. All comments to this inbox will be reviewed to inform WPC's own response to the consultation, which will be agreed on August 27th. However please do also respond directly to Gedling - the response of WPC carries no more weight than the responses from residents.
Woodborough Parish Council will meet on 5th August 2025 at 6.45pm to consider a proposal to engage a planning consultant to assist with responses to the Gedling Local Development Plan.
Gedling Borough Council is consulting on its Local Development Plan and invites you to have your say.
This overview of the background is a helpful introduction to a far reaching and broad plan for the borough until 2043.
Its scope includes delivery of the new homes required in the borough to meet UK government targets. A full set of maps can be found in the issues and options document from page 85.
Possible development sites - Woodborough can be found on page 98.
The consultation runs from 21st July until 1st September.
The Parish Council is hosting a public information meeting on Wednesday 6th August from 6.30pm to 8.30pm to provide information on the process. It should be noted that Gedling Borough Council officers who are running the consultation have declined to attend this meeting, but our Gedling councillor Helen Greensmith will be in attendance and will endeavour to answer your questions.
Woodborough Parish Council will be considering its own response at an extraordinary meeting to be held on 27th August.
Please check back here for further updates.
An extraordinary meeting of Woodborough Parish Council has been called to agree a plan to publicise the Gedling Local Development Plan Issues and Options Consultation to residents and to agree a process for the formulation and submission of WPC’s response.
This wide ranging consultation, which includes proposed sites for new housing across the borough, goes live on 21st September and closes on 1st September.
Further details will be published on WPC's website after our 22nd July meeting.