Recent changes to national planning rules made by the government mean the City of Wolverhampton Council must begin work this year on a new local plan, which will protect the environment and shape where development takes place up to 2045. The ‘Wolverhampton Plan’ will be the local development plan under the new system. The first stage of the Plan preparation process is to hold a scoping consultation.
This scoping consultation does not identify development sites or draft planning policies, but invites feedback on what the plan should contain and how the community should be involved, seeking views on the proposed scope of the plan and what it will replace, any supporting evidence that may be required to inform the plan, and a community engagement strategy for the plan preparation process.
The plan will identify environmental areas to protect and enhance, sites to allocate for development including housing and employment uses, key transport schemes and policies to guide design and secure infrastructure.
Once the scoping consultation is complete, the ‘Wolverhampton Plan’ will be prepared to a statutory 34-month preparation timetable – with two chances for the public to comment, and a public examination prior to adoption of the new plan in 2029.
Please note the Wolverhampton Plan is not the same as the Wolverhampton Local Plan (WLP) which is currently at Examination – for further information please see localplanservices.co.uk/wolverhamptonlpexam
You can find relevant documents in the downloads section:
- Wolverhampton Plan Scoping Report
- Wolverhampton Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Update 2025
- Wolverhampton Green Belt Assessment 2026 Report & Appendix
Paper copies of the Scoping Report are available to be viewed, and representation forms are available at:
- Wolverhampton Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH (at the business reception by the mayoral entrance)
- Wolverhampton Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV1 3AX
How to make representations
We would encourage you to complete the online representation form. This is designed to be quick and easy to complete.
Alternatively, please send completed pdf representation forms (available in the downloads section) to wolverhamptonplan@wolverhampton.gov.uk or completed paper representation forms to: Wolverhampton Plan, City Planning, City of Wolverhampton Council, Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH, or hand them in at Wolverhampton Civic Centre.
If you need help understanding the documents or completing the representation form; would like to view other documents or documents in other formats; or would like to discuss the Plan with Planning Officers, please contact the Local Plan Team at the above email or postal address, or call: 01902 551155.
The consultation will end on Tuesday 8 September, 2026. Please submit your completed representation forms by the end of this date.
Drop-In Sessions
You can view the consultation documents and speak to Planning Officers at the following drop-in sessions:
- The “01902” Shop Unit, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TQ on:
- Wednesday 5 August, 2026, 1pm – 3pm
- Wolverhampton Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV1 3AX on:
- Thursday 6 August, 2026, 3pm – 7pm, and
- Saturday 8 August, 2026, 10am – 2pm
Call for Sites
To help inform the preparation of the Wolverhampton Plan a “Call for Sites” exercise has been launched, inviting landowners and developers to submit potential development sites for consideration. The Call for Sites is open until 31 December, 2026 – for more information please visit Call for Sites.
How to keep updated
To request to be notified when future steps occur in the preparation of the Wolverhampton Plan you must either:
- sign up when you complete the representation form, or
- subscribe to the Council’s “Wolverhampton Plan” mailing list, or
- email wolverhamptonplan@wolverhampton.gov.uk or write to Wolverhampton Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH and request to receive Wolverhampton Plan updates
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Thank you for your interest in the Wolverhampton Plan.
The Council has given notice on 27 July 2026 of the ‘Wolverhampton Plan’ Scoping Consultation under the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026.
Notice of Local Plan Scoping Consultation (Regulation 20)
The new local plan will be called the ‘Wolverhampton Plan’.
The Wolverhampton Plan Scoping Consultation commences on Monday 27 July and closes at 11.59pm on Tuesday 8 September, 2026.
During this period the Council is inviting representations on —
(i) such matters relevant to the preparation of the local plan that the Council consider appropriate, including what the plan should contain; and
(ii) who should be consulted, when, and how the Council should engage with them in the preparation of the local plan.
Supporting information relating to the Wolverhampton Plan Scoping Consultation and details of how to make representations are available on the Council’s website www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/wp-scoping.
Representations should be submitted via the Council’s website, online representation form www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/wp-respond, by email to wolverhamptonplan@wolverhampton.gov.uk or in writing to Wolverhampton Plan, City Planning, City of Wolverhampton Council, Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH.
Representations may be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address when one or more of the following steps occur —
(i) the making available of proposed local plan content and evidence under regulation 23(1)(b) (consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence);
(ii) the publication of observations or advice under section 15CA(5) of the Act;
(iii) the making available of the proposed local plan submission documents under regulation 27(1)(b) (consultation on the proposed local plan);
(iv) the submission of the proposed local plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination under section 15D(1) of the Act;
(v) the making available of the matters specified in regulation 35(2) in accordance with regulation 35(1)(a) (independent examination: local plans);
(vi) a decision of the examiner under section 15D(7) of the Act that the examination under that section is to be paused under section 15DA of the Act for further work to be carried out;
(vii) the publication under section 15DA(7) of the Act of the document and any evidence which is sent to the examiner under section 15DA(6);
(viii) the publication of the recommendations and reasons of the examiner received under section 15D or section 15DA of the Act, in accordance with section 15D(13) or section 15DA(10);
(ix) the adoption or approval of the local plan under Part 2 of the Act.
This notice is also available as a pdf (please see downloads section).