Rugby Borough Local Plan Examination
Latest Update - 17th August 2026
EXAMINATION LATEST NEWS & TIMELINE
Hearing Sessions will take place in two stages. Stage 1 hearings will take place in person and will commence at 9.30am on Tuesday 17th November 2026 at Rugby College, Technology Drive, Rugby, CV21 1AR. Stage 2 Hearings will take place during the weeks of 7th and 14th of December, these sessions will take place virtually via Microsoft Teams. Key information for the Examination is available below:
ID 2 - Examination Guidance Notes
ID 3 - Guidance for Virtual Hearing Sessions
ID 4 - Matters, Issues and Questions
ID 5 - Hearings Programme V1
17th August 2026 - Consistency anomalies in the Council's Submission Documents and Evidence Base List corrected via the following documents:
CD11 - Regulation 20 Representations list by policy (updated 12.8.2026) (Excel Document - Direct Download)
CD11A - Summary of amendments made to Regulation 20 representations list by policy
4th August 2026 - RBC 7 - Statement of Common Ground with National Highways published.
3rd August 2026 - The following documents were published:
RBC 6 - Projected 5 Year Housing Land Supply Position 2028 – 2033
RBC 6A - Housing Land Supply and Trajectory Workbook (Excel Document – Direct Download)
16th July 2026 - RBC 5 - South West Rugby Explanatory Note published together with Examination Guidance Notes, Matters, Issues and Questions and a draft Hearings Programme..
15th July 2026 - RBC 4 - Local Plan Proposed Monitoring Framework published.
25th June 2026 - The following documents published:
RBC 2 - Council’s Response to Inspectors’ Initial Questions (ID 1)
RBC 3 - Statement of Common Ground with Historic England
15th June 2026 - ID 1 - Inspectors' Initial Questions to the Council published.
3rd June 2026 - RBC 1 - Interim Sustainability Appraisal Report – March 2025 added as an Examination Document.
5th May 2026 - Planning Inspectors C Dillon BA (Hons) MRTPI, J Glasin RIBA SCA and K Ford MSc MRTPI have been appointed to hold an independent Examination of the Rugby Local Plan.
27th April 2026 - Rugby Borough Local Plan submitted to Planning Inspectorate for independent Examination.
THE INSPECTORS
Planning Inspectors C Dillon BA( Hons) MRTPI, J Glasin RIBA SCA and K Ford MSc MRTPI have been appointed to hold an independent Examination of the Rugby Local Plan.
The Inspectors' task will be to consider the soundness and legal compliance of the submitted Plan, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework December 2024 (the Framework) and associated regulations., namely the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
The Inspectors will take into account the representations submitted upon the Regulation 19 Draft Plan as far as they relate to soundness and legal compliance considerations. A number of informal debates will take place on the principal matters identified by the Inspectors. These are termed Hearing Sessions.
At the end of the Examination, the Inspectors will prepare a report to the Council with precise recommendations, these recommendations may include modifications to the Plan, following a request by the Council.
IAN KEMP - PROGRAMME OFFICER
My role is to act as the point contact for any person who has an interest in the Examination and as a liaison between the Inspectors, Local Planning Authority and Representors. I am an independent Officer of the Examination and work on behalf of the Inspectors to organise and manage the administrative and procedural elements of the Examination process. Any matters that anyone wishes to raise with the Inspectors should be submitted to me in the first instance.
Address: PO Box 241, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 1DW
Email: ian@localplanservices.co.uk
Telephone: 07723009166
GUIDANCE NOTES
Guidance Notes have been prepared by the Inspectors to establish the arrangements for the process. Procedural Guidance for Local Plans has also been produced by the Planning Inspectorate, together with a short guide aimed at those participating in a local plan examination for the first time.