Huntingdonshire Local Plan to 2046: what the proposed site allocations mean for the patch.

What the Proposed Site Allocations consultation is.

The Proposed Site Allocations consultation, which opened on 13 May, is the stage where Huntingdonshire District Council publishes its preferred list of development sites across the district and invites comment. It follows the Preferred Options consultation that ran in November and December 2025, and precedes the Regulation 19 Proposed Submission Local Plan, which the council expects to publish in summer 2026.

The Regulation 19 stage is different in kind from the consultation that is open now. Once the plan reaches formal submission, representations are restricted to questions of legal compliance and soundness. The current stage is the last opportunity to argue about which sites should or should not be included at all. If your village has a site you think is wrong, now is the time to say so.

Source: Huntingdonshire DC Local Plan update page, May 2026.

Where the 15,447 homes are going.

The headline figure covers the whole district from 2024 to 2046, and reflects the housing target set under the government's standard methodology. Most of the total is concentrated in a small number of strategic locations rather than spread evenly across the patch. Alconbury Weald, already under construction, holds approved consent for 5,000 homes across four phases, with Phase 3 reserved matters applications now being lodged. The Lattenburys, a proposed new settlement on the A14 corridor between Godmanchester and the Hemingfords, accounts for around 4,000 homes and is the largest single proposed allocation in the patch.

The remaining homes come from a network of smaller allocations in the market towns, principally Huntingdon and St Ives, plus a spread of village-level sites. Most village allocations run between 30 and 150 homes, typically with affordable housing conditions attached. The site-by-site schedules are on the council's consultation portal.

What happens after 10 June.

Once the consultation closes, the council processes all representations, prepares its responses, and publishes the Regulation 19 Proposed Submission Local Plan. That version goes through a further round of representations restricted to soundness and legal compliance, and then travels to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination. An Inspector holds a series of hearings and issues a report. If the plan is found sound, the council adopts it. Adoption is currently anticipated in 2027.

Until adoption, Huntingdonshire continues to make planning decisions against the current development plan, the Core Strategy adopted in 2022. Where the council can demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, decisions follow Core Strategy policies. Where it cannot, the balance of decision-making shifts toward the applicant for housing schemes. For buyers watching a specific village, this matters: a site allocated in the emerging Local Plan gives any developer a strong position in any subsequent planning appeal, even before adoption.

What to do before 10 June.