New housing in Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
We read Oadby and Wigston Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 5,601 of its planning applications going back to 2004, and 32 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 152% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 152% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 5,601
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 38 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 57 | 31 | 21 |
| 2023 | 119 | 76 | 31 |
| 2022 | 78 | 63 | 14 |
| 2021 | 44 | 31 | 7 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | Land North Glen Gorse Golf Club Glen Road Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4RF Outline planning application with all matters reserved, other than vehicular access from Jamie Marcus Way, for a residential development of up to 190 dwellings, alongside associated access, green and blue infrastructure… 26/00288/OUT | Decided | 21 Aug 2026 |
| 32 | The Former Appliance Depot Countesthorpe Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4PJ Erection of a three-storey building (comprising of two full floors and a mansard roof), which will contain 32 apartments (C3) 25/00170/FUL | Decided | 30 May 2025 |
| 14 | Nautical William Aylestone Lane Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1BA Demolition of existing Public House and erection of 14no. dwellings and associated parking 25/00337/FUL | Approved | 9 Oct 2025 |
| 9 | 50 - 60 Leicester Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1DR Conversion of existing first floor and erection of recessed second floor to create 9 residential units including works to ground floor commercial units to improve existing facilities. 25/00268/FUL | Approved | 4 Aug 2025 |
| 5 | Glebe Mount 1 Glebe Road Oadby Leicestershire LE2 2LD Internal alterations to the existing building to increase the property from 5 apartments to 8, along with extensions and an extension to the existing dormer to the annex 25/00378/FUL | Refused | 13 Oct 2025 |
| 4 | 38 Blaby Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4SB Change of use from 4x residential flats to 4x retail units 25/00206/COU | Withdrawn | 24 Sept 2025 |
| 4 | 17-19 Canal Street Wigston Leicestershire LE18 4PL Change of use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to 4 flats (Class C3), infilling to rear and external alterations 24/00493/FUL | Refused | 19 Dec 2024 |
| 3 | 112 Aylestone Lane Wigston Leicestershire LE18 1BA Change of use of the ground floor from Funeral Services to a Sui Generis mixed use (Osteopathy and Podiatry Practice (Class E)) with the first floor retained as a Class C3 dwelling 26/00348/COU | Approved | 18 Sept 2026 |
| 3 | 53 Fox Hollow Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4QY Change of use from C3 dwelling to C2 Children's care home, caring for 3no. children aged 8-16 years old receiving care by 6no. 18+ adult full time carers 25/00386/COU | Refused | 28 Oct 2025 |
| 2 | 1 Central Avenue Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2AB Change of use (ground floor) of former veterinary practice (Class E) to 2no. flats (Class C3). Erection of internal boundary fencing and metal security gate and fencing. 26/00310/FUL | Refused | 28 Aug 2026 |
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Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.