Planning
Policy
The site has been allocated for employment uses in the Blaby District Council Local Plan Delivery Development Plan Document.
It is the only major site for new employment that is identified. The Plan identifies a need for some 24.41 hectares of employment land, so the site is marginally above this and can provide for beyond the plan period of 2029, although there have also been some more recent losses of employment land such as the Everards brewery, so the need may have increased further. The recently published longer term growth requirements for the county in the Strategic Growth Plan identifies the need for further growth across the county to 2031 and 2036 and beyond, so the site can contribute to meeting those needs too.
The Planning Application
The site is owned by the Drummond Estate and The Inverock Trust. The development is being promoted by The Drummond Estate and Landchain, a specialist design-led, promotion and master development company.
The outline planning application for the allocated site was submitted in 2019. Leicestershire County Council (LCC) Highways Authority identified a need for highways modelling work to be undertaken in 2021. The work has now been completed in agreement with LCC and National Highways who look after our motorways. A package of highways mitigation measures has been proposed by LCC - you can see this on the Transport section of the website. Our intention is for the application to go to committee in April 2023.
