Blaby District Council

What happens next?

Permission for a major new housing development in Lubbesthorpe is set to be granted.

Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has decided not to ‘call in’ an application for some 4,250 homes, employment, schools and other uses on land to the west of the M1, Lubbesthorpe.

Plans for the Lubbesthorpe development were approved by Councillors on November 1 at Blaby District Council’s Development Control Committee.

The planning application was referred to the Secretary of State in November 2012. He was asked to decide whether he wanted to determine the application himself or whether Blaby District Council could issue the decision.

The Secretary of State has allowed the Council to grant planning permission, subject to a number of conditions and completion of a legal agreement to secure items such as new schools, road improvements and other necessary infrastructure.

The Council will be issuing a decision when it is in a position to do so.

The full committee meeting, which took place at the Council offices in Narborough, is now available to watch at www.blaby.gov.uk/webcast

View the agenda and report which was considered by Development Control Committee.

The application includes proposals for 4,250 dwellings and associated infrastructure including:

• 4,250 homes
• 2 motorway bridges (1 across the M1 and 1 across the M69)
• 2 primary schools
• 1 secondary school
• Shops
• Workspaces
• Community Hall
• 21 Hectare employment site
• Cafes, bars and pub
• Health Centre
• Leisure facilities
• Parks, open spaces and allotments

Lubbesthorpe application - Application number 11/0100/1/OX
Use this link to view all related documents (including the proposed site location map) and to view all the submitted comments.

If you are unable to view the documents through the above link due to an error, you can view all the Lubbesthorpe Planning Application Documents here; Revised Lubbesthorpe documents - May 2012 and the original Lubbesthorpe Documents - February 2011.

This will be a major development for the district and although it is usual for a planning application to be determined within 16 weeks, the time taken to determine this particular application is anticipated to be longer because of its complexity and the need to make sure that all relevant individuals and organisations are properly consulted.

Full details of the application, maps and associated documents can be viewed on the Lubbesthorpe application page below.

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• Second phase of Lubbesthorpe consultation extended
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• Second consultation on new Lubbesthorpe planning application
• Progress update - August 2011
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• First phase of consultation on 4,250 homes plan ends soon - May 20th 2011
• Consultation on 4,250 homes plan extended - April 20th 2011
• Consultation begins on 4,250 homes plan - March 16th 2011
• Plans for new community submitted - February 14th 2011