Latest News

Click the news item below to expand

  • We have updated our project timeline following a delay to Blaby District Council’s (BDC) Local Plan timetable.

     The Plan was due to be presented to Full Council on 14 April, seeking approval to proceed to the next stage of consultation (Regulation 19). However, due to outstanding transport evidence, it cannot progress as planned.

     It is now anticipated that the Plan will be presented to Full Council over the summer, subject to the required evidence being completed. If approved, the Regulation 19 consultation will follow and will run for a period of six weeks.

     Our revised programme is set out below:

    Summer

    • Blaby District Council Regulation 19 public consultation (July/August)

    • CLG meeting 7 to discuss the Regulation 19 consultation plan

    Autumn

    • CLG meeting 8 on Highways and Drainage

    • Public consultation on the outline planning application (Webinar and in-person events)

    Winter

    • CLG meeting 9 on the proposed submission plans

    • Estimated submission of the outline planning application to BDC

  • As 2025 draws to a close, we have provided an update on project progress this year in our end of year report, which has been shared with stakeholders and CLG members.

    You can download a copy below:

    Click to download report

    Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the project team if you have any questions or would like to request a printed copy of the report.

  • Blaby District Council  - All member presentation

    On 11 November, the project team met with Blaby District Councillors to provide an update on project progress.

    A copy of the presentation can be viewed below. It summarises engagement to date, the evolving landscape, movement and drainage strategy frameworks, and the latest masterplan concept, which will continue to be developed over the coming months.

    Download presentation

  • EIA scoping request submitted to Blaby District Council 

    The consortium has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to Blaby District Council (BDC). The EIA scoping report seeks to agree the environmental topics – such as landscape and visual impact, air quality, noise and vibration – to be assessed within the Environmental Statement that will be submitted as part of any future planning application. 

  • A community consultation event was held at Stoney Stanton Village Hall on Sunday 13th October 2024. The event was hosted by Stoney Stanton Parish Council. Click below to download a copy of the boards displayed at the event.

    Download Boards

    Download Evolving Masterplan

  • End of Year Report

  • Presentation slides from the CLG meeting on 14th June

  • End of Year report

  • Community Liaison Group – Agenda 27th October

    Community Liaison Group – Minutes of the meeting 10th August

  • Community Liaison Group – Minutes of the meeting 31st May

    Community Liaison Group – Terms of Reference

    Community Liaison Group – Meeting slides 31st May

    Community Liaison Group – CLG survey results 

    Letter to Tritax – Consortium Group Response

    Leicester and Leicestershire Housing Statement of Common Ground

  • View Media Release

  • Following the community workshops held in October 2021, we shared a summary of the key findings and next steps with all 4,750 households who were invited to attend. We also shared a more detailed written record of conversations on the day with the more than 100 people who were able to attend in person across the two days.

    View Community Newsletter

    View Workshop Attendees Newsletter

  • The consortium held workshops with local representatives and members of the public to discuss the early vision for a new settlement. This preliminary exercise was designed to introduce the emerging vision for the site and listen to and engage with surrounding communities at the earliest opportunity. 

    The vision workshop had a clear focus on the development of a vision for the site, to inform the masterplanning process. No masterplan has yet been developed. The workshops were intended to be an open forum for the project team to collect further information about the site from the local community and to understand issues, concerns, and ideas for the future development of the site at a local level. The information gained through the visioning process, will then feed into the masterplanning process and development.

    The session comprised an introduction to the project team and site including an overview of technical baseline work undertaken and inviting an open forum discussion for comments, concerns and ideas/visions to be put forward, followed by breakout topic groups which were focused on key themes to allow local issues to be discussed. The key themes were (but were not limited to):

    1. Mobility and Connectivity – how the masterplan can connect to its surroundings and promote sustainable transport modes, and the infrastructure required

    2. Environment and Green and Blue Infrastructure – how to create attractive and multifunctional open spaces, increase biodiversity and address climate change, including drainage and flood risk

    3. Community and Uses – the type of facilities and services that will support the new community, and their best location to also benefit existing communities

    4. Homes and Places – how a diverse provision of homes can cater for different people’s needs and aspirations, embrace local character and define the identity of the place

    The introductory presentation that was presented at the event can be downloaded at the link below:

    View Presentation

Back to the start