Leicester Forest East Residents Action Group
Lubbesthorpe New Town
LFE RAG LUBBESTHORPE LFE RESIDENTS ACTION GROUP LFE RAG
New Planning Proposals
Taylor Wimpey/Savils are proposing to build 200 homes on the corner of Beggars Lane and Hinckley Road. They intend to hold public presentations of their proposals on 24th/25th September at the LFE Parish Hall. Please be aware that these houses are additional to the dwellings proposed for Lubbesthorpe. The presentations form part of the procedure for Outline Planning permission.
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Environmental Impact Assessment'
Extract from Blaby District Council Minutes of 14th December 2010;
This Council notes that arising out of the previous Government's Regional Spatial Strategy process and the direction that a Sustainable Urban Extension be delivered, a planning application is being prepared for 4,250 new homes at Lubbesthorpe, with the principal access point being via a bridge over the M1 onto Meridian Way, Thorpe Astley, in the Parish of Braunstone Town.
A Sustainability Appraisal undertaken on behalf of this Council in November 2008 recognised that given the proximity of this site to the M1 Air Quality Management Area, poor air quality could have an adverse effect upon the health of new residents.
In the light of this evidence this Council expresses considerable concern about potential adverse effects of the proposals on the existing residents in Braunstone Town (including Thorpe Astley) and Leicester Forest East.
We therefore request that, as part of the planning application process, in accordance with normal practice when determining major applications, the following information is provided to elected members prior to any decisions being made:
a) Environment Impact Assessment so that the potential impact upon the environment including the loss of countryside can be fully assessed.
b) Establish current levels of traffic pollution and congestion in the Air Quality Areas affecting Braunstone Town Council (including Thorpe Astley) and Leicester Forest East, particularly in residential areas in close proximity to the M1 Motorway.
c) Environmental Impact Assessment showing the cumulative impact of the proposals together with other determined but not as yet completed developments in the Junction 21 area (Grove Park, Meridian Business Park, Thorpe Astley and Audi Garage, Narborough Road South).
d) Environmental Impact Assessments should include traffic congestion, noise, light and air pollution
High Court ruling assists Developers
Following the decision by Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, to revoke the regional spatial strategies (RSS) in July, as part of the Governments “Big Society” initiative, ahead of a new planning system, builders and developers have been fighting back.
A High Court ruling has caused embarrassment to the Government, by declaring the Coalitions abolition of local housing targets as “unlawful”. However Eric Pickles has said that the ruling changes very little and planners must recognise as a “material consideration” that he plans to abolish local targets in law through the Localism Bill later this month..
However, the High Courts ruling is likely to provoke a rush of planning applications and appeals in the month ahead until the Localism Bill can be enacted.