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 82.36 acre site (33.3ha) has outline planning permission for commercial development consisting of warehousing with ancillary offices (Use Class B8) and General Industrial Buildings (Use Class B2) with access off Leicester Lane. The planning application number is 23/1066/OUT
The indicative masterplan submitted with the planning application shows a seven-unit scheme totalling 1,131,200 sq ft with units ranging from 10,150 sq ft to 505,250 sq
