New Lubbesthorpe is developing rapidly
First show homes open on controversial site
DEVELOPERS are speeding ahead with a controversial estate on the edge of Hinckley and Bosworth.
Located on Beggars Lane, the Lubbesthorpe site will thousands of new homes effectively creating a new urban centre sandwiched between the M1, Leicester Forest East and Enderby.
It will border Desford, Thurlaston and Peckleton with Earl Shilton just a stone’s throw away.
Featuring a mix of two to five bedroom homes, the new town will also boast an employment park, 75 acres of new woodland and 250 acres of open space and parkland as well as two primary schools and one secondary school.
A mixed-use neighbourhood centre with space for a range of food, drink and retail outlets, and a health centre will also feature.
In the first five years some 1,000 properties are expected to be built with a total of 4,250 going up over 15 years.
Blaby District Council was criticised initially for backing the transformation of the 400 acres of farmland with more than 1,400 objections received when plans went to committee.
However, planning permission was granted in 2014 and the first tranche of houses are up for sale with a range of show homes now open.
Barratt launched their show houses in January and now co-developer Davidsons has followed suit.
The two firms, along with Barratt sister company David Wilson, are behind the initial 565 dwellings.
Alberto Costa, MP for South Leicestershire, has welcomed the rapid progress.
He went along to the inauguration of the Davidsons show house.
He said: “I am very pleased to see the incredible progress that is being made to this development.
“New Lubbesthorpe will bring much needed housing to the area, while it will also contribute over £45 million to the surrounding infrastructure - including a new bridge over the M1 motorway - to ensure that the roads and neighbour- ing areas are highly maintained for all constituents, new and existing.”
Blaby was recently voted one of the top three places in the country to live - if you are in your 20s.
The recognition came from UK’s Best Place to Live, the Channel 4 show presented by Sarah Beeny, which analysed Office for National Statistics data on various criteria.