Draft plan drawn up for 100 homes in Market Bosworth

Project overseen by parish and borough council as well as church

A DRAFT masterplan has been drawn up for an estate of around 100 homes in Market Bosworth.

The document outlines a proposal to develop 7.6 hectares of fields to the south of Station Road, including 40 per cent affordable homes.

Overseeing the project are Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, St Peter’s Church and Market Bosworth Parish

Council.

Planners want to create a high-quality estate in keeping with the distinctiveness of the town.

It will include business units for existing and new companies and community sports and family play facilities.

The plan will be used to secure a developer to ensure completion of the scheme in the next five years.

Bill Cullen, chief executive of

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, said: “We are pleased to be working in partnership with Market Bosworth Parish Council and St Peter’s Church in securing a high quality scheme for this proposed major development in Market Bosworth which is an opportunity to bring forward a key development site in the borough.”

Vehicles will access the site off Station Road.

Homes on the north eastern edge of the site will be set back to wrap around existing properties.

The estate will include a pedestrian link to the neighbouring community and a circular footpath around the development, so people in the wider area can access the new facilities.

Birmingham-based planning consultants Define created the overall masterplan and development strategy for the site.

The entrance to the estate will be very near the entrance to Kyngs Golf and Country Club, also on Station Road, which is set to reopen after plans were approved last month for a new clubhouse and a holiday complex with six cabins.

Developer Statue Homes, which bought the site in 2016, is to build a centre with a shop and bar area and increase car parking on site by more than 100 spaces.

The clubhouse will include changing rooms, dining areas, a golf simulator and a function room which will be used for weddings and other events throughout the year.

A formal public consultation on the masterplan will be held later in the year once the Covid19 restrictions are sufficiently relaxed.

You can view the masterplan for the 100 homes on the borough council website.

If you want to submit any comments, email planningpolicy@hinckley-bosworth.gov. uk.