Planning Update Week Ending 30th November 2024 26 November 2024 / 29 November 2024 by mikejelfs Proposal for 180 Houses in Cosby A leaflet has been circulated around Cosby this week from Bloor Homes this outlines a proposal for 180 dwellings west of Broughton Road in Cosby, as we reported over a month ago surveying work going on at this location it appears now that this was related to a housing […] Read more » Planning
Planning Update Week Ending 23rd November 2024 20 November 2024 / 23 November 2024 by mikejelfs Another development in south Whetstone After the proposal for 125 new homes in South Whetstone in last weeks update , this week we have an actual application validated for 68 houses to be built in an adjacent site but accessed off Wright Close. After the flooding in the area earlier this year, I suspect this […] Read more » Planning
Planning Update Week Ending 16th November 2024 14 November 2024 / 15 November 2024 by mikejelfs Local plan Timeline update – Further Delay to July 2025 We were expecting the next review of the New Local Plan for Blaby District to be before Christmas, but I received this update on the 14th November 2024 via email from Blaby District Council. 125 new houses in Whetstone This is a planning proposal by […] Read more » Planning
Planning Update Week Ending 9th November 2024 7 November 2024 / 7 November 2024 by mikejelfs Revised plans after deferral in Countesthorpe As reported by Countesthorpe Parish Council on Facebook, after the deferral at a recent Blaby District Council (BDC) Planning Meeting. 'Planning Application, 24/0001/OUT Outline Planning application for up to 185 dwellings with access point from Willoughby Road. Further to this application being deferred by the District Council’s Planning Committee […] Read more » Planning
Planning update Week Ending 2nd November 2024 30 October 2024 / 31 October 2024 by mikejelfs Blaby District Council Planning Committee Meeting Lutterworth Road, Blaby The District Council Planning Committee Meeting this week on the 31st, with the smaller housing development 23/0968/OUT next to and including part of Blaby Golf Course recommended for approval, despite objections from many fearing that this will make approval of the larger 200 house development, replacing […] Read more » Planning
Planning update Week Ending 26th October 2024 24 October 2024 / 25 October 2024 by mikejelfs No new planning applications for major housing developments have been validated this week. The agenda for the Planning Meeting on the 31st October and the minutes for the previous meeting have been published showing the reasons why the decision to defer approval of the large development on Willoughby Road, Countesthorpe was taken. THAT APPLICATION 24/0001/OUT […] Read more » Planning
Planning Update Week Ending 19th October 14 October 2024 / 20 October 2024 by mikejelfs Lots of activity in Cosby this week, surveying in fields opposite the Golf Course on Broughton Road, though obviously this may have nothing to do with housing (info from Spotted Cosby Facebook Group Post). The site is in the new local plan proposal where it quotes that it is suitable for around 360 houses. More […] Read more » Planning
Planning Application Update 11th October 2024 11 October 2024 / 12 October 2024 by mikejelfs So no new large housing development planning applications have been validated this week by Blaby District Council (BDC). I think the council are having technical difficulties streaming meetings online currently, so I missed last weeks Planning meeting where a decision on the 205 house development on Willoughby Road, Countesthorpe BDC Reference 24/0001/OUT , was deferred […] Read more » Planning
New Local Plan 20 August 2024 / 30 October 2024 by mikejelfs Mike Jelfs has created an unofficial google map, showing all planning applications for housing developments in Blaby District, alongside the proposed housing sites that were included in the last review of Blaby District Council’s New Local Plan in 2021. The next review was scheduled for September 2024 but now is delayed till later in the […] Read more » Planning
