Plans submitted for 307 houses in Leicester

Development partners on Ashton Green, the £85m urban extension scheme to the north of Leicester, have submitted a planning application for the second phase of the project.Design practice rg+p and developer Kier Living have submitted a reserved matters planning application for 307 residential houses for land off Bevan Road. The application follows feedback from a public consultation event held at the neighbouring Glebelands Primary School in March 2018 and includes the both private residential and affordable homes in a mix of one and two bedroom apartments together with two to five bedroom homes.Proposed by Leicester City Council, Ashton Green represents the most substantial, mixed use development in the city for more than 30 years and includes the provision for up to 3,000 new homes together with community and health facilities, employment land, retail space and approximately 13 acres of green open space and wildlife corridors.rg+p has been retained in a multi-disciplinary capacity on Ashton Green, acting as architects, master planners, urban designers, planning consultants and landscape architects. If the planning application is successful, work is estimated to commence on site in spring 2019.