Details are emerging about Ratby’s ‘dangerous’ housing estate plan

Details are emerging about Ratby’s ‘dangerous’ housing estate plan

DHA Architecture An artistic impression on the computer of the front of some of the planned housesDHA architecture

The homes received the nod from a government inspector after a call from developers

Details of a new housing estate in Leicestershire described as “dangerous” by planners have been submitted.

A bid to build 225 homes in Ratby was approved on appeal by a government inspector after Hinckley and Bosworth councilors initially blocked the plan in August 2023.

At the time, ward councilor Chris Boothby called it “the most ridiculous, speculative and dangerous application” he had “ever come across” due to the speed of traffic in Desford Lane, where the estate would be built.

Developer Gladman and Bletsoe have now outlined the size and type of homes to be built off the road.

The plan is to build six one-bed maisonettes, 12 two-bed bungalows, 42 two-bed houses, 84 three-bed houses, 57 four-bed houses and 24 five-bed houses.

DHA architecture A map showing the layout of the new estate with Desford Lane visible in the north west corner of the siteDHA architecture

The new homes are accessible from Desford Lane

The developer said 90 of the homes will be classified as “affordable.” Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The latest application also details landscaping, including “central open spaces for play and recreation”.

In planning documents the company said it is “committed to creating a new built environment that will be distinctively ‘of Ratby’”.


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