Details outlined for 100 new homes in village

Details of a 100-home development described as "an unwanted assault" on a village in Leicestershire have been outlined.

Plans to build on fields off Hunts Lane in Desford were refused by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) in 2023.

Applicant Jelson Homes challenged the decision and was granted approval at appeal in 2024.

Full plans have now been submitted for the site at Lockey Farm, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

If approved the estate will have a playground, drainage pond and pathways through the site.

There will be six one-bed properties, 28 two-beds, 56 three-beds and 10 four-bed homes, with 40 of the houses classed as "affordable", according to planning documents.

Comments can be made to HBBC before 3 June.

The original refused application saw 433 objections sent to the council, with concerns over traffic, the impact on local facilities and services, and visual harm to the character of Desford and nearby countryside.

At a planning meeting in 2023, councillor Robin Webber-Jones described the application as "an unwanted assault on Desford".

He said: "The council has to represent the voices of local people and these voices are loud in their objection to this."

An agent speaking on behalf of Jelson at the 2023 meeting argued the scheme would be good for the area and included "extensive" green space.

Government inspector Alison Partington, who overturned HBBC's refusal, said the site had been listed as a "reserve site for housing development" in the Desford Neighbourhood Plan.

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