Mixed-Use Development Proposal Comprising Residential & Employment Uses
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November 2025
Blaby District Council - All member presentation
On 11 November, the project team met with Blaby District Councillors to provide an update on project progress.
A copy of the presentation can be viewed below. It summarises engagement to date, the evolving landscape, movement and drainage strategy frameworks, and the latest masterplan concept, which will continue to be developed over the coming months.
June 2025
EIA scoping request submitted to Blaby District Council
The consortium has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to Blaby District Council (BDC). The EIA scoping report seeks to agree the environmental topics – such as landscape and visual impact, air quality, noise and vibration – to be assessed within the Environmental Statement that will be submitted as part of any future planning application.
At this stage, all project details remain indicative as technical assessments continue. The submitted EIA scoping report will help shape how these proposals will be assessed to ensure responsible and sustainable development. The report will be available in full on Blaby District Council’s website, and ongoing surveys and studies will continue to inform the evolving plans.
Before any planning application is submitted to BDC, a full pre-application public consultation will be held, offering both digital and in-person events to ensure anyone with an interest in the plans has the opportunity to review and provide further feedback on the proposals.
Click the headers below to find out more about the EIA scoping process:
The scoping request is the first step of the EIA process and is generally submitted in advance of a major planning application.
An EIA scoping request is sometimes referred to as a scoping report.
The objective of the Scoping process is to agree which environmental factors (e.g. landscape and visual amenity, heritage, noise, air quality) should be investigated within the Environmental Statement (ES) that will be submitted with the planning application.
For any development, it is important to identify the range of possible impacts and ensure these are minimised. To do this, the consortium has commissioned an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as part of the formal planning application process.
EIA involves a range of investigations to determine the ‘likely significant effects’ of the project. It considers a wide range of different potential environmental impacts. This considers what topics and effects have the potential to be ‘likely significant’ and therefore should be assessed in the Environmental Statement (ES) which is submitted as part of the planning application.
The EIA report will be available to view in full on Blaby District Council’s website.
Statutory consultees and relevant bodies will review the details of the report and respond to the council.
The Council will consider the EIA scoping report and comments they receive from statutory consultees (organisations they must consult with). Based upon this the Council will produce an EIA ‘Scoping Opinion’ identifying what they agree is proposed for assessment in the Environmental Statement (ES) and any changes to the proposed scope of assessment that may be required.
No. EIA scoping can extend beyond the physical site boundary to encompass wider areas where significant environmental impacts are likely. This is crucial for understanding the full scope of potential effects, including both direct and indirect impacts.
Click here to view the EIA press release
October 2024
Community consultation event
A community consultation event was held at Stoney Stanton Village Hall on Sunday 13th October 2024. The event was hosted by Stoney Stanton Parish Council. Click below to download a copy of the boards displayed at the event.
December 2023
June 2023
Presentation slides from the CLG meeting on 14th June
December 2022
Potential new settlement identity survey
October 2022
Community Liaison Group – Agenda 27th October
Community Liaison Group – Minutes of the meeting 10th August
August 2022
Community Liaison Group – Site walk
July 2022
Community Liaison Group – Minutes of the meeting 31st May
Community Liaison Group – Terms of Reference
Community Liaison Group – Meeting slides 31st May
Community Liaison Group – CLG survey results
Letter to Tritax – Consortium Group Response
Leicester and Leicestershire Housing Statement of Common Ground
April 2022
Community Liaison Group launch
December 2021
Community update - workshops
Following the community workshops held in October 2021, we shared a summary of the key findings and next steps with all 4,750 households who were invited to attend. We also shared a more detailed written record of conversations on the day with the more than 100 people who were able to attend in person across the two days
October 2021
Vision workshop
The consortium held workshops with local representatives and members of the public to discuss the early vision for a new settlement. This preliminary exercise was designed to introduce the emerging vision for the site and listen to and engage with surrounding communities at the earliest opportunity.
The vision workshop had a clear focus on the development of a vision for the site, to inform the masterplanning process. No masterplan has yet been developed. The workshops were intended to be an open forum for the project team to collect further information about the site from the local community and to understand issues, concerns, and ideas for the future development of the site at a local level. The information gained through the visioning process, will then feed into the masterplanning process and development.
The session comprised an introduction to the project team and site including an overview of technical baseline work undertaken and inviting an open forum discussion for comments, concerns and ideas/visions to be put forward, followed by breakout topic groups which were focused on key themes to allow local issues to be discussed. The key themes were (but were not limited to):
- Mobility and Connectivity – how the masterplan can connect to its surroundings and promote sustainable transport modes, and the infrastructure required
- Environment and Green and Blue Infrastructure – how to create attractive and multifunctional open spaces, increase biodiversity and address climate change, including drainage and flood risk
- Community and Uses – the type of facilities and services that will support the new community, and their best location to also benefit existing communities
- Homes and Places – how a diverse provision of homes can cater for different people’s needs and aspirations, embrace local character and define the identity of the place
The introductory presentation that was presented at the event can be downloaded at the link below:
