SCRAPTOFT EAST Connecting the City Links with the Countryside Delivering Sustainable Growth Creating New Places

Representations to the Harborough District Local Plan SCRAPTOFT EAST Connecting the City Links with the Countryside Delivering Sustainable Growth Creating New Places

Scraptoft East 1 CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE

INTRODUCTION 5

THE VISION 6

MOVEMENT 8

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 12

LAND USE 16

CONCEPT PLAN 18

CONCLUSION 22

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Scraptoft East 3 INTRODUCTION

This promotional document has been prepared on behalf defined within what is termed as ‘Scraptoft East’, which of Parker Strategic Land Ltd, Jelson Ltd and Davidsons comprises the allocated land to the north of Scraptoft and KEYHAM Developments Ltd in connection with the ongoing further land to the east of Scraptof and Thurnby & Bushby. preparation of the new Harborough District Local Plan. The purpose of this document is to outline the clear benefits of The settlements of Thurnby & Bushby and Scraptoft allocating additional land on the east side of the Leicester are identified within the defined Leicester PUA and are KEYHAM LANE WEST Principal Urban Area (PUA) around the settlements of considered as settlements that are: - Scraptoft and Thurnby & Bushby in addition to the current allocation for 1,200 homes to the north of Scraptoft to ‘capable of sustaining expansion, infill and re-development meet the demand for housing growth in the District in the at a scale which reflects its level of access to services, most sustainable way. facilities and employment opportunities compared with NETHER HALL HALL other urban settlements in the District.’ NETHER ROAD The latest Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) was published in January 2017. The incremental planning permissions of circa 500-600 This document forms part of the evidence base for the new homes north of Covert Lane around Scraptoft and a SCRAPTOFT SCRAPTOFT EAST Local Plans in the Leicestershire authorities, including similar amount east of Station Lane/north of Uppingham Harborough District. The HEDNA identifies an objectively Road around Thurnby & Bushby, and the allocation of SCRAPTOFT LANE assessed need for 117,900 dwellings between 2011-36 land for 1,200 new homes in the emerging Local Plan, across Leicester and Leicestershire (4,716 dwellings per highlight that this general area is considered a sustainable annum) with the Harborough District requirement rising location for growth. As such, a comprehensive strategy to from 447 to 514 dwellings per annum. deliver new residential communities with strong links to the City of Leicester is considered to be the most appropriate The objectively assessed housing need for the City of solution to meeting the District’s housing requirement and Leicester has also increased and it is likely that such potentially assist in meeting the City of Leicester’s housing growth will not be able to be accommodated on land needs. within the City boundaries and therefore neighbouring authorities such as Harborough District Council will, most A ‘high level’ masterplanning process has been likely, need to assist in meeting this requirement. This undertaken in order to set a vision for the Scraptoft East, makes the land around Scraptoft and Thurnby & Bushby a breaking the site down into key components in order to highly logical urban extension given its relationship to the create a well-planned new place. This document outlines Leicester PUA. the masterplanning process and is structured as follows: - THURNBY & BUSHBY In order to meet the housing need for the District, a • The Vision: Outlines the key objectives and features comprehensive and long-term strategy is required to of the proposals; allocate sufficient land for growth. The extension of • Movement Framework: Identifies the key vehicular existing, well-established, urban areas is considered to be and pedestrian/cycle connections and potential new the best approach in terms of: - routes; A47 • Green Infrastructure Framework: Illustrates the existing 1. Making best use of current infrastructure and services, landscape assets, the potential enhancements, new Scraptoft East allowing existing networks such as public transport movement corridors, open spaces and structure Context Plan to simply be extended rather than new routes being planting; created; • Land Use Framework: Quantifies the amount of 2. Improving the existing highway and transportation capacity of the site in terms of housing numbers as network to the benefit of existing communities; well as locations for other uses such as schools and 3. Delivering new and improved community facilities; local centres; 4. Expanding links into the countryside that are to the • Concept Plan: Illustrates the vision for the site and betterment of the wider community as a whole; how the movement, green infrastructure and land 5. Creating new housing to high-quality design standards use ‘layers’ can be brought together to create a well is also strengthened through a large-scale and well- -planned place. planned area of focus for growth.

This document will outline the merits of focusing housing growth on the Leicester PUA by allocating land on the east side of Scraptoft in the first instance, with the remainder of the housing requirement then absorbed elsewhere in the District. The plan on the previous page highlights the land

Scraptoft East 5 THE VISION

Scraptoft East aims to deliver a further 2,700 new homes, in addition to the 1,200 homes proposed for allocation, new community facilities including a local centre and two new primary schools within a strong framework of green infrastructure with the overarching objectives of: - 1. Connecting the City 2. Links with the Countryside 3. Delivering Sustainable Growth 4. Creating New Places

The vision for the proposals is to create new residential As will be illustrated later in this document, the eastern communities that: - edges of Leicester around Scraptoft and Thurnby & Bushby • realise the benefits of strong connections with the present opportunities to deliver places with distinctive City of Leicester in terms of access to the greatest characteristics to ensure that the delivery of large-scale concentration and widest variety of jobs, leisure and housing retains an emphasis on high-quality design and retail facilities via more sustainable modes of transport. the creation of places, rather than housing estates as has • deliver a new link road, which will benefit the wider been the case in other parts of the Harborough District/ highway network within the City, easing the pressure Leicester PUA. on lower-order residential streets and improving circulation. • create a place that also has the benefits of the countryside on its doorstep, with the opportunity to enhance some of the landscape assets in the area, extend footpath networks and expand access into the Scraptoft Hall countryside.

6 Scraptoft East 7 MOVEMENT Connecting the City

A Sustainable Location: Access to Employment & Services proposals for Scraptoft East such as additional parking Existing Highway Network away from the main carriageway in the existing wide Unlike other proposals in the District, the proposals at grass verges, alongside other highway safety/public realm There are four main routes into and around Leicester when Scraptoft East have a strong foundation of well established improvements. travelling from the east, which then connect with other services and infrastructure including schools, shops, health key routes, primarily the Leicester Ring Road and the A6. care and major employers such as Samworth Brothers and The network of new routes creates vehicular access points These are: - Premier Foods. This is demonstrated by the fact that in the for the proposed development from: - • Keyham Lane West, which joins the Leicester Ring evidence base for the emerging Local Plan, the area to the • the Keyham Lane West/Hamilton Lane junction Road at Hamilton; east of Leicester was unsurprisingly identified as having • a road branching off Covert Lane south of Scraptoft; • Netherhall Road via New Romney Crescent, which the best access to employment via public transport, which • various junctions from the proposed new link road(s); joins the Leicester Ring Road at Hungarton Boulevard; is a key consideration in terms of allocating sustainable • the A47/Uppingham Road. • Scraptoft Lane which also joins the Leicester Ring locations for housing growth. Not only is Scraptoft East Road at Hungarton Boulevard; closest to the highest concentration of jobs, but also the A Sustainable Public Transport Network • The A47/Uppingham Road, which has three key greatest mix of employment opportunities, including B1 junctions in relation to the east of Leicester at Station Keyham Lane West employment uses with less reliance upon B2/B8 uses, A sustainable public transport network will be created by: - Lane (Thurnby & Bushby), the Leicester Ring Road unlike other proposals for growth in the District. • the extension of existing, frequent services in and northward towards Hungarton Boulevard and south on around the City into the proposed urban extension the A6030 linking to the A6 and the Ring Road to the Proposed Vehicular Links to create excellent public transport provision within south. walking distance for new residents. The Movement Framework proposes a new link road • designing the link road as a ‘through route’ (connecting Current pressures on the highway network exist as a result from the south, with a junction off the A47 and a north- with Keyham Lane West, Scraptoft Lane and the A47/ of north-to-south journeys along residential streets such westerly route meeting Scraptoft Lane at the southern Uppingham Road) allowing for the creation of circular as Station Lane, with congestion common at the junction edge of Scraptoft. A new roundabout will be created at extensions to the bus routes, rather than services that with the A47. Minor roads such as Hamilton Lane are also Scraptoft, which will aid the circulation of vehicles at this must double back, thus making them more efficient, used to make journeys north to south, with the Thurmaston junction and create more of a buffer between the highway more viable and increasing the scope and coverage of SUE adding further pressure on routes such as this. and the existing houses. The link road will be designed the potentially extended bus services. to accommodate the appropriate level of traffic, including • providing a new link road that improves the quality of Keyham Lane West is a well-used highway as Hamilton buses. the orbital public transport services around the PUA, College continues to grow and incremental planning which are currently constrained by the quality of the permissions for housing are granted. An additional arm is proposed at the heart of the urban highway at certain pinch points. There is clearly an Scraptoft Lane extension that would route through the Local Centre and opportunity to connect the new route with the public The east/north-east part of Leicester is in need of improved wrap around the eastern edge of Scraptoft connecting transport routes proposed with the Thurmaston SUE. highways to create a more appropriate route for the with Keyham Lane West/Hamilton Lane further north of orbital bus services that link this part of the PUA with key the village. destinations outside of the City centre. The accompanying map of the route of the Centrebus 40 Outer Circle Bus The proposed new link road connects with existing Route highlights important destinations such as the two routes such as Keyham Lane West, Netherhall Road and hospitals (Glenfield and Leicester General), employment Scraptoft Lane, which link the development with the Ring and retail centres at Beaumont Leys and Fosse Park and Road. This network of routes achieves the following: - Leicester Racecourse. • Distributes traffic across the various routes westward into the City rather than creating a focus on one single Existing Public Transport Network route; • Significantly reduces the need to travel through A well-established network of public transport routes Scraptoft (Main Street – Church Hill) by creating a exist which connect with the City centre and other key better quality and more direct route; Public Footpaths off Covert Lane destinations such as Fosse Park and Beaumont Leys. • Reduces the use of Station Lane, an overused There are 6 main services: Arriva 53/56/58, Centrebus residential street; Pedestrian & Cycle Links 40/747 and First 38. • Relieves pressure on the Station Lane/A47 junction with an alternative route created for various journeys, The existing network of public footpaths will be integrated It is maintained that the existing public transport particularly those between Hamilton/Thurmaston/ within the framework for the urban extension and the network provides good links to the City centre and other Scraptoft and the A47. proposed new routes will create better opportunities for local destinations, which will be strengthened by new cyclists in the area. Further details of the pedestrian and development including the improvement of the orbital Some of the routes, such as Keyham Lane West, require cycle links are provided in the Green Infrastructure section routes around the City. improvements that will be delivered as part of the of this document.

8 Scraptoft East 9 LEGEND

LINDEN EXISTING ROAD (KEY ROUTE) 15/1628/2 City Boundary MOVEMENT FRAMEWORK93 dwellings City BoundaryNEW LINK ROAD / PRIMARY ROUTE Connecting the City Link RoadThurnby Streamside NEW SECONDARY ROUTE BELLWAY North Extension Brook 20161932 Path LEGEND 68 dwellings Kestrels' Field Primary School REDROW LINDEN NEW PEDESTRIAN / CYCLE LINKS 20130582 EXISTING ROAD (KEY ROUTE) 15/1628/2 City Boundary up to 416 dwellings Hamilton 93 dwellings College City Boundary EXISTINGNEW PROW LINK ROAD / PRIMARY ROUTE

Keyham Link RoadThurnby Lodge School Streamside EXISTINGNEW PUBLIC SECONDARY TRANSPORT ROUTE BELLWAY North Extension Brook Link 20161932 Path Road68 dwellings ROUTES Kestrels' Field - Keyham Lane WestPrimary School REDROW North NEW PEDESTRIAN / CYCLE LINKS 20130582 Extension ZONE 1 up to 416 dwellings Hamilton College EXISTING PROW

Keyham Lodge School EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT Link Road ROUTES - North Nether Hall Keyham Lane West ZONE 1 Secondary Route BELLWAY Extension Road New Romney Cres Extension 14/01637/OUT up to 178 dwellings

Nether Hall Road Costcutter/Local Shops

PRIMARY Nether Hall Scraptoft Valley SCHOOL Secondary Route BELLWAY Road New Romney Primary School SITE Cres Extension 14/01637/OUT PERSIMMON up to 178 dwellings Nether Hall Road 12/01330/REM Costcutter/Local Shops 111 dwellings

PRIMARY St Joseph's Scraptoft Valley SCHOOL ScraptoftPrimary School SITE Primary School PERSIMMON ZONE 2 Local Shops 12/01330/REM 111 dwellings Covert Lane Re-prioritised St Joseph's Secondary Route Primary School Scraptoft Covert Lane Extension Foot / ZONE 2 Local Shops Cyclepath Covert Lane Re-prioritised Scraptoft Lane LOCAL Secondary Route Covert Lane Extension Foot / CENTRE Cyclepath City Boundary Scraptoft Lane LOCAL ZONE 4 CENTRE City Boundary Link Road ZONE 4 PRIMARY SCHOOL North Extension Link Road SITE PRIMARY Scraptoft SCHOOL North Extension Gorse SITE Scraptoft Gorse Station Lane New Station Lane Link New Square Road Link Spinney Square Road Spinney

JELSON Leicester City JELSON 14/00669/OUT Leicester Primary PRU City 14/00669/OUT up to 130 dwellings Primary PRU Thurncourt Road up to 130 dwellings Thurnby Co-op/Local Shops Streamside Brook Thurncourt Road Thurnby ZONE 3 Co-op/Local Shops Cranbrook Road Streamside Brook Path ZONE 3 Local Shops Thurnby Lodge Path Primary Academy Cranbrook Road Fernvale Local Shops City Boundary Primary School Thurnby Lodge JELSON Primary Academy Fernvale 13/01201/REM PrimaryWillowbrook School 128 dwellings BLOOR City Boundary Primary Academy 14/01088/REM JELSON up to 275 dwellings 13/01201/REM Willowbrook 128 dwellings BLOOR 14/01088/REM New Green Corridor Primary Academy Co-op up to 275 dwellings (Tilton - Leicester Disused Railway Line) New Green Corridor New Link Road Co-op (Tilton - Leicester Disused Railway Line)

New Link Road

A47 - Uppingham Road

Scraptoft East 11 MOVEMENT FRAMEWORK EAST LEICESTERSHIRE URBAN EDGES DATE: MARCH 2017 SCALE 1:10,000 @ A2 MOVEMENT FRAMEWORK EAST LEICESTERSHIRE URBAN EDGES DATE: MARCH 2017 SCALE 1:10,000 @ A2

Arriva 56 First 38/38A Centrebus 40 Arriva 53/53A Centrebus 747 Arriva 58/58A

Arriva 56 First 38/38A Centrebus 40 Arriva 53/53A Centrebus 747 Arriva 58/58A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Links with the Countryside

The Existing Landscape Setting Assimilating the Proposed Built Form sites to the north and generally avoid the perception of the development falling into the wider valley setting. Scraptoft East broadly comprises the Scraptoft Golf The Green Infrastructure Framework identifies existing Course, a proposed allocation in the emerging Local Plan copses and tree cover to the north of Scraptoft Golf Course, Retaining a Green Wedge to the north of Scraptoft, two rugby clubs and associated either side of Covert Lane, such as Scraptoft Long Spinneys, pitches and surrounding agricultural fields to the east of Scraptoft Gorse and Square Spinney which are retained and A wedge of green space is proposed between Scraptoft Scraptoft and then a series of agricultural fields to the replicated, as well as vegetation in linear form following and Thurnby & Bushby, extending from Station Lane south of Covert Lane between Scraptoft and Thurnby & Thurnby Brook. The hedge lines of the existing fields vary and fanning out into the countryside. This will protect Bushby, which drop down into the valley and then back in height and can also be used to add to the landscape the existing settlements as separate entities and create Covert Lane up to the A47/Uppingham Road. framework. In doing so the built form is carefully assimilated an attractive wedge of open space that connects the (used regularly by pedestrians) within the landscape. proposed new development with the countryside. The The land between Scraptoft and the A47 slopes down existing public right of way that runs west to east will be Expand the Network of Public Footpaths & Cycle Routes into a valley (Thurnby Brook) and then back up the valley A key component of this approach will also be to ensure retained within this wedge. slopes. To the east and north of Scraptoft, the land starts that development is located along the upper slopes of the The Green Infrastructure Framework integrates the existing to fall away into the valley beyond, but more gradually. valleys, such that it will be read alongside other committed Protect the Setting of Scraptoft Conservation Area public footpaths within the area. The proposed link road will also have a combined pedestrian and cycleway along Part of the land to the north of Scraptoft is designated as A new roundabout is proposed at the junction of Station its entire length, which will provide added connectivity. Green Wedge however a suitable amount of this is now Lane/Scraptoft Lane and Covert Lane to the south allocated for housing. Similarly, land between Scraptoft of Scraptoft village, outside but on the edge of the A circular route is proposed through the formation of new and Thurnby & Bushby is defined as an Area of Separation. Conservation Area as highlighted on the Movement green corridors that improve the permeability of the public The purpose of these designations was primarily to avoid Framework on page 8. This new roundabout will relieve footpath network and also create new recreational circular the coalescence of settlements, to guide urban form and the existing built form in this area and introduce a greater walks/cycleways. provide access to the countryside. feeling of openness to what is currently a relatively busy junction. The roundabout will be set within a well- A corridor is proposed running parallel to Thurnby Brook In addition, the Scraptoft Conservation Area adjoins the site landscaped area of open space that will preserve the and connecting with the disused Tilton – Leicester GNR and needs to be treated sensitively. It is maintained that all setting of the Conservation Area. This area of open space railway line on the south side of the proposed urban of these objectives can be achieved through the creation of will then bleed into the proposed Green Wedge. extension (subject to land ownership), which would then a well-designed Green Infrastructure Framework. Scraptoft connect with Covert Lane to the east. A ‘green rim’ is created around the northern, western and southern edges of Scraptoft, with the retention of open Covert Lane is a popular route with local people for fields to the west, new open space around the proposed recreational purposes with walkers/joggers using the route Creating a Green Infrastructure Framework roundabout to the south and the enhanced biodiversity frequently. Given that the proposed new highway network area north of Scraptoft Brook. Development therefore includes a new road branching off Covert Lane, all vehicular The key priorities for the Green Infrastructure Framework are to: - extends from the eastern edge, which is consistent with traffic can be directed through the new residential areas, where new development has already been consented. thus creating the opportunity to re-prioritise Covert Lane as 1. Assimilate the proposed built form into the existing woodland and tree cover; a pedestrian and cycle corridor between Scraptoft village and the disused railway line previously identified. 2. Retain a Green Wedge/Area of Separation projecting from the urban edge eastwards to ensure Enhance Landscape Features separation of the extensions to both Scraptoft and Thurnby & Bushby; In addition to the replication of woodland blocks within the To complete a circular route, the public right of way development, other landscape features will be enhanced extending south from Scraptoft Hall to Thurnby Brook 3. Protect the setting of the Scraptoft Conservation Area through a buffer of open space and and/or created. For example, an opportunity exists to (broadly parallel to Station Lane) will be upgraded to include a cycleway, subject to topography. landscaping; provide ecological enhancement to Thurnby Brook alongside a streamside path. To the north of Scraptoft, 4. Enhance existing landscape features such as Thurnby Brook to deliver ecological enhancement enhanced biodiversity areas are proposed within a network of green corridors, with swales and balancing and improved recreational value; ponds within them, running through the proposed built 5. Expand the network of public footpaths and cycle routes including the creation of new green form and enhancing the ecological value of these areas. corridors such as the potential re-use of the former Tilton – Leicester GNR railway line an re- prioritisation of Covert Lane. Tilton - Leicester Disused railway line

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LINDEN 15/1628/2 City Boundary 93 dwellings

BELLWAY Existing Vegetation 20161932 68 dwellings provides screening Kestrels' Field Primary School REDROW 20130582 up to 416 dwellings Hamilton College

Keyham Lodge School ZONE 1 New Copse / Woodland Blocks

BELLWAY 14/01637/OUT up to 178 dwellings

Nether Hall Road Costcutter/Local Shops

PRIMARY Scraptoft Valley SCHOOL Primary School SITE PERSIMMON 12/01330/REM 111 dwellings

St Joseph's DAVIDSONS Primary School Scraptoft ZONE 2 Local Shops Scraptoft Long Spinneys Covert Lane Re-prioritised Foot / Cyclepath

LOCAL CENTRE City Boundary Existing Copses ZONE 4

PRIMARY Sport SCHOOL SITE Scraptoft Gorse Green Square Wedge Spinney

JELSON Leicester City 14/00669/OUT Primary PRU up to 130 dwellings Thurncourt Road Thurnby Co-op/Local Shops Streamside Brook ZONE 3 Cranbrook Road Path Local Shops Thurnby Lodge New Primary Academy Fernvale Copse / Woodland City Boundary Primary School JELSON Blocks 13/01201/REM Willowbrook 128 dwellings BLOOR Primary Academy 14/01088/REM up to 275 dwellings

New Green Corridor Co-op (Tilton - Leicester Disused Railway Line)

Scraptoft East 15 LAND USE Delivering Sustainable Growth

Existing services and facilities in the vicinity of Scraptoft It is maintained that potential exists for tandem East provide a strong foundation for delivering sustainable developments to come forward in the following locations: - development within the District, ensuring that new housing is delivered in a location with the best access to retail, • North: Keyham Lane West health and leisure facilities and the greatest concentration • Central: Covert Lane and most varied employment opportunities. • South: Uppingham Road

A development of this scale will deliver new facilities in Additionally, as development can commence from all ends

0 addition to housing on a phased basis as the proposed of the proposed new link road,40 there is a clear mechanism development is built out. The Land Use Framework for the delivery of this route as residential development identifies the broad uses proposed at this early stage, continues to be delivered until it is joined, at a date/ including the allocated land to the north of Scraptoft. threshold to be agreed.

Land Use Summary Housing Delivery LINDEN 15/1628/2 City Boundary 93 dwellings • A further 2,700 new homes, in addition • Draft Allocation (Zone 1) = 1,200 New Homes to the 1,200 dwellings proposed for • Zone 2 = 800 New Homes BELLWAY 20161932 68 dwellings Kestrels' Field Primary School REDROW • Zone 3 = 800 New Homes allocation (approx. 130ha in total) 20130582 up to 416 dwellings Hamilton College • Approximately 80ha of green • Zone 4 = 1,100 New Homes Keyham Lodge School DRAFT infrastructure including sports pitches, ALLOCATED • Total = 3,900 New Homes SITE ZONE 1 play areas and informal green space; (ZONE 1) • A Local Centre with potential for local BELLWAY 14/01637/OUT up to 178 dwellings retail, health and community facilities; Nether Hall Road Costcutter/Local Shops

PRIMARY Scraptoft Valley SCHOOL Primary School SITE • 2 primary schools, one to the north-west PERSIMMON 12/01330/REM 111 dwellings ZONE 2

St Joseph's DAVIDSONS of Scraptoft and one located centrally Primary School Scraptoft ZONE 2 Local Shops within the proposed urban extension;

LOCAL CENTRE City Boundary ZONE 4 ZONE 4

Phasing and Delivery Green PRIMARY SCHOOL Sport SITE Scraptoft Wedge Gorse

Square The increased housing requirements outlined in the latest Spinney HEDNA figures heightens the need to allocate more land for housing and also emphasises the importance of JELSON Leicester City 14/00669/OUT ensuring that allocated sites can also deliver immediately Primary PRU up to 130 dwellings Thurncourt Road and consistently across the Plan period. Co-op/Local Shops ZONE 3 Cranbrook Road Local Shops Thurnby Lodge ZONE 3 Primary Academy Fernvale City Boundary Primary School Further Direction of Due to key parts of the site being under the control of house JELSON Future Growth 13/01201/REM Willowbrook 128 dwellings BLOOR builders such as Davidsons and Jelson, the means for Primary Academy 14/01088/REM up to 275 dwellings early delivery is considered to be a significant advantage New Green Corridor Co-op (Disused Railway to Scraptoft East. This, combined with a number of Line)

Further Direction of immediately available access points, ensures that the site Future Growth will be developed via multiple outlets/house builders to enable early delivery.

16 Scraptoft East 17 CONCEPT PLAN Creating New Places

The Framework Plans produced and illustrated within The Concept Plan identifies 4 ‘zones’ of residential this document will deliver new high-quality residential development at Scraptoft East and it is maintained that communities that are designed with people in mind, these areas can be designed to have a varied character promote sustainable travel and create places where to create distinct places within the urban extension and people want to live: - to ensure that high-quality design standards are achieved. • The Movement Framework identifies how the The ideas for these communities are still evolving; existing highway and public transport network can be however, the initial concepts for each area are as follows: - improved and extended to support the development, and conversely how the proposals can provide benefits to the local area. Zone 1: Scraptoft North • The Green Infrastructure Framework ensures that The emerging masterplan for this proposed allocation any development will be sensitively assimilated into shows development set within a ‘blue’ infrastructure the wider landscape, that pedestrian and cycle routes of swales, SUDS and opportunities for ecological Dalby Avenue, Thurnby are extended and that opportunities to capitalise on enhancement and biodiversity. existing landscape features and to deliver ecological enhancement are taken. Zone 3: East of Thurnby & Bushby • The Land Use Framework identifies broad locations Development with ‘landscape-led’ suburban characteristics and sufficient land for development in order to meet that capitalise on the existing landscape features in this the growing housing requirements, above that already part of the site, such as the edge of the proposed new allocated to the north of Scraptoft and to deliver other Green Wedge and Thurnby Brook along with the character services and local facilities. of neighbouring residential streets to the south such as • Dalby Avenue. Streets can be created with a strong new landscape framework of hedges and trees to complement the existing features. The Concept Plan draws these Framework Plans together to set the following vision for the development of Scraptoft East: - Swales in new development • The creation of 4 new residential communities (Zones 1–4) to the north, east and south-east of Scraptoft and to the east of Thurnby & Bushby in order to deliver a further 2,700 homes on top of the 1,200 already proposed for allocation, making 3,900 new homes in total; Zone 2 & 4: Scraptoft East Development with village characteristics including a heart • The provision of a new link road between the A47/Uppingham Road and Station Lane, to the development with local facilities, a series of village greens and a soft edge. Potential to design as a ‘village on Scraptoft, with an additional arm wrapping round the north side of Scraptoft, which will the hill’, with dwellings visible on the southern edge but distribute traffic more evenly across the highway network and create new public transport nestled sensitively amongst a woodland setting. corridors for the extension and improvement of existing services; • The formation of new pedestrian and cycleway corridors/loops through the site incorporating an enhanced route along Thurnby Brook, the use of the former Tilton – Leicester GNR railway line (subject to land ownership) and the re-prioritisation of Covert Lane providing further access to the countryside; • The retention of a Green Wedge to retain an area of separation between the extensions to the urban areas of Scraptoft and Thurnby & Bushby alongside other elements of green New development with a village feel infrastructure; • The delivery of additional facilities and services such as 2 primary schools and a Local Centre with scope for retail, health and community provision.

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CONCEPTLINDEN PLAN 15/1628/2 93 dwellings Creating New Places

BELLWAY 20161932 68 dwellings

REDROW 20130582 City Boundary up to 416 dwellings

DRAFT ALLOCATION ZONE 1 ZONE 1

Link Road - North Extension

BELLWAY 14/01637/OUT up to 178 dwellings

PRIMARY SCHOOL SITE PERSIMMON 12/01330/REM 111 dwellings DAVIDSONS ZONE 2 ZONE 2 Scraptoft ZONE 4 Long Spinneys Covert Lane Re-prioritised Foot / Cyclepath

LOCAL CENTRE City Boundary ZONE 4

PRIMARY SCHOOL Sport SITE Scraptoft Green Gorse New Link Wedge Road Square Spinney

JELSON 14/00669/OUT up to 130 dwellings

Thurnby Streamside Brook ZONE 3 Path

Further Direction of JELSON City Boundary Future Growth 13/01201/REM 128 dwellings BLOOR 14/01088/REM up to 275 dwellings

New Green Corridor (Tilton - Leicester Disused Railway Line) ZONE 3 (Subject to Land Ownership) Further Direction of Future Growth

Scraptoft East 21 400 CONCLUSION

This document sets out a ‘high level’ vision for Scraptoft • extends existing, viable infrastructure such as the public East and demonstrates how the site can make an even transport network that is already well established and

LINDEN stronger contribution to meeting the District’s housing easy to accommodate; 15/1628/2 requirement by delivering a further 2,700 new homes(in • ensures that the objectives of existing planning policy 93 dwellings addition to the 1,200 already allocated in the most to retain separation between the various settlements, sustainable location in the District. guide urban form and improve access to the countryside

are all achieved. BELLWAY 20161932 The allocation of land at Scraptoft East is considered to be 68 dwellings REDROW the most sustainable choice as it: - Overall an attractive landscape will be created with 20130582 City Boundary up to 416 dwellings • focuses development within the Leicester PUA new and enhanced landscape features, sports and play ensuring the closest integration with the largest provision and areas for informal recreation, walking and concentration of employment, a more diverse range cycling. DRAFT ALLOCATION of jobs, health care as well as leisure and recreational ZONE 1 facilities; The significant benefits of aligning growth with the ZONE 1 Link • creates opportunities for improvements to highways Principal Urban Area of Leicester cannot be ignored. The Road - North and transportation in the area through the provision of fact that land is in the ownership of house builders and Extension a new link road; that this will lead to early delivery via multiple outlets

• in turn this creates a network which will re-distribute should also not be underestimated. BELLWAY 14/01637/OUT traffic more evenly across the main routes into/out of up to 178 dwellings Leicester, reduce pressure on constrained residential This comprehensive approach to Scraptoft East will PRIMARY streets such as Station Lane and create better routes ultimately lead to the creation of thriving, high-quality and SCHOOL SITE PERSIMMON for well-established public transport services; distinctive new residential communities where people will 12/01330/REM • ensures early delivery with the existence of multiple want to live. 111 dwellings outlets/access points into the development allowing DAVIDSONS ZONE 2 ZONE 2 Scraptoft ZONE 4 several developers to commence development Long Spinneys Covert Lane simultaneously to aid early delivery; Re-prioritised Foot / Cyclepath