October 2019 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2028 Pre-Submission Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Pre-Submission Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 Neighbourhood Plans ............................................................................................. 1 The Queniborough Neighbourhood Area .............................................................. 1 Basic Conditions ...................................................................................................... 3 National Planning Policy Framework .................................................................. 3 Charnwood Local Plan ......................................................................................... 3 Excluded Development ........................................................................................ 4 Leicester & Leicestershire 2050: Our Vision for Growth ........................................ 4 What has been done so far ..................................................................................... 5 Consultation ............................................................................................................ 6 What happens next? ............................................................................................... 8 2. Sustainable Development .................................................................................... 9 Key Issues ................................................................................................................. 9 Vision .................................................................................................................... 10 Implementation ................................................................................................... 10 3. Transport ............................................................................................................ 12 Highway Network ............................................................................................... 12 The Crossroads ................................................................................................. 13 Road Safety and Speeding Traffic ................................................................... 14 Parking .............................................................................................................. 15 Heavy Goods Vehicles ...................................................................................... 16 Air Quality .......................................................................................................... 17 Rail ....................................................................................................................... 17 Bus........................................................................................................................ 17 Walking ................................................................................................................ 18 Cycling .................................................................................................................. 18 4. Green Spaces ..................................................................................................... 19 5. Services and Facilities ........................................................................................ 21 Retaining Services and Facilities .......................................................................... 21 Queniborough Post Office and General Store .................................................... 22 S & J Newsagents and Traditional Sweet Shop ................................................... 22 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Pre-Submission Queniborough Village Hall .................................................................................. 22 Queniborough Scout Group ................................................................................ 23 Queniborough CofE Primary School ................................................................... 23 Public Houses ....................................................................................................... 23 Sport and Recreation........................................................................................... 23 King George’s Field........................................................................................... 25 Queniborough Cricket Club .............................................................................. 25 Rearsby Road Playing Field .............................................................................. 25 Syston Rugby Football Club .............................................................................. 25 Shortfalls ........................................................................................................... 26 Mobile Network ................................................................................................... 27 Superfast Broadband .......................................................................................... 27 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 27 6. Countryside......................................................................................................... 29 Countryside .......................................................................................................... 29 Landscape ............................................................................................................ 29 Local Landscape and Settlement Character ................................................... 29 Area of Separation .............................................................................................. 31 Green Infrastructure ............................................................................................ 31 Biodiversity .......................................................................................................... 32 River Wreake ..................................................................................................... 34 Local Wildlife Sites ........................................................................................... 34 Wildlife Corridors .............................................................................................. 34 Notable Species ................................................................................................ 36 Access to the Countryside .................................................................................... 37 7. Housing .............................................................................................................. 39 Strategic Housing Requirement .......................................................................... 39 Housing Supply .................................................................................................... 39 Charnwood Local Plan Review ........................................................................... 40 Local Housing Needs ........................................................................................... 40 Infill Housing ........................................................................................................ 41 Queniborough Lodge .......................................................................................... 42 Housing in the Countryside .................................................................................. 43 Queniborough Neighbourhood Plan: Pre-Submission Residential Conversion of Rural Buildings ...................................................... 45 Housing Mix ......................................................................................................... 46 Accommodation for Older People .................................................................... 48 Self-build and Custom Housebuilding ............................................................. 48 Affordable Housing ........................................................................................... 48 8. Heritage and Design ........................................................................................... 50 History .................................................................................................................. 50 Designated Heritage Assets ................................................................................. 51 Listed Buildings ................................................................................................ 53 Conservation Area ............................................................................................ 53 Non-designated Heritage Assets ......................................................................... 54 Locally Listed Buildings .................................................................................... 54 Locally Valued Heritage Assets ........................................................................ 54 Design................................................................................................................... 56 9. Flooding .............................................................................................................. 58 Flooding from Rivers ........................................................................................... 58 Surface Water Flooding ...................................................................................... 58 Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) .............................................................