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Gartree Road - Planning Application for Development
What is planned?
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED) APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT: Land South of Gartree Road, Great Stretton, Leicestershire Application Reference 26/01350/OUT
I GIVE NOTICE that Urban & Civic Developments Limited and Homes England are applying to Harborough District Council for Outline application for residential-led mixed use development comprising residential accommodation and specialist accommodation for older people (Use Classes C3 and C2); employment land (Use Classes E, B2 and B8); schools and social infrastructure (Use Class F1); mixed use local centres (Use Class E, Fl, F2 and Sui Generis); public transport infrastructure, including mobility hubs; highways works, including new vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian roads and paths, accesses to Gartree Road, London Road and Chestnut Drive, works to London Road, and car and cycle parking with associated electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Public Rights of Way enhancements and diversions; landscape and public realm, including areas for allotments, sustainable drainage systems, biodiversity and wildlife habitat areas, outdoor play and sports facilities (Use Class F2); utility, energy, water and waste water facilities and infrastructure; together with enabling, site clearance, demolition and associated works, including temporary meanwhile uses. All matters reserved except for accesses to Gartree Road, London Road, and Chestnut Drive
(For information, the proposed development comprises up to 4,000 homes, 5 hectares of employment land, two primary schools and one secondary school, two local centres comprising up to 4,500 sq m of non-residential floorspace, and 1,000 sq m of sports and community facilities)
The application is accompanied by an environmental statement and the proposed development: Environmental Statement Application, Major Development with Departure, Affecting a Public Footpath, Affecting Setting of Listed Building.
You can inspect the application and comment on-line using our website http://www.harborough.gov.uld planning. Alternatively members of the public may inspect copies of the application, the plans, the environmental statement and other documents submitted with the application at the Council Offices of the Harborough District Council (The Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7AG) during all reasonable office hours until 14th November 2026 Members of the public may purchase copies of the Environmental Statement from Quod - hello@quod.com at a charge to cover reasonable costs for printing and postage.
All correspondence must be received within thirty days of this notice quoting the relevant application reference number for the area Council to which you address your correspondence. All comments received will be made available for public inspection.
Date: 22nd October 2026
John Richardson, Cheif Executive View online at www.harborough.gov.uk TEL: 01858 82 82 82
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