Garden suburb: ambitious plans on show SOME VISITORS to a public exhibition of plans to build a 1650 home garden suburb between Rothley and Birstall expressed some scepticism about the proposal, while others gave it a cautious welcome. “Pretty pictures, fine words – we’ve heard it all before” was a typical comment, with many visitors remembering the promises made when the Hallam Fields development was proposed. The Broadnook Garden suburb is planned for a site between Birstall and Rothley, and the development of up to 1650 homes could start as early as 2017, subject to planning permission. The plans are being put forward by the principal landowners of the site, the Palmer-Tomkinson Trust and the Cooper family. They have selected two housebuilding companies, Barwood Homes and Davidsons Homes, to deliver the new homes. Prior to submitting a planning application, the landowners held a number of public exhibitions in January and February to find out local views – these were held in Birstall, Wanlip, Rothley and Thurcaston. The landowners say the site will: • provide a wide range of integrated housing and employment land • provide a “generous framework of open spaces, parkland, sports facilities, woodland and tree-lined streets” • have access from the A6 at a new signalised roundabout • contain a Broadnook Centre where social and community facilities
Pic: the centre of the Broadnook Garden suburb
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MAR 2016
Learn the secrets to get your house sold
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