Markfield Industrial Estate

Markfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Version

cluster, where strategic level growth is taking place, and has good transport links to employment opportunities in Leicester and Glenfield Park. Consequently, the Neighbourhood Plan makes no further provision for employment land. 7.7. Nonetheless, Markfield’s location near the M1 and the A50/A511 makes it an attractive location for strategic warehousing (B8) development. Several sites have been put forward in response to the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s 2016-19 'Call for Sites' including:  Cliffe Slade Farm, Little Shaw Lane, Markfield (21.98 ha)  Land at Cliffe Lane, Markfield (46.80 ha)  Cliffe Hill Farm, Markfield (10.60 ha) 7.8. Indeed, there is already a large and growing supply of strategic warehousing (B8) in the pipeline in and around Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, including proposals for a Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) at junction 2 of the M69. 7.9. Nonetheless, while Hinckley and Bosworth may have enough employment land, to meet future needs, there may an over emphasis in that supply for strategic areas and a lack of local options. To allow for this, the Borough Council may need to consider further employment land allocations, primarily to meet needs from within the Borough, in the new Local Plan. Markfield Industrial Estate

7.10. The Markfield Industrial Estate on the corner of Hill Lane and Altar Stones Lane (Map 15) has 85 small and medium size units providing offices, workshops and storage for a variety of businesses. The units are modern, fully occupied and the site has good access to the strategic road network. 7.11. Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s 2020 Employment Land and Premises Review identified Markfield Industrial Estate as a key rural employment area for retention. The Review also recommended that the Industrial Estate could be extended to provide small workshops. We have considered this, but the adjoining land is heavily constrained.

Policy M21: Markfield Industrial Estate

Markfield Industrial Estate, as defined on Map 15 and the Polices Maps, will be retained for B2 and B8 employment uses. Non-B class uses development will only be supported if it: 1. Is for small-scale uses providing services to support the business on the Markfield Industrial Estate or non-B class economic development use; 2. Would not result in any significant loss in employment; 3. Would, where possible, enhance the quality and attractiveness of the Industrial Estate; and