Help Shape the Housing Growth to the North of Melton
Mowbray
Press Release
4 November 2011
Melton Borough Council is holding a public
exhibition on the 9th November at the new Council
Offices at Parkside, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray of the growth to
the north of Melton Mowbray The exhibition is being held between
1700 and 2000.
Melton Borough Council has commissioned
Halcrow Ltd to prepare a masterplan for a development ‘sustainable
urban extension’ to the north of Melton Mowbray for approximately
1000 new homes and supporting facilities.
The Council is asking for views to help
decisions about the scheme, its landscape setting and the location
of facilities such as a new school, transport links and open
space.
The Masterplan will help the Council develop
the Core Strategy which will identify housing, employment and other
strategic development together with the investment needed to
deliver them. The Core Strategy will be considered later this year
before a further round of consultation and submission to an
independent Government Inspector.
Councillor Byron Rhodes, Chairman of the
Melton Local Development Framework Task Group said:
“We need to provide new homes if we are to
provide for the future of our community. This is an important
part of our strategy which will help us respond to the Growth
agenda and guide investment for the benefit of Melton and our
community. It is only right that we extend an opportunity to
comment to the people of Melton. Under the spirit of Localism
I expect the community and their Councillors to maintain a dialogue
on issues like this and we look forward to considering the views
they share with us. ”
The options plans will be available on the
Councils Website and for inspection at Parkside following the
exhibition until the 21st December 2011.
Contact
David Pendle
Principal Policy Officer
Melton Borough Council
dpendle@melton.gov.uk
01664 502502
Background
In January 2008, Melton Borough Council
published the Melton Local Development Framework (MLDF) Core
Strategy (Preferred Options). The Core Strategy document sets out
the vision, objectives and strategic policies for the Borough to
2026. Taking into account the houses built since 2006,
existing proposals to build houses and the opportunities to re-use
previously developed land, we still need to find land for about
1,000 more houses in order to meet our housing requirement.
In November 2009 the Council resolved that the
preferred Housing Growth Option is a Sustainable Urban Extension to
the north of Melton Mowbray. This resolution has provided the
context for the Council’s work to develop the Core Strategy and
deliver housing growth at Melton Mowbray.
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