Loughborough: Plan to build homes on former brickworks site

The site of the 65 homes, proposed by developer William Davis

Dozens of homes could be built on the former site of a historic company in Leicestershire that supplied bricks to London's St Pancras railway station.

Plans to build 65 houses off Parklands Drive in Loughborough have been submitted to Charnwood Borough Council.

The site was home to Tucker's brickworks, which was in business for more than 100 years.

Two houses would be demolished as part of the development, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said.

The proposed site was where Gilbert Tucker established his first brickworks - known as the Beacon Road works - in 1848.

He would later go on to own four in total, the LDRS said.

A heritage study commissioned by William Davis, the developer that has submitted the plans, said: "The Beacon Road works was disused by the early 1970s and subsequently infilled and grassed over by the early 1980s and remains unchanged to the present day."

The scheme would include public open space, including a play area, and the homes would be a mix of terraces and semi-detached properties.