Thrussington: Developer reveals new plans for luxury homes

Luxury homes could be built on a site off Hoby Road

A developer has renewed its attempts to build luxury homes on the edge of a Leicestershire village.

SI Thrussington is proposing 26 houses on land off Hoby Road in Thrussington, rising from nine.

The previous plans were controversial, with one objector describing the three-storey designs as "forbidding, tall, fortress-style buildings".

The developer said it had since revised its proposals after consultation with the local authority.

Charnwood Borough Council is yet to make a decision on the previous application, but SI Thrussington has now unveiled new proposals that would see up to 17 more homes built on the site.

The new plans include six five-bed homes, three four-beds and nine three-bedroom houses, while there would also be eight two-bed flats, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

The developer says a village pond will be at the heart of the new development, and the scheme will also include "wildlife areas".

A number of the buildings are "designed to give the appearance" of a converted farmhouse and farm buildings, while other homes will be "clearly new-build units".

The previous application received dozens of comments and objections, with borough councillor Sandra Woodward saying the scheme "destroys a historic green field and wildlife habitat".

Thrussington Parish Council added: "The huge scale of these homes is totally out of character with its surroundings."

Planning documents submitted by the developer for the new proposals read: "Properties have been orientated in order to maximise their frontage onto what will be an attractive pond feature. This has been designed to reflect and echo the attractive nature of the existing pond located at the heart of Thrussington."