Step forward for homes planned next to big store

OBJECTIONS ARE RECEIVED OVER PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENTS

- By TESS RUSHIN

PLANS to build 130 homes near a proposed Lidl have taken a step forward.

Chloe French, of Roebuck Land and Planning, has put forward the application for land east of Zouche Way in Bushby.

An initial environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening request was submitted to Harborough District Council, but was deemed not necessary as there were no significant environmental impacts, allowing the planning application to proceed.

The outline application - for the development to be approved in principle - is for land north of the A47 (Uppingham Road), while to the west of the proposed site is the recently completed Bushby Fields development.