Plans for 145 more village homes set for approval
Plans for 145 new homes on the edge of a Leicestershire village are set to be given the green light.
Developer Bloor Homes wants to build the properties on a 27-acre (9.34 hectare) site south of the A47 at Leicester Forest East.
Planning officers at Blaby District Council have recommended councillors approve the scheme when they meet to discuss it on Thursday, 8 May.
A number of parish councils have written to the district raising concerns about the impact a proposed access road on to the busy A47 will have on traffic flows
Leicester Forest East Parish Council said it was already a "battle each day" for residents trying to get out of side roads with "gridlock" in both directions.
It also said the area around the village had already been heavily developed with housing and new homes would add to pressure on school places and doctors' surgeries.
District council planning officers said financial contributions would be requested from the developer to mitigate the impact of the new homes.
They said the homes would be in a sustainable location with access to public transport.
Bloor said the site was already earmarked for development in the council's local plan strategy.
The site is made up of part of a former golf course and a farm and would require the demolition of a 19th-century farmhouse.
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