Overall Impact of Reserve sites on Green Wedge (cii) None.
Planning permission has been granted for 155 dwellings off Oak Road to the West of the settlement of Littlethorpe (Parcel E). This is outside the green wedge designation and does not impact on the scoring, however the designation here could be extended westwards in response to this development.
Designating the land in this location would maintain a gap contributing to Purpose 1 (preventing the merging of settlements), be defined by the railway line to and potentially the edge of the new development contributing to Purpose 2 (Guiding Development Form), and includes the River Soar and established trees and hedgerows to contribute to Purpose 3. The land is not publicly accessible so would not contribute to Purpose 4, however it is considered this purpose would still be fulfilled when considering the parcel (and wedge) as a whole.
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