Land deal paves way for Mulberry homes

Great Bowden masterplan

Richborough Estates and Fisher German have completed the sale of a 22 acre development site in Leicestershire to Mulberry Developments.

The site is located on the northern edge of the medieval village of Great Bowden and earlier this year Fisher German, working on behalf of Richborough Estates, secured planning consent for the delivery of 50 homes, along with a country park, allotments and a children’s play area.

Steve Louth, regional director at Richborough Estates, said: “Given the sensitive nature of the site and, in particular, its location of the site adjacent to the Conservation Area, we wanted to ensure that we were engaging with the local community and various authorities in the right way and that any outline designs were in keeping with the feel and quality of the village.

“By liaising with the District Council, we have also ensured that the proposed development is in-line with the Authority’s emerging Local Plan, delivering much-needed housing in one of the county’s best postcodes.

“Mulberry Developments has a well-deserved reputation for delivering high quality housing schemes in beautiful locations such as Great Bowden and we feel that they are exactly the right developer to bring this important and historically sensitive development to life.”

Steve Mitchell, residential director at Mulberry Developments said: “This is a fantastic location and we believe our development proposals will not only make an important contribution to the local housing supply but once completed will become an asset to the village and its surroundings. We pride ourselves on building quality homes across the Midlands and the Great Bowden scheme will complement our additional planned developments in the Leicestershire area including neighbouring Kibworth Harcourt, Appleby Magna and Great Easton.”

Ben Marshalsay, partner at Fisher German, said: “We acted on behalf of the landowner – a long-serving land owning trust – to discover the development potential at the site. We then entered into a strategic promotion agreement with Richborough Estates who submitted an outline planning application.
“It is a unique scheme which is sympathetic to the area, with lots of open space and parkland, and planning was achieved at local committee level following extensive consultation with the community and authorities.”

A reserved matters planning application for development of the site was lodged by Mulberry Developments in December 2016.

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