Mixed-use scheme and care home planned for New Lubbesthorpe

The Drummond Estate and developer Charterpoint have submitted plans to create a new local centre and care home at the New Lubbesthorpe development in Leicestershire.

Subject to planning approval, the two-storey mixed-use centre will house a Sainsbury’s Local and four additional retail units.

Forest House Medical Centre will take up the first floor of the building while a café/bistro will be located on the ground floor.

The proposals would also see Charterpoint deliver a 66-bed care facility for the new community in Blaby, which lies immediately south of Leicester Forest East.

Work on the scheme will begin in spring 2023 should planning chiefs give the thumbs up.

The proposals have already received outline planning permission.

Giles Nursey, managing director at Charterpoint, said: “New Lubbesthorpe is an exciting, vibrant community set in a great countryside location just 20 minutes from Leicester city centre and ten minutes from Fosse Park Retail Centre.

“Charterpoint has carefully developed designs for the first of two local centres planned for the site, plus an adjacent care home, and we are very pleased to have now submitted a reserved matters planning application to Blaby District Council as the next part of the development process.”

Martin Ward, a trustee of the Drummond Estate, added: “Community facilities, such as these, are vital to maintain the fantastic sense of community we have created at New Lubbesthorpe. The new local centre will complement the successful primary school and will be welcomed by those already living here and the new residents moving to site.”

The scheme has been designed by Franklin Ellis Architects.