Magna Park is Big Enough

June 2018 Update

mpisbeweb — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 08:18:15 +0000

Gazeley are back again. It has been reported in the Leicester Mercury that Gazeley have the backing of the government to open a college at Magna Park where 1,000 students would be trained for the logistics industry.

It is safe to assume that this would only go ahead if Gazeley get a further planning permission to expand at Magna Park.

Watch this space.

For more information click here

May 2018 Update

mpisbeweb — Wed, 09 May 2018 16:15:33 +0000

Publicly things have gone very quiet on the Magna Park front, though I am sure that there is a lot going on behind the scenes.

Currently the three planning applications stand like this:

Magna Park/DHL: 15/00919/FUL: Agreed on 13^thJuly 2016

Gazeley are currently working to fulfil the conditions applied before starting building.

Symmetry Park: 15/00865/OUT: Agreed on 23^rdNovember 2017.

This application was called in to the Secretary of State and is awaiting a decision about whether the SoS should reconsider the application.

Magna Park Hybrid: 15/01531/OUT: Rejected on 10^thJanuary 2018.

Gazeley are currently considering whether to appeal and/or put in a new application.

HDC Local Plan

The HDC Local Plan 2011-2031 was submitted to the Secretary of State on 16^thMarch 2018. An inspector has been allocated to examine the Local Plan and this process is expected to take place in September/October. You will remember that the Local Plan proposed that an additional 700,000 sq mts of warehousing could be built at Magna Park.

To learn more about the Local Plan process click on the following links:

http://www.harborough.gov.uk/local-plan

http://www.harborough.gov.uk/local-plan-examination

As soon as we have any further news we will let you know.

Local Plan agreed

mpisbeweb — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:05:46 +0000

On Monday 5th March 2018 HDC agreed the Local Plan 2011-2031 and it will now be submitted to the Inspectors for approval. Despite many objections the Local Plan 2011-2031 still includes further development at Magna Park up to 700,000 sq mts. This figure coincides exactly with the area of land covered by the two outstanding planning applications from Gazeley and dbSymmetry. The next step is to make the Inspector aware of the concerns of residents at the public hearing, probably in June 2018.

They say We say

mpisbeweb — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 08:18:28 +0000

The Magna Park is Big Enough campaign has sent a booklet entitled “What they say, What we say” to all councillors explaining why councillors will not be complying with legislation and their own policies if they accept further plans to expand Magna Park. You can view this booklet here

NEW DATE – 10th January – Full Council meeting

mpisbeweb — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:54:56 +0000

The new date for the postponed Council meeting is Wednesday 10th January. All the arrangements are the same as for the postponed meeting on 11th December.

The planning application (15/01531/OUT) to expand Magna Park along the A5 and up towards Ullesthorpe and the Claybrookes has been “called in” to full council. This means that the planning approval given on 23rd November has been withheld and the decision whether to approve or not will now be made by the full council at 6.30pm on Wednesday 10th January. We need to grab this opportunity with both hands so please come along at 6pm to Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome to demonstrate your opposition to any further expansion of Magna Park. More information here

Consultation extended

mpisbeweb — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:10:29 +0000

After pressure from the Magna Park is Big Enough group HDC have agreed to extend the Local Plan consultation period by 2 weeks. So if you have not yet submitted your opposition to the Local Plan and its proposal to allow expansion of 700,000 sq mts at Magna Park YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO DO SO. Click here for more details. The closing date is now Friday 17th November.