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Ashton Green

Ashton Green is housing led mixed-use development opportunity of up to 3,000 new homes with 55 acres (22 ha) large scale employment remaining and further potential expansion


LOCATION:

Ashton Green Road, Leicester LE4 2AE

4 miles (6.5 km) north of the city centre


PROJECT:

Ashton Green is a major sustainable urban extension for Leicester. A 130 ha (321 acre) greenfield site being developed as housing led mixed-use of up to 3,000 homes, a commercial village centre and 55 acres (22 ha) of employment land.                

Development is well underway with around 265 homes occupied across two phases, a developer appointed for Phase C (440 homes for a planned start from 2025) and an emphasis on high-quality design, sustainable public transport improvements and extensive site wide green infrastructure to be managed by Meadfleet Limited. 

Residential Phases D & E – 22.26 ha (55.01 acres) gross / 13.95 hectares net (37.6 dph). for circa 525 dwellings – The tender process for this is currently underway.

Leicester City Council is the principal landowner, promoter and master developer leading the delivery of the enabling infrastructure and the phased release of further residential development parcels.

A proposed eastern residential expansion and further employment land is anticipated to come forward through a new Local Plan allocation changes of land uses within the existing outline planning permission, subject to planning approval.

Ashton Green is in a superb location with good access to the city centre, the strategic road network via the A46/M1 junction 21A and within easy reach of some of the county’s finest countryside and villages.


OPPORTUNTIES:

Future housing phases to be released from 2025 onwards.

The remaining large-scale employment land avaialable now. 


Prime Employment Land Opportunity at Ashton Green

Rare opportunity to acquire 55 acres (22 ha) of prime greenfield employment land

High Profile Site

Established Employment Location

Situated North of Leicester - 3.5 miles from City Centre

Easy access to major motorways (M1, M69) and bypasses (A46)

Outline planning permission granted

Further information, including the expressions of interest questionnaire are available to download below: 


Opportunity Information Pack


Expression of Interest Questionnaire