Leicestershire Parish Councils

On 12th January 2006 the Town Council made its observations on the proposed Park & Ride to be located on land opposite the Police Headquarters on Narborough Road South. The Town Council gave its support to the proposals on condition that air quality and safety improvement works are carried out to the Narborough Road South from the Asda Roundabout to the junction with Braunstone Lane.

Braunstone Town Councils Plans & Environment Committee Meeting held on 21st September 2006 received a presentation on the proposed Park & Ride Site to be located at Enderby (opposite the Police HQ). A report was submitted to the County Council’s Cabinet on 3rd October 2006 and approval was granted to submit a detailed planning application.
Park & Ride - The principal features of the park and ride site are: 1000 parking spaces including 47 disabled badge holder parking bays, a central terminal building providing a high quality waiting facility, with bus route corridor travelling along Lubbesthorpe Way and then the A47 Hinckley Road to the City Centre. Extensions to the park and ride bus route are under consideration to make connections to the council offices, LRI, railway station and other key destinations within the city centre. At previous meetings, with officers from the County Council, Braunstone Town Councillors had expressed concern about the proposed site becoming an overspill car park for Fosse Park. To address these concerns entry/exit barriers will be fitted at which tickets for travel will be issued and will be validated during bus travel.
Measures to alleviate existing problems affecting Braunstone Town & Enderby are being developed alongside park and ride. These measures include: Foxhunter Roundabout junction improvement, Environmental Improvements on Narborough Road South between the ASDA and Posthouse junctions (details below), small-scale improvements to the Fosse Park (Asda) and Everards islands, the details of which have not yet been resolved. Consultation on these measures will be completed prior to implementation.
Narborough Road South - A preliminary design has been developed for corridor environmental improvements for the A5460 between the B4114 (Asda Roundabout) and the Braunstone Lane (Post House Hotel) junctions. Improvements are intended to reduce the environmental impacts resulting from the high volume of traffic using this corridor. The key proposals are: a) Reduction in lane width of both the dual carriageway and service roads providing additional width on the central island for localised landscaping. b) Renewal of the existing fencing to complement the proposed landscaping scheme. c) Measures to improve observance by drivers of appropriate speeds on the dual carriageway. d) Possible introduction of low noise surfacing material on the dual carriageway. The benefit of these proposals is to reduce the environmental impact of the road corridor for local residents and drivers. A budgetary estimate for these improvements, subject to detailed design, is £1.55M. The anticipated timescale for the Park &Ride site if granted planning permission would be for building works to commence in mid 2009 with the site opening in the summer of 2010. The Town Council has also sought a commitment from the County Council for the low noise surfacing to be introduced at Narborough Road South.

Planning Application submitted for proposed park and ride site at Enderby - 20th October 2006.

The planning application was considered by the County Council’s Development Control and Regulatory Board on Thursday 18 January 2007. CONDITIONAL PLANNING CONSENT WAS GRANTED ON 20th FEBRUARY 2007.