Sustainable homes for people
Welcome to the Ashton Green website.
The Ashton Green development is seen as the most significant and innovative housing scheme in Leicester in more than 30 years and will enable substantial progress towards delivering the 20,000 new homes needed in the City over the next 20 years.
Ashton Green is a planned sustainable urban extension of 3,000 homes for the city. It will shape Leicester as Britain’s sustainable city by delivering a distinctive, safe, green and well-connected place. It will become a thriving, prosperous mixed community with a dynamic heart and strong identity within the city.
This exciting new development has the potential to make a significant contribution towards Leicester becoming a truly low carbon city and raising its profile as the place to do business in the East Midlands. The site also has the potential to deliver the highest quality of built environment whilst protecting and enhancing the natural surroundings in this part of the city. In addition to the much needed new homes, the development will bring new jobs, economic, regeneration and social benefits for the wider community.
In 2008, there was a renewed commitment to make Ashton Green a reality through a new vision with the aim of becoming the region’s leading example of sustainable development. The masterplan vision for Ashton Green and the outline planning permission are the outcomes of thorough research and extensive public consultation over a three year period with continuous political support and the commitment of resources to bring forward this exciting development opportunity.
Latest News (March 2012) - Search for a development partner begins
The Council is now seeking a major developer/infrastructure provider to work in a long term collaborative partnership to prepare a detailed delivery strategy for a housing led mixed use sustainable urban extension of up to 3,000 new homes and to design and commence the delivery of a significant first phase of development by 2013.
The development partner will be expected to demonstrate their commitment and ability to deliver high quality sustainable homes and prepare detailed proposals as part of the developer procurement process. This will enable the eventual chosen developer to make an early start on site after their selection.
This is a unique and challenging development opportunity and we very much look forward to working with the most creative and innovative partners within the development industry to bring forward the Ashton Green vision.
An Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Notice was submitted on 28 February 2012. The Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire are available from http://www.delta-esourcing.com
Prospective suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 5R9776YYFQ. Please ensure that you follow any instruction provided to you here. The deadline for submitting PQQ responses is
14:00 hrs on 13 April 2012.
leicester.gov.uk/ashtongreen
