New housing in Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
We read Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 12,949 of its planning applications going back to 1981, and 102 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 134% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 134% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 12,949
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 108 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 91 | 5 | 24 |
| 2023 | 100 | 2 | 31 |
| 2022 | 118 | 8 | 31 |
| 2021 | 165 | 6 | 35 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 550 | Land South Of Bosworth Academy Leicester Lane Desford Leicestershire Outline planning application for residential development of approximately 550 dwellings, including provision of a primary healthcare facility and district centre [E Use Class]; sports facilities; public open space… 26/00675/OUT | Decided | 27 Jul 2026 |
| 482 | Land At Ashby Road And Normandy Way Hinckley Leicestershire Erection of 482 dwellings comprising development across two parcels including: the northern parcel (off Ashby Road) for residential development, public open space, play provision, structural landscaping, sustainable… 26/00813/FUL | Decided | 16 Sept 2026 |
| 475 | Land North Of A47 Normandy Way And East Of Stoke Road Hinckley Leicestershire Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of outline planning permission 22/00318/OUT for construction of 475 dwellings and associated infrastructure and landscaping works. 25/00537/REM | Approved | 11 Jun 2025 |
| 470 | Burroughs Road Recreation Ground Burroughs Road Ratby Leicester Leicestershire LE6 0XZ Outline planning application (with all matters reserved apart from access) for a phased mixed-use development comprising about 470 dwellings (Use Class C3) and provision of 1FE primary school (Use Class F1) and… 24/00914/OUT | Decided | 30 Sept 2024 |
| 422 | Land At Burbage Fields Farm Bullfurlong Lane Burbage Leicestershire Hybrid planning application for 422 dwellings, public open space, associated infrastructure and the demolition of 65 and 65a Coventry Road, and Burbage Fields Farm and outline planning application for a residential care… 24/00083/HYB | Refused | 26 Jan 2024 |
| 415 | Land North Of Normandy Way Hinckley Leicestershire Outline planning permission for the erection of up to 415 dwellings, including landscaping, open spaces, drainage and associated infrastructure (outline - access only) 24/00264/OUT | Awaiting decision | 20 Mar 2024 |
| 239 | Land East Of The Windmill Inn Brascote Lane Newbold Verdon Leicestershire Application for Reserved Matters (site layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping) of outline planning application 22/00277/OUT for 239 dwellings with associated internal road layout, car parking, drainage, and… 24/00854/REM | Approved | 10 Sept 2024 |
| 228 | Land North East Of Triumph Motorcycles Ltd Normandy Way Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 3BZ Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of outline planning permission 15/00188/OUT for the erection of 228 dwellings (Phase 5 and 6) 26/00962/REM | Decided | 30 Oct 2026 |
| 225 | Land Off Desford Lane Ratby Leicestershire Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) of outline planning permission 21/01295/OUT for 225 dwellings (including 40% affordable housing) with public open space, landscaping and… 24/01090/REM | Approved | 29 Nov 2024 |
| 200 | Land South Of Bosworth Lane Newbold Verdon Leicestershire Outline planning permission for up to 200 dwellings, a shop (Use Class E(a)) of up to 108 sqm gross external area and provision of up to 0.5 hectares of school playing fields and sport pitches, together with… 25/00515/OUT | Decided | 23 May 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Bagworth
- Barlestone
- Barwell
- Cadeby
- Carlton (Hinckley and Bosworth)
- Desford
- Earl Shilton
- Fenny Drayton
- Groby
- Higham on the Hill
- Hinckley
- Kirkby Mallory
- Market Bosworth
- Markfield
- Merry Lees
- Nailstone
- Newbold Verdon
- Newtown Unthank
- Peckleton Common
- Ratby
- Sheepy Magna
- Stanton under Bardon
- Stapleton
- Stoke Golding
- Thornton (Hinckley and Bosworth)
- Twycross
- Witherley
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.