Design

Markfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Version

MLE8338 Roman slate quarry north-east of Groby Upper Parks Farm MLE9513 Medieval slate quarry north-east of Upper Parks Farm, Groby MLE17213 Flint scatter south-west of Old Rise Rocks MLE17214 Flint scatter north-west of Hobby Hall MLE20653 Turnpike Road, Leicester to Ashby-de-la-Zouch MLE20912 Markfield Turnpike MLE21000 Bronze Age axe from near Stoney Lane Farm MLE21633 Markfield Quarry 'Hill Hole', Hill Lane MLE21761 Mineral railway, Old Cliffe Hill Quarry MLE21792 Iron Age site, west of Hobby Hall MLE21794 Bronze Age/Iron Age pit alignment west of Rise Rocks Farm MLE23894 Site of a cruck barn, Markfield Ridge and Furrow areas identified on Map 11

Design

4.83. All development should contribute positively to the creation of welldesigned buildings and spaces. Through good design the character of Markfield should be maintained and enhanced with places that work well for both occupants and users and that are built to last. 4.84. In 18th March 2020, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council confirmed the adoption of “The Good Design Guide Draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)”. It aims to substantially raise design quality in Hinckley and Bosworth Borough whilst ensuring that the local identity and heritage of the Borough is preserved and enhanced. 4.85. The SPD incorporates specific design guidance on the character of the Borough’s settlements. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how proposals respect the prevailing character and reflect the established key principles. 4.86. In relation to Markfield it says: it is a large early medieval village, situated in the Charnwood Forest, originally developed as a non-manorial agricultural settlement, growing to accommodate the burgeoning trades and industry in the area including framework knitting. It was influenced by mining and quarrying with the Markfield quarry located to the north-west of the village. A large portion of the village, particularly to the east is characterised by generic post-war domestic development. However, many historic influences remain.

4.87. On the periphery, Hillside incorporates an intact terrace of granite quarrymen’s cottages and on Forest Road is a surviving range of farm buildings belonging to Stepping Stone Farm, set into open countryside, both of which highlight the village's agricultural and quarrying development. 4.88. Although the village core (located along the linear route of Main Street) has been subject to substantial infilling during the twentieth century, much of