BLOOR HOMES, COTTAGE FARM PHASE 3, OADBY

Family-owned, five-star housebuilder, Bloor Homes, is preparing outline proposals for Phase 3 of their Cottage Farm development to the north of Glen Gorse golf course, Oadby.

This next phase of the high-quality development is identified as a draft allocation in the emerging Oadby and Wigston Local Plan and would provide up to 190 family homes, including affordable housing. New public open spaces featuring extensive tree planting, play areas and community orchards are also proposed, as well as public walking and cycling routes set within green corridors. 

The proposed development would include:

• Up to 190 high-quality homes in a range of styles and tenures.
• Affordable housing provided in line with local planning policy requirements, in a mix likely to include homes for social rent as well as shared ownership homes.
• Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access into the site provided from Phase 2 of the Cottage Farm development, via an extension of Jamie Marcus Way.
• Access designed to accommodate a potential bus route.
• Development set back from the site’s southern boundary to provide landscaped open space with tree and woodland planting, creating a strong and defensible new Green Wedge boundary.
• The provision of outdoor recreational facilities including a play area and community orchard.
• The retention of an existing Public Right of Way connection at the site’s southern boundary, complemented by new pedestrian links, providing connections to Glen Gorse Golf Club, the retained Green Wedge and Brocks Hill County Park, as well as the wider countryside.
• Active travel links through to the adjacent Phase 2 development, and onwards to nearby key uses (including the schools to the north).

Sustainable homes

With the forthcoming introduction of the Future Homes Standard, it is envisaged that Phase 3 of Cottage Farm will be a gas-free development, with new homes incorporating air source heat pumps, solar panels, uprated insulation and EV charging infrastructure. This will deliver a neighbourhood of Net Zero Carbon-ready homes.

Bloor Homes is a member of the Homes for Nature programme which will see the installation of nesting bricks or boxes in every new home and hedgehog highways between gardens.

Community consultation

We want to ensure that the proposals align as much as possible with the priorities and aspirations of the local community.

Bloor Homes has created this website for members of the community to view the emerging plans and provide feedback.

We would like you to tell us your priorities and aspirations for new homes, open spaces and investment in community services to help shape the outline plans.

You can find out more details about the proposed new neighbourhood here. Once you have had an opportunity to read about the proposals, you can complete a short online feedback form here. You can also view an interactive map showing the proposed masterplan in the local context here.

Please ensure feedback is submitted by midnight on Sunday 17th May 2026 to ensure that it is taken into account as we prepare our outline plans.

Local Plan consultation

Whilst the site for Phase 3 of Cottage Farm forms part of the emerging new Oadby and Wigston Local Plan, please note that this consultation is specific to this site and is separate from Oadby and Wigston Borough Council’s consultation on the Regulation 19 draft of the Local Plan.