Plans for the continued use of a site off the Stardust roundabout near Coalville as a Heavy Goods Vehicle park are set to be rejected by North West Leicestershire District Council.

An application from Mr Brett Parker, of the Bardon Truck Park, Stardust Site - next to The Charnwood Arms - was to have been debated at Tuesday's council planning committee meeting.

But the item was withdrawn and will now be debated at a later date.

The scheme requires a change of use of land for the parking of HGVs over a three year period.

It is currently in use as a lorry park, and has been since the granting of planning permission in 2020 for a temporary period of 36 months.

The council says the earlier permission for lorry parking expired in June and the use of the site is "currently unlawful."

Plans includes the erection of fencing/gates and a mobile building on the 0.8 hectare of site off Beveridge Lane, that was formerly occupied by the Stardust entertainment venue.

The site is located at the junction of Beveridge Lane and the A511. Access to the site, however, would be off the A585, using the existing access to the Charnwood Arms - on a route which passes through the pub-restaurant and hotel's car park.

But councillors are being recommended to reject the plans on the grounds of public safety and the effect it might have on the Charnwood Arms' business.

The application was "called in'" to be discussed at committee level by Cllr Keith Merrie, due to concerns about highway safety and the risks to pedestrians.

Ellistown and Battleflat Parish Council has already objected to the scheme.

It said access to the HGV site would require a 90-degree left hand turn when leaving the site to get on to The Charnwood Arms road towards Beveridge Lane - and a 90-degree right hand turn from The Charnwood Arms road to get into the site itself.

Parish councillors said that pedestrians and drivers of vehicles visiting The Charnwood Arms would be "put at serious risk".

The parish council also felt there are insufficient road markings or warning signs to alert people of the dangers from the heavy traffic travelling through the car park.

Ellistown councillors also questioned the temporary nature of the park considering it would be for 36 months.

The council added it 'appears to be far from temporary'. North West Leicestershire District Council has been told: "If planning approves this application again, without addressing the concerns which are being raised, will this set a precedent if another temporary planning application arrives from the owner in three years' time for an HGV park? When does temporary stop being temporary and become permanent?"

A district council planning officer says in a report to be presented on Tuesday: "The application proposes to access the site via an existing car park serving a public house/restaurant and hotel which, it is considered, would represent an unsafe form of development, not constituting sustainable development.

"Furthermore, public safety concerns around the use of the car park as a result of the proposed use could serve to impact negatively on the business operations of an existing established public house/restaurant and hotel through which the site access route passes."

Among the objections listed ahead of Tuesday's meeting, are references to The Charnwood Arms.

They say: "Noise impacts on residential accommodation provided at the Charnwood Arms including 34 guest bedrooms and permanent accommodation for the Manager with many rooms facing directly onto the lorry park; The Charnwood Arms has received multiple complaints from overnight visitors, relating to the noise, light and disturbance generated by the lorry park. Indeed, these complaints are reflected in reviews of the business, left on travel websites."