A plan to build 100 homes on the site of a former ice cream factory has moved a step closer to realisation.

Councillors gave preliminary approval to the Standard Hill scheme at a planning committee meeting in June, despite road safety worries.

Opponents to the Hugglescote site proposal raised concerns speeding cars could pose a real risk to pedestrians, while access to the site itself from the brow of the hill was labelled "dangerous".

Some on North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) echoed these concerns, saying they did not believe proposed mitigation was "sufficient", and called for a reintroduction of a 30mph speed limit along the entire Standard Hill stretch.

But planning officers disagreed with them, dismissing the concerns and branding tighter speed restrictions "not appropriate".

Ultimately, however, councillors overwhelmingly backed the scheme with eight voting for it, one against and two members abstaining.

Now, the scheme has received its final sign off after a Section 106 agreement was signed this week.

S106 agreements set out contributions that must be made by the developer to help mitigate the impact of a scheme, including financial offerings towards local service and the number of 'affordable' home delivered through a scheme.

In its application, developer EMH Group promised all 100 homes in the scheme would be classed as affordable.

It has also agreed financial payments towards local education, highways, libraries and healthcare services. Money towards off-site National Forest planting and local open spaces was also agreed.

The new homes will be a mix of bungalows and two-storey properties. Small green spaces and a pond are also included in the plans. There will be a single point of access, close to the brow of Standard Hill.

This is not the only development on the cards for Standard Hill.

Some 400 homes were approved nearby in 2018. Building work has started on that scheme, but remain in early stages.

More recently, a new application was submitted to the Coalville-based council to erect a 66-bed care home on "vacant grassland" on the land. It would be split into two sections: one for "general care" and one for residents with dementia, if approved.

The three-storey building would be accessed from a new spine road to the south of the wider site.