Local authorities in Leicestershire have an ambitious vision for the county’s future: positioning the region as a driver of the UK economy, with this growth helping to contribute to people’s health and wellbeing, through the delivery of high-quality development.Working together, the county and district councils have been preparing a non-statutory Strategic Growth Plan (SGP) which identifies long-term development opportunities and which will inform individual Local Plans. The SGP aims to realise the economic potential of a number of key developments across the county, helping to deliver the emerging regional growth framework. LUC helped develop the project, with a multidisciplinary team of landscape, green infrastructure, planning and spatial-analysis specialists.This project links landscape sensitivity and green infrastructure studies, covering several previously identified Strategic Opportunity Assessment Zones, as well as the wider city and county. The report provides a weighty and robust evidence base allow the county and local planning authorities to be proactive rather than reactive in accommodating future development. There is great innovation with respect to the inclusion of the green infrastructure plans.