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Leicestershire BUILDER Magazine • JANUARY 2016 • Tel: 01530 244069
Woodbrook Vale High School (c/o Agent: Surveyors to Education) Erection of a single storey extension to dining hall - at Woodbrook Vale High School, Grasmere Road, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 2ST. Preci-Spark Ltd - Erection of an extension to factory (Revised scheme) - at Preci-Spark Ltd, Railway Terrace, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 1HW. Dr Michael Blakeley (c/o Agent: Mark Blood Building Design) Outline application for residential development for maximum 9 residential units - at Duke Street Motors, King Edward Road, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 1RZ. Asiatic Luck Corporation and Western Heritable (c/o Agent: Marrons Planning) - Erection of 133 dwellings - at land adjacent to Oakley Road Playing Field, Oakley Road, Shepshed, Leics.
Nuneaton & Bedworth Greenacre Property Ltd (c/o Agent: Michael Ramus, 76 Priory Road, Kenilworth, Warks. CV8 1LQ) Erection of 8 two-storey houses and 7 apartments in one two-storey block with car parking and access from Whitburn Road - at Site 103c008, Whitburn Road, Bedworth, Warks. Ms Charlotte Henson (c/o Agent: Ms Tamsin Cottle, JLL, Fourth Floor, City Gate East, Tollhouse Hill, Nottingham NG1 5FS) - Erection of 253 dwellings with public open space and associated infrastructure - at Site 29B002 at land south of Lower Farm, off Weddington Road, Nuneaton. Mercia Interior Design (c/o Agent: Mrs Rebecca Walker, Chapman Design LLP, Lelleford House, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 9DT) Prior notification for the conversion of existing offices to create 18 individual flats - at 9 Bulkington Road, Bedworth, Warks. CV12 9DG.
Empty homes TWO houses which have stood empty for a combined total of 12 years are set to be brought back into use. Leicester City Council plans to make compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) on properties at 40 Harefield Avenue, Rowley Fields, which has been vacant since 2007, and 12 Coles Close, Rushey Mead, which has stood empty for five years.
Oak tree given to school Legal Challenge to by homebuilder in runup to National Tree Week Charnwood’s SCHOOL CHILDREN in Ashbyde-la- Zouch who helped plant a young oak tree at a new homes development last year have had the tree donated to their school by the developer Barratt Homes. The oak, which was planted by pupils from the Oak Tree class at Woodcote Primary School in June 2014, needed more space to mature, so Barratt Homes staff transported it from the Hastings Park development in Ashby and replanted it at the school in the run-up to National Tree Week (November 28th – December 6th). Suzanne Jones, Head Teacher at Woodcote Primary School, said, “The children from the Oak Class at our school enjoyed visiting Hastings Park last year and planting the young oak, and it was kind of Barratt Homes to offer the tree to us. “Trees are important to Woodcote Primary School - we name all our classes after species of trees and our school motto is: ‘From tiny seeds to glorious trees’.” Barratt Homes’ company logo is an oak, and the business has an excellent record of planting trees and other plants at its developments across the country – last year it pledged to plant 400,000 trees and shrubs in the UK, to mark the completion of its 400,000th home since it was founded in 1958. John Dillon, Managing Director of Barratt Homes North Midlands, said, “We planted the oak at Hastings Park to celebrate our company’s rebrand, but since then it has grown too big for its original plot. As the school helped plant it originally, we thought it would be nice if it could be replanted there for future generations to enjoy.” National Tree Week is the UK’s largest tree celebration which takes place annually to launch the start of the winter tree planting season, during which The Tree Council inspires people across Britain to plant upwards of a million trees across the country.
Friars Mill ready to welcome prospective tenants AN 18th century factory complex in Leicester’s Waterside is set to begin welcoming prospective tenants as work to redevelop it as a base for businesses nears completion. Friars Mill, a disused mill complex on the banks of the River Soar, is in its final stages of a Leicester City Council scheme to bring it back into use as modern workspaces. The site includes Leicester’s oldest surviving factory building – the former Donisthorpe Factory – which was badly damaged by fire in 2012. Over the last 14 months, the city council has been working with specialist restoration contractors William Anelay Ltd to transform the derelict buildings and provide 2,400sqm of attractive, new managed workspaces. It will feature 15 individual workspaces, ranging in size from the smallest at 56sqm to the largest at 183sqm over two floors, along with meeting rooms, reception area and a café. East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) has been awarded the contract to manage the workspaces on behalf of the city council. City Mayor Peter Soulsby said: “Friars Mill is an important part of the city’s industrial heritage and a fascinating collection of buildings that deserved to be saved and brought back into meaningful use. The restoration is in its final stages and the new workspaces are now starting to take shape. “I am delighted that we have East Midlands Chamber on-board to manage the process of attracting businesses into Friars Mill and supporting them to prosper. “This will help provide a real boost to the area. We want Friars Mill to stand as a beacon for the wider regeneration of the Waterside.” The Chamber is already successfully managing Leicester Food Park. Built by the city council, the food park offers nine high-quality units for new and growing food businesses. It reached full occupancy just three months after it opened in February.
Core Strategy
CHARNWOOD Borough Council will defend a legal challenge being made against its Core Strategy. The Council has received notice that an application has been made to the High Court for a judicial review of the examination process and adoption of the Core Strategy. The strategy sets out where new housing, employment land and infrastructure should go in Charnwood. It was adopted in November by the Council following extensive consultations and an examination by an independent planning inspector. Councillor Eric Vardy, Cabinet Member for Planning, said: “This is not an unexpected move and we will defend the Core Strategy. “As this has moved into the legal arena, we will not be commenting further about this action.” The application to the High Court has been made by the Rosconn Group and seeks: • the quashing of the decision to adopt the Core Strategy • a declaration that the Council and the Inspector erred in law by not examining the five-year land supply appropriately • an order requiring the inspector to re-open the Examination and allow submission and cross examination on five- year land supply • an order requiring the Inspector to reconsider and re-issue his report after hearing these issues. The Council is in the process of responding to the application and the High Court will then decide whether a judicial review can take place.
Potential plot in Hinckley: £70k SCRIVINS & CO Estate Agents are offering for sale a potential single building plot at 25 Woodland Road, Hinckley, Leics. The plot has a frontage of 10.5 metres approx. and a total site area of 164 sq.metres approx. The asking price is £70,000 and there is no chain. For more information, contact Scrivins & Co on 01455 890480 or email: estateagents@scrivins.co.uk
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