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£500m investment programme for University of Leicester THE UNIVERSITY of Leicester has unveiled a transformative £500 million programme of investment that will improve student facilities as well as public spaces over the next decade Among the plans is the creation of a space park next to Leicester Space Centre, bringing industry and academic research together. Funding for the buildings and facilities will be split with £10m of university cash and £13m from The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP). The balance will come from the University’s annual income and a bond from its bank. Education leaders are currently in talks with Leicester City Council which owns the land, to determine how it will take shape. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 ...>
Construction begins on 24 affordable village homes in Desford CONSTRUCTION has begun on 24 affordable village homes at The Paddocks, a brand-new development at Hunts Lane in Desford village, near Leicester. The new affordable homes which are being built for leading social housing provider Stonewater by Bellway Homes, responds to a critical shortage in the area of good quality, low cost housing for local people. Stonewater is creating the mixed tenure scheme within a larger 61-home development by Bellway Homes. The new Stonewater housing at The Construction begins on 24 affordable village homes in Paddocks will provide a mix Desford. (Left to right): Martin Fox, Stonewater Development of 18 one- and two-bedroom Manager; Joss Orpin, Bellway Homes Site Manager and homes, all for affordable rent. Warren Beardsmore, Beardsmore Associates Director. The Paddocks development will also offer six two-bedroom family houses for shared ownership sale - a part-buy, part-rent scheme which allows purchasers to buy a share of their home and pay rent on the remaining portion. This shareholding can be increased until the home is owned outright. The new Stonewater homes are due for completion in in July next year.
Swadlincote Chapel and Church sold for £200k A CHAPEL and church hall attracted an eager congregation at SDL Auctions Graham Penny’s busy auction in Derby, where the total prices raised were the best for a year. And the bidder who sang the highest notes for the former Methodist chapel and church hall at 10-14 West Street in Swadlincote got the keys to God’s house for £200,000. It was one of 57 lots sold during the auction on 21 September which secured a success rate of 85 per cent and raised a total of £6.4m.