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Leicestershire BUILDER Magazine • SEPTEMBER 2011 • Tel: 01530 244069
South West, West Midlands and South East all experienced growth
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of roof terrace - at The Swallow Inn, Station Road, Thurnby, Leicester LE7 9PU
Harborough Leics. County Council (c/o Agent: Mr.Thomas Shipman, Fleeds, Wilford House, 1 Clifton Lane, Wilford, Nottingham NG11 7AT) - Erection of 4 classroom detached extension block to replace existing double mobile classroom - at Welland Park College, Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, Leics.
Rutland
Mr.Adam Burdett (c/o Agent: JS+P Architecture, Mill House, 31 Lower Brown Street, Leicester LE1 5TH) - Erection of a two storey retail unit with associated car and cycle parking - at Land adjacent to 54 St Mary’s Road, Market Harborough, Leics. Mr.Rajan Uppal (c/o Agent: Mr.Ross Thain, Ross Thain & Co Ltd, 20 Belton Street, Stamford, Lincs. PE9 2EF) - Change of use of land from B1, B2 & b8 to C1 and the erection of 10 holiday lodges - at Land at Gatehouse lane, Caldecott Road, Great Easton, Leics. Mr.K.Galway (of Innarla Caravan Park, Hallaton Road, Medbourne, Leics. LE16 8DR) - Erection of twenty leisure lodges - at Innarla Caravan Park, Hallaton Road, Medbourne, Leics. LE16 8DR Mr & Mrs Eric Hubbard (c/o Agent:Martyn Jones, Martyn Jones & Associates, 33 Main Street, The Reading Room, Medbourne, Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 8DT) Erection of extensions and subdivision to form two separate dwellings - at Orchard Farm Bungalow, Main Street, Drayton, Leics. LE16 8SD Coventry Gliding Club Ltd (c/o Agent: Miss Victoria Biggin, Minshall Construction Ltd, 1 Bert Smith Way, Adderley Road Industrial Estate, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 3SN) - Erection of steel framed workshop building for maintenance and repair of light aircraft in connection with gliding club - at Coventry Gliding Club Ltd, The Soaring Centre, Sibbertoft Road, Husbands Bosworth, Leics. Persimmon Homes North Midlands (c/o Agent: Mr.M.Smith, Pegasus Planning Group, 4 The Courtyard, Hall Farm, Church Street, Lockington, Derbyshire DE74 2SL) - Erection of 50 dwellings with associated garages, access roads, public open space and landscaping at Land at Clack Hill, Kettering Road, Market Harborough, Leics. APB Chartered Surveyors (c/o Agent: Corporate Architecture Ltd, 35 Leicester Road, Blaby, Leicester LE8 4GR) - Change of use of first floor to 2 residential flats including formation
Miss E Tyler (c/o Agent: Mr Anthony Frendo, 42 Headlands, Kettering, Northants. NN15 7HR) - Extension of time for implementation of erection of 2 detached and 2 semi-detached dwellings, conversion of barn and associated works - at land adjacent to Tyler Close, Edith Weston, Rutland. Ms Vicky Crosher (c/o Agent: Mr Keith Hayday, 17 The Lace Hall, Barker Gate, Nottingham NG1 1JU) - Various alterations to conference centre including construction of extension to north elevation to facilitate change of use to nonresidential educational college - at Residential Training Centre, Main Road, Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland.
North West Leics. Mr R Morris (c/o Agent: Mr Lee Ward, Hayward Architects Ltd, 19 Station Road, Hinckley, Leics. LE10 1AW) - Erection of 3 dwellings without complying with condition 2 - at Plot 5, Parsonwood Paddock, Whitwick, Coalville, Leics. LE67 5EN Mr Michael Aris (c/o Agent: David Grainger Architectural Design Ltd, The Old Dairy, Mill Street, packington, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics. LE65 1WN) - Application for a new outline planning permission to replace extant outline planning permission in order to extend the time period for implementation of the demolition of 81 and 81A North Street, Whitwick, and redevelopment of the site with the erection of 9 new build dwellings - at 81/81A North Street, Whitwick, Coalville, Leics. LE67 5HB Punch partnerships (PTL) and Midland Assured Consulting (c/o Agent:Marrons, 1 Meridian South, Meridian Business Park, Leicester LE19 1WY) - Demolition of existing public house and erection of A1 retail unit, associated access and car parking - at Rose & Crown, 23 The Green, Thringstone, Coalville,Leics. LE67 8NR J H Elliott & Sons (c/o Agent: Housemartin Designs, The Carthouse, Channells Court, Upperfields Farm, Main Street, Swepstone, Coalville, Leics. LE67 2SG) - Conversion of existing farm building and erection of 2 new dwellings to provide 5 residential units - at Smiths Farm, Farm lane, Donington le Heath, Coalville, Leics. LE67 2FQ
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Social Housing and Health Construction Starts Increase Social housing and health construction projects starting on site increased in the three months to July as an increase in refurbishment and extension work outweighed the drop in new build work which followed last year’s Comprehensive Spending Review started to materialise. Social housing project starts increased by 19%, the first increase in seven months, while health projects starts increased by 17%. Three social housing refurbishment projects in London with a total value of £180 million accounted for a significant portion of the increase. Two of these projects were commissioned by Homes for Islington and the other is a 21,000 homes repair project for the London Borough for Tower Hamlets. In the health sector, the South West, North West and London all saw increases in project starts in the three months to July. Most notably the South West enjoyed a 15% increase over the period and accounted for 20% of all new project starts across the country in the sector. The largest project to start was a £70 million hospital ward block for the United Bristol Healthcare Trust scheduled to take two years. The main contractor for this project is Laing O’Rourke. The company is also main contractor for a £20 million hospital extension in Blackpool. Care home project starts also featured strongly across the UK in the three months to July. Overall, the underlying value of construction project starts across all sectors was 8% lower than a year ago as the rate of decline slowed. “The South West, West Midlands and South East all experienced growth in project starts in the three months to July, while the North East, East Midlands and Scotland experienced the largest declines” commented James Abraham, economist, Glenigan. In other sectors, private housing saw a 24% year on year decline in project starts, education a 23% decline and civil engineering a 7% decline.
Work starts on £13m student accommodation block
Developer and lettings company Megaclose has started work on a £13 million student accommodation block at the corner of Eastern Boulevard and Jarrom STreet in the West End of Leicester. The project will include a 216 foot high 22-storey tower.
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