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Pegasus Group secures consent for 195 homes in Sileby on appeal OUTLINE PLANNING permission has been secured on appeal to build 195 homes in the Leicestershire village of Sileby, with Charnwood Borough Council ordered to pay partial costs. National consultancy Pegasus Group successfully secured the consent on behalf of Hallam Land Management for development at Seagrave Road, Sileby in what has been a long running case – the original planning application was submitted in 2015 and an original appeal decision challenged and quashed. The inquiry sat in two sessions, in February and June, and was headed up by planning inspector Michael J. Hetherington who said that the main issues of the appeal were: • whether the appeal proposal would accord with the spatial strategy set out in the development plan; • the effect of the proposal on the highway network and highway safety; and • whether adequate living conditions would be achieved for the intended occupiers of the proposed development with regard to odour and noise from the nearby chicken farm. In his report on the first two points, the inspector concluded that policies in the Charnwood Local Plan were out of date and CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 ...>
Stephen celebrates half a century of working for Red Bank A PLASTER mould maker from Leicestershire has been presented with a long service award for 50 years of loyal work for clay building product specialists Red Bank, part of Forterra. Plaster Mould Maker Stephen Betteridge (right) receives a commemorative pot to mark 50 years of service at Red Bank of Measham, from Red Bank General Manager, Paul Barson (left). Stephen Betteridge (65), of Measham, in Leicestershire, started working at the local clay chimney and ridge tile maker in July 1968, straight after leaving Ashby Ivanhoe School. In the five decades since, he has made many thousands of chimneys for buildings across the UK. He was presented with an award for his long service by Forterra Chief Executive Stephen Harrison, and also received a special commemorative clay pot from his colleagues, presented to him by Red Bank General Manager Paul Barson.
Former Victorian grand residence sold at Leicester auction A FORMER grand Victorian residence was the star commercial lot sold in SDL Auctions Graham Penny’s Leicester auction which raised £2.4 million. Ivydene in Earl Shilton has latterly been used as a 17 bedroomed care home but was previously sub-divided into apartments in the 1980s. It attracted a lot of pre-auction attention as it has a number of potential uses, subject to planning permission, and there is currently a planning application in process for change of use back to its original residential status. It sold for £400,000 and had a guide price of £400,000+.
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