East Midlands

£45.5m investment to unlock homes in Leicestershire and South -East

18.08.2017

Laura Edgar

Highways England has announced a number of road improvements schemes worth £45 million that could create more than 6,000 jobs and 10,000 homes in Leicestershire and the South East.

Appeal: Children's care home no more disruptive than family home

17.08.2017

Matt Moody

care home | Demographics & Population Growth | East Midlands | noise impact

An inspector has approved a change of use from a class C3 house to a care home for up to three teenagers, ruling that disruption to neighbours would be no worse than if a family was occupying the house....

Appeal: Burnt-out building less harmful to conservation area than new homes

14.08.2017

Matt Moody

Design | East Midlands | Heritage | Housing | undefined

A plan to replace a derelict building in Ramsey conservation area with four new homes has been blocked after an inspector ruled that the new homes would cause greater harm to the character of the area than...

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Appeal: Gas power plant allowed as renewable infrastructure

07.08.2017

Matt Moody

East Midlands | gas power plant | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Green | renewable energy

Permission has been granted for a 14MW gas-fuelled 'peaking' power plant in east Derbyshire, after the appellant successfully argued that the plant would 'contribute to renewable energy...

Appeal: Microbrewery in suburban garage ‘not disruptive’ to neighbours

31.07.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted permission for a microbrewery to continue operating in suburban Nottingham despite objections from neighbours, after technical assessments of noise and odour output returned...

Appeal: Inspector grants granny flat approval

19.07.2017

Huw Morris

annexe | East Midlands | Housing

Planning permission has been granted to a Keyworth householder to demolish a garage and replace it with a granny annexe.

Grayling confirms HS2 north routes

17.07.2017

Laura Edgar

Transport secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the preferred routes for the HS2 rail lines to the North West, East Midlands and Yorkshire.

Europe’s ‘largest’ community battery to be installed in Nottingham

17.07.2017

Laura Edgar

The ‘largest’ community battery (2MWh) and solar photovoltaics that will generate, store and distribute energy at a neighbourhood level is set to be installed on the banks of the River Trent in Nottingham.

Oil explorer to appeal refusal in North Lincolnshire

17.07.2017

Huw Morris

East Midlands | Fracking | Lincolnshire | Minerals

A company specialising in oil and gas exploration will appeal a decision by North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee to refuse consent for a second time for the development of an oil field.

Appeal: ‘Pressing need’ justifies 140-home plan in rural Cambridgeshire

06.07.2017

Matt Moody

buses | East Midlands | Housing | housing supply | Rural

An inspector has granted permission for 140 homes in rural south Cambridgeshire, ruling that in the context of a chronic and worsening housing supply shortfall in the area ‘rigidly applying local...

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