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BBC News
02-08-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plan for 200 homes on Blaby golf course rejected by council
Plans for 200 homes on a golf course in Leicestershire have been rejected by of Blaby District Council's planning committee refused permission for most of Blaby Golf Centre to be developed when they met to discuss the scheme on were 1,765 objections made against the proposal, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) Hallam Land Management said the scheme, off Lutterworth Road, would provide much-needed housing in the area. Concerns raised about the plan included the pressure the new homes could place on local services, including doctors and objections included the loss of green space and fears about increased road congestion. 'Harmful to the area' Council officers had recommended the application be refused with a report saying it would "result in the regrettable loss" of the golf centre and, by extension, create a "significant deficit" in recreational provision in the report also said the loss of green space was "considered to be inherently harmful", and proposals to relocate existing businesses based at the centre, including a dance school, gym, taxi rank, boutique and beauty salon, were not committee chairman Lee Breckon said: "Refusing a planning application is a decision we do not take lightly. "We have a responsibility to ensure a sufficient housing supply and under national guidelines are generally required to approve new schemes."However, in this case we agreed with officers that the scheme would be harmful to the local area rather than beneficial. "Our main concerns were the loss of Green Wedge as well as the loss of premises for several small businesses in the local area. We felt the overall harms posed by the scheme were strong enough for us to reject the application."
BBC News
01-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Blaby residents invited to comment on bin collection shake-up
People living in Blaby are being invited to take part in a six-week consultation on major changes to bin District Council says it will start giving houses indoor and outdoor food caddies for separately storing material, as from 31 March next year all councils in England must introduce a separate weekly food waste also says it will only collect cardboard that is placed in the recycling bin "with the lid closed" from 1 November, rather than the current arrangement that allows items to be left at the side of the consultation runs until 12:00 BST on 8 August, with contributors invited to visit the authority's website. Canvassing locals "will help us understand how they might affect different households, what additional support might be needed and whether any adjustments are needed", the authority food waste collected in separate bins "will go to specialist centres to generate cheap and clean energy and produce fertiliser for farmers", while the changes to cardboard collections "will increase crew safety, ensure better quality recycling as the cardboard stays clean and dry and lead to cleaner streets".
