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BBC News
26-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Restoration of Market Harborough Victorian council HQ approved
Plans to restore the historical Symington Building in Market Harborough have been former corset factory, built in 1889, currently serves as the headquarters of Harborough District authority has given the green light for a 39-week project costing £784,000 to repair the building's ageing the issues facing the property in Adam and Eve Street are a roof that lets water through during heavy rainfall, the authority said. The building also houses the Harborough Museum, a library, job centre, shops, a banking hub, and Citizens Advice council said work would start in will be put up at the property as brickwork is repaired and windows are replaced. John Tillotson, chairman of Market Harborough Civic Society, said: "It is great to see the council taking its custodianship of a prized heritage asset seriously. "The Symington Building is Grade II listed and an important building which should be cared for and looked after."The council previously said it also planned to repair faults at the market hall in Northampton Road over the summer.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Step forward in plans for new country park
Plans to create a country park as part of a 450-home development in Leicestershire have been submitted. New housing, a children's play centre, outdoor sports pitches and a local centre were first approved for the Manor Farm scheme, between Market Harborough and Lubenham, in 2015. Swathes of housing have since been built but developer Davidsons has now applied for permission to build a five-acre country park in place of the promised pitches. Planning documents submitted to Harborough District Council said "significant retaining structures" would have been needed as the site set aside slopes, while fencing needed for the sports pitches "would not form a good neighbour" for the homes. The documents add parking for the facilities would put pressure on nearby roads. Davidsons said the new proposals "make a better contribution" to the Manor Farm development, adding funding would be provided for sports provision "off site". The plans include surfaced and unsurfaced pathways and "informal areas suitable for a 'kick-about'", said Davidsons. A planning statement said: "The new proposal for the country park gives somewhere the community can enjoy and use freely in an informal setting." Harborough District Council will consider the proposal in due course. Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Mayor unveils proposal for expanded city boundary Concerns over 'new town' plans raised at meeting Harborough District Council
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Step forward in plans for Market Harborough country park
Plans to create a country park as part of a 450-home development in Leicestershire have been housing, a children's play centre, outdoor sports pitches and a local centre were first approved for the Manor Farm scheme, between Market Harborough and Lubenham, in of housing have since been built but developer Davidsons has now applied for permission to build a five-acre country park in place of the promised documents submitted to Harborough District Council said "significant retaining structures" would have been needed as the site set aside slopes, while fencing needed for the sports pitches "would not form a good neighbour" for the homes. The documents add parking for the facilities would put pressure on nearby roads. 'Informal setting' Davidsons said the new proposals "make a better contribution" to the Manor Farm development, adding funding would be provided for sports provision "off site".The plans include surfaced and unsurfaced pathways and "informal areas suitable for a 'kick-about'", said Davidsons.A planning statement said: "The new proposal for the country park gives somewhere the community can enjoy and use freely in an informal setting."Harborough District Council will consider the proposal in due course.
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Market Harborough's leaky market hall roof set for major repairs
Major repairs are to be carried out to fix a series of "significant defects" with Market Harborough's 32-year-old market District Council has appointed contractors to carry out a £716,000 renovation of the hall in Northampton original tiled roof has cracks and leaks which cause problems for traders and shoppers, the authority had also become stained, overgrown with moss and lichen, and had approached the end of its serviceable life. A spokesperson for the council said the repairs would start in July and take 12 weeks to complete."We will be working with the market traders to keep the disruption to a minimum," the spokesperson said."It isn't expected that there will be any closure to the trading days of the market hall."The building's ageing lift has also broken down numerous times in recent months, the council said, causing disruption for traders, council officers and cleaners trying to access first-floor storage to modernise the lift is expected to take place over two months in the autumn.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Clothing store could take over former bank
A clothing store could take over the site of a recently-closed bank in Leicestershire after a planning application was submitted. Lloyds Bank announced it was closing its branch on The Square in Market Harborough earlier this year. Joules, which has its headquarters in the town, has submitted an application to convert the bank into a retail unit. The move is set to be considered by Harborough District Council. The application comes after a series of recent bank closures in the town. In February a new banking hub was announced, with the council saying its Symington Building would host Cash Access UK on a temporary basis until a permanent home could be found. Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Harborough District Council New temporary banking hub to open in council office Next rescues retail chain Joules saving 1,450 jobs
