#Latest news with #HinckleyAndBosworthBoroughCouncilBBC News4 days agoBusinessBBC NewsFears 100 new Market Bosworth homes will cause 'significant harm'Plans to build 100 homes on the edge of Market Bosworth are set to be Developments wants to build the development on a 13.8-acre (5.61 hectare) farmland site to the north of Shenton firm said it wanted the development in Leicestershire to be accessed through York Close and has applied for permission to clear a route by demolishing a planning officers at Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council said that would cause "significant harm" to the lives of residents on the street. Officials have recommended councillors on the authority's planning committee refuse planning permission when they meet to discuss the proposal on Tuesday. A total of 246 objections to the plan have been sent to the range from concerns about access through York Close and the extra traffic the new homes could generate, to the loss of a greenfield site and the potential harm to nature and Bosworth Parish Council described the scheme as "unwarranted and unsustainable".A spokesperson for the borough council's planning team said: "The proposed access results in very significant harm to the residential amenity of residents of York Close which, when afforded very significant weight alongside the other negative impacts of the development, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of the development."Gladman said it wanted to create an attractive development with strong links to the wider community and that 40% of the new homes would be affordable properties.
BBC News4 days agoBusinessBBC NewsFears 100 new Market Bosworth homes will cause 'significant harm'Plans to build 100 homes on the edge of Market Bosworth are set to be Developments wants to build the development on a 13.8-acre (5.61 hectare) farmland site to the north of Shenton firm said it wanted the development in Leicestershire to be accessed through York Close and has applied for permission to clear a route by demolishing a planning officers at Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council said that would cause "significant harm" to the lives of residents on the street. Officials have recommended councillors on the authority's planning committee refuse planning permission when they meet to discuss the proposal on Tuesday. A total of 246 objections to the plan have been sent to the range from concerns about access through York Close and the extra traffic the new homes could generate, to the loss of a greenfield site and the potential harm to nature and Bosworth Parish Council described the scheme as "unwarranted and unsustainable".A spokesperson for the borough council's planning team said: "The proposed access results in very significant harm to the residential amenity of residents of York Close which, when afforded very significant weight alongside the other negative impacts of the development, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of the development."Gladman said it wanted to create an attractive development with strong links to the wider community and that 40% of the new homes would be affordable properties.
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