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BBC News
22-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Stevenage extension' of 900 homes given outline permission
Plans to build 900 homes on the outskirts of a town have been given outline Herts Council agreed on Thursday the development could go ahead, though full details would need to be ironed out in future planning site to the south of Graveley, near to the Lister Hospital, will also include a primary school, community centre and possible medical initial masterplan - described as an "extension to Stevenage" - was rejected by the council last July but the revised proposal was unanimously approved. North Herts councillor Ruth Brown said: "It's an allocated site in the Local Plan and so I think the principle of development should be approved. "The public are very worried about the health provision, I think, and the highways issues."We've probed those and I feel quite satisfied that there is a preference for an on-site health facility and everything will be done to deliver that if at all possible."A new 92 bus route will be created between Stevenage and Baldock, calling at the development as well as Graveley and Letchworth, but the applicant warned it may not be ready for "day one" of people moving into the applicant said that the 55 bus route between Stevenage and Letchworth, which goes past the proposed site, would likely be "within comfortable walking distance" for the first residents. Concerns had been raised at an earlier stage about the development's impact on traffic, and councillor Martin Prescott suggested it was a "monumental elephant in the room".But Hertfordshire Highways raised no objections to the plans, which include a new junction on North Road, south of the existing junction from North Road and Graveley development is also set to include multiple children's play areas as well as other open spaces such as allotments, according to the Local Democracy Reporting 40% of the housing on site will be deemed affordable, according to the government definition of the term. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
08-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Rotherham set to gain funding to boost exercise levels
Rotherham is set to gain a funding grant for a range of programmes aimed at increasing physical activity levels amongst the borough's residents.A report to the council's cabinet states the area has one of the highest levels of inactivity in the country, with nearly a third of adults not meeting the recommended levels of £455,000 grant from Sport England would focus on areas with the highest levels of inactivity and deprivation to help get people of all ages moving. The report is seeking approval for the proposed spending of the grant and will be presented to the council's cabinet on 17 March. It proposes spending approximately half of the funding on hiring new staff to help lead the initiative, according to the Local Democracy Reporting £85,000 would be spent on projects and community engagement support, with half of this going to the Voluntary Action Rotherham project aims to work with the organisation to find new ways to make use of local outdoor and green spaces for physical than £150,000 of the funding pot is set to create an activity hub hosted by Connect Healthcare, providing exercise sessions for those with long-term health conditions. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds or catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
