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BBC News
07-08-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Amazon lights plan at Melton West Business Park rejected
Residents are celebrating after plans for a number of illuminated signs at a new Amazon warehouse have been application to display an illuminated totem sign at the main entrance of the facility at Melton West Business Park, near North Ferriby in East Yorkshire, along with additional illuminated signs around the building, was turned down by planners at East Riding of Yorkshire Council on Horrobin, who lives on Plantation Drive which backs on to the site, is relieved at the decision to reject the signs, saying she would have moved house had they been did not want to comment when approached. Ms Horrobin said: "When I bought the house I fell in love with the garden. "I bought the house really hoping, believing it [Amazon warehouse plan] would never get passed."I'm really glad they have turned it down. Why do you need to have big massive signs, isn't the building big enough?"If the signs went ahead, we'd move."Her son, Christian Horrobin-Laverick, 20, added: "There's so much wildlife coming out of that woodland area and around it. I don't see the point of having these big signs there."Plans for the building were approved in December 2021, despite more than 1,300 to the latest proposal included light pollution and the impact on local residents. Councillor Paul Hopton told the meeting there were no objections to the signs, just them being lit said any drivers "looking for this place" needed to consider a new career if they were unable to find it without illuminated signage."It has been mentioned that there are other Amazon locations that are not illuminated - I don't know why they want to illuminate this one," he Denis Healy also questioned the need for the signs, saying there was no business case for it."Everyone is a customer pretty much," he Richard Meredith pointed out that the warehouse was on an industrial site close to the A63."I can see why Amazon don't think it is a big deal," he he said the horse had "long-bolted" with regards to the original application to build the facility."We can't change the site, we are looking at a couple of lights on it," he rejected the proposals on the grounds of unnecessary light pollution to the area, as well as the impact on neighbouring residents. Dan Bond, 41, who has lived on Plantation Drive for three years, said: "There is no need to have bright illuminated signs, we all know it's an Amazon, there's no hiding the fact it's an Amazon, you don't have to have a big lit-up sign saying Amazon for people to know it's there."It's just a vanity thing."Maureen, who has lived on Corby Park, which is also close to the site, for 40 years, fears that although it is a small win for the residents now, it may not be the end of it."There was a lot of dispute over it at the time a few years back and they still went ahead because we couldn't win," she said."You can see it through the trees, we have the lights each night as we look out of our kitchen straight through the woods. All the lights are on."They will keep trying, they won't give in."Earlier this year, Amazon announced that up to 2,000 jobs were expected to be created at the facility. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
BBC News
23-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hull City Ladies looking up ahead of new season
Hull City Ladies are looking forward to the new season ahead of their first summer friendly Tigresses entertain Leeds United at North Ferriby FC on Sunday - their new home ground having moved from the Easy Buy Stadium in Barton-upon-Humber to be closer to the a new management committee and additional staff to support the team now in place, players are hopeful they can enjoy a successful Sugden-Brooke said: "I want us to at least finish top five, as I do think we have a group and new facilities that can push us that high." Sugden-Brooke added: "The new players, the new support, the new staff and the whole training set-up has really given us the leg-up we need."Now, we're hungry to win."Sophie Tinson, who joined the team in November, said there was a positive spirit within the group. "All the girls, everyone [is] together. It's a very together club, so fingers crossed it's a good season," she said."The attitude from the girls has become really positive. You can tell from training we all get on together and that's what makes us Hull City Ladies." New staff include strength and conditioning coaches, which physio Jamie Lee Robinson hopes will help reduce the number of injuries from last said: "We racked up quite a few injuries, which is hard as we want to avoid as many as possible."From week one of coming back we've implemented strong rehab plans. "We've had a really good increase in staff after coming back and we have a bar to match this season, which we missed last season, but I think it will give us a great position in the table."Ms Robinson said she had already seen an increase in participation in ladies football across East Yorkshire, especially in grassroots football. The team is now hoping England can win the Women's Euro 2025 final on Sunday, which she believes will give the sport a further boost ahead of the new kick-off time for Sunday's match has been changed to 12:00 BST to avoid clashing with the Lionesses and to allow fans the chance to watch both matches. Hull City Ladies were founded in 2001 and are not associated with Hull City's men's finished eighth in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division last season and the upcoming season starts on August May, co-owner Daniel Johnson was accused of misusing £250,000 of club funds and was also accused of gambling on its matches and making sexualised remarks to players. He has not responded to several attempts made by the BBC to contact him. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
