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BBC News
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Clerical error cost Melton Borough Council £40k in parking cash
A clerical error cost a Leicestershire council about £40,000 in lost car park revenue, it has been Borough Council suspended charges in nine car parks it runs in and around the town in May and covered up payment machines so they could not be authority has not said what the error was but said it happened while it was implementing new said the error had been fixed and charges were set to return from Saturday. A council spokesperson said: "As soon as the error was identified, we moved swiftly to rectify the situation, proactively highlighting the issue and removing all charges during the three-week notice period and prior to the adoption of the new rates."It's estimated the loss of income could be approximately £40,000, but the action taken has ensured residents were not disadvantaged during this period."An extraordinary council meeting will be held on Thursday to discuss the opposition councillor Siggy Atherton said the error had caused "unnecessary confusion" for residents and visitors and placed additional pressure on the authority's called on the council to issue a public statement acknowledging the error, explaining the correction, and clarifying administrative council did not comment on the upcoming meeting.
BBC News
27-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Another 70 homes added to new Melton Mowbray development
A developer has been given the green light to build a further 70 homes as part of a wider housing project in a Leicestershire approved the scheme off Lake Terrace in Melton Mowbray despite developer G S Property Holdings telling the committee it cannot afford to contribute to health, education and other services through a Section 106 County Council and the NHS have said they need roughly £2m to pay for the infrastructure and services the residents in the homes will new homes will include 10 affordable bungalows, with the rest of the properties to be sold on the open market. A viability report showed the developer could not afford to make financial contributions to infrastructure and services due to the "significant abnormal costs" of developing the site, the Local Democracy Reporting Service a previous meeting, a planning agent speaking on behalf the developer said the company would give the borough and county council £580,000 as part of a financial agreement known as an overage payment should planning permission be granted. 'Catch-22' The committee on Melton Borough Council voted in December to defer its decision to allow planning officers time to investigate alternative sources of funding which might enable the developer to make a S106 contribution. In a report, planning officers said there were two grants the scheme would be eligible for – but the grants can only be applied for once planning permission is already in place, and even then, the applications might be Siggy Atherton described the situation as a "catch-22", and said the developer would win "hands down" at appeal should it be she added: "Travelling through Melton this last couple of mornings, it's mayhem. With more households having at least two cars – that's just [the impact] on the roads without thinking schools, doctors."
