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BBC News
3 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Wolverhampton flats plan revisited despite government rejection
A fresh bid has been made to turn an office block on a Wolverhampton industrial estate into more than 70 flats.A planning application to turn the Saturn Centre in Spring Road, Ettingshall, into 77 flats was rejected by the city council in 2023 as it said it would expose tenants to too much noise, dust and fumes from surrounding Crown Choice Investments, appealed to the government's planning inspectors in a bid to get the decision overturned but it was rejected for a second the firm has now submitted a new application to convert the five-storey building into 77 flats At the time of the first application, assessments found the level of noise along Spring Road and the surrounding area, day and night, meant windows would have to stay closed permanently to maintain an "acceptable" level of noise and prevent people from being building is surrounded by factories and commercial units including a steelworks, an asphalt quarry and manufacturers that work through the it rejected the plans, the council said there was nothing to mitigate against the level of exposure and was also concerned that building apartments could disrupt the surrounding and long-established council said the application would also need to include more parking spaces as it was an 'unsustainable location' with hardly any access to public transport and would rely on cars so a lack of spaces could create off-street parking problems. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
The Standard
a day ago
- Business
- The Standard
HK home prices rise for third month, up 0.03pc in June
Deep Water Pavilia II has sold nearly 60 flats in the first round of sales
The Standard
3 days ago
- Business
- The Standard
Paul Chan forecasts ten-quarter rise in Hong Kong GDP
Deep Water Pavilia II has sold nearly 60 flats in the first round of sales
BBC News
23-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Pub near St Neots Market Square to be turned into nine flats
A town centre pub that has been empty for about four years will be converted into nine District Council approved plans to redevelop the former Brook and Barter pub at St Neots Market Square, pub closed in 2021 and no offers were made to open a new business when it was marketed, said planning Hitchin, an Independent councillor on St Neots Town Council, said the creation of nine flats, including five studio flats, would be "overdevelopment". The proposal included plans to build five studio flats, one one-bedroom flat, and three two-bedroom Homes Ltd, who submitted the plans, said there would be space for a commercial unit on the ground floor of the building facing onto Market development would also be car free with 12 cycle parking spaces, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.A planning statement said it would bring the site back into use and as the building had been "gradually deteriorating" and the unit required "extensive remodelling"."The applicant therefore proposed the total transformation of the site through redeveloping it, predominantly for residential purposes," the application stated. Kevin Gulson, a Conservative councillor on Huntingdonshire District Council, supported the plans and said he recognised the pub had been closed "for some time". Overdevelopment Concerns were raised by Hitchin, who said the town council supported the principle of creating new flats, but objected to the current said: "This is overdevelopment... and this raises real concerns about the living environment for future residents and does not reflect best practices in design or sustainable housing."Secondly, we object to the loss of valuable retail space. This is a prominent town frontage in Market Square, the replacement commercial space is minimal and poorly integrated, this results in a net loss to the town centre commercial vitality."She said turning the site predominantly into housing "undermines that [Market Square] investment" and would be "damaging to the local economy and vibrancy of the town centre".Steve McAdam, an Independent councillor on Huntingdonshire District Council, said the district council had previously refused plans to turn a shop or pub into homes, and asked planning officers what was different about this responded that developers needed to demonstrate there was no reasonable prospect of the pub or shop being retained or restored. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
16-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Plan to use Reading vacant office building for flats rejected
A plan to reuse vacant offices with 52 flats close to a town centre has been rejected over noise Court, in Oxford Road, Reading, has been empty since 2022 and was previously used as the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments for the Department for Work and Borough Council said it was not satisfied the proposal to use the three-storey building for the flats would not result in "significant noise impacts".A previous plan to use the site for 120 flats was rejected last year. The Royal Metrological Society's building, which sits next to Eaton Court in Oxford Road, would have been unaffected. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
