Councillor urges Planning Inspector to stop plans to build 60 houses on Hinckley nature feature
A Hinckley County Councillor has urged a Planning Inspector to reject plans for 60 houses to be built on a Hinckley nature...
23 Oct 2018
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Pete Stead-Davis fighting for Barwell
Liberal Democrats in Barwell are delighted that Barwell resident and campaigner Pete Stead-Davis is standing to be the new Barwell Parish Councillor in the upcoming by-election.
11 Oct 2018
County Council urged to save money by dropping doomed Unitary plan
Plans for a single Council for Leicestershire have been slammed at a meeting of Leicestershire County Council.
27 Sep 2018
County bosses condemned for taking axe to accountability
Tory County Council bosses have been condemned after they voted to reduce the number of Full County Council meetings from six a year to just five.
27 Sep 2018
Residents urged to participate in appeal on controversial planning application
Residents in Hinckley are being encouraged to participate in an appeal on proposals to build 60 houses on a Hinckley nature feature. Orbit Housing wish to build 60 houses on the site of the Big Pit water feature behind Ashby Road in Hinckley.
27 Sep 2018
Lib Dems ensure controversial Tory plan for Leicestershire Unitary authority will be discussed at County Council
Controversial plans to have one Unitary authority for the whole of Leicestershire and to abolish the existing seven Leicestershire Boroughs and Districts will be debated at this Wednesday's Leicestershire County Council meeting. This is despite the County Council's Conservative leadership not wanting the issue debated until the December Full Council meeting.
24 Sep 2018
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