A planning application by Royal Mail for the removal of 36 dedicated staff parking spaces at its Bury St Edmunds delivery office has been described as an ‘insult’ to residents. The postal company has submitted an application to West Suffolk Council, to vary a condition of the approved 2005 scheme …
Read More »Royal Mail says staff will rotate use of fleet vehicle parking spaces with personal vehicles at Bury St Edmunds delivery office
An application to revise on-site parking at the Royal Mail delivery office in Bury St Edmunds is now in the public domain. A proposal has been submitted by Richard Parker, of Northern Property Consortium, to vary a condition of the approved 2005 scheme for the delivery office, in Skyliner Way, …
Read More »Flats plan unveiled for 150-year-old Leicester police station
It has been subject to anti-social behaviour over the years The former Belgrave Police Station, in Leicester’s Loughborough Road(Image: Google) A historic Leicester police station could be brought back into use as new homes, planning documents have revealed. The former Belgrave Police Station, in Loughborough Road, was built almost 150 …
Read More »Photos show how eyesore site near Temple Meads has been transformed
A year from now will see a new chapter begin in the history of Bristol, with the opening of a huge new ‘Enterprise Campus’ at Temple Meads, which will be part of the University of Bristol. The new campus has transformed what was an eyesore site right next to the …
Read More »Constructors yet to be appointed on key Maidstone town centre housing project at former Royal Mail Sorting Office
A site which was once a Royal Mail sorting office will sit empty for a little longer as the local authority waits to find a developer. Maidstone council granted itself planning permission to construct 180 flats, shops and a new public park back in October of last year on the …
Read More »End of an era as former Barclays bank development in Diss puts pay to family’s ‘secret garden’
The conversion of a town bank into flats will herald the end of an era for a family’s “hidden garden”, which they have cherished for 47 years. Old Bucks Developments Ltd has submitted plans to transform the former Barclays bank site on Market Hill, Diss, which has been closed since …
Read More »West Suffolk Council writes to Royal Mail over possible breach of planning at its Bury St Edmunds delivery office in Skyliner Way
A business that has been accused of shifting its parking problems onto residential streets has been contacted over a possible planning breach. Pressure has been mounting on Royal Mail to be ‘responsible neighbours’ following its decision to ban its staff from parking their own vehicles at its delivery office in …
Read More »First image of the complete transformation of Temple Quarter revealed
Planners will decide this week whether to give permission for a new student accommodation block next to the River Avon near Temple Meads station, but the developers have revealed for the first time not just what their new 22-storey building will look like, but also the scale of the transformation …
Read More »Royal Mail Delivery Office, in Church Street, Hadleigh, set to undergo ‘overdue’ refurbishment
Plans to restore the character of a postal delivery building have been approved. The Royal Mail Delivery Office, in Church Street, Hadleigh, is set to undergo an ‘overdue’ refurbishment, which includes replacing broken roof tiles, bargeboards and fascias as well as repairing and repainting the existing windows and internal doors. …
Read More »Major plans to regenerate Royal Mail sorting office in Maidstone into 180 flats and dozens of shops approved
A town is to undergo a major regeneration project with the construction of 180 apartments, shops and a new public park. Plans for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail Sorting office site near Maidstone East Station in the county town were finally approved nine years after the scheme was …
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