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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 …

Plans for flats on the site of a former sorting office which is being demolished have been changed after being criticised by councillors. Maidstone council owns the old Royal Mail buildings off Sandling Road after buying the 19,607 sq m plot for £2.5 million in 2022. The demolition is expected …

Published on 10th April 2024 The next scheduled elections to take place in Cheltenham are the Borough Council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024. All forty borough council seats will be up for election due to ward boundary changes. New postal vote handling rules are in …

A council has been sent to rework plans for its own development after councillors feared they would be “building a slum.” Maidstone Borough Council submitted plans in October for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail sorting office on Sandling Road into three blocks of flats. CGIs of the former …

Royal Mail is proposing to relocate a post box in Hatt Close, Peasemore, to a new location further along the road. The reason given for the move is because the slipway needs widening to assist the emergency services in the area. Site of the current post box in Peasemore The …

Plans to redevelop part of a town left derelict for a decade have been given a boost by the government. Maidstone council has received a £2.1m grant from the Brownfield Land Release Fund to help it bring forward plans to regenerate the former Royal Mail Sorting Office site. An artist’s …

A village’s former Post Office branch could soon have a new use that might ease pressure on overstretched local healthcare services. Charnwood Borough Council has received plans to extend the Anstey Family Dental Centre into the neighbouring building, which was previously a shop housing the village’s Post Office counter. The …

A former shop could be brought back into use as a Post Office, which has long been a staple of Ipswich’s high street, searches for a new home. Proposals have been drafted to move the Carr Street office into the former Jessops in Butter Market. The premises has been empty …

Outdoor gym kit and a petanque pitch are to be installed in the playing fields in Witherley, near Hinckley. The new additions will be sited next to the children’s play park, on Witherley Memorial Playing Field, on the corner of Post Office Lane and Church Road. The amenities will include …

Royal Mail has warned that any traffic caused by a new attraction in Filton could delay post across the “whole region”. YTL Developments is seeking planning permission to build the festival-style ‘village’ on the former airfield near Bristol, with outdoor entertainment, tipi restaurants, retail stalls and a bar with roof …