HOUSING: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Village Voice No 262 September 2014
Melbourne & District
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raising the standard of estate agency
Cricket club blaze probe
MELBOURNE ESTATE AGENTS Residential Sales and Lettings Tel: 01332 865696 Melbourne: 01332 865696
Public meeting called to discuss scale of development
A GROUP of concerned residents from Melbourne and Kings Newton are organising a public meeting to draw attention to the scale of local housing development. The meeting, called by Margaret Gildea and Jessica Long, will be on September 22, at 7pm, at Melbourne Assembly Rooms. The issues are matters being widely discussed in the town, and Mrs Gildea said: “The object of the meeting is to try to assess public feeling about the various developments – for the many houses being proposed." Mrs Gildea recognises that there are many Melbourne residents worried about the shortage of affordable houses for the sons and daughters born and schooled in the town. There are also undoubtedly benefits in these developments for the economic wellbeing of the town – to give impetus to jobs, shops and restaurants, and new businesses, and make for an even more vibrant town. But there are many people who take a much darker view of the prospects opened up by more houses. There are worries about education with Chellaston Acad-
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fire at Melbourne Cricket Club’s pavilion was believed to have been started deliberately. Emergency services were called to the ground at Cockshut Lane, Melbourne, after reports of a blaze at the pavilion. Classed as a building fire, two appliances were despatched to the scene, one from Swadlincote and one from Ascot Drive, Derby. The blaze started in a coil of cricket boundary rope stored behind the scoring hut and caused minor damage to the building. Graffiti was also sprayed at the site and line marking machinery had been tampered with. The incident happened at about 7.45pm on Monday, September 1. An investigation revealed that the fire had been started deliberately and police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward. Witnesses should call Derbyshire Police on 101, quoting crime reference 36760/14.
by DAVID BELLIS emy being full, and likely to exclude many South Derbyshire children. And there are worries, too, for the local primary schools, growing larger and that growth encroaching on the playing areas. There are also genuine fears that Mrs Gildea spells out over the water and sewage drainage, which have come to light in the unpleasant floods in the newest development at Sweet Leys Way (see Page 3). Mrs Gildea also emphasises that the road infrastructure of the town is already inadequate for the constantly increasing traffic. Mrs Long said: "Messages circulating on social media sites have demonstrated increasing concern about developments, particularly those on Jawbone Lane, and at the back of the Woodlands.” She is positive that opposition was not "nimbyism", but because the scale would have a negative impact on the rural character of Melbourne and King’s Newton, which up to now has been to a large extent protected from extensive development. * Margaret Gildea is a director of Melbourne Assembly Rooms, and a retired senior executive at RollsRoyce. Jessica Long is chairman of the King's Newton Residents Association.
l THE South Derbyshire District Council Summer Sports provision in conjunction with parish councils has continued with visits to the local villages. The Climbing Wall (above) visited Melbourne while Summer Sports were delivered in Barrow on Trent (right).
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