£4 million confirmed for exciting projects to make Charnwood’s future brighter

TEN PROJECTS WHICH will help make the future brighter for Charnwood residents have secured around £4 million of Government funding.

Charnwood Borough Council has worked with communities to draw up the Future Charnwood Investment Plan to secure funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The plan will see improvements to parks and sports facilities, support for town centres, a village hall expanded and the backing of a project to improve the well-being, life chances and employability skills of young people.

Summary of the projects

The Future Charnwood Investment Plan includes 10 projects: IMPROVEMENTS TO ANSTEY COMMUNITY FACILITIES

Anstey Parish Council wants to extend the Jubilee Hall in the village to increase its usage by community groups.

NEW MULTI-USE GAMES AREA IN BIRSTALL

Birstall Parish Council wants to install a multi-use games area on the School Lane playing fields to enhance the area for all age groups and abilities.

SILEBY MEMORIAL PARK AND PAVILION

Sileby Parish Council is intending to regenerate Sileby Memorial Park and Pavilion to improve the community green space at the heart of the village.

EXPANDING MOUNTSORREL SPORTS FACILITIES

Mountsorrel Parish Council wants to create new cricket and football pitches in Halstead Road to support the local sporting scene and ease the pressure on the existing pitches there and at the War Memorial Fields. The Council also wants to build a new pavilion at Halstead Road.

LIVING WALL & CHARNWOOD GROWERS FAIR PROJECT

Love Loughborough has proposed an exciting project to transform an ugly concrete façade in Loughborough town centre into a beautiful living feature. The façade above a row of shops in Devonshire Square would be covered in a

Living Wall which would see panels of plants added to the building to grow and bring nature into the town centre. Also, a weekly Charnwood Growers Fair would be held in the summer to bring more visitors to the town centre.

REGENERATING SHEPSHED’S MARKET PLACE

Charnwood Borough Council is planning to transform Market Place in Shepshed by creating an open and more pedestrian-friendly space while retaining parking for shoppers.

RE-IMAGINING LOUGHBOROUGH’S ICONIC CARILLON TOWER AND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM

The floors of the tower will be transformed with purpose-built units and flexible display cases for the museum’s displays. The project will also seek to inspire the next generation of Carillonneurs with the purchase of a practice clavier, the device used to play the bells in the tower. There will also be a learning programme developed for school and group visits, a campaign to increase volunteers at the museum and a project to better understand the museum’s audience. The project is being led by Charnwood Borough Council.

GORSE COVERT YOUTH PROJECT, LOUGHBOROUGH

This project proposed by Gorse Covert Community Association proposes a three-year programme of youth support, including the appointment of a dedicated youth support worker. The programme would facilitate drop-in sessions, workshops and activities as well as develop opportunities to improve young people’s, confidence, and capabilities.

GENERATION CHARNWOOD

Youth Sport Trust, in partnership with Active Together, has proposed the Generation Charnwood project. It aims to improve the well-being, life chances and employability skills of young people – especially those from disadvantaged backgroundsin the borough through sport.

NANPANTAN SCOUT HUT

Nanpantan Scout Group are planning to build a new scout hut which will secure its future as a thriving group for young people. The new hut would also be available for use by the local community.

Reserved matters submitted for Mountpark Bardon III

MOUNTPARK LOGISTICS has submitted a reserved matters planning application to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council for a 947,650 sq ft industrial and logistics development at Stanton Lane, Coalville.

Known as Mountpark Bardon III, the proposed scheme comprises two high quality buildings of 535,955 sq ft and 411,695 sq ft, both of which have been designed to achieve EPC ‘A’ ratings and minimum BREEAM ‘Excellent’ accreditations. As part of its plans, Mountpark has designated 50% of the site as green space to support biodiversity and provide a landscaped woodland park for both employees and local residents to enjoy.

The new scheme is the third and final phase of Mountpark Bardon, which is strategically located near Junction 22 of the M1, north of Leicester and within a 4.5 hour HGV drive time of around 85% of the UK population.

RNYS PROPERTIES LIMITED

(c/o Agent: Mr Muhammad Imtiaz, Architecture365 Limited, 20 Lynmouth Road, Leicester, LE5 1NA) – Change of use of first floor from function hall to residential, and construction of second floor to create 9 one-bed flats and one two-bed flat – at 148 Melton Road, Leicester LE4 5EE.

BLUEBRICK ESTATES LIMITED

(c/o Agent: Mr Andrew Lennard, Perfect Planning Architectural Services Limited, Office 1F, Rugby House, Hinckley Road, Sapcote, Leics. LE9 4FS) – Conversion of single dwelling to 2 flats – at 58 Fosse Road South, Leicester, LE3 0QD.

Hinckley & Bosworth

MR L MASSARELLA (c/o Agent: Mrs Ellie Jones, MPC, 58 Spon Lane, Grendon, Near Atherstone, Warks. CV9 2PD) – Erection of 9 dwellings with associated access, car parking, landscaping and drainage – at Pharmacy, Heath lane Surgery, Westfield Avenue, Earl Shilton, Leics. LE9 7RT.

JELSON LIMITED (c/o: 370 Loughborough Road, Leicester LE4 5PR) – Residential development of up to 100 dwellings with associated public open space and infrastructure –at land adjacent to Lockey Farm, Hunts Lane, Desford, Leics.

MR & MRS WYNNE (c/o Agent: Simon Cheshire Planning Limited, 34 Stanley Road, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Warks. CV13 0NB) – Conversion of agricultural buildings to residential with associated amenity space and parking – at Townsend Farm, Bosworth Road, Sutton Cheney, Nuneaton, Warks. CV13 0AH.

Harborough District

Unnamed Applicant (c/o Agent: Paul Thurlby, GWH Architects, Unit 4B, Fir Tree Lane, Groby, Leicester LE6 0FH) – Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 5 dwellings plus creation of a new access – at 26 New Road, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics. LE8 0LE.