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Leicester City Council has prepared the final version of its Local Plan for consultation in the New Year.
A Local Plan sets out how local authorities propose to organise and allow development through the planning process for the next 15 years. It is a legal requirement that all authorities draw up and adopt a Local Plan.
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The Leicester Orbital - a new electric bus service taking passengers on an orbital route connecting key sites around Leicester has launched, and it's hoped it will help pull the city together making all corners easily accessible to everyone.
The Orbital service, which is the UK’s longest electric circular bus route, will connect estates and suburbs on the city’s outer ring road and beyond (that were traditionally seen as a little more isolated) with locations such as shopping centres, hospitals, employment areas and other key transport infrastructure.
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As the country becomes gripped in an energy cost crisis, Leicester homes are set to benefit from a range of cost-cutting energy efficiency improvements, as part of a multi-million scheme delivered by the city council, and landlords are urged to get involved.
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New plans to revamp Leicester’s Stocking Farm estate have moved on a step with the submission of a planning application to the city council – which will likely to help to boost the surrounding area as whole, providing investment opportunities for buy-to-let landlords.
If approved, the plans will see around 50 new energy-efficient council homes built on the 3.34-acre site in the north-west of Leicester.
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The month of May has certainly arrived with a bang as the UK has been enjoying a mini heatwave, boding well that this summer will be a classic. That means it well be a season of parties and barbeques, resulting in open windows, French doors, conservatories and entrances to the garden as everyone basks in the sunshine. *Updated 12 May 2024
