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Allison Homes breaks ground on 53-home Shepshed site

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

The home of Nick Lupton during the flooding of January 2024.

I built a wall around my house after it was flooded 11 times

The Wilton Park building Melton Mowbray Town Estate are to repurpose for use as a bike hire venue

Plans for new bike hire service in Melton park

St John The Baptist Catholic Church in Melton Mowbray - planning permission has been given for a new community hall to be built next to it

New Melton community hall to be built by next year

Mikey Allen at his 'therapy' castle in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales.

Ex-soldier pledges to rebuild mountain 'therapy' castle

The owner of a world-famous house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has been banned from renting it out on Airbnb Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS

Shark House owner is banned from Airbnb

The home in Sandringham Avenue in Walsall which was built without planning permission - and must now be torn down Picture: SWNS

'Monster mansion' with no planning permission has to be demolished

Craig Gillett, 61, as Santa, runs Santa's Grotto Frome alongside his sister Clare Perry, 59, Mrs Claus but is facing eviction over planning permission Picture: Santa's Grotto Frome / SWNS

Santa faces eviction from grotto over planning permission row

A £1million mansion could be yours for £550,000 - but buyers should be aware it comes with a huge catch.

£1m mansion up for grabs for bargain £550k – but there’s a huge catch

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

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Holiday homes in England will need planning permission under new plans proposed by the government

Holiday homes could require planning permission under new rules

A petition to keep Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm restaurant open has gathered over 150,000 signatures.

Breaking Jeremy Clarkson applies for a temporary car park on Diddly Squat Farm

Glastonbury Festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage could become a permanent fixture.

Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage could become a permanent fixture

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

A computer image of how the preserved vagrant cell will look like at Melton

First look at preserved historic vagrant cell at Melton housing site

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County Hall welcomes borough council’s Melton bypass funding decision

Harwood House on Park Road in Melton EMN-210209-162307001

Plans to convert vacant Melton building into a medical centre

The plans for a glamping park at Twinlakes as designed by HSSP Architects EMN-210624-180312001

Plans approved for glamping park to be built at Twinlakes

Scott O'Dell, of Fisher German, with Emily, James, George and Clair Goodson at the site of their planned natural burial ground at Bottesford EMN-210515-145341001

Natural burial ground set for farmland overlooking Vale of Belvoir

A still showing simulated drone footage of the planned Melton Mowbray Distributor Road (MMDR) EMN-210325-175512001

Melton bypass objectors may force public inquiry on road

A view of the old War Memorial Hospital site in Melton, looking west across Ankle Hill towards Wyndham Lodge with the stables and listed boundary wall in the foreground EMN-190417-131852001

Residents angry over revised plans for old Melton hospital site housing scheme

An artist's impression of the indoor pitch at Leicester City FC's new training ground near Seagrave EMN-190304-171603001

Work starts on new £100M Leicester City FC training ground near Melton

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Former Melton care home site goes up for sale for Â£750,000

The old Melton Scout HQ buildings at Holwell Pastures which are to be replaced by a new purpose-built ?315,000 facility EMN-170419-122530001

Melton Scouts need cash aid to finish new HQ

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