Fields and paddocks in a Leicestershire village's "green wedge" will be turned into housing after a government inspector overturned a council's decision to refuse planning permission. The 27-acre site ...

Residents fear the creation of a new Leicestershire town council could be a "backdoor" for higher council tax and "another layer of bureaucracy". Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) are in ...

A councillor has hit out at an ethics investigation that saw him removed from a key committee, a decision which he claims will leave a Leicestershire village without a vote on plans for a huge housing ...

Details of a 100-home development described as "an unwanted assault" on a village in Leicestershire have been outlined. Plans to build on fields off Hunts Lane in Desford were refused by Hinckley and ...

A district council has written to its neighbouring authority to object to plans for a new freight distribution hub. Pall-Ex Group wants to build a new base on greenfield land between Station Road and ...