A 120 acre warehouse park in the middle of the East Midlands has been granted planning permission at appeal after councillors originally questioned the location.
The Castle Donington development – just off the M1 between Leicester, Nottingham and Derby –attracted objections from hundreds of people and organisations over concerns about its impact on the local countryside.
St Modwen put in an application for the land south of Junction 1 of the A50 in 2019 saying it would meet "immediate demand" for warehousing and create thousands of new jobs. However, North West Leicestershire District Council rejected the plans.
