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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Tom Pegden

Marrons Planning secures green light for countryside homes after plans were turned down three times

Planning specialists Marrons Planning has helped gain permission for 49 new homes in the Leicestershire countryside – after the plans were turned down three times.

Marrons – which is based in Leicester and is part of the Shakespeare Martineau group – helped secure permission for the houses in the former mining village of Thornton. The village sits above Thornton Reservoir in the Charnwood Forest.

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council had previously turned down the plans for the 7 acre site in Hawthorn Drive following objections from residents.

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