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Petition saying no to residential proposal where mill once stood
Leek Post and Times
|April 08, 2026
A PETITION to stop residential development on the site of Leek’s Big Mill was signed by more than 100 people in just five days.
The Big Mill has now been reduced to rubble
The Grade II-listed Big Mill in Leek was demolished following a fire that broke out almost two weeks ago. Developers had been trying to develop the Big Mill, originally constructed in 1857 by architect William Sugden, for nearly two decades. Now the petition calls for the space to be used for ‘community-focused regeneration’.
This story is from the April 08, 2026 edition of Leek Post and Times.
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