内容摘要：She says she is keen to address local opposition, which has focused on environmental impacts.

She says she is keen to address local opposition, which has focused on environmental impacts.

The conference is being held at Sheffield City Hall from 5-7 September.A woman who lives near a partially collapsed road in a Surrey village says the sinkhole has "transformed" her life.

Carol Ward has only lived in Godstone for a year and said before the sinkhole appeared in the High Street she was feeling a bit isolated., she set up a support group for people who wanted to help, those who needed support and to share information."I'm more out there in the community, I'm doing more to help and support other people," she told the

. "It's completely transformed my life."Ms Ward, who was not evacuated but lives near the cordon, cares for her mother.

"It has impacted the whole of the Godstone community," she said. "I've got an elderly mum and she finds it more difficult to access the green as she has to go the long way round because of the barriers."

Authorities declared a major incident afterThis time the council has concluded that "suitable justification" has been given to drop the restrictions.

"The supporting information suggests that there are no appropriate sequentially preferable sites in the town centre and that any retail impact on the town centre would be negligible," a report said."This is a position that has been checked with an independent retail expert who agrees with the analysis and considers that the qualitative benefits associated with the proposal would be significant."

Planning committee councillors are being recommended to approve the scheme - with conditions - when they meet on 30 April.The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back after not being invited to the UK government's International Investment Summit.