Author Archives: Tim Smith

Car Wash

The Year 6 children (and parents) of St. Mary and St. John’s are fund raising for their end of year celebrations. All profits will go towards a party for the children to say farewell to the primary school and perhaps other fun things in their final weeks.

River Chater footpath bridge replacement

Unfortunately, as you may have noticed, the fields are waterlogged and it is still too wet for the replacement bridge to be installed.

Please do not use the bridge and do not give up hope that it might stop raining at some time.

Donation of Used Ink Cartridges

Collection of used ink cartridges
A big thank you to all have donated so far.
The first full box is being sent off for recycling and a donation will go to support a Rutland and Leicestershire charity (Emmaus) that supports the homeless.
A new box is in the church porch.
Please keep on donating used ink print cartridges

North Luffenham Good Neighbour Scheme

The AGM of the NLGNS will be held on the

Friday 15th March at 6.30pm in The Den at The Fox

You are welcome to attend if you would just like to know more or would like to volunteer.

Donating Used Cartridges for Charity.

A box as shown has been put in the church porch.

Please donate your used printer ink cartridges . The used cartridges will be recycled and money collected will go to support EMMAUS – a Rutland and Leicestershire charity supporting homeless people. 

When the box is full , it will be sent off and another returned for use.

 Many thanks in anticipation of your donations.

River Chater footpath bridge replacement

The replacement foot bridge over the River Chater on the footpath from the Church to Glebe Road is ready to be installed. Heavy equipment is required to get it into place and unfortunately with the recent storms the ground is too wet.

Rutland County Council has contacted that the contracter hopes to be able to install the bridge in about three weeks. However this is dependent on the ground being able to take the equipment and the agreement of the landowners.

Let’s hope for a dry(ish) spell!

The Rutland Villa and Mosaics Talk at Edith Weston Village Hall.

Pothole on Lyndon Road.

There is quite a large and deep pothole in the middle of Lyndon Road. It is situated towards the upper end of Lyndon Road. Already a car tyre has had to be replaced because of damage from the pothole.

It has been reported to Rutland County Council.

Rutland County Council’s Draft Budget 2024/25. Have your say.

Temporary Road Closure Notices

Please see notices below.

Damage to The Oval from quad bikes

On Sunday the 31st two quad bikes were seen on The Oval. Permission to use a quad bike on council land, parks and private land requires permission of the council or the owner: no such permission has been given by NLPC, as trustee, for The Oval. Apart from being unlawful it is antisocial behaviour, particularly as it was near the children’s play area.

Unless a quad bike is registered and have front and rear number plates it cannot use a public road.

The incident has been reported to the police. If residents see this happening please contact the police: to speak to a member of the Rutland South designated neighbourhood team please call 101 or 01162 222222
In an emergency call 999.

Local Plan Consultation 3rd January

Where: North Luffenham Community Centre.

When: 6pm to 9pm.

There will be two paper copies of the Local Plan available to read, along with a multitude of laptops available to access the online interactive maps and to allow those, who wish, to make a comment on the day using the online portal.

Most importantly both County Councillors (one of which, I am sure you will know, is the leader of the council) will be in attendance to answer questions that you may have in relation to the local plan.

North Luffenham Parish Councillors will be in attendance to help with the online access only. They will not be answering questions about the Parish Councils response. This event is for the public to see the Local Plan and ask questions to the county councillors.

The draft Local Plan and all the supporting documents are available on the Ruland County Council website: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/planning-building-control/local-plan/new-local-plan.

Free Coffee on The Oval: Wednesday 3rd January 10am – 3.00pm.

Door open on the Sub Station on The Oval

The door on the substation is open exposing the electical equipment inside. It has been reported to Western Power. NLPC will seal it off as best it can until it can be repaired.

Please keep clear and in particular do not let children go near it.