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Burns Supper & Song in South Luffenham
Last few tickets available for a fun & lively night in the delightful South Luffenham village hall – contact Helen Saunders to secure your seat
Chater Community Choir – seeking new members
Ever fancied joining a choir but never had the opportunity? Well, your local choir in Rutland is looking for new members to join their Spring Programme.
Rehearsals restart on Tuesday 16th January for 14 weeks until our concert on Friday 26th April.
We are a mixed choir with circa 50 members so a warm welcome is ensured😉
Community Service Award
Do you know of anyone who goes above and beyond for North Luffenham?
We would like to reward those with community spirit by awarding those who are voted by the community with a trophy and a £50 voucher to use at the Fox pub for a delicious meal and few celebratory drinks.
Nominations are now open with the nominations window closing on the 14th of February. The councillors will the shortlist the nominees and a community vote will be held. To nominate please fill out the form below and email to: clerk@northluffenham.org.uk
If you are unable to use emails, please contact the clerk via telephone on 01572 368344 or post (4 Greetham Road, Cottesmore, LE15 7DB), with a nominee, their contact details and the reason why you are nominating them. Please also provide your contact details so we are able to let you know if your nominee has been shortlisted.
Allotment Renewals and Applications
The 2024 allotment renewal letters have gone out via post and email today, so all who have an allotment, please keep an eye out for those letters. You will have until the 1st of Feb 2024 to respond with ALL the paperwork and payment, should this not be fulfilled your allotment may be given to someone else on the waiting list. Last year several allotment holders failed to sign the terms and conditions form, failure to do so this year could forfeit your allotment tenancy.
For those interested in applying for an allotment, please have a look at the form and terms and conditions below. Fill those out and email to the clerk who will add you onto our new waiting list – when you reach the top of the list (criteria based, not first come first served) the clerk will email you to offer any available allotments.
Winter Family Disco
Printable Local Plan
We have created a printable version of the local plan available for people to use in order for the public to make comment. We have also created a word document version in which we have found is easier to use when searching for a specific topic as you can use the ‘find’ function found on the word ‘home’ tab.
You can find the local plan, it’s appendixes and it’s interactive map on the link below
The deadline for any comments is on the 8th of January 2024.
Reminder – Local Plan Consultation Tonight 6-9pm
Where: North Luffenham Community Centre.
When: 6pm to 9pm.
A reminder that there will be information on the Local Plan Consultation this evening in the Community Centre
Consultation closes on Monday, and so there are only 5 days left to make representations with your views.
This is the only public consultation stage that allows changes to the content of plan based on public input.
The plan does suggest changes to the Limits of Planned Development for North Luffenham, and also allocates a site for residential development, and so it is worth reviewing if only for these items that may impact the village.
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.
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.
Plus, don’t forget to post your festive card to friends in the village via the Church tree; Janet’s collecting your cards and donations at Dove Cottage, 4 Church Street until morning of 22nd December.
Agendas NLPC Meeting 20.12.23
Panto Day Has Arrived!
Last night saw the final rehearsal for this years pantomime. What an evening that was! The cast were on tip top form and the first ever full run through with lights and sound showed that everyone was ready for this evening at one level or another! Tonight will see another fantastic performance I am sure and we can’t wait to give you North Luffenham’s second pantomime. There were those who said it would never happen again. There were an awful lot more who said it should never happen again! We have confounded them all and 7.00 tonight in The Fox car park we will see a rebirth of some of the finest theatre you will see this year. We have even made national radio this morning with the news!
We look forward to seeing you all this evening for a festive night of fun and frolics!
Bin collection days over Christmas and the New Year
People living in Rutland are being reminded to check changes to their bin collection day over the festive season.
Usual collection day | New collection day | ||
Monday 25 December | Saturday 23 December | ||
Tuesday 26 December | Wednesday 27 December | ||
Wednesday 27 December | Thursday 28 December | ||
Thursday 28 December | Friday 29 December | ||
Friday 29 December | Saturday 30 December | ||
Monday 1 January | Tuesday 2 January | ||
Tuesday 2 January | Wednesday 3 January | ||
Wednesday 3 January | Thursday 4 January | ||
Thursday 4 January | Friday 5 January | ||
Friday 5 January | Saturday 6 January |
For further information please refer to www.rutland.gov.uk/my-services/waste-and-recycling/, your full waste guide can be found under ‘Find your bin collection day’.
Rutland County Council’s Portfolio Holder for Highways, Transport and the Environment, Cllr Christine Wise said:
“Our contractors are going to be working hard this winter to ensure that all bin collections are completed so we would please ask residents to ensure that they take a couple of minutes just to double check when their collection day is over the Christmas period. We would ask residents to please also keep in mind that this time of year can also cause disruptions to collections due to severe winter weather, like snow and ice, as well as delays caused by the sheer volume of seasonal waste. If collections along your street haven’t taken place on the expected day, please leave the bins out and our contractors will return to collect them as soon as possible.”
Rutland County Council is encouraging people to try and reduce the amount they throw away as waste over the busy Christmas period. On average, food waste makes up 50% of the material in Rutland’s black household waste bins. This is costly for households and bad for the environment. Love Food Hate Waste is a national campaign providing handy tips and advice to help everyone waste less food: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com.
Households in Rutland will get an extra blue bag for additional recycling over the Christmas period. Once full, residents are asked to place this bag next to their grey recycling bin on collection day. Collection crews cannot remove any other side waste. For information about what items can and can’t be recycled in Rutland, visit: www.rutland.gov.uk/recyclingaz.
Residents are also advised to check opening times before traveling to use Rutland’s recycling centres at North Luffenham and Cottesmore over Christmas. Operating hours for the two sites can be found online at: www.rutland.gov.uk/recycling.
Warm up with a coffee.
The weather is not very clement today so why not warm up with a coffee. The coffee van is on The Oval from 10am – 3.00pm today and will be here on the 20th December at the same times.
Sinderella’s Despair Deepens!
With only one more rehearsal to go on Thursday, Tuesdays rehearsal saw The Two Ugly sisters turn on their worst powers to reduce Sinderella to the depths of despair! It’s hard to tell whether it was their interpretation of the script or just their acting that caused Sinderella to break down, but I fear it was probably the acting! Nevertheless the pantomime is looking truly amazing this year and I know we have a wonderful treat for you all. All the cast are literally itching to show you their thespianic talents. We hope to have found the cause of the itching by Friday!
So with just hours to go, and Lin brewing up the mulled wine for everyone to indulge in, we are looking forward to seeing you all on Friday. Don’t forget the pantomime starts at 7.00pm but there will be much merriment beforehand. Please remember to bring your spare cash along to make a contribution as we are not selling tickets. If you no longer use cash then please visit Lin’s mulled wine emporium where she will be able to take card card contributions as well.
The cast have been so dedicated this year and this year pantomime promises to be even better than last years. According to one theatre critic this will not be an overly difficult task to achieve. Please come along and judge for yourselves! The weather looks to be positively balmy!
Only Two More Sleeps to go before the Sins of Sinderella…
The ‘Pop Up’ Mulled Wine stand will again be appearing alongside the Panto Performers in the car park at the Fox this Friday 15th December. Hosted by Lin Burrows & the amazing Adele this year, we will be selling Jason’s finest mulled wine, festive stars made by the AgeUK Charity ‘Men & Women in Sheds’ and taking donations by card & cash for this annual extravaganza.
Hot mulled wine available from 6.30pm, Panto starts at 7pm prompt(ish)… See you there 🎄✨🎪
Literary Lectures Spring Programme – Stamford Arts Centre
Below is the Spring 2024 programme of Literary Lectures at Stamford Arts Centre
22 Jan. ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams: Never Rely on the Kindness of Strangers.
29 Jan. ‘The Wife of Bath’ by Geoffrey Chaucer: The Most Emancipated Woman in English Literature?
5 February: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fizgerald: Who is the Mysterious Jay Gatsby?
19 Feb. Shelley and Byron: Young Romantics Writing Romantically?
26 Feb. ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley: My Hideous Progeny.
4 March: ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare: Motiveless
Malignity?
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10-11am Entry £8
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