Planning Committee North Luffenham Parish Council.

Planning applications are made to the planning department of Rutland County Council and any that may affect North Luffenham are passed on to the Parish Council. The Parish Council cannot reject an application but it is a statutory consultee and can either support, object or make no comment on the application. The decision on the planning application is made by Rutland County Council but may well be influenced by views of the Parish Council or members of the public as local knowledge is of importance in their decision.

Members of the public may view planning applications online at: www.rutland.gov.uk/planning where support or objection and comments may be made. Comments can also emailed to planning@rutland.gov.uk but can also be made by post or in person. Comments must be made within 21 days of the application being posted.

The Planning Committee posts each application on the North Luffenham website when it is received and discusses each application. In order to reach a decision members of the committee may discuss with the applicant and neighbours affected. The committee in most cases is able to reach a decision but on occasions, for a contentious or major application, the Parish Council as a whole will be involved.

The planning committee would welcome queries, comments or advice concerning applications. Please contact Tim Smith by email: tim.smith2818@btinternet.com or phone 01780 360083.

There is an organised trip by coach to UPTON PARK (near Banbury) on Wednesday October 14th.Places are available if anyone from the village is interested. Cost of the coach about £8 (TBC). Entry fee £9 (free if National Trust member). A guided costing £2.50 is also available. There is a restaurant on site and a garden to visit too.

If interested please contact Hilary Smith on 01780 360083 or email hilary.daintith@ gmail .com.

We’ve got a great film to start off the autumn season (& today does feel seriously like autumn – perfect for thinking of a cosy night watching a great film): Far From the Madding Crowd.  As I shall be away next week, I’ve been to see it and thought it was really good.

Usual time and place: second Wednesday of every month in Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 start.  You can either get the £5 tickets on the door or in advance from the Falcon (but we’ve never turned anyone away yet!).  We will do our usual homemade nibbles, but do bring your own plus a bottle of anything that appeals and maybe a cushion or two (though the moulded chairs are pretty OK).

We will tell you what we’ve got coming up for the next few months – all good ones!  Have a great evening, and I’ll catch up with you come October.  Susie

Susie Burrows

FREE YOGA TALK AND TRIAL CLASS

Ever wanted to find out more about YOGA and have a little go???

Well now is your chance – and what’s more it’s totally free! Next weekend I’ll be putting on a FREE HALF HOUR TALK with some simple demonstrations plus a FREE TRIAL CLASS especially for people who just want to have a little go to see if it works for them. The talk begins at 10.00 followed by the 1 hour class beginning at 10.30. This will take place at Ryhall Village Hall on Saturday 5th September and at Tinwell Village Hall on Sunday 6th September. Booking is essential due to space. Please email deb@do-yoga.co.uk to book in either for the Talk or the Trial Class – or why not come for both? (NB you will need your own mat and blanket to take part in the trial class).
With best wishes, From Deb

Please see note below from Libby Kingsley, Economic Development and Tourism Manager at Rutland County Council

The Prince’s Countryside Fund – Autumn Round to Open to UK on 7 September

The Prince’s Countryside Fund was established to support the sustainability and protection of farms and rural communities throughout the UK. The aim of the funding is to have a long-term positive impact on rural communities, helping those that live and work there to sustain the countryside by tackling key rural issues.

The Fund is available to not-for-profit organisations, charities, Social Enterprises, Community Interest Companies, Companies Limited by Guarantee, and Unincorporated Associations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Funding is for a maximum of three years and for a maximum grant of £50,000 per project.

Projects must focus on at least one of the following countryside issues:

*       Thriving Rural Communities – projects that provide innovative solutions to deliver assets and services that keep rural communities together and develop a more sustainable rural economy ie, empowering communities to provide village services or create business hubs and employment for local people.
*       Rural Livelihoods – projects that focus on developing stronger, more sustainable farm and rural enterprises with the aim of halting the decline of the rural economy, ie providing rural businesses with support and advice or supporting farmer led initiatives.
*       Farmers of the Future – projects that help improve skills and increase opportunities of taking up rural careers, in particular in farming, with the aim of remaining within and contributing to the rural economy, ie training opportunities and apprenticeship schemes, inspiring and enabling new entrants to consider a career in farming.

The fund is expected to open on 7 September 2015 and close on 8 October 2015.

Libby Kingsley | Economic Development and Tourism Manager

Rutland County Council

Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP

t: 01572 720 983

m: 0791 761 3252

e: lkingsley@rutland.gcsx.gov.uk <mailto:lkingsley@rutland.gcsx.gov.uk>

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Daphne Stanley is very kindly hosting a Coffee Morning at her home, 4 Johnson Close, North Luffenham between 10 am and 12 noon on Wednesday September 2nd.

There will be Cakes, Home Produce and a raffle.

Proceeds go to 2 very worthwhile charities

FOR RUTLAND IN RUTLAND

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

Please see the announcement below from The Electoral Registration Officer at Catmose.

Annual Canvas of Electors

Please see the note below from PC Paul Le Pla of the South Rutland beat

Hello all,

Recently I have spoken to one of our Neighbourhood Watch coordinators regarding door to door sellers.

My advice is that  if door to door sellers descend on us, then please telephone the police on 101 to inform us, so we can check these people out.

They often get dropped off in villages in groups & later get picked up together. If you see them with a car, then discreetly obtain the registration number details.  To legally sell door to door, you require a Pedlars certificate, which the seller must show you.

When speaking to these people, I would suggest that you be polite & just say, “No thanks, I do not buy from people at the door”.

Unfortunately, there are links to criminal activity associated with some of these people.

Trading Standards would also like to hear of such incidents. My contact is Rob EDMONDS & he works from the Peterborough office, but covers Rutland.

He can be contacted on either 01733 747474 (main office) or 01733 453528 (his direct line).

Please feel free to pass these numbers around to local residents?

Regards

Paul

Dear All,

Firstly, apologies for being so tardy in reminding you about our next film in 3 days time…. I’ve been away, and got all behind.  However, the good news is that we are showing NIGHT-CRAWLER on Wednesday, and it has had some terrific feedback. I know it sounds a bit like a horror movie title, but it isn’t – it is a deliciously exciting, quite dark thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal.  Everyone I know who has seen it has raved about it so grab your chance.  

Usual time and place – Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7 for 7.30.  We will as always supply a few home-made goodies to welcome you with and soft drinks if wanted, but do feel free to bring a bottle or anything else that adds to your fun.  Some of us like to have a cushion for the chairs, but most think they are fine. Tickets £5 (always available on the door, but can be pre-booked at the Falcon if preferred).

And don’t forget that you can always check out our website to see what is coming up (& we’ve got some excellent films lined up for the autumn), including trailers: Uppingham Films | Beautiful and powerful films

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

 Susie Burrows

A gents bike has been found on the outskirts of North Luffenham on Sunday 9th August.

So if you are short of a pair of wheels contact  John on 07815581464.

The UKAHFT English Open is being hosted by local shooting club Misfits HFTC at North Luffenham tomorrow morning.

Hunter field target (HFT) is a target shooting sport derived from the air gun disciplines of field target shooting and hunting. Primarily an outdoor sport, shot with UK legal air rifles, a typical HFT course is made up of 30 lanes, with each lane comprising of a peg and a metal “knock down” target placed in a position to simulate a hunting scenario. The peg marks the shooting spot and the shooter must touch the peg with part of his or her body or gun for the shot to count.

90 entrants from across the country will compete against each other on this new challenging course, which comprises of 30 targets ranging from 8 yds to 45yds distance, in a rural setting.

Misfits HFTC were unable to use their usual venue near Brigstick, Corby and so were offered the use of Station field, just above the Linecross car park.

The competition is due to run from approximately 10am to 1pm. Spectators are welcome in the specially marked areas.

More information can be found here about the UKAHFT https://www.sites.google.com/site/ukahft/

and Misfits HFTC http://misfitshftc.weebly.com/

South Luffenham Village Hall.  Saturday 1st August 2015.  2-4.30 pm.

* New and pre-owned items

* Small pieces of furniture

* Jumble

* Bric-a-brac and Bring & Buy

* Tombola

All donations gratefully received and cheques made payable to St Johns Ambulance. Please drop any contributions or donations to 23 Digby Drive, North Luffenham.

70 year old Rutland runner and villager, Rosemary Dodson will be running in the 2016 London Marathon. Please support her.

Many thanks.

The FR-IR Annual Bottle Tombola 2015 – The Rutland County Show

Firstly, please accept our apologies for this rather impersonal but still extremely sincere thank you to you all, for being so generous with the bottle collection in North Luffenham. The response from you was phenomenal this year, thank you so much for the effort you put into the Bottle Tombola Collection for FR-IR in your community. And a particular thank you to the Fox, for acting as a drop off point!
Our bottles were down this year but we still managed to total £4000, which is a significant sum. But the Tombola gave us an important presence at the Show, therefore increasing the awareness of this still new charity. 
So it was well worth it!
The Rutland Show 2015 meant we celebrated our 1st anniversary and thanks to our wonderful support, FR-IR is already going from strength to strength. We are now funding 2 advisors at the Citizens Advice in Oakham. The demand for this service has far outweighed our expectation and the post is now full-time with 2 advisors sharing the demand.
So our funding is even more vital than before ……….
We hope that in 2016 we will be able to find a sponsor for our marquee and for our trade stand pitch. We estimate this sum to be about £1000 so if any of you have any ideas of who to approach, please let us know!
An extra big thank you to those Collectors who also helped on the day…volunteering in the marquee is such a fun way of spending time raising money….and getting to know the team! Your time and your enthusiasm were much appreciated by the Fundraising Committee.
We hope that we will be able to call upon you again next year for the village collection. It has been so well proved that the personal touch gains more rewards…so please bear that in mind, if you have the time. Also, a number of collectors issue their cards with their Parish Magazines, so if you let me know your deadline date, we can get the collection cards to you, to save your foot work!
This year we failed to have a successful collection in Uppingham, Oakham and South Luffenham…..so any ideas for that, will be really helpful, as well.
Sincere thanks to you on behalf of the Fundraising Committee for your continued commitment and support, helping to increase the profile of FR-IR and to raise such a magnificent sum of money.
Kind regards
Trish Ruddle
On behalf of the FR-IR Fundraising Committee
01572 724400/trish.ruddle@ruddlemerz.co.uk

Janet and Colin Heasell
would sincerely like to thank
all those who helped at
and supported our
charity luncheon on
Saturday 18th July.
Your generosity enabled
us to send £450
to the MS Trust for
much needed research
into Multiple Sclerosis.
Thanks once again.

DON’T FORGET

Janet and Colin Heasell
cordially extend an invitation to all
for an informal charity
lunchtime gathering
at their home
in aid of

Multiple Sclerosis Trust

Come and have Soup and a roll with
coffee or tea, or perhaps something a
little stronger for the boys!

Saturday 18th July 2015
11.30am till 2.30pm

“Stoneway” 9, Church Street, North Luffenham.

Raffle * Bring and buy cakes *
Hopefully some other stalls too!

Your monthly reminder that next week, being the second Wednesday of the month, is Film Night – hurrah!  This month it is that long awaited film, Effie Gray.  Usual place, usual time, usual price, usual welcome.

Uppingham Town Hall: 8th July. Commences 7.30pm. 

I have been advised by our Community Police Officer that there are thieves operating in our area of Rutland and all residents are asked to be extra vigilant about security. This is especially important during this hot spell of weather when we, of necessity, open windows etc.