RCC have published their responses to the joint Concerns paper from North Luffenham / Edith Weston on the proposed St Georges Barracks development
It can be found on the RCC ST Georges Web page here:
RCC have confirmed that consultation around the first high-level plan for St George’s will take from 11th to 27th May 2018.
During this time local communities, the wider Rutland public and key stakeholder groups will be asked to share their views on the ideas and suggestions being put forward for discussion.
If you have any questions about the consultation or any of the information outlined above, please contact RCC via email: stgeorges@rutland.gov.uk
The following public events will take place as part of the consultation:
| Activity | Location | Date | Time |
| Open exhibition | Victoria Hall, Oakham | Friday 11 May 2018 | 3.00pm to 7.00pm |
| Open exhibition | Victoria Hall, Oakham | Saturday 12 May 2018 | 10.00am to 2.00pm |
| Open exhibition | Oakham Library | Monday 13 May to Sunday 27 May 2018 | Normal Library opening hours |
| Presentation and drop-in session | St Mary and St John Primary School, North Luffenham | Wednesday 16 May 2018 | 6.30pm to 9.00pm |
| Drop-in session | Uppingham Town Hall | Thursday 17 May 2018 | 2.00pm to 8.00pm |
| Presentation and drop-in session | Edith Weston Village Hall | Wednesday 23 May 2018 | 6.30pm to 9.00pm |
| Drop-in session | Ketton Library | Wednesday 30 May 2018 | 2.00pm to 8.00pm |
PROPOSAL: Proposed alterations and extension to existing garage to create additional double garage with storage room above.
Reference: 2018/0304/FUL
Fir Tree House, Ketton Road, North Luffenham, STAMFORD, Rutland, PE9 3UT
Full details available at: RCC Planning Database
The Chairman of the Parish Council has called an ExtraordinaryMeeting (as Trustee for The Oval and Allotment Field Garden) on Monday, 9th April 2018, immediately following the Extraordinary General Parish Council meeting, in the Community Centre.
Please review the Agenda for this meeting: NLPC-agenda-extraordinary-Trust-09.04.2018.
Further to the post on 02/04/2018, owning to delays associated with the Easter break it has been necessary for the Chairman to revise the Agenda for the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parish Council on Monday 9th April 2018 in the Community Centre commencing at 7pm.
Please disregard the previous version and review the revised Agenda for this meeting: NLPC-agenda-extraordinary-General-09.04.2018
The Chairman of the Parish Council has called an Extraordinary Meeting of the Parish Council on Monday 9th April 2018 in the Community Centre commencing at 7pm. Please find below the Agenda for this meeting.
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2018/0247/LBA Planning Support 01572 758263 01572 758373 |
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29-Mar-2018 |
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
PROPOSAL: Demolition of existing modern garage and garden wall. Erection of a replacement single detached garage, addition of a pitched roof to an existing extension. Replace kitchen casement window with double glazed casement window. New gate. Addition of pier & finial to existing wall.
The Old Rectory, 8, Church Street, North Luffenham, OAKHAM, Rutland, LE15 8JR
An application for the above proposal has been received by the Local Planning Authority and you are invited to submit your comments thereon within 21 days from the date of this letter. The details of the application are available to view on our website www.rutland.gov.uk/planning by entering the reference number above.
If you have received this letter electronically you can click onto the link below which will go straight to the relevant application:
http://planningonline.rutland.gov.uk/swift/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=2018/0247/LBA
Please email any comments you wish to make to planning@rutland.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely
Development Control Services
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Monday 16th April 2018 in the School Hall. The Chairman’s Annual Report is attached for your information and will be circulated to all homes in the village this weekend.
Following the meeting the Leader and Chief Executive of the County Council will be present to answer your questions about the proposed development at St George’s Barracks of up to 3,000 new homes and a 100 Hectare quarry. If you wish to express your concerns do please attend the meeting – if you have not read it I have also attached the Joint Working Group’s Concerns papers below . This will be the last time to express your views before the County Council publish the Master Plan for the development. The development will have a huge impact on the village and at present the proposals are rolling forward with little resistance.
PBG CUMMINGS
Tel: 01780 720124 : pbgcummings@gmail.com
On Friday 23rd March the Chairs of North Luffenham and Edith Weston Parish Councils met our MP, Sir Alan Duncan to discuss the Barrack Development programme and our recently published ‘Concerns’ paper. We had a wide-ranging discussion and in particular raised the following issues:
Scale – Proposal to build up to 3,00 homes – compared to the housing requirement noted in the local plan.
Representation – Refusal to allow Parish Councils to be part of the decision making process
Governance – Perception that the project is being ‘driven’ by RCC Executive and MoD rather than elected representatives
Consultation – Perception that the public’s concerns are not being addressed properly by the County Council. RCC.
Buffer Zones – The Need for effective buffer zones between existing villages and the development and the new development and the proposed quarry
Officers’ Mess site – a lost opportunity to build a Hotel and leisure centre to attract inward investment and tourism to the County
Style of affordable homes – Proposal to build 3 storey ‘blocks’ to provide ‘affordable’ homes.
Is RCC, as a public body, the appropriate organisation to manage a huge commercial development such as this. Is it resourced for this type of complex ‘business’?.
Sir Alan was very receptive to our concerns and assured us that he would discuss these with the County Council.
If you have not yet read the Concerns Paper, it is attached:
PBG CUMMINGS
Tel: 01780 720124 / pbgcummings@gmail.com
The development of St George’s Barracks is continuing apace and we now await the publication of a draft Master Plan which will identify what the outline proposals are. Local consultation seems a low priority for RCC and therefore the Parish Council are keen to keep Villagers up to speed with developments. I will be holding the Annual Parish Meeting on 16th April and will ensure that you get a chance to raise your concerns at that meeting. I am meeting Sir Alan Duncan MP tomorrow to discuss the ‘Concerns Paper’ that we published earlier in the week. Meanwhile the following notes help to show the pace of progress.
Yesterday I attended RCC to listen to the Cabinet discussion on the development of the Officers’ Mess site. The relevant discussion paper is attached. It was agreed by Cabinet at that meeting to allocate a sum of £850,000 to enter into negotiations to acquire the site (4 Hectares) by the County Council with an intent to build 70+ homes on that site. The proposal is that the Council will acquire the site and take forward the development outside of the main St George’s project. It was confirmed that at least 30% of these homes would be ‘affordable homes’ which included starter homes. The funding will be required to “develop proposals at The Officers’ Mess up to the point prior to the issue of tenders for the contractor that will deliver the works element of the project.”
Today I received the following note from CE RCC:
I am pleased to say that a bid for national funding for investment in infrastructure to support the redevelopment of the St George’s barracks has progressed to the next stage. The bid is primarily designed to ensure that development on the site happens in a sustainable way with the appropriate investment in infrastructure such as roads, transport. schools and healthcare. Speaking after the announcement was made, Rutland County Council Leader Oliver Hemsley said: “The HIF is a new source of funding set up specifically to support local authorities who are planning for sustainable housing growth in their areas.
“We’re clear that any future development on the St George’s site must have the necessary infrastructure needed to support both new and existing communities.”Stage two of the HIF bidding process involves the development of a business case to support the proposal for funding before a final decision on the allocation of funding is made in summer 2018.
Rutland County Council and the Ministry of Defence have been working and will continue to work with local communities as part of the planning for St George’s. Focus group meetings held in January were attended by more than 150 people and local communities will soon be asked share their views about the first draft of a high level master plan for the site.
PBG CUMMINGS Chair NLPC
Tel: 01780 720124
This evening I forwarded the following note to Oliver Hemsley, Leader RCC and Helen Briggs – CEO RCC:
“We write as the Chairs of North Luffenham and Edith Weston Parish Councils.
Please find attached a paper written by the Joint Edith Weston / North Luffenham St George’s Barracks Working Group. The paper is an initial draft of a document that will evolve over time. Its aim is to encompass the concerns of our respective Parishioners regarding the proposed development at St George’s Barracks. We would be grateful if this document could be shared with the team writing the First Draft Master Plan, to enable them to take into account some of the very real concerns and considerations of those that are likely to be most affected by the development. We will circulate the document widely including all County Councillors and all Parish Councils.
We will look forward to your proposed consultation to enable us to expand upon the themes contained within the initial draft paper.
Regards
Paul Cummings – Chair North Luffenham Parish Council
Norman Milne – Edith Weston Parish Council
Note to Parishioners:
Please scan the attached paper and let me have your ideas for further issues that should be included in the next draft of the document. Of course at present we have yet to have sight of the initial draft of the Master Plan document that will tell us much more of what is proposed. The Joint Parish Councils’ Working Group have met frequently and have been pressing RCC for further consultation before any Plans are published. This has now been agreed and we will be meeting in the near future.
How can you influence the process ?? Might I suggest that you write to Sir Alan Duncan your MP and to the local papers to express your concern – you might find some useful themes in the Concerns Paper. To start the ball rolling I have written to the Mercury this week expressing our concern about the scale of the project and highlighting the fact that according to RCC’s Local Plan these homes are not required in the period 2016 – 2036.
PBG CUMMINGS – Tel: 720124
It is with regret that we announce the death on 5th Mar 18 of Dudley Hammond a past Clerk to the Parish Council. The Parish Council send his family our sincere condolences.
The Chairs of North Luffenham and Edith Weston Parish Councils have written to RCC on behalf of our respective communities to express our concern at the proposed scale of the development of St George’s Barracks (1,500 – 3,000 new homes). We commented that the proposal to build a new town, the size of Uppingham, in an area which has hitherto been predominantly rural in nature, had created near unanimous opposition to what is being proposed. We indicated that there is strong support in the local area for a development of no more than 500 houses phased over an extended period. The letter has been released to Local press and a number of radio interviews have been arranged. A copy of our letter is attached:
We have been advised that Rutland County Council’s Cabinet intend to consider a proposal to release £850,000 of funds to support the redevelopment of the Officers’ Mess Site at St George’s Barracks. The full details of the proposal are in the attached document.
Summary of Proposals: The Officers’ Mess site is a 4 Hectare (10 Acre) brownfield site, which is adjacent to, but entirely separate from the Barracks on the South side of Edith Weston Road. The proposal is to build about 70 homes on the site of which at least 30% will be affordable homes. The intent is that Council acquires the site and takes forward the development separately from, and in advance of the full Barracks Development. The Council have committed to consulting with Parish Councils and the Community to understand our ‘ambitions’ for the site and has committed to holding meetings with stakeholder groups to set out their proposals and to understand and mitigate our concerns, which where practicable will be incorporated into the design.
Action by the Community: This development of at least 70 new homes on a high value site overlooking the Chater Valley, is going to have a significant impact upon our village communities and Edith Weston in particular. Bearing in mind that this initiative is to be funded by local authority money, we need to ensure that we ‘hold the Council’s feet to the fire’ and that our concerns are heard. Silence will inevitably be considered as acceptance or at least acquiescence. The Parish Councils of both villages will continue to seek to influence the Council’s decisions and to represent your views.
Please do read the document.
