Category Archives: Parish Council

Keep up to date with the latest news from the North Luffenham Parish Council

Community Centre Committee Meeting

There will be a Community Centre Committee in the Community Centre on March 28th 2022 at 7.00pm.

Damage to Play Equipment on The Oval

There has been damge to play equipment on The Oval and unfortunately it looks deliberate. There has also been damage to the wooden bridge over the River Chater on the footpath from the Church towards the railway bridge on Glebe Rd. It also looks as though it might have been deliberate.

If you do see any antisocial behaviour please contact the police. If you have information that might be helpful our beat officer, PC Icke, may be contacted by email: Peter.Icke@leics.police.uk

Draft Neighbourhood Plan

The draft North Luffenham Neighbourhood Plan, having been approved by North Luffenham Parich Council, has been submitted to Rutland County Council for screening to make sure it complies with various statutory reqiurments. This takes 4-6 weeks and if it meets these requirements there will be an extensive consultation, called Regulation 14, with residents of the parish.

Community Centre Fibre Broadband

The installation of Full Fibre broadband in the Community Centre has now been completed. The Wi-Fi is now powered by a fibre optic cable providing capacity for up to 1 Gigabit. Currently it is enabled for a stable 100Mb/Sec connection.

The Community Centre is available for any organisation or person to book, and so if you would like to take advantage of this new facility (maybe for an important Zoom meeting whilst the kids are playing games via your home Internet? ) please contact Charles Cade on 01780 720467

Tree Planting: Can you help?

The Parish Council has obtained a number of tree and these will planted on the Woodland Walk this Saturday the 12th and any help would be much appreciated.

Please come at 10 o’ clock to the entrance of the Woodland Walk by the allotments, suitably dressed and with a spade.

NLPC EGM on 10th March 2022

There will be an EGM of NLPC on 10th March at 7.30pm in the Community Centre: the agenda and paper are attached below and can be downloaded.

NLPC and Trust Meetings Monday 21st February

The agenda and supporting papers are attached below and can be downloaded as needed

Rutland Round: Rutland County Council

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Community Centre Committee Meeting

Please click on the link below for the agenda

Bench News 2

With further exciting news on benches in North Luffenham (we know how to attract people to the web site…) a new bench was installed on the Oval today.

This was purchased by the Parish Council from the Men and Women in Sheds project in Oakham, and has a special space left free for pushchairs or wheelchair users.

Bench News 1

Thanks to Ash Bates for the installation of the benches on the Circular Walk and all the people who donated money for the purchase

Notice Of Vacancy In The Office of Councillor

Because of the resignation of a North Luffenham Parisn Councillor, a vacancy exists in the  office of Councillor for North Luffenham Parish Council.

Please click below for the Notice of Vacancy.

NLPC General and Trust Meetings to be held on Monday 24th January at 7.30 pm in the Community Centre

Please click in the links below for the agendas and papers.

Benches

Some eight months ago the siting of benches around the circular walk of Glebe Rd, the Settings, Moor Lane and near South Luffenham was proposed. Finally the Benches have been sited and provide a place to rest awhile, especially those less able, and enjoy the countryside.

North Luffenhan and South Luffenham Parish Councils would like to thank the residents of North and South Luffenham and the organisations for their generous donations that have made this possible.

Thanks also to Ash Bates for his help in securing the benches to their bases

North Luffenham Parish Council General and Trust Meetings 20th December 2021 at 7.30pm in the Community Centre

Please note that if you wish to attend the meetings NLPC requests that you do a Lateral Flow Test on the day. Unless exempt, please wear a mask.

Please click below for the agenda and papers.

Minutes of the Parish Council General and Trust Meetings 29th November 2021

These may be opened or downloaded in the links below.

NLPC Planning Committee Meeting: Wednesday 8th December at 7.30 pm in the Community Centre

The Planning Committe will discuss two applications and the agenda and links to the applications are below. The public may attend and comments will be taken into consideration by the committee.

Planning Applications can be viewed on the Rutland County Council Website on the following link: https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk/online-applications/

The application for the felling of the trees on Glebe Rd. 2021/1361/CAT can be downloaded, below, or viewed on https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk/online-applications/ and enter in the search 2021/1361/CAT

The application for the proposal of the agriculture building 2021/1378/AGP can be viewed on the link: https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk/online-applications/ and enter in the search 2021/1378/AGP or click on this rather big link: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicaccess.rutland.gov.uk%2Fonline-applications%2FapplicationDetails.do%3FactiveTab%3Ddocuments%26keyVal%3DR319ONNN01F00&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca27d4ee857344e862c3008d9b0c2e62d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637735173411222370%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2F9pwzn7kauf4fO%2Bby9DKl21oWb2fOnQsjbegmw7bPYg%3D&reserved=0

Planning Application Glebe Road Development

A planning application has been submitted to Rutland County Council to fell the three lime trees on the Glebe Road site where the three houses are being built. This was not in the original planning application and the trees are in a conservation area.

North Luffenham Parish Council will be discussing the application and a response. Residents may wish to submit their own responses and the application and information on how to do this is on the link below

Storm Damage on The Oval

If walking on The Oval that there is a large broken branch, assumed from the storm damaged, caught in a tree waiting to drop. This is right above the pathways through the trees at the back of the cricket club. There are possibly other tree affected. NLPC will be engaging a firm to clear the debris from the storm.

Bonfire Night; thank you to all volunteers from NLPC

North Luffenham Parish Council would like to thank all the volunteers who helped to make bonfire night a success. It was a good parish event; people were generous with their donations so that costs were well covered and there will be a surplus.

Thanks also to those who helped with the clear up. It is much appreciated.