Two residents would like your opinion (see below): to comment please go to the Village Wall.

We have been thinking about renewable energy and the possible use of North Luffenham airfield as a wind and solar site. We have been attending parish council meetings to open a dialogue along these lines. We would be interested in the thoughts of the North Luffenham residents and your feedback which you can post on the wall.

We currently have a vacancy for one Councillor on the Parish Council. We have now been given permission to co-opt without an election.

If you are interested in being co-opted on to the Parish Council and meet the following criteria then please contact the Parish Clerk for more information

Criteria:

You must either be on the 2021 Register of Electors for North Luffenham and/or during the previous 12 months prior to appointment by co-option, either have occupied as owner or tenant any land or premises in the parish or had their principal or only place of work in the parish, or have resided either in the parish or within 3 miles of the parish boundary.

Applications are required by 31^st March 2022

John Willoughby

Parish Clerk

Email: clerk@northluffenham.org.uk

Telephone: 01780 408288

PROPOSAL: Single storey side garden room extension and erection of a greenhouse.

12 Glebe Road, North Luffenham

An application for the above proposal has been received by the Local Planning Authority and you are invited to submit your comments by 9 March 2022.

If anyone has found a single VW key fob in the village please could they hand it into the Community Centre or leave a message on the clerks telephone (01780 408288) as one has been lost by a resident

There will be a meeting in the Community Centre on Wednesday 9th of February at 6.30pm to see what support there is.

The funeral of well known and respected North Luffenham resident, Gerry Wells, will be held at Peterborough Crematorium tomorrow, at 1:30 and afterwards at The Fox for villagers who would like to pay their respects.

Gerry Wells 1926 – 2022

Rutland County Council has issued a ‘Call for Sites’ as one of the very first steps in the process to develop a new Local Plan.

Local Plans are important documents that help to determine the outcome of planning applications and other planning decisions. Every Planning Authority (including Rutland County Council) must have a Local Plan that states what can be built and where building should take place over a period of at least 15 years. By setting the pattern for future development in a particular area, Local Plans also help to decide where investment is needed for infrastructure like roads, schools and health services.

A ‘Call for Sites’ is one of the very first stages of developing a new Local Plan. During the Call for Sites, individuals, landowners and developers are asked to suggest areas of land which they think may be suitable for future development like new housing or space for businesses, depending on the county’s needs. Submitting land as part of the Call for Sites only places that land in front of Rutland County Council for consideration, ahead of formal public consultation. Submitting land for inclusion in the Call for Sites does not mean it will automatically become part of the Local Plan or receive planning permission.

Rutland’s Call for Sites was issued on Friday 4 February and notification has been sent to all those on the Council’s Local Plan mailing list. This will be followed by the ‘Issues and Options’ stage of Local Plan-making, which is due to take place in spring 2022. This is critical to the development of the Local Plan and will outline the long-term strategic planning issues facing Rutland, such as housing, employment, services and facilities, climate change and carbon reduction, and impact on infrastructure. An Issues and Options consultation will ask residents, businesses and other stakeholders whether they agree with the issues that have been identified and, importantly, which options provide the best solutions to those issues.

The process to develop a new Local Plan for Rutland that will cover the period up to 2041 is expected to take around four years. If you have any questions about the Call for Sites or would like any further information about the Local Plan process at this early stage, please visit: www.rutland.gov.uk/localplan or email: localplan@rutland.gov.uk.

PROPOSAL: Change of use of agricultural land to proposed expansion car park.
Luffenham Heath Golf Club Stamford Road South Luffenham Rutland PE9 3UU

An application for the above proposal has been received by the Local Planning Authority and you are invited to submit your comments by 25 February 2022. The details of the application are available to view on our website https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk/online-applications/ by entering the reference number above.
Please email any comments you wish to make to planning@rutland.gov.uk.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will take place in June this year. The Parish Council hopes volunteers will come forward to form a Steering Group that will organise events. There will be a meeting in the Community Centre on Wednesday 9th of February at 6.30pm to see what support there is.

If you are interested but unable to attend this meeting please email the parish clerk clerk@northluffenham.org.uk

Details of the Jubilee can be found at: https://www.royal.uk/platinum-jubilee-central-weekend

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A local farmer has reported that a number of sheep have died, most likely due to helminth infection. This is probably due to them being in contact with dog waste. This can be prevented by six monthly worming of dogs.

Please could owners of dogs using the Woodland Walk not let their dogs go on the arable area adjacent to the walk.

I have just noticed these chalked crosses on a property in the village. They could have been there for ages and are perfectly innocent. However, they can signal something to those with ill-intent. Please be vigilant. I have reported it to 101 who will see if there have been any related incidents.