Unfortunately there is a problem with completing the Neighbourhood Plan Survey online. Our IT experts are trying to resolve the issue and there will be a post when the problem has been resolved.
Many apologies for the glitch and thanks to all those who have already completed the survey and if you haven’t please do find the time when it is fixed.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
An application for the above proposal has been received by the Local Planning Authority and you are invited to submit your comments by 28 September 2020. 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.
Reference: 2020/0961/RG3
Case Officer: Andrew Waskett-Burt
PROPOSAL: Regulation 3 application to create a new vehicular exit route from the site.
Civic Amenity Site North Luffenham Road Morcott Rutland
PROPOSAL: 1 No. Silver Birch tree (T2) – Reduce height by 5m and reduce lateral branches by 1.5m to balance shape (smaller tree on right).
1 No. Silver Birch tree (T1) – Remove to 1m above ground level (larger tree on left).
1 No. Red leafed Maple (T3) – Reduce by 2.5m
Remember this: ‘It’s time to raise your voice’. Rutland County Council (RCC) had previously proposed that in its consultation on the ‘Statement of Community Involvement’ (SCI) that consultation on the Local Plan could only be done online via their proforma, limited to 400 characters.
North Luffenham Parish Council (NLPC), and other parishes objected strongly on the grounds that this seriously limited feedback on the Local Plan.
RCC have now agreed that the SCI will make it clear that paper and email responses to planning consultations will be accepted and that a proforma is not mandatory.
But your voice needs to be heard again as the final consultation on the Local Plan began on the 27th August and lasts just six weeks. This is the only chance to influence the St George’s plan – once the Local Plan is agreed, development WILL go ahead and planning permission cannot be denied.
NLPC knows from surveys it has carried out that an overwhelming majority of the parish are against the sheer scale of this proposed development and will vigorously challenge the soundness of the Local Plan. This is the time to make your voice heard – we need as many residents as possible to independently raise objections and this needs to be done in the six week period.
Just saying you don’t agree to the Local Plan will not be sufficient, objections need to be specific. NLPC will post and circulate advice on how to make your opposition effective, covering the lack of meaningful consultation, transport and sustainability issues.
In the meantime please go online and look at Fight 4 Rutland – DO NOT LET RUTLAND BE RUINED – STOP … for further information and how you can support the campaign.
ADVANCED NOTICE OF AIRFIELD BEING OUT OF BOUNDS FOR CIVILIAN USE
Can I please advise that the North Luffenham Airfield will be placed out of bounds to all civilians.
This is due to military training being conduct outside of the usual training times for a continuous 48hr period. Please see below for dates and timings.
We apologies in advance for any inconvenience cause.
Sgt P Miles
Permanent Staff Instructor
101 Sqn (Res).
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
Reference: 2020/0877/FUL
PROPOSAL: Construction of new swimming pool and timber shed
An application for the above proposal has been received by the Local Planning Authority and you are invited to submit your comments by 23 September 2020. 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 Local Plan: A note from Cllr Gale Waller
You will be aware that Rutland County Council has entered its final public consultation stages on the Local Plan (the Plan which gives approval to housing and employment development sites such as at St George’s Barracks). Details, including how to respond, can be found here: https://www.rutland.gov.uk/my-services/planning-and-building-control/planning/planning-policy/local-plan-review/ There is a help line for those of you who have difficulty viewing the on line documents through which you can book a slot to view hard copy at Catmose. Many parishes are also offering residents the opportunity to view a hard copy in the parish. Contact your parish clerk or chairman for information. RCC is asking for responses (to be in by 9 October) via their on line form (large print is available from RCC) but you can send in a letter or an e-mail. Please contact me if you want further information: gwaller@rutland.gov.uk
Have you thought it would be great to reinstate some of the railway lines axed under the Beeching Cuts. It is not such a pie in the sky idea as in 2019 the Government promised £500 million ‘Beeching Reversal’ fund.
The possibility of re-instating Luffenham railway station and providing services in the Corby direction as well as Oakham & Stamford/Peterborough has been raised by the Welland Valley Rail Partnership. This would be a long term project and the first step would be a feasibility study and therefore there is uncertaintainty that it could be enacted. However it is an interesting suggestion, it chimes with the times, and North Luffenahm Parish Council would be interested in comments to this post, in the Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire, or to clerk@northluffenham.org.uk
For much further information please click on this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/10rw6h4fn43ooxi/WellandValleyRailConcept-v3.pdf?dl=0
A tree has fallen onto the footpath from Digby Drive over the field to Moor Lane. A resident has kindly cut off some branches and it is possible to walk under the tree. It appears to be stable but please take care. It has been reported to Rutland County Council.
The foundation of the Neighbourhood Plan, currently being developed by a Working Group of North Luffenham Parish Council + residents , is what you, as villagers, say is important. As the name suggests the Neighbourhood Plan is a plan for the whole Parish, and if adopted has legal status and means that any development within the Parish must take account of its policies. A major factor in the decision to develop an NP is the proposed development of St Georges Barracks, and an NP would enable the village to have a significant influence on how the site is developed.
To find out exactly what you think and want, we have issued a new village survey – available both online and in paper hard copy. The purpose of this survey is to update and refresh the findings of the previous Village Survey, undertaken in 2017, to ensure our Neighbourhood Plan reflects what the Community wants to happen.
The Online version of the Village Survey 2020 can be found via the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYAMA0rCLuOps5-DpWqMTkfmxohuXSkLLyvfMhz_6YeOcqVQ/viewform
Villagers over 16 are welcome to complete the survey either individually or on behalf of members of your household. The questionnaire should take about 15 minutes to complete.
Your opinions matter and will help to protect and enhance village life, so please complete the survey and attend and participate in the public meetings.
Paper copies of the questionnaire will be collected approximately 10-14 days after being delivered. It can be completed on the village website but please indicate in the boxes below that you have done so, when you hand in the form.
There are comment boxes in each section of the questionnaire. Please feel free to use them, as any additional comments would be greatly appreciated in helping to form the correct picture of what you think and want.
You may feel that some of the questions are not relevant, not of interest to you or maybe you would prefer not to answer. If that is the case, please leave them unanswered.
The responses will be analysed collectively and no individuals will be identified in any published results.
Public meetings, when feasible, will be held to further inform and gather comments in order that the Neighbourhood Plan will have as wide a range of views as possible.
The Parish Council is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and any personal information will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
Please find attached the draft minutes from last nights (virtual) meetings
Please find attached the agenda for the above meeting. Pleae also note that the meeting is not open to the public
Please find attached the papers relating to the above meetings. A link to the meeting will be posted here next Monday. Here is the link:
meet.google.com/cpd-ngzd-fgk ·
Please see the attached road closure notice from RCC about the closure of Station Road from 9.00pm on 2nd Sept to 7.00am on the 3rd Sept
We have received a report about the theft of tools from a vehicle parked on the road in North Luffenham in the last week, please be vigilant for suspicious activity
Please see the attached planning application relating to Lambley Cottage Lyndon Road North Luffenham
Please see the attached planning application relating to 20 Kings Road
Please see the attached notice concerning the closure of Station Road from Wireless Hill Roundabout to the Railway Crossing.
The closure is to enable Tarmac to undertake carriageway patching works on behalf of Rutland County Council
Please see the attached minutes from the above meetings
Is there anyone who could spare time to deliver the Benefice (ie, Church) Magazine to fifteen houses in lower Ancaster Way? The Magazine comes at the end of the month, and is distributed by volunteers in the ten villages in the Benefice, of which we, North Luffenham, are one.
We are very grateful to Valerie who has done this for years now, and wish her well.
If interested, please contact Mima Bolton, Acre End, The Jetties, mmkb@mac.com, 01780-720906