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BDC NEWS RELEASE- Council Leaders meet Minister to discuss local government reform
NEWS RELEASE
Council Leaders meet Minister to discuss local government reform
The Leaders of Leicestershire's District and Borough Councils, together with the Leader of Rutland County Council, met Baroness Sharon Taylor, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Tuesday, 11 March 2025.
The meeting was requested by the District Councils to discuss the approach... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 13 Mar 2025
BDC NEWS RELEASE- Minister rejects rail freight hub
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Minister rejects rail freight hub
Blaby District Council is delighted plans for the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) have been rejected.
The Council received a letter today from the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander MP, confirming the refusal.
The Council had opposed plans for the 662-acre hub, earmarked for a huge expanse of countryside between the M69 and... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 13 Mar 2025
LCC are looking for volunteers to find lost footpaths!
Leicestershire County Council is currently looking for volunteers who enjoy research and can assist in evaluating claims for unrecorded footpaths, bridleways, and restricted byways across the county.
We would support you in finding and researching lost ways and missing links or ask you to assist with existing cases and registered claims.
Your work would contribute towards gathering, analysing, and presenting... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 4 Mar 2025
Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP)
Leicestershire County Council is responsible for over 1,915 miles (3,084km) of public rights of way, including paths in both the countryside and urban areas. These are important for leisure, travelling to work or school and health and wellbeing and are part of what makes Leicestershire a special place to live, work and thrive.
Although Leicestershire's rights of way network has developed over hundreds... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 24 Feb 2025
Blaby District Council online lottery
NEWS RELEASE
Lucky Seven has been a record year
The number seven has a reputation for being lucky and it certainly has been for the Love Blaby Lottery!
As the Council's weekly online lottery celebrates its seventh anniversary this February, we can announce a record £35,226 has been raised over the last 12 months for local good causes.
Thanks to the fantastic prizes on offer each week, the monthly... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 24 Jan 2025
BDC - NEWS RELEASE Council to pay costs for planning appeal
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Council to pay costs
Blaby District Council has revealed it must pay £94,111 in costs following the loss of the planning appeal for the Enderby Hub.
In July at a public hearing a government planning inspector reviewed the Council's rejection of the initial application for the logistics complex at St Johns.
The site was identified for employment use in the Blaby District Local Plan, adopted... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 24 Jan 2025
Crossing Person
Finally we have a crossing person.
We hope that this will significantly improve crossing Tay Road at school times.
This is something the Parish Council requested quite some time ago (September 2022). County Council came and assessed the site and it passed therefore the position was added to their recruitment portal (February 2023) - it is taken until now to fill the role. In the Parish Council News Letter... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 22 Jan 2025
Technical approval for pedestrian crossing on Tay Road
More Great News
We have received technical approval from County Highways to the building of a pedestrian crossing outside the primary school. This is only the first stage in getting this crossing installed but it is an important step. Read More »
Posted: Wed, 22 Jan 2025
Planning application for an extension to the primary school has been submitted
Great News!
The reserved matters planning application to extend the primary school to 3 Form Entry has been submitted and should be registered very shortly. Read More »
Posted: Wed, 22 Jan 2025
NOTIFICATION OF EXTENTION OF ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE WORKS M69 Eastbound – M69 junction 1 to M1 junction 21
Our ref: 611584
National Highways Stirling House (Area 7),
Lakeside Court,
Osier Drive,
Sherwood Business Park,
Nottingham, NG15 0DS
www.nationalhighways.co.uk
13th January 2024
Dear Sir or Madam,
NOTIFICATION OF EXTENTION OF ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE WORKS
M69 Eastbound – M69 junction 1 to M1 junction 21
I'm writing inform you of scheduling changes for the essential maintenance works on the M69... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 15 Jan 2025
