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WELCOME LEAFLET

For all newcomers to our village, welcome. We have created a Welcome Leaflet which you may find useful if you are not familiar with our village and area. It can be found on the website on the  Homepage, “Village Welcome Leaflet”.

Feel free to save it on your phone or IPad, or you can simply print out a copy by clicking on the link …Welcome Leaflet Ridlington June 2025

If you have any questions, feel free to contact a member of the Parish Council or ask another villager.

We hope you enjoy living in our picturesque village.

 

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WASTE LESS RECYCLE MORE CAMPAIGN

Dear Residents,

In preparation for the Rutland County Council “Waste Less Recycle More Campaign” for the new dedicated food waste collection commencing March 2026, we have been given a “Waste Engagement Member Toolkit”  which we would like to share with you. It contains valuable information and links which you might find useful.

Please click on the following link.

Member toolkit Waste Final

The Parish Councillors

 

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WINDOW AND DOOR DESIGN GUIDANCE

Rutland County Council have updated their guidance to Window and Door Designs within the Conservation Areas across Rutland.

This document has been placed as a link on our “Planning Consent” , subheading “Extra restrictions within Ridlington Conservation Area” Page to be found under the heading “Parish Council”.

But for ease of reference,  you can click on the  link to this Guidance document here…https://www.rutland.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-07/draft_window_and_door_design_guidance_spd_june_2025_v1.pdf

 

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MINUTES TO RPC MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23RD

Minutes of the Ridlington Parish Council meeting held on Thursday, September 23rd are now available on the website for viewing. They can be found under the heading Minutes, Agendas and Accounts.

Alternatively, you can access the minutes by clicking on the following link.

Draft RPC Minutes 23.09.25

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RCC – WASTE LESS RECYCLE MORE CAMPAIGN

 

Rutland County Council will be promoting their  “Waste Less, Recycle More” campaign to ready the public for the introduction of the new dedicated food waste collections from March 2026. This is a legal requirement that they will have to follow.

Bin collections and new bins will be provided.

To know more about this waste collection service and what this will mean for you, please click on the following link

https://www.rutland.gov.uk/bins-waste-recycling/guide-bins/introduction-food-waste

 

 

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CALL CONNECT – AN ON DEMAND BUS SERVICE SERVING RUTLAND COMMUNITIES

Callconnect is an on-demand bus service – available to all on a pre-booked basis. Launched on 31 March 2025, the service currently operates throughout zone 1 in Rutland and our ‘book a bus’ service is scheduled according to passenger journey requests, giving flexibility to travel to your timetable. Download the app or call the booking line to begin your journey!

On-demand bus travel will be fully rolled out across the county from 4 August 2025, adding zones 2 and 3, helping to connect villages with main bus routes, which then provide onward travel to larger destinations.

The offer of free travel on all on-demand buses is also being extended until 31 March 2026, so there’s no better time to get on board.

Book via the APP – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/callconnect-drt/id1570127068
or
by phone – 0345 – 234 3344

Zone 3 will service Ridlington and will stop at the Bus shelter on Top Road.

The attached link will give you access to the Callconnect web page which will have Frequently Asked Questions and where you can also download the Callconnect flyer. https://www.rutland.gov.uk/rutland-buses/callconnect