The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has opened a Police and Crime Plan Survey to receive residents views on policing and community safety priorities and the ways these can be addressed.
The survey can be accessed via this link https://leics.pcc.police.uk/Have-Your-Say/Consultations/Police-and-Crime-Plan-Survey-2024.aspx or via the Police and Crime Commissioner’s website.
Part of Brooke Road in Oakham is to close from Monday 22 July to Friday 11 October 2024, so that work on a nearby housing development can take place safely.
The closure will be put in place between the junctions of Derwent Drive and Cricket Lawns, across the Brooke Road railway crossing. Traffic will be diverted via Welland Way, Balmoral Road, Braunston Road and Oakham High Street, for the duration of the closure.
The works themselves will involve widening the highway to improve traffic flow along the closed section of road, as well as creating a new entrance to the Brooke Road Allotments Development site.
The road will be closed on both sides of the railway line, to comply with Network Rail. Vehicle and pedestrian access for houses within the limits of the closure will be maintained at all times. It will not be possible to cross the Brook Road level crossing by vehicle or on foot.
Please click on the following link for more information. Should you wish to contact Burmor Construction Limited, their details can be found on this link.
https://www.rutland.gov.uk/council-news/2024/07/brooke-road-closure-diversion
Please find below the minutes for the Extraordinary Parish Council Meeting that was held in the Village Hall on June 24th 2004.
These can also be found on the website under the heading Agenda, Minutes and Accounts.
The meeting was called to review and discuss the planning application for change of use at Wills Farm. It was felt strongly by those members of the public speaking at the meeting that the application was inappropriate as it will lead to a significant impact not only on the volume of traffic coming into the village but its type. It was felt that as the roads leading to the village and within it are narrow and that, as there are very few passing spaces on Holygate Road, there will be an increased risk to safety of other road users, walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
For the above reasons the Parish Council determined to object to the planning application.
What can you do? Lodge your own objection. Go onto the Rutland County Council website (www.rutland.gov.uk), click on Search for Planning Applications, enter Will’s Farm in the keyword box and it will bring up planning application 2024/0618/FUL. Click on it and complete the form to object. You may find the attached highways report for a different planning matter of assistance.
Postal votes will begin to hit doorsteps. Please read the press release below carefully and know what the changes in legislation means to how you vote by post in the upcoming general election.
Kim Buzzard | Senior Communications Officer
Rutland County Council, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6HP
T: 01572 758243 | M: 07875 166 970 | e: kbuzzard@rutland.gov.uk
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Residents in the Rutland and Stamford constituency that have applied for a postal vote for the upcoming general election will be seeing their postal votes hit their doorsteps from Thursday 20th June.
Postal voters are being warned to read the information on their ballot papers carefully, following recent changes to national legislation to ensure their votes are valid.
The easiest way to return postal votes is through the mail. Please post via Royal Mail with enough time for your vote to reach us. Royal Mail have priority post boxes around the county which offer later collection times and a faster delivery to the destination. Details of these can be found on the Royal Mail website.
Any postal votes being returned by hand for the Rutland and Stamford Constituency must be delivered to Rutland County Council’s offices in Oakham, regardless of whether voters live in Rutland, Harborough or South Kesteven, unless they are returned to a polling station between 7.00am and 10.00pm on the day of the election (Thursday 4 July).
Please be aware that if you hand deliver postal votes to your polling station or Rutland County Council offices, due to legislation changes, there are now limits on how many postal votes you can deliver. You may now only hand in your own and those of up to 5 other electors per poll.
Also, if delivering postal votes by hand there will be a form that must be completed. If this form is not completed in full, more than the permitted number of postal votes are handed in, or you are a political campaigner not permitted to handle postal votes, your postal vote(s) will be rejected. It is therefore important anyone delivering to our Catmose office should do this via Customer Services to ensure that a form is completed correctly. Do not put any postal votes directly in the council office letterbox – any that are put through the council office letterbox will be invalid and therefore not counted as part of the election.
There are also some changes to proxy voting which means that you will be able to act as a proxy for no more than two people based in the UK, regardless of your relationship. If you are acting as proxy for people living overseas, you can act as proxy for up to four people but only two of these can be based in the UK.
Anyone acting as a proxy to vote on someone’s behalf will need to show their photo ID at the polling station. The deadline for proxy votes (not emergency or postal proxy votes) is 5pm on 24th April. For more information or to apply online for a proxy vote go to: www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
Voters should also remember that they will need to bring photo ID to the polling station to be able to vote. A list of accepted forms of ID is available on the Electoral Commission’s website. Those that do not have eligible ID can apply for free voter ID before (5pm on 26 June.
The Parish Council have called an Extraordinary meeting, please see Agenda attached.
All members of the public are welcome to attend.
To view the Ridlington Parish Council Annual Accounts ending 31 March 2024, please click on the link below.
Alternatively, you can also view these on the website under the heading – Annual Accounts.
