The next PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 4th September at Long Whatton Methodist Hall.
Notices with full details will be available, here (see Minutes Archive) and on Notice Boards in the villages from about the Friday before.
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ALERT: DISEWORTH ROAD CLOSURE - Lady Gate will be closed to through traffic for about five days from Tuesday 26th August to allow sewer connection work to take place.
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Airport Runway Extension

"Third longest runway in UK after Gatwick and Heathrow"

The Council's Planning Group met on 21st August and responded to the latest application for runway extensions at the Airport. It was decided to object to the proposals. It was clear that the latest version of the Environmental Statement submitted was grossly under-stating the impact which the extended runway would have - most of which would be apparent during the night. Assessments of the impact on inevitable future infrastructure developments to allow all-comers to use the airport (and which the operators would find difficult to resist) both within and outside the airport boundary had not been addressed. The impact of the resulting increased traffic to and from the site had been dismissed as insignificant. The Council's full response will be available to view here within the agenda for the 4th September meeting from about 29th August.
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Another Parish Plan Success ....
"All we want is a Shelter"

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Awaiting the decision ...

There is currently no news on the planning authority's official website to indicate at what stage this application has reached.

The picture above shows just a part of the application site (looking south from the B5324 towards Shepshed) on which the Parish Council has been consulted. The proposal is for a 400 bed hotel and two golf courses at Woodland Farm, Hallamford Road, Long Whatton. For details - you can quickly access the application itself by clicking 'Planning Applications' (left) or via the nwleics.gov.org website. You can send your own comments this way.

The Parish Council called a Public Meeting in Long Whatton on 15th May about this application. Very strong feelings were expressed and all present were opposed to the proposal. MP David Taylor and Councillors Nick Rushton, Lesley Pendleton, Trevor Pendleton, Martin Hening, Sue Roberts, Andy Cawdell, Mick Downs and Tom Wilkins all fully supported the opposition to the proposals.

# See Parish Council News for full report of Public Meeting

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Affordable housing ... positive survey results for both villages ... we go ahead!

At the meeting of the Council on 7th August the Council received the Reports of the Rural Housing Enabler. These clearly indicated that there was sufficient positive demand for the type of affordable housing being offered to enable the scheme to proceed - one in each village. To enable the process of achieving this to begin (and it could take two years at best), the Council formally decided to support the process. # As we get news of progress, we'll keep you informed here.

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HELLO and WELCOME
to Long Whatton and Diseworth
Parish Council

GETTING IN TOUCH ...

The Council's contact details are:
Douglas Maas, Parish Clerk
Long Whatton & Diseworth Parish Council
86 Forest Road, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9UN
Telephone: O1530 242534
email: longwhatdisepc@hotmail.com
website: longwhattondiseworth.org.uk

To contact a Councillor see Councillors

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO VISIT US?
What would you like to know about the Parish Council?

What is the Parish Council for? What does it do? How do we get in touch? When is the next meeting? Who are our Parish Councillors? Where does the money come from? How do we find out how they've used it? How can local people get the Parish Council to do things? Use the links on the left or look further down this page for useful headlines. For further information - see Contact Details, below.
This is the website of the Parish Council. For more information about the Villages themselves and local facilities, just click on the leicestershirevillages.com link on the right which will take you straight to both Villages' own useful websites.

Chairman's Annual Report - see Parish Council News
2001 CENSUS INFORMATION - see Council Information
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VILLAGES ON COURSE TO THE FUTURE
Diseworth and Long Whatton people's wishes for the future of their villages are set in their PARISH PLAN, launched earlier this year after a big two year effort. Many requirements identified are already under way. The full summary of the Plan is available: CLICK HERE ...

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ON THE AUGUST AGENDA

Topics considered at the meeting on 7th August were:
# The Rural Housing Enabler reported on the Affordable Housing Survey and the Council formally decided to go ahead with a project in each vilage (see item above).
# Mowing of grass verges etc. is simply not happening or is being done badly. Complaints about this and other highways matters have been referred to the Highways Director at the County Council. The explanations were reported.
# Proposed 20mph speed restriction outside Diseworth School arising from the school transport plan. Approval given and the amendment proposed by this Council for re-siting one of the signs had been accepted and the revised scheme will be implemented.
# The youth shelter has now arrived in Diseworth.
# Planning - the proposal to extend the airport runway is back - the public is invited to have their say at the meeting of the Planning Group on 21st August.
# There was an update on the issues surrounding local residents' campaign for community access to Long Whatton Community Centre.
# Again this year, the County Council is inviting nominations to celebrate the International Day of Older People. The theme this year is "The Creative Age" - a nomination is to be made ...
# Similarly, the District Council is inviting nominations for the Respect Challenge 2008 - funding is available and a young person can be nominated for an award. Councillors will be considering this.
# Applications are invited to become a Trustee of the Rural Community Council and also that Council has sent out an 'Evaluation Questionnaire' (completed).
# The major issue of "airport parking" in Diseworth is taxing Councillors' minds - the best way forward is a little uncertain but steps are being taken to get this sorted out. A public meeting is likely to take place soon.
# All the Planning consultations since the last meeting were either reported on or dealt with. The decisions taken by the planning authorities were reported.
... and more - the full agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting can be viewed (usually by the Friday before the meeting) by clicking on Minutes Archive and downloading them. Click on Meetings Calendar for details of future meetings.