Category Archives: Community engagement

Steering Group Meeting Wed 23 Aug 2017 at 7.30pm in The Old School Rooms, Bottesford

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Please find attached the agenda for the next Steering Group meeting on Wednesday 23 Aug 2017. This will start at 7.30pm and will be held in The Old School Rooms, Bottesford.

The draft minutes for the previous meeting are also attached.

All very welcome to attend the meeting.

Richard Simon. Chair of Bottesford Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee.

Agenda SG mtg 23rd August 2017

Minutes SG mtg 25th July 2017 A

Melton Local Plan: drop-in event 25 July 2017. Bottesford VC Hall 4pm-7pm

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Melton Borough Council will be holding drop-in events over the coming weeks to give everyone the opportunity to learn more about the proposed changes to the Melton Local Plan and to ask any questions.

This will take place on Tuesday 25 July 2017 between 4pm and 7pm at Bottesford VC Hall. ​There will also be a number of other venues available, please take a look to find one that is most suitable for you. www.meltonplan.co.uk/drop-in-events

If you can’t make any event and would still like to comment on the Local Plan, please drop a line to planningpolicy@melton.gov.uk

 

 

 

Steering Group Meeting Postponed

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Hello all,

The Steering Group meeting this week is to be postponed and the planned agenda items will be taken forward to the next meeting, which will be after the General Election.

The main reasons for this postponement are:

Melton Borough Council have hit problems with their Local Plan, and at this moment we are not sure what will be the outcome. Since the Neighbourhood Plan for Bottesford Parish needs to reflect the Melton Local Plan there seems little point in meeting for the sake of it.

There have also been substantial changes at Melton Borough Council with a new leader and different people in key positions. Again we are unsure what impact that will have on the Plan and Bottesford.

You will be aware that the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group and the Parish Council are objecting to the increased number of houses allocated to Bottesford in the Emerging Options proposals for the Melton Local Plan. This increase in houses has resulted in the number of building sites increasing from 2 (along with some small additional ‘windfall’ schemes) to 9 sites across the village.

We have therefore enlisted the help of Byron Rhodes, Borough Councilor for Long Clawson and Stathern and recently re-elected Leicestershire County Councillor for our area, to assist us in putting our case for reducing the housing allocation for Bottesford.

Dates for future Steering Group meetings will be notified shortly and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Regards.

Richard Simon: Clerk to the Steering Group

Accuracy in circulars and notifications

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Accuracy in circulars and notifications
 
When the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group (NPSG) publishes information every effort is made to ensure the information is factual and accurate. The NPSG also attempts to give a brief background to the issues so that a correct interpretation of the information can be made, even by those persons who have not been involved in the Neighbourhood Plan.
Planning and new developments will always cause some residents a level of distress, particularly those living near or otherwise affected by the scheme.
Some recent circulars, which have not originated from the Steering Group, have been very misleading in a number of the statements made. Conjecture and exaggeration have been used to strengthen the case that the party wanted to make and this is not the way of the NPSG which has always strived to make the information imparted as accurate as possible.
Some news that we have to share will not always be well received so please ensure that in all cases the information is accurate and the facts are clear to the reader.
Richard Simon
For Bottesford Parish Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group