Current Issues

BROOKSBY QUARRY - LATEST NEWS

PROPOSED LANDFILL AND RECYCLING SITE AT BROOKSBY QUARRY:

• Leicestershire County Council has proposed Brooksby Quarry to become a landfill and recycling site. They will conduct a period of consultation on this proposal between 25th August and 6th October
• The Parish Council is fighting this proposal on your behalf but needs you to add your voice to the opposition

• It is important that our Borough and County Councillors have as many letters of objection as possible. Write to the people below stating your opposition to this proposal:

• Joe Orson Leicestershire County Councillor, Parsonage House, Paradise Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3NH.
Email: jorson@leics.gov.uk

• Nigel Angrave Melton Borough Councillor, 'Field Fare', 16 Main Street, Rotherby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2LP.
E mail: info@angraves.com

• Alan Duncan MP, Office of Alan Duncan MP, 33 High Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. LE13 0TR.
E mail: duncana@parliament.uk

• Mr N Hunt, Principal Planning Officer, Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester. LE3 8RJ.
E mail: nhunt@leics.gov.uk

MAKE SURE YOUR OPINIONS AND FEARS ARE MADE KNOWN

Over 130 residents attended the Public Meeting held at Hoby Village Hall on Friday 22nd September and voiced their oppositions to the proposal. The Parish Council have taken careful note of these and have submitted their letter of opposition, a copy of which is below.

Hoby Recreation Trust

In 2006 we have funded the purchase of a new set of skittles for the Hoby Skittles team
and organised and subsidised the Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch.

In past years we have supported the Childrens Play Area, the restoration of the Hand bells, planted bulbs in the villages and provided benches to enable everyone to rest and enjoy our lovely villages.

We are looking for future projects which we can support in the next year

If you are resident in the villages of Brooksby, Rotherby, Hoby or Ragdale and have a project which you would like us to consider please contact

Angus Walker 434482 or Rosemary Rainbow 434477

PROPOSED NEW VILLAGE ENVELOPE & PROTECTED OPEN SPACES

Hoby “Village Envelope” and “Important Open Areas”.

The Borough Council have drafted a revised village envelope which also identifies “important open areas” – green spaces which will be protected from development. This document has been delivered to all households in the parish and villagers have had the opportunity to comment before the revised plan is adopted. The Parish Council has produced a statement of consultation which includes a summary of representations submitted to the Melton Borough Council and the Parish Council's responses and recommendations. We now await Melton B.C.s response.

These documents can be viewed on line by clicking on the links below.

NEW FLIGHT PATH OVER THE PARISH

East Midlands Airport has started to incorporate the new air-traffic control regulations which now includes our parish in its control zone. This means that 70% of all incoming traffic now passes directly over our parish at around 3,500 - 4,500 feet. Although this does not cause a major problem during the daytime, an increasing number of flights, mainly freight, come into East Midlands during the night. Freight traffic also uses older aircraft which tend to be noisier. East Midlands has not yet been classified as a designated airport - there is therefore no control over the amount of air traffic coming into, or going out of the site.
Your Parish Councillors are lobbying the various agencies on your behalf but we would urge individuals to air their objections to NEMA, their County Councillor and their MP.
WATCH THIS SPACE.

Track Aircraft Movements over the Parish

To view air traffic over the Parish at any time up to 24 hrs ago click on the link below and follow the instructions. You may have to download an additional software plug-in.

The Parish Council's letter of objection to Nottingham East Midlands Airport

Reply from Nottingham East Midlands Airport

LCC's Response to NEMA Proposals for Future Development

The Parish Council's letter to Alan Duncan, MP