Villages
| Published date | 02 December 2020 |
| Date | 02 December 2020 |
| Publication title | Loughborough Echo |
"Drains in the area around Main Street, including the adjoining Church Lane and Chapel Lane were blocked or partially collapsed," added the MP's report. And some residents of Church Lane had to source and install their own pumps to remove flood water around and from properties.
"The deep flooding at Miller's Lane is the result of blockages along a culvert which runs alongside the lane and goes under Main Street into 'the square'" suggests Ruth. "Residents also felt that drainage around farmers' fields or at the edge of the affected roads near fields is inadequate."
Parish council clerk Mike Elliott says is members feel that problems have increased significantly in recent years, particularly on Main Street. Requests have been made by the council for emergency contact details for the relevant flood agencies because there are
significant local measures that need addressing.
Residents reported that a pond was filled in by developers during the recent construction of houses and they had
identified to their MP that this was the primary cause of the local flooding. And she says: "If the loss of this pond is indeed the cause of the flooding issues in the village, it is important that this is investigated as soon as possible. I have therefore requested more information from the parish council."
The report says that concerns were raised by the parish council about the impact of new housing on flooding in the village. The report does say Rushcliffe Borough Council has done a huge amount to protect communities and prevent development which exacerbates flooding problems, giving an example that the RBC Local Plan makes clear that development proposals should:"avoid areas of current and future flood risk and which do not increase the risk of flooding elsewhere and where possible reduce flood risk, adopting the precautionary principle to development, will be supported' The Rushcliffe MP says she has requested a meeting with the Borough Council to discuss the impact of new housing on flood issues across the constituency and whether national policies need to be amended to do more to prevent development exacerbating flood issues.
CHARITY PLEA.
Parishioners and friends of St. Giles Church in Costock are reminded that donations are still needed
for the Friary registered charity with a distinctly Christian foundation which is based in West Bridgford and operates in the Nottingham area.
The Friary's mission is to empower homeless and vulnerable adults to rebuild their lives by offering practical services, advice and emotional support.
It includes a drop-in centre for homeless and
unemployed people and offers advice on issues around housing, debt and benefits.
Food parcels, bedding, clothing are provided along with showers, laundry and barber. There is a homeless health team, including GP and nurse. Dentistry, optometry and chiropody are available and support around substance misuse issues. Hepatitis A and B vaccinations, HIV and hepatitis C tests. Social activities and an IT suite are also available.
In addition to the normal dry goods, tins and toiletries, the Friary are also in need of small items of kitchen equipment to help people who are setting up their own homes.
Church leaders are asking for all donations to be left in the church porch.
Two large deliveries have already been made from Costock and they have been gratefully received by the charity.
Church leaders thank parishioners and friends of the Church for their generosity in "these difficult and trying times."
Bunny COMMUNITY PLAN. The parish council at Bunny
have expressed an interest in looking at the possibility of introducing a village community plan for the village, and three members, Couns. John Berridge, Izumi Featherstone and Steve Stubbs agreed to form a working party to investigate the position.
The clerk Mike Elliott was asked to prepare some notes of guidance for members to study and these are outlined here: The aim of producing a plan would be for the parish to use it as a platform for their vision/ aspirations and to use it as a planning tool for the
future and to guide planning related matters and help access funding for community projects.
A good deal of feedback and comments from the parish will be required to be sought to ensure that the contents of any published report meets the approval of residents, vital if progress is to be made with the publication of a plan.
A full scale referendum will need to be undertaken, with every house in the parish being asked to have an input into what is eventually published.
A village plan (also called a community plan or a parish plan) tackles social, economic and environmental themes that residents themselves have decided are important.
Community plans are always developed by residents, working closely with local authorities and service providers, can be produced by any community group, not just the parish council, although it is always best
work together and can be used as an action plan, a way of getting organised, raising money and implementing projects.
A plan on its own do not have legal weight, but can be used to develop neighbourhood plan or supplementary planning guidance and can be a 'material consideration' and used by the Authority in its planning decisions. The more closely a village plan aligns and adds detail to local planning policies, and the more that it demonstrates broad community involvement and a consensus of opinion, the more weight it can be given.
Stanford on Soar
HARVEST DONATIONS.
Donations from the Harvest Festival at St. John the Baptist Parish Church in Stanford on Soar have been taken to the Loughborough Area Food Bank.
At the Harvest service a small choir sang an introit of four verses of a psalm, Ye Shall Dwell in the Land by Dr. John Stainer and Lead Me Lord by S.S.Wesley
Kegworth Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com
CALENDAR. Demand for the second and hopefully and presumably now annual village photo calendar produced by the Village Plan Group has been such it has sold out already and is no longer available in the village.
The news will hit those residents who were planning to purchase a copy as a very useful Christmas stocking-filler.
This is only the second year that the very active village group have produced the calendar and it's already as being a
really popular item to be used as a Christmas gift.
For the Group, Karen Dayman says that the pictures that make up the pages of the calendar come in from entries received for the regular photographic competitions they run and which this year attracted a bumper number of entries, one reason most likely being because of the coronavirus lockdown.
Adds Karen: "We have some very talented photographers in the village, and the high standard of the work we received underlines that."
As a result of the interest this year, Karen says they are we are also running more photography competitions with the current one themed "All Creatures Great and Small" closes at the end of this month.
The next one will run for the month of December - the theme for it being "Anything Festive" and which promises to bring out the skills of the competitors in numerous days.
And the December competition obviously will not be the last, and there will be more themes in the New Year Karen says: "The winners of each theme will automatically go through
to the short list of entries for the 2022 calendar!", itself good news as confirmation of the fact it is planned that the calendar becomes an annual production.
Anyone wishing to take part can enter by visiting the group's Facebook page.
"Kegworth Plan Group would like to thank everyone for supporting the sale of the Calendar this year and it is it is now sold out. The money raised is usually used to buy gifts for Santa's Grotto at the Market Place
Christmas event, but with it cancelled this year, the Plan Group decided to make a donation of £300 to the Kegworth Primary School instead."
Karen says both the children and staffwere asked to decide themselves how they would like to use the money and they have decided to split it three ways, using it for playground equipment, towards the provision of a defibrillator at the school and also to support the Kegworth Larder. Which is a temporary food bank available in the run up to Christmas for Kegworth residents.
LIBRARY. Whilst, like everybody else, we are none too happy at being lumped into Tier 3 along with the surrounding areas, we are delighted that at least one thing we
will be able to do is reopen the library. We will be doing just that at 2pm on Friday (December 4) and we're really looking forward to seeing you all again. Unfortunately you won't be able to nip along to the pub and have a skim through your books afterwards with a swift half, but one step at a time. As one of our esteemed Trustees says, the hairdressers will be opening so you can get your hair done ready for all the places you can't go to….
The library will continue to open as we were before the lockdown, just Tuesday and Friday 2pm to 4pm for the time being. Of course we'll still being adhering to all the COVID-19 safeguards, the hand sanitiser, social distancing etc and don't forget you do have to wear a face covering in the library.
We'll have library books to borrow and our new-to-you Book Shop books to buy. In the Book
Shop, Archie the Cat and his pals Dewey the Library Cat and A Street Cat Named Bob have had a temporary reprieve whilst we've been locked down but our efficient Book Shop manager is now back and she has her eye on any books that aren't exactly, how shall I put it, flying offthe shelves.
It's great to be able to say again - see you at the library!
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