August is always a quiet month for committee meetings. However, this gives officers and elected members a chance to catch up with some reading, training, doing some research, and to take their summer break. Paul and Deborah were both able to take some time away to recharge their batteries, ready for a busy Autumn. They both hope that you too have found some time to relax and enjoy some of the lovely weather we have had during the summer.
Charnwood Sports Awards
The Charnwood Sports Awards are back for 2022 after a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The awards are now open, and residents are being encouraged to enter their nominations.
The awards will celebrate the sporting achievements of individuals and clubs as well as the dedication of volunteers. They will also highlight schools and workplaces making a difference to health and wellbeing in the borough.
This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Monday 5th December. The deadline for nominations is midnight on Friday 7th October. The nine categories for nominations are:
- Let's Get Moving Schools Award
- Junior Sportsperson of the Year
- Senior Sportsperson of the Year
- Let’s Get Moving Junior Ambassador of the Year
- Let’s Get Moving Senior Ambassador of the Year
- Outstanding Contribution to Sport, Physical Activity and Health
- Club of the Year
- Let’s Get Moving Wellbeing at Work Award
- Joe Humphries Memorial Trust Award
To nominate online or to find out more about the awards, visit www.charnwood.gov.uk/sportsawards or call 01509 634966.
Energy Payments in the Autumn
Charnwood Local Plan Public Examination
As we reported previously, the Examination of Charnwood's Local Plan was adjourned by the Inspector, due to a significant change in circumstances to what was previously submitted to them. Consequently, the hearing sessions that were programmed from 12 July 2022 onwards were postponed. During the Matter 1 hearing session on 28 June 2022, Charnwood Borough Council confirmed that it would, in principle, be willing to accommodate Charnwood’s apportionment of Leicester’s unmet housing need, as set out in the Leicester & Leicestershire Authorities - Statement of Common Ground relating to Housing and Employment Land Needs (April 2022) (Exam 15). As this represented a significant change in circumstances compared with the submitted Plan which proposed that unmet housing need would be dealt with through a Plan review, the Inspectors have written to the Council outlining their intended next steps. You can read the latest Inspector’s letter and Charnwood’s Planning Department response on this link:
- Leicester and Leicestershire Authorities – Statement of Common Ground relating to Housing and Employment Land Needs (June 2022) (SoCG) (Exam 43)
- Leicester and Leicestershire Housing and Economic Needs Assessment Final Report (HENA) (Exam 44a), Executive Summary (June 2022) (Exam 44b) and Appendices (Exam 44c)
- Leicester and Leicestershire Housing and Economic Needs Assessment – Housing Distribution Paper (June 2022) (Exam 45)
- Leicester and Leicestershire Housing and Economic Needs Assessment – Employment Distribution Paper (June 2022) (Exam 46)
- Leicester and Leicestershire Statement of Common Ground Sustainability Appraisal Report (SA) (Exam 47a) and Non-Technical Summary (June 2022) (Exam 47b)
These documents can be found on the Examination website: https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/examination_latest_news
Everyone who responded to the Regulation 19 Pre-Submission Local Plan consultation is being contacted to inform them of the consultation on the new evidence documents listed above. Any comments on these documents can be made during the six-week period of consultation between 15th August 2022 and 26th September 2022.
During this public consultation period, copies of the Matters, Issues and Questions, the Inspectors’ Guidance Note and the documents will be available to view on the Examination website https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/examination and at the Council’s Offices: Charnwood Borough Council, Southfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2TX.
Following the end of the consultation, it is currently planned to hold a two-day public hearing on the documents above on 25th and 26th October 2022.
Online Forms
Charnwood Borough Council has a large number of online forms that enable residents to raise concerns whenever they like, 24/7. The online forms cover the majority of services and are listed in alphabetical order on the website here: https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/onlineforms
Some examples of the forms available include:
- Abandoned Vehicles
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Council Tax
- Dangerous Trees
- Dog Fouling
- Graffiti
- Housing
- Litter
- Noise
- Recycling and Refuse.
If you wish to contact the Council to make a general enquiry, comment, give a compliment, complain, or make a suggestion about council services, you can use the general contact form, found on the link above.
If you find that any forms are not working, please email [email protected] and they will investigate the problem.
If you have any issues or concerns, we are here to help.
