MARTIN CARTWRIGHT

from Groby Spotlight Mid-May 2022

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Tel: 0116 287 4500 Mob: 07850 707050 E-Mail: hbbc@appliancehome.co.uk Thank you to Chaplin & Son Butchers

THE LAST DAY of trading for Chaplin’s Butchers is Saturday 29th May 2022 between 9am and 1pm

Margaret & Morris are inviting people along to have a cup of tea or coffee with them, and to look around the place, from behind the counter and the rear garden to celebrate as they trade for one last time on the above date. One can only imagine the many and varied conversations that have taken place at Chaplin’s Butchers whilst serving customers over the many years. Indeed, I have fond memories of many conversations myself. As well as many a purchase and always my Christmas lunch. I know a great many people will miss them, including me, but wish them well for their retirement. The outside of the premises will largely remain the same whilst inside will revert back to a family home. The ability to pop in and get your meat and poultry will be gone. God bless you both, you have served the public for so long. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

HER MAJESTY the Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service.

An achievement that will not be repeated again in my lifetime, yours too I suspect. Indeed I doubt a British Monarch Platinum Jubilee event will ever take place ever again. The extended bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June will feature: • Thursday 2nd June – The Queen’s Birthday Parade – Trooping the Colour • Thursday 2nd June – Platinum Jubilee Beacons • Friday 3rd June – Service of Thanksgiving • Saturday 5th June – Platinum Party at the Palace • Sunday 6th June – The Big Jubilee Lunch, street parties across the country • Sunday 6th June – The Platinum Jubilee Pageant At my time of writing Leicester County Council have officially granted two road closures in Groby • Pine Tree Avenue – Sunday 5th June road closed from 10.00am – 8.00pm • Bedford Drive – Sunday 5th June The big Jubilee Lunch takes place on Sunday 5th June with hundreds and hundreds of street parties taking place to celebrate her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee

IM Properties Groby

THE CHARNWOOD Draft Local Plan was at the same stage of the process as the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council Draft Local Plan, awaiting public examination.

The Charnwood Plan was submitted earlier than Hinckley & Bosworth so is likely to be heard first at public examination. However, what both plans share are the Rothley Brook Meadow Green Wedge Policy and the importance and benefits of separation between settlements that this policy delivers. We now know the start date of the Charnwood Local Plan Public examination is 28th June 2022. We will learn a lot about what, if any, challenges are made by Leicestershire County Council or IM Properties - indeed anyone else too at this public examination being held before Hinckley & Bosworth

Hinckley & Bosworth Next Steps

The next step in the process for Hinckley & Bosworth is a public examination of the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council Draft local Plan; the timetable is unknown but expected between November 2022 and April 2023. Any challenge which is made by anyone, not just the current consultation consultee, to change the two plots designation from farmland will be met with a fight from myself as Groby Ward Member as I believe WE HAVE GOT THIS RIGHT and this is the correct designation of use for this land. Now that the IM Properties consultation period has closed, this is not a consultation by Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council it is entirely up to IM Properties what happens next. This will hopefully be based upon the feedback received from the consultation events with the public, we shall have to just wait and see. It is clear to me, and so it should be to IM Properties, that the vast majority of people who engaged with them during their testing of the water with the consultation have fed back that they are against their proposals for many and varied different reasons. Indeed from all the contact I have had with people on this issue by e-mail, text, telephone and in person only one and half people have expressed support for IM Properties proposals. The one person in support by the way was an Anstey resident. You may recall back in February 2022 following the Webinar IM Properties promised to add the 108 questions asked and answers to their web site within days. This has now been added to the IM Properties web site - to view go to www.impgroby.co.uk Will IM Properties reflect upon the outcome of residents’ feedback & views to date? We will have to wait and see. However, IM Properties may decide to take: Option 1: Reflect upon the consultation events and in the event residents were mainly opposed to their proposals, as a result they may decide to drop the proposals completely and walk away. Option 2: Reflect upon the consultation events and in the event that residents were supportive in some way and or feedback tweaks to the scheme from residents’ views. Option 3: Irrespective of option 1, move to submitting a formal planning application. Option 4: Something else, it is entirely in IM Properties gift to decide their next move.

Cllr Martin Cartwright

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council – Groby Ward. Executive member for: Licensing, Environmental, Climate Change, Rural Issues & Klondyke Community Hub

Call: 0116 287 4500 Mobile: 07850 707050

E-Mail: hbbc@appliancehome.co.uk Write : Maverick House,10 Pine Tree Avenue, Groby, LE6 0EQ

Cllr Martin Cartwright @CllrCartwright cllr.martincartwright

Should IM Properties move to the next stage and submit a formal planning application this will be accompanied by much more detail such as the access and site layout as well as the look, position and size of the buildings, construction materials etc. As a result of the above there will be so much more detail to make comments upon. It will be mandatory at this point for a further consultation period once the planning application is submitted, none exists to date.

It is important to note that at each stage in this very long process you will be given the opportunity to comment should you choose to do so. An update on Bradgate Stables is on page 22 ...>

BRADGATE STABLES have continued to decline year on year for a long time now.

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council have commissioned an urgent works report and are taking action to see that the works needed are carried out. See page 18 for more information.