More and more people are making use of their Community Forum to try and improve local services and raise issues of local concern.
- Residents in Birstall were unhappy that the swimming pool in Longslade Community College was no longer going to be open to the public outside school hours. Discussion at the local Area Forum meeting resulted in the College working directly with local users to find ways the pool can remain open.
- Following the Government’s shortlisting of ‘Pennbury’ as a potential Eco-town, the ‘Have your Say’ meetings in Kibworth and Tugby were the first opportunity for residents in the surrounding area to find out how the District and County Council were planning to respond to this challenge.
- At the Blaby South Community Forum residents and Parish Councillors from Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton and surrounding villages expressed their concerns about the volume and speed of Heavy Goods Vehicles travelling through their villages. In response officers promised to look into a range of measures to reduce the impact of traffic and improve road safety in the short term, while explaining how they were looking to provide longer-term solutions.

Community Forums give you the opportunity to discuss local issues with your local Parish, District and County Councillors and representatives from the Police and the Health Service. There are 27 Community Forums across they county. To find out more about forum meetings in your local area, please visit www.leicestershireforums.org

Contact: Derk van der Wardt, 0116 3057581

The Parish Council currently have a vacancy for a Parish Councillor.
If you are interested in joining the Parish Council then please write stating your interest to the Clerk who's details can be found on the homepage.

Funding has been secured by local youth of the Parish for skate park equipment at Peggs Green Recreation Ground.
The Parish Council has made no decision on the placing of this equipment.
This will be an agenda item at the next Parish Council Meeting.

The second meeting of the Coleorton Parish Plan met on the 19th of January, the minutes of the meeting are attached.

We still require a secretary for the group.

1) The Parish Council are now working with the RCC to produce a Parish Plan for Coleorton. Please watch the website/local noticeboards for any further updates regarding this.

2) Coleorton Parish Council are currently working with The Leicestershire Rural Housing Enabler for the local housing needs of Coleorton.

The Parish Council has recognised that many local people have to leave the village to find accommodation suitable for their needs. This has primarily resulted from increasing house prices and a lack of affordable housing in the locality.

The Leicestershire Rural Housing Enabler works with Parish Councils and Local Authorities in order to investigate the needs for affordable homes in villages. The first step in this process is to undertake housing needs surveys which give an overview of the current housing situation in a village, therefore providing details of the need for local affordable homes.