It is official. We have our first Radcliffe on Trent community public meeting scheduled for Weds, 31st July 2013 at The Trent, Shelford Road, Radcliffe on Trent and we need your help. Across our village, it has very quickly emerged that we have a shared skillset and expertise that places us in good stead to get our voices heard as a community.
We are undoubtedly passionate folk and this morning we have had our 1400th visitor to the website. Not bad considering that we only started our fact-finding and myth-busting mission just under a month ago.
It is uplifting to see how many people have enquired about getting involved. What a wonderful shared community spirit we have! Let's keep our village the way we know and love. Please share this invitation with anyone and everyone you can think of. This will be the first of many meetings, but in the first instance let's meet up and see what we can do if we put our heads together.
'Together, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results.' Becka Schoettle
Showing posts with label Rushcliffe Local Plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rushcliffe Local Plan. Show all posts
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Review of Rushcliffe Greenbelt Ends in 26 Days, We Are Still waiting to hear from Rushcliffe Local Development Office
We have been in touch with Rushcliffe Borough Council to ask why we have not been informed about the Rushcliffe Greenbelt Review that is currently ongoing. Having discovered the Greenbelt Review as a part of the Rushcliffe Plan by accident whilst hunting the council website for details on the plans to build up to 2055 houses, we contacted the council on 6th July to raise our concerns over the Rushcliffe Community Plan, the review of our Greenbelt land and the lack of consultation with the Radcliffe on Trent Community thus far.
We asked them on 6th July to confirm their plans to distribute this information to the general public. They are as yet to get back in touch. Considering that this review is already well under way, having opened on 17 June 2013, this is rather worrying. If we are to really have our say as a community, then we should know something about this already, not stumble upon it when it is already half way through what is supposed to be the public consultation phase.
As of today, there are only 26 days of this consultation phase remaining, despite the fact that it started 26 days ago. We are now half way through a public consultation phase that we are as yet to be consulted on.
We contacted the Council again yesterday to follow this up, but as we are still waiting a response on this specific issue, despite making this initial request a week ago, we will update you as soon as we hear anything.
What you can do: Contact the council directly via email on at: localdevelopment@rushcliffe.gov.uk to ask them when they are planning to share this information with our community at Radcliffe on Trent and make sure that you sign our petition here. It takes less than 20 seconds to complete.
We asked them on 6th July to confirm their plans to distribute this information to the general public. They are as yet to get back in touch. Considering that this review is already well under way, having opened on 17 June 2013, this is rather worrying. If we are to really have our say as a community, then we should know something about this already, not stumble upon it when it is already half way through what is supposed to be the public consultation phase.
As of today, there are only 26 days of this consultation phase remaining, despite the fact that it started 26 days ago. We are now half way through a public consultation phase that we are as yet to be consulted on.
We contacted the Council again yesterday to follow this up, but as we are still waiting a response on this specific issue, despite making this initial request a week ago, we will update you as soon as we hear anything.
What you can do: Contact the council directly via email on at: localdevelopment@rushcliffe.gov.uk to ask them when they are planning to share this information with our community at Radcliffe on Trent and make sure that you sign our petition here. It takes less than 20 seconds to complete.
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Rushcliffe Local Plan: Greenbelt Under Review
A Greenbelt review of the Rushcliffe Area was made available for public consultation on 17 June 2013 and will run until 9th August, not the 19th August as originally stated in the Radcliffe Parish Council meeting on 1st July. The public consultation period is open NOW, not that we would have known it. This is rather frustrating considering that we only have a month to have our say on plans that as yet, we have been unable to see. At the Rushcliffe Parish Council meeting of 1st July 2013, it was claimed that the Rushcliffe Local Plan would be available on the Parish Council Website. We have requested access to that and unfortunately it is still not available. They are looking into the technical difficulties, but in the meantime, a copy of this can be found at the Rushcliffe Borough Council website here.
A response to the Rushcliffe Local Plan online via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website is the approved format for lobbying against the proposed reduction of our Greenbelt, however a paper copy is available here to download. They have requested submissions online, but will accept the submission of downloaded paper versions by post.
At present, the most important thing that you can do in reaction to the plans to review our Greenbelt in Radcliffe is to express your voice via the Rushcliffe Borough Council approved methods available here.
This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community and this is our opportunity to respond as a community and express our views over the protection of the Greenbelt and proposed plans to build on it. The proposals to cut back our Greenbelt and designated area for public response are available here.
While the Radcliffe on Trent Community Plan that we have all recently completed is important, this has no sway over the decision that Rushcliffe Borough Council will take on the future of our Greenbelt. However this will help our Parish Councillors in Radcliffe on Trent to get a good sense of the community's feelings on the matter and to make recommendations on our behalf. However, to be effective as a community we need to take up our own opportunity to respond. This is available to us via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website here. This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community as the proposals are to cut back our Greenbelt. The designated area for public response is available here.
A response to the Rushcliffe Local Plan online via the Rushcliffe Borough Council's website is the approved format for lobbying against the proposed reduction of our Greenbelt, however a paper copy is available here to download. They have requested submissions online, but will accept the submission of downloaded paper versions by post.
At present, the most important thing that you can do in reaction to the plans to review our Greenbelt in Radcliffe is to express your voice via the Rushcliffe Borough Council approved methods available here.
This will have an impact upon all members of the Radcliffe on Trent community and this is our opportunity to respond as a community and express our views over the protection of the Greenbelt and proposed plans to build on it. The proposals to cut back our Greenbelt and designated area for public response are available here.
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