A MASSIVE THANK YOU! To Our Community in Radcliffe on Trent

Dear Radcliffe Community members,

First of all we would like to extend an enormous THANK YOU for all of your support and encouraging comments that keep us motivated to fight on your behalf. It goes without saying that huge thanks  are due to The British Legion for allowing us to use their premises. Without our wonderful community spirit at Radcliffe on Trent, the place where we live would be just another Nottinghamshire village. As it stands we have a lot to celebrate, a lot to be proud about and a hell of a lot to fight for.

One of the most powerful things to come out of last night's meeting was a shared effervescent passion for our village community. While we do not all agree on the fine details of the proposed planning development on the village Greenbelt, we found a common ground in which we could share our concerns and fears in a respectful and appreciative manner.

We will continue to fight on your behalf and strive to source relevant information which we will share with our community in Radcliffe on Trent. We do this so that we can each make a more fully informed decision about how this current planning application will affect our lives and directly impact upon our village community.

While our current fight lay with the proposed development for 400 houses at the Shelford Road Farm site, it was agreed that our activities should be extended to incorporate any future plans for large development within our community at Radcliffe on Trent.

We have been able to generate immediate press interest and, in addition to this morning's BBC Radio Nottingham feature, The Nottingham Post are also looking to cover our story in Monday's edition of the paper. While there will be copies of the presentation and an audio account on the website shortly, in the meantime we are focusing our energy on preparing materials for Monday's Nottingham Post feature.

Our local community at Radcliffe on Trent is our inspiration, and we would like to wholeheartedly thank each and every one of you for all of the support and well wishes that we have received.

Small steps to achieve a big movement.

Much love,
Clair, Rebecca, Jason and Kerry

Missed our BBC Radio Nottingham Coverage? Don't worry, you can listen again!

We managed to get some really great coverage on BBC Radio Nottingham on Andy Whittaker's Breakfast Show this morning. Lovely to hear so many members of our community sharing their concerns about the plans to develop our Greenbelt land. The site under consideration can be identified in the picture below as the two large brown fields.

You can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lg724
From 2hrs 18 mins

BBC Radio Nottingham Covers our Story This Morning

BBC Radio Nottingham Covers our Story This Morning

Don't forget to tune in

Reminder: Radcliffe Community Group Meeting Tonight @ 8pm The British Legion

Looking forward to a lively discussion down at The British Legion this evening at 8pm. Hope to see you there.

Radcliffe on Trent Community Meeting Invitation 5 Dec 13 by Kerry Gough

Radcliffe Rush Hour: Not Quite the Rush You Might Think

Before you get in your cars this morning to go to work, we just wanted to share a short film we took of the traffic that passes our village. Picture this with the additional traffic generated by the 1000 houses already approved planning permission in Bingham and the 400 houses approved for development in Newton, and these have not even been built yet.


Now to add to this, Rushcliffe Borough Council are considering a planning application for a further 400 houses in Radcliffe on Trent, and to top it all, this application is sited on existing Greenbelt land.

We share in your pain as you travel past our village. Drive safe people!

BBC News Story: Eric Pickles Calls in Green Belt Housing Plan for Enquiry

We were reminded this evening of the recent success of the Stapleford and Trowell Rural Action Group and their fight save their Greenbelt Land. The plan has been called in and is now subject to a public enquiry.

Read the full BBC story here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23500869

And The Nottingham Post's earlier edition here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23500869

Shelford Road Planning Application Documents Available Online and at The Grange Hall

In response to your requests for aiding the ease of access to the planning application for the proposed 400 house development which extends from Shelford Road to the railway line, we have sought advice from Michelle Dunne at Rushcliffe Borough Council (email: developmentcontrol@rushcliffe.gov) In the mean time there are copies available online on the Rushcliffe pages here:

http://www.document1.co.uk/blueprint/Index.asp

You will need to use the Application Number: 13/02329/OUT to access these.

Apparently hard copies have also been made available by Rushcliffe Borough Council for public consultation at Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council at The Grange Hall, so please do share this with those members of the community without internet access.  

The Grange Hall office are open Mon to Friday 9-12.30pm

A link to these Application Materials has been made available at the top of our racliffecommunity.blogspot.co.uk for ease of relocation. 

Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council Meeting: 7pm, Mon 2nd Dec

Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council have a Planning and Environment meeting scheduled for Monday, 2nd December at 7pm. The details can be viewed on their website and is detailed below. Please note that this does NOT relate to the recent planning application for the Shelford Road to A52 development, but there are 15 minutes set aside for members of the community to raise issues relating to the work of Radcliffe on Trent Parish Council.

ROTPC Meeting Notices Planning 02-12-2013

William Davis Limited Planning Application Notification Letter

This is a copy of the Planning Application Notification letter was received on Friday by residents of the Radcliffe Community whose properties are on the boundary line with the proposed development site.

It would appear that the Radcliffe Community Group were missed off of the initial consultation notification, but Michelle Dunne has since rectified this and has sent through a copy for us to use for consultation purposes.

Please circulate this to any interested parties, a copy will be retained at the top of our page for ease of access.

Planning Application Notification Letter

The Telegraph: Planning System Heavily Skewed Towards the Interests of Developers

An article in The Telegraph this morning evidences the position that small communities like ours face when challenged with the prospects of large developments.

This will be gone soon if we are not careful.

Have a read of Christopher Hope's article, 'Planning System "heavily skewed towards the interests of developers over those of the public", says architect' at The Telegraph [online] (01 Dec 2013)