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Community Park Update
With today's announcement by the Prime Minister Langham's Community Park will reopen on Saturday July 4th
Abstraction of water from Langham Brook
The brook running through Langham is owned by each riparian property and we thank each of you for fulfilling your responsibiites with regard to the maintenance of the bank and water course.
The recent warm, dry spell has left the water level very low and we felt it was important to remind riparian owners that, whilst the abstraction of water up 20cubic metres per day or less does not require a licence from the Environment Agency, amounts in excess of this may do so and should be referred to them.
A reminder of riparian duties:
- Pass on the flow of water without obstruction, pollution or diversion affecting the rights of others.
- Maintain the bed and banks of the watercourse and to clear any debris, whether natural or artificial, to keep any culverts, rubbish screens, weirs and mill gates clear of debris.
- Be responsible for protection of land from flooding and cause no obstructions, temporary or permanent, preventing the free passage of fish.
- Accept flood flows even if caused by inadequate capacity downstream, but there is no duty to improve the drainage capacity of a watercourse.
Update on Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Bulky waste collection service.
RCC will resume its bulky waste collection service from Monday 4 May.
The bulky waste service offers to collect and remove large household items such as furniture and white goods.
The cost for removal is £32 for up to four items. All bulky waste items must be left outside of properties, where they can be easily collected and removed.
Bulky waste operatives cannot currently enter people’s homes to remove items, meaning assisted collections are unavailable.
Bulky waste collections can be booked by calling RCC’s customer services team on: 01572 722 577. A limited number of collection slots are available each day.
Household Waste and Recycling Centres will remain closed for the time being
Rutland Agriculture Society Planning Application
A planning application 2020/0245/FUL has been received by Langham Parish Council. It has been submitted by Rutland Agricultural Society and seeks a new entrance to the Rutland Show Ground on Burley Road.
They propose this new entrance be via the field that lies next to Langham Junction level crossing. It would be used for vehicular exit during the Rutland show, and possibly for a limited number of other events, and would also be used by emergency vehicles.
Langham Parish Council has recommended refusal as the application seems to ignore the Langham Neighbourhood Plan, is unsafe, seems impractical and would cause Langham no end of traffic problems during certain parts of the year.
Should you wish to read more details of the application, or view Langham Parish Council's full response to the application, please go to the RCC website under Planning Applications and, using the planning application number 0245/FUL, you will have access to all documentation. You might also wish to register your opinion, which will be used to help inform the final decision on this application by RCC.
Comments must be received by RCC by Thursday, 23 April 2020.
Household waste collections continue as normal but due to the extra waste generated by people being at home they are unable to take any additional waste. If it isn't in a bin it wont be taken.
Both of the RCC Household Waste Recycling Centres are currently closed. Please store any items destined for the 'Tip' for the time being.
The Wheatsheaf - Now offering a takeaway food service, village shop and off licence to support the community during this crisis. www.thewheatsheaf-langham.co.uk
Zetland - offering doorstep deliveries of fresh veg, fruit and eggs - email:
Parking charges will be suspended from Thursday 26 March onwards in all of Oakham's Council car parks.
Community Park is Closed.
Following instructions from the Government, Langham Community Park is now closed until further notice. The gates have been padlocked and notices posted. Please do not climb over the gates. This area has been closed for your safety and to protect others. There is a risk of passing on Covid-19 virus from the use of the play equipment. Munday's Close Wildlife Area remains open. Please maintain a 2m separation from any non-family persons at all times.
FREE MINIBUS SERVICE FOR ESSENTIAL JOURNEYS BETWEEN OAKHAM AND STAMFORD
Rutland County Council is operating a free replacement minibus service for essential journeys between Oakham and Stamford, following enforced changes to normal bus timetables.
The service is running twice daily, calling at Oakham, Whitwell, Empingham, Tickencote, Great Casterton and Stamford.
From Monday 30 March, anyone wanting to travel will be asked to make a telephone booking with a least one day’s notice. This is to avoid running empty vehicles, if they are not needed.
The number to call to book a journey is: 01572 758 138, between 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday. Journeys required for Mondays must be booked on the Friday before.
Passengers will be advised as to seating arrangements that are in place on this service to maintain a safe distance between bus users and ensure proper social distancing. As this is a free service, there will also be limited need for passengers to interact with the driver.
A full timetable for the free replacement minibus and details of other changes to local services can be found online at: www.rutland.gov.uk/coronavirus. Alternatively, please call: 01572 758 138 for further details.
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Monday – Friday Replacement for Centrebus 9 |
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Oakham, Bus Station |
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Oakham, Market Place |
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Whitwell |
0802 |
1106 |
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Empingham |
0803 |
1107 |
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Tickencote |
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Gt Casterton, Clinic |
0808 |
1112 |
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Stamford, Bus Station |
0815 |
1122 |
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Stamford, Bus Station |
1425 |
1625 |
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Gt Casterton, opp vets |
1432 |
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Tickencote |
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Empingham |
1438 |
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Whitwell |
1439 |
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Oakham, Bus Station |
1452 |
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Rutland County Council
Bus Services from Monday 23 March 2020 until further notice
Centrebus will be operating in Rutland as follows:
12 & 29 - For details see Centrebus website
747 - normal service
RF2 - normal service
9 - no service (see separate RCC notice)
146 - normal service
RF1 - may go to a two hourly service
47 - no service
For up to date information on all services please visit www.centrebus.info / @CentrebusLive
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CallConnect services are operating as normal and the Booking Centre will open:
Mon-Fri 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
Sat 8.30 am – 4.00 pm
Tel: 0345 263 8153 / www.lincsbus.info / @callconnect
The above information is subject to change so please check regularly.
RCC Parish Briefing Jan 2020
View the latest copy of RCC's Parish Briefing
Crossing the A606
Attached is a questionnaire, sent by RCC at LPC's suggestion, to test how many people in Langham avoid crossing the A606, or are fearful of doing so, because it is dangerous. The data collected will add to measures RCC have already made of volume of traffic and number of people actually using the existing crossing point near Burley Road. This to help RCC ascertain whether we need a Pelican Crossing as shown.
It is targeted at those south of Melton Rd and along Cold Overton Road, but is relevant to every resident who has or had need to cross the A606 at the existing crossing point near Burley Road junction. If that applies to you, then you should feel free to respond, irrespective of where you live in the village
UPDATE: With the help of our RC Councillor Oliver Hemsley we are hoping to extend the survey to the whole of Langham. Look out for it dropping through your door early in the new year. This may be our one and only chance to get a light controlled crossing on the A606 so if you get a survey please take a few minutes to fill it in and return it to RCC.
The deadline for responses from members of the public has been extended to 6th January 2020 at the request of Langham Parish Council.
The Big Climate Fightback is a campaign to get one million people to join the fight against climate change by pledging to plant a tree by Saturday 30 November 2019. https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/46713/data/1
We have just received the annual inspection report on Munday’s Close playing field. Due to age, wear and tear, we are going to have to dismantle the multi- slide and repair the swings and in the longer term its time we replaced and upgraded all the play equipment. SO WE WANT AND NEED YOUR HELP TO DECIDE WHAT AGE RANGE WE SHOULD CATER FOR AND WHAT TYPE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSTALLED. Parents, grandparents reading this will be familiar with other play areas and their equipment and know what their children, at various ages, enjoy – please share your experience, knowledge and children’s favourites with us so we can make informed choices about new equipment. All ideas to would be very welcome.
Traffic Group
The efforts of a small group of residents and a Parish Councillor (know as the Traffic Team) continue in order to try to get further improvements to the A606, such that it can, at least, be crossed safely - which is not the case at present.
RCC are working with us on this and are carrying out a Traffic Survey in the w/c 11th November. The results of this survey will be taken into account when RCC decide on what further, if anything, needs to be done to the A606 in Langham. We understand that RCC will also be carrying out a survey of all householder to assess people's feeling and opinions about the safety of the A606 through our village. This provides a 'softer' more subjective measure to add to the 'harder' more objective data from the Traffic Survey.We will let you know when that is due to happen - and the results will also add to Langham's case for crossing improvements.
Bus Route 113
As part of Leicestershire County Council’s restructuring of passenger transport and a new Passenger Transport Policy and Strategy, all contracted services across Leicestershire (including cross-boundary) are being reviewed.
As a result they have decided to integrate service 113 (Melton Mowbray to Oakham) with service 100 (Melton Mowbray to Leicester) with a change to route, timings and frequencies, and therefore the 113 will no longer serve Langham, Barleythorpe and Oakham. This change will come into effect from 21st December 2019.
Leicestershire County Council will be holding a series of Community Engagement Meetings to discuss all the outcomes of this review and the course of action. Details of the meetings can be seen below.
The Refernce Guide to Planning Applications produced by the Langham Parish Council Planning Committee and distributed to all households in Langham in August 2019 is now available to download as a PDF document.