February 2025 Questionnaire about repairs and maintenance of Housing Association properties. Closes 28th February If you live in a property owned by a Housing Association, please help us by completing this questionnaire by the end of the month. The responses will be used to compile a report to present to local Housing Associations. The survey [...]
Wishing all residents a Happy and peaceful New Year Do you live in a Housing Association property? Rutland County Councillors have been concerned about the quality and timeliness of repairs and maintenance in Housing Association properties and have set up a panel to look at this issue. We would like to hear from you about [...]
Rutland’s new Local Plan (2021-2041) is on track to go out for a final consultation this month before submission to the government for examination in early 2025. This Final Submission Draft (Regulation 19) will not ask for views on alternative options but is a final chance to comment specifically on whether the Plan is legally [...]
This month brings to an end all the general election political campaigning of the last 6 weeks with the results determining which party will lead the next UK government. If you are reading this before 4th July, do vote- (even though you may be fed up with all politicians!)- this forms the basis of our [...]
From your County Councillor Wishing all residents, a Happy and healthy New Year. Warmer Homes Grants If your home is not very energy efficient and lacks gas central heating, you can apply for this programme for free improvements to be installed which will save money on your energy bills. These upgrades include things like [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward writes: Whilst outline planning permission has been given for 66 houses off Stapleford Road, the application for the reserved matters, which relates to the density and the layout of the site, will come back to the planning committee for a decision as to whether this is acceptable. At [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward writes: Dear Residents Looking back over 2022, it has certainly been a year of change in national politics. This has also been the case at Rutland County Council, where a new leader of the Council, Lucy Stephenson, was elected in May 2022 and a new Cabinet appointed, [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward reports: Ward Councillor Update – August 2022 Please take part in the first stage of consultation on Rutland’s new Local Plan, and have your say on planning issues and the future development of our county. This Issues and Options consultation runs until 4pm on Friday 16 September 2022 [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward writes: £150 Government Council Tax Energy Rebate Some information below on the rebates which will be paid by the Council in April. Who is eligible? Households in Council Tax bands A to D will receive the £150 rebate. You can find your band on your Council Tax bill [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward reports: The start of the new year is budget setting time at Rutland County Council when the annual budget for 2022/23 is drawn up and Councillors will vote (on 28th February) on the rate of council tax and the level of fees and charges for council services for [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward reports: It is always interesting to walk around the village with a visitor and this is what a couple of members of the Neighbourhood Plan group did in October, with Hannah our newly appointed consultant. We had much to show her including the places at risks from flooding, [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward reports: Many of you will be aware that Rutland Councillors recently voted by a narrow margin to reject the terms of a Government (HIF) grant of £29.4m for infrastructure to enable the re-development of St George’s Barracks at North Luffenham with 2,215 new homes in a so-called ‘garden [...]
Rosemary Powell, County Councillor for Whissendine Ward reports: Many residents of Whissendine and Teigh have now received their first COVID-19 vaccination. Feedback I have received is that the centre at Catmose is working very efficiently to administer the vaccine and I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered to help in this effort. In [...]
Rosemary Powell, Whissendine Ward Councillor reports: Local Plan: The final public consultation scheduled to start on Tuesday 24th May has been postponed due to the coronavirus . All the details on the Local Plan can be found here. Whissendine Parking: Since September 2019 there have been complaints about road hazards from parked cars in the village, [...]
Whissendine has both local and county elections on Thursday 2nd May. The Village Hall will be open as a polling stations from 7am to 10pm. The following people have been nominated for Whissendine Parish Councillor. For full details, see RCC Parish & Town Council Elections Linda Arnold Rob Comber William Albert Farr Harry David Hatton [...]
I am sure it has been the topic of many a conversation within the village, yes, the weather and of course the level of flooding that the village has suffered as a result. This has been the area that I have spent a significant amount of time trying to resolve with RCC, to a greater [...]
10 April 2018 Today the village was again badly flooded in a number of areas such as Stapleford road, the bus stop area and the brook/Cow lane across the road. I have challenged RCC regarding a number of these before and they have had consultants out from Peterborough to look at the brook and proposed [...]
CANCELLED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS A village meeting will be held on Saturday 3rd March between 11am and 12.30am at the Village school by Ian Arnold and Rutland Police Constabulary to update the village on activity in Rutland and Whissendine.
On the 18th of December, I met up with the Biffa contractors who were sent to the village to remove moss from the footpaths in Sherrards Close and Hall Close/Foxhill. They demonstrated their “New Device”, which was a strimmer with a rotary wire brush head, and whilst it created mess it did successfully remove the [...]
Whissendine Ward Councillor Ian Arnold will host a village meeting this Saturday, the 11th November 2017 at 10am - 11.30am at the village school, where he will give an update on Rutland activity including Oakham one-way, as well as the village.
Following the village meeting hosted by Ward Councillor Ian Arnold regarding the Rutland Plan, the Ward Councillor sent a letter of reply to Rutland County Council outlining the concerns of village residents. The Ward Councillor's response letter may be downloaded and viewed in full here.
Following feedback at the recent RCC roadshow held in the Village Hall, Whissendine Ward Councillor, Ian Arnold, will hold a public meeting to further share information about the Rutland Plan and its relevance to the residents of Whissendine. 10am - 11.30am, 23 September 2017, Whissendine Primary School. All are welcome to attend. The purpose of [...]
Rutland County Council is reviewing the Local Plan – which includes provisional sites for 88 potential new houses in Whissendine – in order to extend the plan period to 2036 and to provide for any additional new housing, employment or other development that may be needed over the extended plan period. RCC is consulting on [...]
