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Written by Leicester City Council   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 13:27

The next Freemen Community Meeting will take place on Wednesday 3 December 2008 from 6.00pm at Aylestone Leisure Centre, Knighton Lane East.  

The Freemen community meeting is for people living in the area and is open for all to attend. From 6.00pm to 6.30pm, members of the public will be able to meet Councillors and Council staff involved with:

 

§         Local housing office

§         Neighbourhood management

§         Domestic violence

§         City street warden

§         Tenants’ consultation forum*

Police and community safety representatives will also attend.  

*Please note that we will also be holding a tenants’ consultation session from 6pm.

From 6.30pm – 8.00pm, members of the public will be able to get more involved in their area and planning for the future of their community. The following topics will be covered:

·         Police priorities

·         Domestic violence

·         Funding applications

·         Report on Environmental Services work in the Ward.


This community meeting will work to make Freemen a better place to live in.  The more people who come to the meetings to help to do that, the better.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 November 2008 13:34 )
 
Andrew Robathan - Written answers Tuesday, 18 November 2008 Culture Media and Sport PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hansard   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:48

Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Culture Media and Sport

English Heritage: Planning

Photo of Andrew RobathanAndrew Robathan (Deputy Chief Whip, Whips; Blaby, Conservative) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the policy is of English Heritage on planning applications for renewable energy projects.

Photo of Barbara FollettBarbara Follett (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Culture; Minister for the East of England), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Stevenage, Labour) | Hansard source

English Heritage has a statutory role in the planning process to provide advice to local authorities on planning applications that impact on the historic environment. Within that context, English Heritage is supportive of renewable energy projects. It has been successfully encouraging pre-application discussion for all development proposals, including for renewable energy schemes, with the aim of ensuring that by the time a formal application is submitted, it takes full account of the historic environment and is therefore more likely to be successful.
 
Edward Garnier - Written answers Tuesday, 18 November 2008 Justice Prisoners: Employment PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hansard   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:42

Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Justice

Prisoners: Employment

Photo of Edward GarnierEdward Garnier (Shadow Minister, Justice; Harborough, Conservative) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will meet representatives of the Howard League for Penal Reform to discuss the findings of the independent evaluation carried out by Professor Penny Green at King's College London into its social enterprise employing prisoners in HMP Coldingley.

Photo of David HansonDavid Hanson (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice; Delyn, Labour) | Hansard source

I visited the Barbed design studio at HMP Coldingley and met Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, to discuss its social enterprise venture in July 2007. I am willing to meet the Howard League again to discuss Professor Green's evaluation report.
 
Andrew Robathan - Written answers Tuesday, 18 November 2008 Culture Media and Sport PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hansard   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:45

Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Culture Media and Sport

English Heritage: Planning

Photo of Andrew RobathanAndrew Robathan (Deputy Chief Whip, Whips; Blaby, Conservative) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which planning applications for renewable energy projects English Heritage have objected to in the last five years.

Photo of Barbara FollettBarbara Follett (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Culture; Minister for the East of England), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Stevenage, Labour) | Hansard source

English Heritage has a statutory role in the planning process to provide advice to local authorities on planning applications that impact on the historic environment. English Heritage is consulted on approximately 16,000 planning cases a year. Since May 2004, English Heritage estimates it has been consulted on approximately 100 renewable energy projects and has raised concerns about just over 20 of these. Figures prior to this period are available only at disproportionate cost. The projects are set out in the following table.

Region Formal applications consulted on Number for which concerns raised Project
Yorkshire 41 5 Ivy House, Rectory Road, Roos, East Riding
      Hall Farm, Routh, East Riding
      Chelker Reservoir, Craven, North Yorks
      Brightenber Hill, Skipton, Craven, North Yorks
      Grange Wind Farm, Flixborough Grange, North Lincs
North West 4 2 Brownrigg Hall, Allonby, Allerdale, Cumbria
      Howes Farm, Skelton, Cumbria
       
North East 11 4 Green Rigg Fell, Ray Farm and Steadings, Tyneside (originally a single application but effectively became three interlinking schemes)
      Kiln Pit Hill, Tyneside
       
East Midlands 8 3 Thackson's Well Wind Farm, Long Bennington, South Kesteven, Lincs
      Ellands Farm, Barnwell Road, Hemington, East Northants
      Swinford Farm, Stanford, Leics
       
West Midlands 3 1 Lower Farm, Bearstone, Market Drayton, Shrops
       
South East 6 2 North Downs Wind Farm, Langdon, Dover
      Gas Pressure Reducing Station, Juggs Road, Kingston Near Lewes, East Sussex
       
East of England 15 3 Bradwell Wind Farm
      Hemsby, Yarmouth
      Nr Toseland Hall, Cambs
       
South West 13 2 Batsworthy Cross, Knowstone, North Devon
      Morwenstow, North Cornwall
       
London 0 0 —
Total 101 22 —
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:46 )
 
Edward Garnier - Written answers Tuesday, 18 November 2008 Environment Food and Rural Affairs PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hansard   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:40

Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Eco-towns

Photo of Edward GarnierEdward Garnier (Shadow Minister, Justice; Harborough, Conservative) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies his Department has commissioned into the suitability of the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Stoughton Farm Estate in Harborough for horticulture as part of its work on eco-towns.

Photo of Huw Irranca-DaviesHuw Irranca-Davies (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Ogmore, Labour) | Hansard source

holding answer 17 November 2008

Neither this Department nor its agencies (Natural England and the Environment Agency) have carried out an assessment of the suitability of the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Stoughton Farm Estate for horticulture as part of its work on eco-towns.