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KEGWORTH PARISH COUNCIL 1 London Road, Kegworth, Derby DE74 2EU Telephone: 01509 670204 www.kegworthparishcouncil.co.uk This year we will have a Christmas Tree with lights in the centre of the village. When the Parish Council organised the upgrading and resurfacing of the Market Place it also had installed the housing and electrical connection for a Christmas Tree. You are invited to come along to the grand “Switch On” on the evening of Sunday, 30th November, 2014 at 5.00 p.m. and celebrate the beginning of the Christmas Season. There will also be carol singing around the tree. Following the Market Place Christmas event the Northumberland Theatre Company will present ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ a show for all the family which will be at the village hall at 6.00pm. Tickets available from: [email protected] or tel: 01509 673138 On Sunday, 7th December, 2014 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. there will be a Christmas Event organised by Kegworth’s local businesses. There will be amusements, stalls, food, Santa and fun. The Market Place will be closed off to traffic so that it will be safe for children and pedestrians, and so that the various attractions may be visited in safety. Come and enjoy and get into the Christmas spirit. Look forward to seeing you there. Newsletter NOVEMBER 2014
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KEGWORTH PARISH COUNCIL1 London Road, Kegworth, Derby DE74 2EU
Telephone: 01509 670204www.kegworthparishcouncil.co.uk
This year we willhave a ChristmasTree with lights inthe centre of thevillage. When the Parish Council organisedthe upgrading andresurfacing of the MarketPlace it also had installed thehousing and electricalconnection for a Christmas Tree.You are invited to come along tothe grand “Switch On” on the evening ofSunday, 30th November, 2014 at 5.00p.m. and celebrate the beginning of theChristmas Season. There will also be carolsinging around the tree.
Following the Market Place Christmas event the
Northumberland Theatre Company will present ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ ashow for all the family which will
be at the village hall at 6.00pm.Tickets available from:
[email protected] or tel: 01509 673138
On Sunday, 7thDecember, 2014 between 2 p.m. and6 p.m. there will be a Christmas Event
organised by Kegworth’slocal businesses. There will
be amusements, stalls, food,Santa and fun. The MarketPlace will be closed off to
traffic so that it will be safe for childrenand pedestrians, and so that the variousattractions may be visited in safety.
Come and enjoy and get into theChristmas spirit. Look forward to seeingyou there.
Newsletter NOVEMBER 2014
Having lived in Kegworth all my life I feelprivileged to be the Chairman ofKegworth Parish Council during such aneventful year.
I am delighted to welcome you to the firstedition of ‘Kegworth Parish CouncilNews’, one of several new initiativeswhere we will keep you up to date withevents affecting Kegworth and howKegworth Parish Council is helping tomaintain and improve our village.
We are passionate about improving ourservice so earlier this year we enlisted thehelp of an external reviewer to look athow Kegworth Parish Council wasperforming. Based on his feedback weare now working on a new ‘BusinessPlan’ which will help us focus andprioritise the things that you want us to doduring the next few years. We will beconsulting on this early in 2015.
We are also excited about theimprovements we are making to how wecommunicate, in addition to what we hopewill be an informative and interestingnewsletter we are also:
l holding monthly PC surgeries in theParish Council Office or the MarketPlace, where we look forward tomeeting you, listening to your ideas andanswering any questions, dates to theend of 2014 are 15 November and 13December 10:00 – 12:00
l setting up our new and improved
from Val Teffahi, Chairman, Kegworth Parish Council
website where you will find lots of usefulinformation, news items and an up todate A-Z of council services, allavailable 24 hours a day at:kegworthparishcouncil.co.uk
l hoping you will ‘like’ our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kegworth-Parish-Council/1419874441586559
l planning to relocate one of our noticeboards to a central position on theMarket place early in 2015(noticeboards currently outside theKegworth Parish Council office and onthe wall near the Flying Horse Pub).
A key part of our plan is to focus onlistening to what Kegworth residentswant for our village so please do get intouch with your views and feedback,write, email, come and see us, ring us ormessage us on facebook
Welcome
The Parish Council is pleased to report that30 people have come forward to volunteerto keep Kegworth Library open and runningfollowing its appeal for help. The Cabinetof Leicestershire County Council met inSeptember and noted the comments thathad been made by the residents ofLeicestershire about the possible closure ofits 36 rural libraries and has requested aScrutiny Panel to review the support whichit proposed to make to CommunityPartnerships before making a final decisionthis month. Kegworth’s volunteers “Team
Library” have met to seehow they can overcomethe proposed Libraryclosure. With ourcombined efforts we canreverse the possible lossof this vital village amenity.If you would like to become a member of“Team Library” please contact the ParishCouncil’s Office on 01509 670204 [email protected]
Lest we forget
War MemorialsKegworth’s World War I and World War II War Memorials are within the boundarywall of St. Andrew’s Church in Kegworth Market Place. The maintenance of thesefalls to Kegworth Parish Council and the Council has recently organised theirrenovation. Some bricks have been replaced, mortar removed and repointed, thegates stripped and repainted, both Memorials cleaned and repaired and thewording recut and new gold leaf has been applied. They will be re-dedicated onRemembrance Sunday, 9th November, 2014.
An update on Kegworth Library
The Parish Council has 10 Councillorswho are elected and serve for a termof four years and then stand for re-election. The Chairman for2014/15 is Val Teffahi. The nextelections are in May 2015. The Parish
Clerk is Mrs. Lesley Pendleton and theAdministrative Assistant is Mrs. Susan
Woolley.
Kegworth Parish Council is responsible forraising money through a ‘Precept’. Amongst the
items on which this money is spent are theproperties that the Parish Council owns and maintains, such as:-
l Sideley Recreation Ground including the Children’s Play area, the Multi UseGames Area and Skateboard Park;
l Whatton Road Recreation Ground including the Children’s Play Area and MultiUse Games Area
l Munnmoore Close playground
l Windmill Way playground
l Kegworth Market Place
l War Memorials
l Kegworth Cemetry and Air Crash Memorial
l King George V Playing field, maintaining theoutfield, boundaries and gates
l Allotments in Station Road, Sideley andSchool Alley
l The grassed area off Mill Lane knownas ‘The Flash’.
Kegworth Parish Council also maintainsSt Andrew’s Churchyard and its clock,and provides the floodlighting for theChurch. This is because the churchyardis ‘closed’ in that no more burials maytake place and the Parochial ChurchCouncil requested (as they have a right todo) that the Parish Council took on thisresponsibility and expense.
What Does Kegworth Pa
Kegworth Parish Council has supported,with grants, the facilities provided bythe following organisations:
Kegworth Imps Football Club, KegworthBowls Club, Kegworth Museum,Kegworth Village Hall, Kegworth CricketClub, Club for Frail Elderly, King George VPlaying Field Committee, Castle DoningtonVolunteer Bureau, Kegworth Tennis Club,Kegworth Plan Group, Kegworth Brownies,Kegworth Rainbows, Kegworth Methodist Church,Kegworth Baptist Church.
Future Kegworth CouncillorsIf you consider becoming a Parish Councillor the elections are not far away – May2015 – Kegworth Parish Council office has an information booklet about becomingand being a Councillor so please ask for a copy on loan. You can also contact theParish Clerk and any Councillor for information and advice.
Parish Council MeetingsThe Parish Council meets on the first Monday of the month (unless this is a bankholiday in which case it is the second Monday). Sometimes Committee Meetingsare held on the third Monday of the month. Members of the public are welcometo attend and time is set aside at the beginning of each meeting for the public tocomment and ask questions. Once the meeting has commenced no further publiccomment is allowed.
Parish Council Office Opening TimesWe are open to deal with your enquiries as follows:Tuesday 2pm to 4pmWednesday 9.30 am to 11.30 amThursday 2pm to 4pmFriday 9.30 am to 11.30 am
On the third Saturday of the monthbetween 10 am and 12 noon the officeis open and at least two Councillors arepresent to discuss with you any ParishCouncil issues and take your questionsand comments.
The next dates planned for these Saturdaysare: November 15, December 13,
January 17, February 21 and March 21.
rish Council Do For You?
As well as the East Midlands Gatewaymentioned above, there are over 400+houses proposed to be built inKegworth in addition to the Bellwaysite off Sideley and the Persimmon site off Packington Hill. Planningpermission has already been given for110 houses off the “top” of AshbyRoad, an application has been made toNorth West Leics. District Council for150 houses off Derby Road, betweenthe NatWest Data Centre and the M1,
The proposed Strategic Rail Freight Interchange(East Midlands Gateway)
Proposed developmentin Kegworth
which includes football pitches. 185houses and a factory are proposed forthe “Slack & Parr” site off Sideley.Kegworth Parish Council is consultedon all planning applications and makescomments about them to try to protectthe village of Kegworth, its residentsand its infrastructure. North West Leics.District Council makes the decisionabout whether to grant planningpermission, or not. It does not alwayslisten to our suggestions!
Kegworth Parish Council has opposedthe building of this large developmentalongside the Airport and on theopposite side of the A453 to AshbyRoad, Kegworth. The applicant’s,Roxhill (Kegworth) Limited, proposalsinclude 557,414 sq m of newdistribution and storage buildings, anew rail line, alterations to J24 andJ24A of the M1 and a new roadwhich will bypass Kegworth to thesouth of the village. 6000+ jobs are expected.
Some of the reasons why the Councilobjected:
l The location is inappropriate,
l The route of the new road is in the
wrong place. Kegworth needs aproper bypass like that proposed bythe Department of Transport in 1984which would run between “TheOtter” and J23A of the M1,
l There should be a bridge over thenew “bypass” for Whatton Road sothat it does not cause a “rat run” fortraffic coming from the Nottinghamdirection via Station Road,Nottingham Road, London Road andWhatton Road to join the new“bypass” road so that it can miss thetraffic congestion at J24 of the M1.
More information may be found on theweb site: www.eastmidlandsgateway.co.uk
Heartfelt thanks go to those businesses and residentswho donated money so that Kegworth could have two Automated ExternalDefibrillators (AED). We haveone on the outside wall ofNo. 5 Market Place and oneoutside Kegworth VillageHall. Should you ever be ina situation where you needto use a defibrillator:
l ring 999 and ask for theAmbulance Service
l they will despatch anAmbulance immediately
l they will tell you where the nearestDefibrillator is and give you a code toopen it
l they will stay on the line and help you
l remove the equipment inside andfollow the talking instructions
Kegworth needs to increase its number ofdefibrillators and we seek further donationsto that end.
Kegworth Parish Council Grant ApplicationsWould a Kegworth Parish Council grant help your Group or Organisiationcontribute to the wellbeing of Kegworth?
Kegworth Parish Council Grant Applications recognises and supports the valuablecontribution made by many volunteer groups and organisations in Kegworth. Theycontribute to the wellbeing of our community by providing a wide range of localservices and activities.
Each year Kegworth Parish Council supports this valuable contribution by giving anumber of grants to help promote a vibrant and active local community.
Examples of past successful grant applications are:l £200 - Kegworth Plan Group - funding towards cinema & theatre eventsl £1,000 – Kegworth Museum towards their running costsl £400 – Kegworth Bowls Club, towards upgrading their toilet facilities
Guidance notes and application forms are available from Kegworth Parish Council byemailing: [email protected] or to download from the KegworthParish Council website.
If you would like help filling in the form please contact the Clerk or come along to aParish Council Surgery.
Closing date for 2015 applications is 30 November 2014
Two Defibrillators for Kegworth
Graham Whitehead of the Community Heartbeat Trust,Steve Higton of ‘Inspire Financial Solutions’ and BrendaGalubickas, main fundraiser.
Parish Council Contact DetailsJulie CookeThe Old Dairy38, London RoadKegworthDE74 2EU01509 [email protected]
Sheila Daglish10 Shepherd WalkKegworthDE74 2HSTel: 01509 [email protected]
Dick Fowkes112 Whatton Road KegworthDE74 2DTTel: 01509 [email protected]
David Hayes17 Heafield DriveKegworthDE74 2GGTel: 01509 [email protected]
David Hignett9 The OsiersKegworthDE74 2GDTel: 01509 [email protected]
Clark Jennings2 Shepherd WalkKegworthDE74 2HSTel: 01509 [email protected]
Linda Pascoe4 SpringfieldKegworthDE74 2DPTel: 01509 [email protected]
Trevor Priestley36 Staffords AcreKegworthDE74 2HYTel: 01509 673545
Hilary Tansley, (Vice Chairman)90 Station Road KegworthDE74 2FRTel: 01509 [email protected]
Val Teffahi, (Chairman)90 SideleyKegworthDE74 2FJTel: 07595 [email protected]
Parish Council OfficeEmail: [email protected]
Telephone: 01509 670204Website: kegworthparishcouncil.co.ukFacebook: Kegworth Parish Council
