Sunday 15th November 2009
Please take the time to visit our FAQs page for the latest details on how to sign up for the Charnwood 2026 Local Development Framework Email Alert, how to view the recent transport assessment, and where to view objections to the development currently registered with Charnwood Borough Council.
Please click here to download the latest Loughborough SWAG Newsletter.
Wednesday 1st July 2009
Please click here to download the July edition of the Loughborough SWAG Newsletter.
Monday 22nd June 2009
IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING
A Public Meeting will be held at Holywell Primary School, Berkeley Road, Loughborough LE11 3SJ at 7.30pm on Thursday 25th June 2009 to discuss and provide additional information about the proposal
to build 3000 HOUSES ON THE APPROACH TO THE OUTWOODS.
It is possible to accommodate only 250 people in the school hall so we have decided to allocate places on a first come first served basis. How will the meeting be structured?
We will present:
1. An overview of the proposal with new information
2. An outline of the planning process, that CBC will follow
3. An update on what has happened since the first public meeting
4. A report on a meeting with Charnwood Borough Council (CBC) Planning Department and our Planning Consultants.
5. A view of what happens next – future events/the importance of your role-what you can do
6. Questions & Answers - Open forum
We look forward to meeting you all.
Loughborough South West Action Group (LSWAG)
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Following our public meeting at the Brush Bowls Club your committee has been very busy.
We have delivered thousands of leaflets to homes across South-West Loughborough, asking the public to write to the Planning Department at Charnwood Borough Council and to express their views on the proposal to build. We also asked you to contact info@loughboroughswag.co.uk for updates on the situation. Many of you replied and we are now able to advise you of progress:
We have changed our name from "KEEP-OUT" to "Loughborough South-West Action Group" in line with our intention to act in a positive, non-emotional way. We have lodged a preliminary objection to the submission.
Consultants have been briefed and are examining the proposals submitted by Smith Stewart Reynolds(SSR). They will consider the legal planning aspects of the submission to build a sustainable urban extension (SUE) of 3000 homes, schools, shops, open spaces, affordable housing and provision for minority groups. Their conclusions will be presented to Charnwood Borough Council. We understand that the original backer has pulled out, but that SSR are seeking new backers, so the proposal has not been withdrawn.
We have joined forces with Haddon Way Residents Association and with Woodthorpe Residents Association. We thank them for their support.
We have found that most if not all of the proposed dwellings would be built in the proposed Charnwood Forest Park. Leicestershire County Council have told us it is up to Charnwood Borough Council to make its proposals for the nature of the Park. If the SSR proposal is approved the natural state of this area would be changed for ever. Your walks and views could be urbanised. Please look on our website for more information.
We have managed to get several articles in the local press and a prominent mention in a local leaflet delivered throughout Outwoods and Nanpantan. There is now considerable awareness locally, but not in the wider area of the town and beyond. We intend to continue to seek publicity and we need your help.
Charnwood Borough Council Planners will, in June,start compiling and analysing all the comments made about The Outwoods 3000 Houses submission.They will then make their recommendations to the Councillors for a decision, in the Autumn.
You should not assume that the submission will be rejected. Planners have to take into account public opinion. Emails or letters to planners from hundreds or thousands of people are needed. This means we should all write in and say whether we should preserve this particularly beautiful countryside from houses (and there is a mention of a bypass).
We need more people to know about the SSR proposal. Remember, you, Paula Radcliffe, Seb Coe and thousands of graduates and others across the world have enjoyed these fields and woods. People come from miles around to enjoy the serenity. Would they want their children and grandchildren to be able to enjoy the same privilege. If so, ask them to write to the planners and to email info@loughboroughswag.co.uk. Then, we'll keep you and them up to date.
Please take the time to visit our FAQs page for the latest details on how to sign up for the Charnwood 2026 Local Development Framework Email Alert, how to view the recent transport assessment, and where to view objections to the development currently registered with Charnwood Borough Council.
Please click here to download the latest Loughborough SWAG Newsletter.
Wednesday 1st July 2009
Please click here to download the July edition of the Loughborough SWAG Newsletter.
Monday 22nd June 2009
IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING
A Public Meeting will be held at Holywell Primary School, Berkeley Road, Loughborough LE11 3SJ at 7.30pm on Thursday 25th June 2009 to discuss and provide additional information about the proposal
to build 3000 HOUSES ON THE APPROACH TO THE OUTWOODS.
It is possible to accommodate only 250 people in the school hall so we have decided to allocate places on a first come first served basis. How will the meeting be structured?
We will present:
1. An overview of the proposal with new information
2. An outline of the planning process, that CBC will follow
3. An update on what has happened since the first public meeting
4. A report on a meeting with Charnwood Borough Council (CBC) Planning Department and our Planning Consultants.
5. A view of what happens next – future events/the importance of your role-what you can do
6. Questions & Answers - Open forum
We look forward to meeting you all.
Loughborough South West Action Group (LSWAG)
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Following our public meeting at the Brush Bowls Club your committee has been very busy.
We have delivered thousands of leaflets to homes across South-West Loughborough, asking the public to write to the Planning Department at Charnwood Borough Council and to express their views on the proposal to build. We also asked you to contact info@loughboroughswag.co.uk for updates on the situation. Many of you replied and we are now able to advise you of progress:
We have changed our name from "KEEP-OUT" to "Loughborough South-West Action Group" in line with our intention to act in a positive, non-emotional way. We have lodged a preliminary objection to the submission.
Consultants have been briefed and are examining the proposals submitted by Smith Stewart Reynolds(SSR). They will consider the legal planning aspects of the submission to build a sustainable urban extension (SUE) of 3000 homes, schools, shops, open spaces, affordable housing and provision for minority groups. Their conclusions will be presented to Charnwood Borough Council. We understand that the original backer has pulled out, but that SSR are seeking new backers, so the proposal has not been withdrawn.
We have joined forces with Haddon Way Residents Association and with Woodthorpe Residents Association. We thank them for their support.
We have found that most if not all of the proposed dwellings would be built in the proposed Charnwood Forest Park. Leicestershire County Council have told us it is up to Charnwood Borough Council to make its proposals for the nature of the Park. If the SSR proposal is approved the natural state of this area would be changed for ever. Your walks and views could be urbanised. Please look on our website for more information.
We have managed to get several articles in the local press and a prominent mention in a local leaflet delivered throughout Outwoods and Nanpantan. There is now considerable awareness locally, but not in the wider area of the town and beyond. We intend to continue to seek publicity and we need your help.
Charnwood Borough Council Planners will, in June,start compiling and analysing all the comments made about The Outwoods 3000 Houses submission.They will then make their recommendations to the Councillors for a decision, in the Autumn.
You should not assume that the submission will be rejected. Planners have to take into account public opinion. Emails or letters to planners from hundreds or thousands of people are needed. This means we should all write in and say whether we should preserve this particularly beautiful countryside from houses (and there is a mention of a bypass).
We need more people to know about the SSR proposal. Remember, you, Paula Radcliffe, Seb Coe and thousands of graduates and others across the world have enjoyed these fields and woods. People come from miles around to enjoy the serenity. Would they want their children and grandchildren to be able to enjoy the same privilege. If so, ask them to write to the planners and to email info@loughboroughswag.co.uk. Then, we'll keep you and them up to date.
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