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Issue: April 2007 S APCOTE NEWS YYourOUR Village VILLAGE Paper PAPER EDITORS: 2007/2008 Comparative Parish Council Precept Levels Christina Davey in Blaby District 59 Hinckley Road Tel: 273552 or It was reported in the last We can now report on what Sapcote, as reported in the issue that the Parish Council other parish councils within last issue, is levying a precept 07740 425447 had applied a less than Blaby District are charging below the £52.95 average for inflation increase to the per household based on Blaby parishes as the Emails: [email protected] Parish’s precept. Band D properties. following table shows. Council Charge per Household per year for Band D (£) Belinda Duggins Whetstone 88.74 6 Spring Gardens Braunstone 82.15 Tel: 271967 or Glen Parva 74.09 Blaby 73.94 07773 482399 Cosby 72.88 Countesthorpe 71.76 Huncote 63.42 SAPCOTE NEWS Glenfield 56.68 Narborough 53.68 • Published by SRGMC Enderby 50.08 (Sapcote Recreational Ground Management Sapcote 47.50 Committee). Stoney Stanton 42.78 Croft 39.66 • SRGMC has no opinions on the articles in this Thurlaston 39.32 edition. Leicester Forest East 34.82 Kirby Muxloe 34.07 • All articles submitted will be included in the earliest Kilby 30.62 edition where possible, Sharnford 29.78 and the editor on behalf Elmesthorpe 20.07 of the SRGMC reserves the right NOT to publish any material deemed to be unsuitable. WELCOME ALFIE DUGGINS!! • The views and opinions expressed in this and any On Friday 16th March our own edition are NOT those of editor Belinda Duggins gave birth the editors unless detailed to a baby boy. Alfie Malcolm accordingly. Duggins weighed in at a healthy 7lb 10oz. As always Bee was a true editor working and thinking of the paper DEADLINE FOR NEXT SAPCOTE even on the day that he was NEWS: born. I’m sure that everyone All articles and adverts to be joins me in wishing Bee and Andy forwarded to the editors by: the proud new parents, and Daisy and Jack who have a new l i t t l e b r o t h e r e v e r y 19th May 2007. congratulations on the birth of their little one. Alfie Duggins born 16/3/07 with mum Bee, editor. Page 2 Issue: April 2007 PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Aston Firs extension Parish Council on the web Scheme Grant Awarding Body Grant Aid Received objection The Parish Council’s web site An application for a further is now operational and extension to one of the Aston includes the minutes of the Firs gypsy sites to allow 8 Parish Council meetings for more caravans has been the past year. Also included considered by the Parish are details of parish Parish Appraisal Countryside Agency £ 6,125.00 Council. councillors and the last five copies of the Sapcote News, Blaby District Council this edition will be on shortly. Rural Community If this were to be successful it would bring the approved number of residential The Sapcote Heritage Group Parish Appraisal Countryside Agency £ 3,000.00 caravans at Aston Firs to is also producing articles (Schemes)* 153. relating to the history of Sapcote and the first article is now on the site, more will Height Barrier & Leicestershire County £ 8,194.00 As with previous applications follow in due course. Lighting at the Council for extensions the Parish recreation ground Council resolved to object to Blaby District Council this application on the An important recent grounds that the continued inclusion on the site is the Bottle Bank Fencing Blaby District Council £ 1,500.00** development of the sites at details of local planning Aston Firs meant that they applications including a were becoming more and facility for parishioners to more visually prominent and pass on their views. Community Shelter Blaby District Council £ 9,700.00 obtrusive and having a at the recreation Blaby CVS significantly adverse affect To view any of these items ground upon the appearance and Leicestershire Police character of the surrounding go to: Aggregate Industries www.leicestershireparishcou rural landscape. Leicestershire County ncils.org/sapcote Cemetery Fencing £ 1,289.00 Council Rerouting of waste vehicles The Parish Council is fighting Limes redevelopment to get the number of green Blaby District Council has Parish Notice Rural Community £ 1,946.00 waste vehicles being routed now approved the go ahead Boards Council through Sapcote reduced. for the Limes development. Blaby District Council Under a condition to a New Notice Boards Total Grants Secured £31,754.00 previous County Council The Parish Council has planning approval, green ordered two new notice waste vehicles from the boards. One will replace the Hinckley and Bosworth area temporary one outside of the are forced to either travel Co-op and the other will be * Beneficiaries were Sapcote Heritage Group, Youth Club and the through Sapcote and located on the outside wall Community Shelter. Balance of £1,019 earmarked for a village Sharnford or via the A5 of the library. sign. through Sharnford, to access the Aston Flamville recycling The total cost will be £1,946 ** Carried out and financed by Blaby District Council as a grant site on the edge of Hinckley. all of which has been aid scheme at the request of the Parish Council (cost is secured through grants. The approximate). The direct route at 100 Rural Community Council return journeys per week for has awarded 50% of the cost a year amounts to 12,480 through its Community Roots miles, the Sapcote route is scheme with the balance 57,200 miles. The Parish being provided by Blaby Council considers that this District Council. routing requirement is not only wasteful on fuel r e s o u r c e s a n d Secured Grants environmentally unfriendly The above grants now bring but is also plain daft the total secured by the especially when considering Parish Council for Sapcote that this is supposed to be a over the past five years to ‘green’ operation. nearly £32,000 as follows: Sapcote News Page 3 SAPCOTE METHODIST CHURCH REFURBISHMENT by Steven Cuthbertson It is unlikely that anybody is facilities, together with a coffee mornings, car washes, our project and have patiently unaware of the major more flexible arrangement of s a l e s , b a r n d a n c e s , put up with all the upheaval, refurbishment that has been rooms which we hope will be sponsoring a chair etc have noise and increased traffic ongoing at the Methodist of benefit to the local raised a staggering congestion that has occurred church. At the time of writing community. If you would like £100,000! whilst the work was in only some of the landscaping further information about progress. remains to be done. hall bookings please contact Alan Watts on 01455 Despite these extraordinary efforts we still have a little W e a p p r e c i a t e t h e 272747. Work has been completed to way to go to raise the full u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d both the hall and the church amount and would welcome consideration shown by so including the construction of All of these changes have any donations from members many of you we apologise to a link between the two meant that friends of the of the local community. those who have been buildings. We have been church have had to raise inconvenienced. very pleased at the positive around £400,000. In order response we have had to the to achieve this we had to sell If you would like to make a changes that have been off a small piece of land, rely donation, however small, then We would also like to take this made. We hope that the on donations from friends please contact the Projects opportunity of extending a refurbished premises will and members and have Treasurer, Trevor Bray at 1 welcome to all of you to come be a great asset to our received some grants from Harecroft Crescent, Sapcote. and join us at our services and social events. We would village. charitable bodies. be very pleased to see you We would like to express our there and hoped you attended We now have disabled N u m e r o u s s m a l l e r thanks to the many villagers our rededication on March who have shown support for access and improved kitchen fundraising events such as 31st. Sapcote Methodist C h u r c h refurbishment. Updated hall and link to the church. NEED A PARTY VENUE? HAVING A MEETING? GOT A CLUB AND NEED SOMEWHERE TO MEET? THEN HIRE THE PAVILION ONLY £10 PER DAY (OR PART THEREOF) INCLUDES ELECTRIC AND USE OF KITCHEN FACILITIES FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT CHRISTINA DAVEY ON 273552 OR 07740425447 Page 4 Issue: April 2007 All Saints Church Spire by Dave Hazelwood, Church Warden In August 2004 the church during the ringing of the bells that the weight of the bells crocket stone be trimmed to was closed as there was a raising concern over the and their location within the further reduce the excessive noticeable movement to the stability of the spire. The tower is satisfactory and that weight at the top of the spire. top of the spire which was arch itects, struc tural reducing the number of bells considered to be structurally engineer and stone masons is not a solution, that the bell dangerous. A repair scheme involved all agree that the frame does not transmit It is anticipated that this work w a s d e s i g n e d a n d rebuild of the spire has been unreasonable vibration to the could be undertaken within a commissioned.