BLOOR’S PLANNING APPLICATION
GROBY Parish Council is encouraging residents to consider the implications for Groby of the latest planning application for around 90 new homes on land next to Groby cemetery and hopes as many objections will be generated as there were to the first application. The Council is planning a deliver a newsletter about the application to every household.
HBBC News Release Parish councillor faces possible suspension A Parish Councillor from Groby has been ordered to write a letter of apology to the Parish Council Clerk and two fellow Parish Councillors by Hinckley & Bosworth’s Standards Committee after being found to be in breach of the Parish Council Code of Conduct. The committee decided that Councillor Keith Yarwood of Groby Parish Council failed to treat the Clerk and two Councillors with respect. The committee determined that Councillor Yarwood send a written letter of apology to the Clerk, Councillor Robert Fraser and Councillor Peter Batty. In the event that Councillor Yarwood does not comply by 11 May 2012, he will be suspended from Groby Parish Council for three months. The committee was told that between June and August 2011, Councillor Yarwood wrote a letter to the Clerk which questioned her impartiality and capability and referred to his fellow Councillors in offensive ways, both to the Clerk and in public and private meetings of the Parish Council. The committee concluded that the behaviour clearly amounted to an unreasonable personal attack and breached the Code of Conduct by failing to treat the Clerk and two Councillors with respect. Councillor Yarwood has a right to appeal this decision.
Groby’s Got Talent!
Local skater Hollie impresses in the British Championships Hollie Gamble is an artistic roller skater and has recently competed in the British Championships against up to another 22 skaters in Peterborough over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April. There were three elements to the competition. In the figures element she came 2nd out of 18, in the free 5th out of 23 and in the combined event 3rd out of 17. Hollie has only been skating competitively for 2 years now so this is a massive achievement. On top of the results she will now be offered a place in the squad for great Britain, which will lead to a potential for her to skate abroad for the country. These results have come through extreme hard work. Hollie trains 5 days a week, and her coach, Laura Pole is very proud of her achievements and is expecting there to be more results to follow. Hollie currently attends Lady Jane Grey school, and is 9 years old. (Sent in to the Spotlight by Hollie’s Mum, Angela)
Review to look at how our Annual local communities are run Parish Meeting PEOPLE in Hinckley & Bosworth are being given their say on how their local communities are run. This is because the Borough Council is reviewing parish and town council electoral arrangements in the borough and wants to hear people’s views.
Called a Community Governance Review, it will look at how local communities across the area are governed to make sure the arrangements are appropriate and relevant. It has been 10 years since the last review took place. The review will consider: creating, merging, altering or abolishing parishes; • • the naming of parishes and the style of new parishes; • the electoral arrangements for parishes (the ordinary year of election; council size; the number of councillors to be elected to the council, and parish warding), and grouping parishes under a common parish council. • The terms of reference can be viewed on the council’s website at www. hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk/communitygovernance, at the council offices in Argents Mead or a copy can be supplied upon request. Maps showing the current boundaries can also be viewed on the website or at the offices.
The Annual Parish Meeting of the Parish of Groby will be held on Monday 14th May 2012 at 6.30pm in The Council Chambers,Village Hall, Leicester Road, Groby, Leicester. See page 7 for more information.
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