Issue 48 – March 2025
Highlights from the most recent meeting of Langham Parish Council
Tuesday March 25th 2025 at Langham Village Hall
LPC meetings are held at Langham Village Hall. Langham residents are welcome to speak before the start of a Parish Council meeting about any items on the agenda and to observe the full meeting. For meeting dates and agendas, see our Village Notice Boards and the Langham Parish Council website, https://www.langham-pc.gov.uk.
• Join your Parish Council: we have a vacancy on the Parish Council. No applications were received during the statutory election period – but you can still become a Councillor by co-option! So now is the time for anyone who would like to play an active role in village affairs to come and join us. It’s interesting work, covering many aspects of village life, including planning, and there is training for new Councillors. So, if you’re interested, please contact Helen Duckering, the Parish Clerk:
Highway concerns: School seeks a 20mph limit: a request to reduce the speed limit on Burley Road to 40mph and to 20mph in the rest of the village except the A606, plus suitable speed reduction measures has been made to RCC via Cllr.Hemsley. Their response is awaited.
Flooding update: Langham Parish Council now has a Village Flood Plan, a Flood Committee and Village Flood Wardens. Langham Village Hall is a designated ‘safe space’, where emergency flood supplies will be stored. A Water level monitor is due to be installed at the A606 bridge over the Brook. LPC’s Clerk has already made requests to RCC regarding the inspection of the brook, remedial action to maintain safe water levels and water level monitoring to deter traffic from driving through flood water and is seeking information on the ownership of pipes discharging into the book near the A606 - but to date no response has been received. It is understood that the RCC Flood Officer will be in post as of 9th April 2025. A list of concerns to raise with RCC’s flood officer has been compiled, all correspondence relevant to flooding issues will be forwarded, and responses/action/meetings requested.
Community Park update: tree works to tidy up and ensure the safety of trees in the Community Park are scheduled for May 9th. Langham C of E primary School pupils were asked to choose an addition to the play equipment currently available in the Park and have now picked an active climbing net. Quotes for its installation are currently being sought, and LPC is also considering additional equipment for older children, again with a view to installation this year.
Help keep your village tidy – an Autumn Litter Pick planned! Thank you to the many Langham residents who turned out for the March Spring litter-pick, which realised a good many sacks full of all manner of rubbish. A repeat, an Autumn tidy-up, is now planned and further details will be advised later in the year.
LPC’s Annual Parish meeting– date for your diary: this year’s Annual Parish Meeting will be on Tuesday 27th May at the Village Hall. Further details to be advised in the next ‘Lookout’.
Date of next meeting: 7.30pm on Tuesday 29thth April 2025.
A summary of Planning Applications and LPC Planning Committee recommendations since the November 2024 LPC meeting – (https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk for full details )
New Planning Applications:
None
Decisions received from RCC:
2025/0111/CAT. 5 Fairfield Close Remove approximately 3m from the top of 1 no. Sycamore tree. Granted 04/03/25
2024/1372/FUL 33 Ruddle Way Install air source heat pump to the front of property. Granted 10/03/25
2024/1377/FUL & 2024/1147/LBA 35 Church Street..Replace 2 no. wooden single glazed casement windows with double glazed units. Granted 11/03/25