Issue 50 – May 2025
Highlights from the most recent meeting of Langham Parish Council
Tuesday May 27th 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.
Date of next meeting: Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 7:30pm.
Your Parish Council for 2025: Steve Catlin is re-elected as Chairman, with Richard Besant as Vice Chairman. Your Councillors for 2025 are Mick Appleby, Tracey Cunningham, Stuart Long, Alex Marshall, Jackie Taylor, Andrew Tilbrook, Penny Viner, and County Councillor Oliver.Hemsley. Helen Duckering continues as our super-efficient Parish Clerk.
Parish Council Committees and Officers for 2025:
Planning: Cllrs Viner, Appleby and Marshall with Cllr Taylor as reserve.
Finance: Besant, Catlin and Tilbrook.
IT and Website: Cllrs Catlin and Long.
Parish Liaison: Cllrs Cunningham, Catlin and Taylor.
Communication (Langham Lookout): Cllr Catlin.
Allotment Liaison: Cllrs Catlin and Tilbrook…
Community Park: Cllrs Besant and Catlin.
Flood Committee: Cllrs Besant, Appleby, Catlin and Caroline Simpson (Flood Warden).
School Liaison: Cllr Cunningham.
Tree Champion: Min Burdett.
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, all of which have been ordered, will be stored. Flood Wardens are collecting details of properties vulnerable to flooding. The water level logger device has now been successfully installed on the A606 bridge and water levels can now be seen on the Langham Parish Council website. Rutland County Council’s new Flood Officer is now in post and it is hoped to meet with her soon.
Community Park: quotations are currently being obtained for the proposed new equipment.
Rewilding of Langham’s verges: as previous attempts met with limited success, we are trying again, and 5 small areas are now being prepared for different treatments so as to be ready for testing after the summer.
A Village Sign for Langham: a graphic artist is currently working on potential designs which will then be submitted for approval.
A summary of Planning Applications and LPC Planning Committee recommendations since the April 2024 LPC meeting – (https://publicaccess.rutland.gov.uk for full details )
New Planning Applications:
2025/0477/CAT Black Horse Inn 12 Church Street - Fell 8 No. Conifer Trees. The trees in question have grown overly large and some are in poor condition. Their removal and replacement with species more suitable for the location would offer positive benefit. Recommend approval.
2025/0251/FUL Land to the North of Equestrian Centre, Melton Road - Erection of 0.07476MWp generating solar array with associated battery cabling and equipment.: The proposed site should have little, if any adverse effect on the outlook of neighbouring properties, and the same for any adverse effect on the biodiversity of the area – and should offer positive effect in terms of energy generation. Recommend approval
2025/051/FUL Yorklands, 26 Cold Overton Road - G1 and G2 laurel and conifer trees reduced by 3-4 metres due to sheer size for their location: the trees in question have grown too large for their site which will benefit from the proposed reduction. Recommend Approval
Decisions received from RCC:
2025/0406/CAT 9 Fairfield Close. - Fell 1 no. Conifer (T1) to ground level. Granted 08/05/25