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Public Meeting Update
Lagan Homes Outline Planning Application – Ref: 24/00914/OUT
Over 200 people attended the public meeting on 30th October 2024 which was called by the Parish Council in response to the above planning application to build 470 houses on land either side of Burroughs Road.
Residents were updated on the numbers of responses to the HBBC local plan consultation which totalled 775, as well as all the actions the Parish Council and Rise for Ratby Group had undertaken to help fight against this live application. The meeting was also streamed live on the Rise for Ratby Facebook group.
Four key things came out of the meeting:
- Confirmation that everyone does need to write a NEW letter to object to this application.
- Every resident can write a letter no matter what age. Do not limit your responses to one per household.
- A volunteer group was formed to go door to door to inform and help residents write objection letters – the volunteer meeting is being held at the church on Thursday 7th November at 7pm
- Daily Drop-in surgeries to help residents write letters will be put on in the library – These are being run every day this week 2-4pm
- We will also be attending the drop in coffee morning and Evergreens session on Thursday 7th November from 10am.
- Copies of the letter template and objection guide can be found on the Ratby Parish Council website www.ratbyparishcouncil.org.uk and the Rise for Ratby Website www.riseforratby.org.uk (they are available in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats.)
- Copies of both the letter and objection guide can also be picked up in the Library and In the Parish Council Office as previous and completed letters can also be left at both locations for us to submit on your behalf.
- Residents can also send objections by email Alex.jelley@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk – Re: Lagan Homes Outline Planning Application, ref: 24/00914/OUT
Do not wait, submit your objection letters in as soon as possible!
On Saturday 16th November the Parish Council and Rise for Ratby – Community Engagement Group will be holding a Family Fun Day in the village hall, from 10am to 4pm there will be children’s activities and prizes, and food and refreshments, along with support from various groups and businesses from the village. Volunteers will also be on hand to help residents to write their objection letters.
We did it once before with the gas outage, let’s come together again as a community and say NO to Lagan Homes!
Lagan Homes – The Real Fight Starts Today!
Dear Residents of Ratby
Lagan homes have jumped the gun and have formally submitted their outline application for 470 houses and or 450 houses, school, care home, & community hub.
The application has been this week been received and validated by HBBC and is now live on their planning portal – reference 24/00914/OUT the Alternative Reference is PP-13331132
Lagan Homes have done this whilst the regulation 19 consultation was still live and ongoing. Clearly, they had no intention of taking part in the Borough Councils consultation. Clearly their priority is profit, not our village or community!
They have also now made it abundantly clear that if the council do not provide financial support and part fund the building of a school, care home & community hub they will just build 470 houses instead and totally ignore the fact that the village simply does not have the infrastructure to cope!
Please see notice of public meeting below and details of how we plan to respond, at the last public meeting many people offered their support to volunteer their time to help fight this plan, we now need those people and many more to sign up!
Please register your details below to show your support and to keep updated with news and updates.
This is now our last chance saloon, and we have a limited time to respond, we need fight this on every front and to do this we need to unite as a community!
Many thanks
Phil
Notice of Public Meeting!
Location: St Philip & St James Church Ratby
Date: Wednesday 30th October 2024 Time: 7.30pm
The meeting has been called in response to Lagan Homes officially submitting their outline planning application to build 470 houses, or 450 houses, a school, care home and community hub on the land west of Ratby locally known as the Burroughs, this has been done before the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council local plan consultation has been concluded!
The village has a very short window of time in which to come together and unite to fight this now very real threat to our village and community.
We need to believe in the collective power of the many, and above all, try! We owe it to future generations!
Come along and get involved, join our growing volunteer group.
For those who are unable to attend the meeting will be streamed through Facebook live. On our private ‘Rise for Ratby’ group. Details will be provided on the group nearer the time.
‘Save our Burroughs’
Say NO! to Lagan Homes
What We Plan To Do
Rise for Ratby – Community Volunteer Group
In response to Lagan Homes submitting their outline planning application our group of resident volunteers will begin personally distributing letter templates and objection guides to every household in the village, they will also aim to provide you with help and guidance on how to object and how to complete your letters.
Please let us know if you need help writing your letters, or if you need someone to write it for you should you have difficulty in writing them. See website and Facebook details below for news on these services.
We appreciate everyone has different views but when our volunteers call, please be courteous and give them your respect, they simply care about the place they live.
Our village volunteers will also arrange with you a suitable date and time to collect your households completed objection letters, in the hope this will make the process as easy as possible for you.
Important note: this is not just one letter per household we really do need a letter from every single resident (no matter what age) to make it possible. If your children would like to draw or paint a picture to accompany the letter, even better!
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We also have a Facebook group called ‘Rise for Ratby’ either follow this link or search for the group in the Facebook app.