Category: Councils

Over 50 local residents gathered in Smeeton Village Hall on Friday 29 August to voice their strong objections to a controversial planning application 25/00793/OUT. The development would see 28 new homes built on green space between Kibworth Beauchamp and Smeeton Westerby, along with a new access road off the already very busy Smeeton Road/Main Street.

The annual and usual parish council public meeting was held on 27 May 2025 in the Studio in the Kibworth Community Hub.

The annual and monthly parish council meeting was held on 6 May at 7 pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

About a dozen residents attended the meeting after being leafletted that ideas are being sought from the Parish and West Langton Parish for the expenditure of s106 funds and Community Grant available to the Parish. Katie Fox and Serretta Morris, grant officers from Harborough District Council, were also in attendance to answer questions.

The monthly parish council meeting was held on 1 April at 7pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

The usual monthly parish council public meeting was held on 22 April 2025 in the Studio in the Kibworth Community Hub.

The usual monthly parish council public meeting was held on 25 March 2025 in the Studio in the Kibworth Community Hub.

The campaign group ‘Stop the New Town’ (STNT) submitted its objections to Harborough District Council’s (HDC) new Local Plan 2020 – 2041. The plan proposes 6,000 houses on a strategic site south of the Gartree Road, which would destroy the countryside between the A6 and the Gartree Road.

(includes Gumley, Knaptoft, Laughton, Mowsley and Saddington)

The candidates for the Gartree Division, in alphabetical order, are as follows:-