Information on what to do if you think you are affected.

An "open house" day will take place on Tuesday 23rd June between 10.00am and Midday and between 2.00pm and 4.00pm.

A number of flats are vacant and available at affordable rents for people aged 60 or over.

Core Strategy Alternative Options Paper is being taken out for public consultation by Harborough District Council between Monday 8th June and Monday 20th July 2009. Please see below for further details

Billesdon won 'Best Village' in Leicestershire in the Calor and Rural Community Council sponsored competition for 2008. The village also won its own village size category and the 'Environment' section of the competition. The village now goes forward to represent the County in the national competition for 2009.

More and more people are making use of their Community Forum to try and improve local services and raise issues of local concern.
- Residents in Birstall were unhappy that the swimming pool in Longslade Community College was no longer going to be open to the public outside school hours. Discussion at the local Area Forum meeting resulted in the College working directly with local users to find ways the pool can remain open.
- Following the Government’s shortlisting of ‘Pennbury’ as a potential Eco-town, the ‘Have your Say’ meetings in Kibworth and Tugby were the first opportunity for residents in the surrounding area to find out how the District and County Council were planning to respond to this challenge.
- At the Blaby South Community Forum residents and Parish Councillors from Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton and surrounding villages expressed their concerns about the volume and speed of Heavy Goods Vehicles travelling through their villages. In response officers promised to look into a range of measures to reduce the impact of traffic and improve road safety in the short term, while explaining how they were looking to provide longer-term solutions. More »