Proposed Wharf and Housing Development Meeting

Development of up to 450 residential dwellings and re-instatement of 1.1km of associated canal, provision of public open space and vehicular, emergency and footpath access (outline application all matters reserved except access, at Measham Waterside, Burton Road.)

The Parish Council ask that residents and businesses in the village complete a short questionnaire so that members can take the communities views into consideration when making their response to North West Leicestershire District Council about the planning application.

The plans and questionnaire will also be available at the open meeting the Parish Council are hosting on Tuesday 9th April, 7pm at St Laurence's Church Hall, where everyone is welcome to come along.

The closing date for this is the close of office hours on Wednesday 10th April, discussions on the application will take place at the parish council meeting on Thursday 11th April starting at 7pm, at The Boardroom, Bosworth Road. Everyone is welcome to come along where there will be a chance at the beginning of the meeting to speak about this matter.

The final decision on this application will be made by NWLDC. The Planning Officer is Sarah Worrell who can be contacted on 01530 454545.

Policy CS15 of the North West Leicestershire Local Plan Core Strategy states that

550 dwellings over the period 2006 – 2031 are to be built to the West of the village centre where there are opportunities to incorporate the restoration of the Ashby Canal.

With this in mind we ask that you answer the following questions about the outline planning application for up to 450 residential dwellings and re-instatement of 1.1km of canal, provision of open space and vehicular, emergency and footpath access.  Measham Parish Council can then take into consideration responses before they make their observations to the planning authority (NWLDC) who will make the final decision.

Are you in favour of this application? Yes or No

Do you think the village will benefit from the proposed development?

Houses? Yes or No

Wharf and Canal? Yes or No

Do you agree with the proposed vehicle access routes, (Burton Road for main development & High Street for the smaller development)?

Yes or No

Do you think that 1.1km of canal (Trench may or may not have water in it)  is enough of a benefit for having 450 houses built?

Yes or No

Do you understand this bit?
Development of up to 450 residential dwellings and re-instatement of 1.1km of associated canal, provision of public open space and vehicular, emergency and footpath access (outline application all matters reserved except access, at Measham Waterside, Burton Road.)


Measham Parish Council Web Site where you can complete a form

View the Application

Measham Wharf Plans

Read the previous post to see where you need to go to object

It is important that if you have received a letter about the development you must read and object to it as an individual, you have this letter because something may directly effect you.

Your main objections could be aimed at the emergency access roads and how they effect you?
For example you may be asked not to park on the road in Chapel Street or York Close, where the emergency vehicles require access to the new development.

I am still getting messages about objections you may have re Schools and the Doctors, these issues are dealt with by the County and District Councils, it is their job to make sure the developers pay into a scheme to provide the extra monies via the 106 schemes, then it needs to be allocated to the relevant authority or body to provide the extra resource. If you feel that this may not happen then bring this concern to the meeting.

If you have a letter deal with it, talk to your neighbours, formulate your objections.

If you want to save the ancient open spaces then find a petition and sign it, but again come to the meeting, you may also have concerns with the access roads around the development with an access onto the High Street, again you would hope that planning and transport would deal with this?

7pm on Tuesday 9^th April at St Laurence's Church Hall.

Proposed Wharf and Housing Development Meeting

An open meeting to view the plans for the proposed wharf and housing development has been arranged for
7pm on Tuesday 9^th April at St Laurence's Church Hall.

We need to form our objections, we need more that 1000 people to turn up

The Parish Council will try to formulate a plan for exactly what you can object to

So first because of the way the Planning Website is set up you cant follow my links or type their links direct into your browser easily

Start Here this will take you direct to the Planning Portal then Tick the Agree Terms Box

Then type 13/00141/OUTM in the Reference

So what can you object to?

This is tricky because it's just an Illustrative Plan looking for Planning Permission with Reserved matters

You could say you want the planning application split into 3/4 separate Applications

1. The Canal or Cut of 1000m, object Yes or No
2. The Measham Wharf Development no Housing Development, object Yes or No
3. Measham Waterside Development 450 Dwellings, Yes or No object 
4. Canal back into Measham, object Yes or No

Why would you object, what can you object against, this is where you need guidance from the NWLDC Planning Teams

You could come along to the meeting with a photo-copy of your notification of planning letter, then write your objections on it, sign it, hand it to the Parish Council

You might want some sort of committee set up to follow the money from the Developers to the NWLDC and LCC, back into Measham, given to the Schools, Medical Centre, Services and Community, asking how much and where is it going to be spent?

You could ask to see the Transparency of the money coming in from UK Coal.

You could ask about the impact on the development that comes from HS2

You could ask what is the likelihood of the Canal ever coming back to Measham, 25 years and counting so far.

You could ask to see the proposed shops plans, Measham really needs more hairdressers and cafes

More to come.

Ashby Canal Trust - Losing Support

Ashby Canal Trust and Ashby Canal Association, are losing local support in Measham.

Bringing the canal back to Measham means a development of 437 houses, thus putting a huge burden on the village to support this.

Since the village was split over the UK Coal development at Minorca Open Cast, we are again faced with Parish and Local Councillors having to leave meeting on the future of Measham due to conflict of interests.

John Bricknell who led the way with his support of the Minorca Project to lever monies for the development of the canal in Measham, used idilic pictures of the development that never included any large housing schemes or development, again left the discussion at Thursdays Parish Meeting.

A new phrase entered the News this week

Unplanned and Unsustainable Speculative Developments, so sure enough Measham has one, the key here is can we form a big enough group to stop it, and will any one turn up as a show of defiance at the next Parish Council Meeting?

From the Consultation, the spin was how well Measham received the development, well I for one just went to have a look, not to support it, who did?

Do we need to form a Measham Conservation Group, sitting within the Parish Council, so when they leave due to conflict of interest, only Parishioners with the wellbeing of Measham remain?

So people of Measham what are you prepared to do and say?

I have been trying to enlist some help from Leicester County Council, to try and save the open and ancient fields on the proposed 1000m route of the trench, cut or non-canal, I have not had any response as yet?

Call Richard Clark on 01530-454545, explain to him why you want to keep these fields

One other point, HS2, if it does come through this development, does any developer really think they can sell houses that will need to be compulsory purchased putting even more burden on the cost of HS2.

I say, lets have a visitor attraction worth visiting

Early morning mist over Ridge and Furrow, soon to be gone forever

Measham Wharf - Ridge and Furrow

Because no one will believe we have an ancient Ridge and Furrow in the Heart of Measham that this development is going to destroy, not only that it is used every day by between 2-300 parishioners we do not want to loose it.
What is a Ridge and Furrow

Measham Ridge and Furrow

Should Measham set up it's own conservation group?

Measham Wharf -Illustrative Plans

So on Wednesday 13th March 2013, the illustrative plans for the Measham Wharf Development were submitted to the Parish Council, just 1 day before a Parish Council Meeting.

So no time to organise any parishioners for the meeting, also a deadline to comment on the plans by the 27th March 2013, so before another Parish Council meeting.
I know what I think?

So these illustrative plans are a fantastic work of fiction, and cannot or will not be realised in the next 20 years, this is NOT a community based project, it is a project based on developer profit, the canal part is not relevant, it will not happen.

13/00141/OUTM IS THE PLANNING NUMBER
NWLDC Planning Portal
Only one property is affected with this plan?

This is the Archaeology Assessment can't see any mention of the Ridge and Furrow?

I want to see some words, some discussion documentation, with

• Community
• Cohesive social policy
• Common interests
• Village identity
• Disabled access
• Accessible
• Social values
• Shared social understanding
• Unity of will
• Innovative means to create social capital
• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Resources
• Social network
• Connectedness
• Grassroots
• Public spaces
• Education/historic
• Integration and fulfilment of community needs

I can write lots of this sort of stuff but Measham needs an alternative to this plan

Originally back it 2006 when the Measham Wharf development was first proposed there was no mention of a housing scheme to fund this development.

See the 2006 plan
See the 2009 plan