Councillor Report from Simon Bradshaw

In what has been another busy month I had the pleasure of joining other local stakeholders and Councillors from the Borough and County and the Mayor of Charnwood, on a short journey on the Baldwin Trusts Canal Boat at Thurmaston Marina, The trust is a registered charity and is run entirely by volunteers, the boats are equipped with a disabled lift and are inclusive to all and offers a free of charge narrowboat cruise to community groups
I attended Sileby flood drop in on the 9th October at Sileby Community Centre, this was a great event which had over 60 members of the public in attendance. It was run by LCC as the lead flood authority and it was good to be able to talk with all major stakeholders such as the Environment Agency, Seven Trent, our own LCC team and Charnwood Borough Council, there was also a visit by Flood Mary who was advising homeowners on how to flood proof their homes, our MP Edward Argar was also in attendance.
Local Government Reorganisation – The deadline for the County Councils submission for Local government reorganisation is 28th November and I can confirm that LCC is proposing a single unitary council for Leicestershire and Rutland as the most beneficial for services and financially, with no expansion of the City Boundary, this is in line with my own thinking and is one of the points I campaigned on at the May elections.
Taylor-Wimpey Proposed development at South East Syston – I have received many e-mails from concerned residents regarding this proposed development and I have been advising everyone to contact Charnwood Borough Council with their objections once the Application goes live at the end of November, I shall be submitting my own objection as well.
Thank You