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COMMUNITY FOCUS DASHBOARD – OCTOBER/NOVEMBER (up to 19.11.15)

AREA: CASTLE DONINGTON

LEAD OFFICER: GILLIAN SQUIRES

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NEW key issues
(raised by the parish council, key community groups and/or residents) / District council lead team/organisation/
individual / Timescale / Status
Strategic rail freight infrastructure - geophysical testing (excavations). (see item 1) / Development Control – Adam Mellor / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / December 2015 / G
Grass cutting on verges near Biggin – resident complaint and query about which agency is responsible. (see item 2) / Housing Management – Michaela Cort / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / December 2015 / G
completed
Overgrown hedges on Bosworth Road and Starkie Avenue – complaints from residents. (see item 3) / Housing Management – Michaela Cort / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / December 2015 / G
completed
ON-GOING key issues
(raised by the parish council, key community groups and/or residents) / District council lead team/organisation/
individual / Timescale / Status
Clapgun Street car park – light fixed before Wakes event. (see item 4) / Engineering Services – Jeremy Brooks / October 2015 / G
completed
Western Perimeter Relief Road – Castle Donington Parish Council (CDPC) fear ‘gridlock’ when major developments begin and request that relief road is built in advance. (see item 5) / Chief Executive – Christine Fisher / 2015/16 / G
Spitfire Road Estate – resident has decided to put on hold the setting up of a community group. (see item 6) / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / Voluntary Action Leicestershire – Vicci Barrett / October 2015 / G
completed
Dilapidated fence adjacent to Village Hall – complaints from residents and village hall. (see item 7) / Housing – Michaela Cort / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / October 2015 / A
Farmers’ market – organisers concerned that market may fold. (see item 8) / Development Control – Adam Mellor / Community Focus - Gillian Squires / October 2015 / A
Flytipping on Short Lane – south of M&S warehouse - resolved. (see item 9) / Community Focus - Gillian Squires / Legal Services – Helen Lisney / Street Cleansing - Annie Walker / October 2015 / G
completed
Clover leaf bus route – Parish Council keen to initiate bus service for village. Links to East Midlands Enterprise Gateway. (see item 9) / Planning Policy – Ian Nelson / Development Control – Chris Elston / CDPC – Fiona Palmer / Castle Donington Volunteer Centre (CDVC) – Julia Burkin / Community Focus – Gillian Squires / 2015-16 / G
Transfer of library and creation of community hub – hope to launch in February 2016. (see item 11) / CDPC – Fiona Palmer / Voluntary Action Leicestershire – Vicci Barratt / 2015-16 / G