Houghton on the Hill Parish Council

Reject Proposals to Build Leicester's Unmet Housing Needs As many of you will be aware, Harborough District Councillors are intending to vote to agree to increase house building in our Harborough communities to make up for the house building shortfall of the City of Leicester.

Homeless support services | Leicestershire County Council This consultation runs from Wednesday 28 June to Sunday 3 September 2023 (midnight). Leicestershire County Council is committed to helping people, and we have a wide range of support in place for those needing it. Like councils across the country, we are facing growing financial pressure alongside i...

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Neighbourhood Plan Settlement Boundary

Click this link to view the Working Party's report on the background to having a new 'Settlement Boundary'

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The Parish Council received a report that, because of the condition of a fence on a large field close to the back of Freer Close and Manor Green, cows are wandering on to another field and churning up an area of public footpath. The fence is also causing an obstruction on the public footpath running from Freer Close. If anyone can confirm ownership of these animals please contact [email protected]

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Would you join an Electric car club?

What is an Electric Car Club? See an example for YouTube below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZKdjdGRSzI

50% of Hungarton Residents have completed a survey expressing their interest in Electric Car Clubs. Tilton residents are completing their survey. Now Houghton residents are invited to catch up with our own survey. Your Houghton on the Hill Residents Survey link is:
https://forms.gle/YqzVY15krJv7a3hJ9

The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete, but why should you? The basics of Electric car clubs can be summarised as:

• The community secures one or more electric cars (grant funding available).

• The cars are available to hire by members of the club, for a small fee, similar to bus-fares. Typical uses are going to work, shopping, attending appointments and social travel.
• Cars are booked on-line, collected from a central
point and returned and plugged in to charge at the end of hire.

• Volunteers can use the cars to give lifts to other community members, comparable to Houghton Helpline.

• It is cheap, flexible transport for those who do not have a car.

• It is much cheaper than running a second car, for those who sometimes need one.

Experience from Electric Car Clubs across the country shows that one electric car can replace up to 20 conventional cars. Apart from the reduction in parking issues and pollution, this is a huge saving in the carbon footprint of the community. Clubs work best with multiple cars, providing more reliable availability, and can expand according to demand.

The survey, the first of its kind in the UK, aims to identify the need for electric car clubs that could help communities tackle the decline in public transport and reduce their carbon footprints. Green Fox Community Energy Co-operative (Green Fox), a Leicester and Leicestershire based community energy organisation have recently been working with Hungarton Parish Council.

Looking at the bigger picture, Green Fox would like to determine the number of community groups and Parish Councils across Leicestershire that might be interested in starting an electric car club for their community and explore ways in which the clubs could be delivered and supported. Given positive evidence of demand in the community, your Parish Council would consider how it might promote the project.

Ian Hill, Houghton Parish Council.

Important information regarding digging on grass verges

To plant or cultivate on a highway verge you will need a licence to cultivate. A Cultivation Licence is required to protect both the Parish and County Council as it enables us to talk to yourselves regarding the risks associated with digging where underground utilities are in place (cables etc) and to undertake a survey to ensure the location is safe. To apply you will need to complete our online form via the following link:

https://leicestershirecc-self.achieveservice.com

Leicestershire County Council Self Service

Uppingham Road Parish Wildflower Verge

This verge is being managed to improve biodiversity as part of the County Council/Parish Council verges biodiversity trial. It will be surveyed in 2021 by NatureSpot volunteers but we would welcome additional wildlife records from the community, whether plants, animals or fungi.

The aim of the project is to demonstrate that by managing the grassland as a wildflower meadow it can support a much greater diversity of wildlife species. Different species come and go throughout the year so we will get a much better understanding of the biodiversity value of this site if local residents can add records of what they have seen. Please take a photo if possible and include it with your record, using NatureSpot's Submit Records form. Once checked and accepted your record and any photos will appear on this page!

The verge is now being managed differently to help wildlife. Mowing will cease between April and August to allow the grasses and wildflowers to grow and bloom. In some cases, verges will also have additional native wildflower species added, either as seed or as plug plants.

A list of all the species found at the site, together with any images taken, will appear below once the survey has taken place.

Click below to submit records.
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/Houghton_Uppingham_Rd_verge

Houghton on the Hill Uppingham Rd verge | NatureSpot This verge is being managed to improve biodiversity as part of the County Council/Parish Council verges biodiversity trial. It will be surveyed in 2021 by NatureSpot volunteers but we would welcome additional wildlife records from the community, whether plants, animals or fungi.

Houghton on the Hill Parish Council updated their website address.