Residents are being invited to find out more about plans for a new, state-of-the-art recycling facility in the Charnwood area.

The County Council is visiting villages across the borough to give people the chance to learn about a proposed new-look site on the edge of Mountsorrel.

Reducing the amount of rubbish sent to landfill is a top priority in Leicestershire and by 2017 it is hoped that 58% of the county's waste will be recycled or composted.

To help achieve this, the County Council is proposing to replace the recycling and household waste site in Sileby with an ultra-modern, accessible facility at an industrial estate on Granite Way. More »

The regional plan for the East Midlands is being reviewed and people from Leicester and Leicestershire are invited to attend a local meeting run by Planning Aid.

The local meeting, one of eleven training and consultation events throughout the region will be held at Voluntary Action Leicester on 22nd July, 18:00 - 21:00.

If you have any views on housing, transport or climate change, or any other aspect of planning policy, this will be your opportunity to understand the planning system and have your say on options being put forward to the Regional Assembly.

During autumn 2008, 19 of the 27 community forums completed a consultation exercise under the topic of ‘Influencing the Big Budget’. This exercise involved using the voting handsets to gain people’s view on what they thought was most important and most worthy of investment.

The choices were based on Leicestershire’s Sustainable Community Strategy, the overarching strategy for all public sector organisations in the County.

The consultation was also conducted with the Citizens Panel and Leicestershire Together Forum. In total approximately 850 people have been directly engaged in this exercise. More »

A vacancy has occured for a person to join the Parish Council and become a Local Councillor, this vacancy will be filled by co-option.. If you are interested in the welfare of your village and have an interest in local matters please consider becoming a Councillor. Informal interviews will be held towards the end of the Parish Council Meeting on Monday 16th February.Anyone interested should write the the Parish Clerk - Chris Hill, Wednesday 11th February registering their interest in the vacancy.If you are interested and require further information pleas contact the Clerk on 01509 815015 / email seagravepc@tiscali.co.uk. or visit the Parish Office by prior arrangement.

The result of the Village of the Year competition were announced in London on the 2nd December attended by Mrs Muriel Hill and Mr Rodney Bint on behalf of Seagrave Village. Having won through from earlier rounds Seagrave represented Leicestershire in the Central England category.This is the first time a village in Leicestershire has ever progressed this far and it is a great credit to the Parishioners, that Seagrave won the PEOPLE category in the Central England region.Other winners in the in Central England were Uppingham - Business / East Bridgford - Environment / Elton - Communications. If you require further in formation please visit www.countrychannel.tv or www.villageoftheyear.org

The Council hopes to formulate in the next few months a definite policy on traffic calming measures for the above roads. This will involve consultation with Highways and probably monetary contribution from the Council. In order to do this the Council wishes to obtain the views of residents and particularly those who reside in this part of the village, as to what measures you think appropriate.
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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 »

Seagrave have been revealed as one of England's top villages having won the regional ( Central England) round of this competition and now go through to the national final. Seagrave will be up against Sandberge,Tees Valley for North England,Levington, Suffolk for East England,Grampound with Creed for West England and Smarden,Kent for South England.

The Calor Village of the Year Competition rewards and encourages vibrant, self sustaining village communities which have made the best of local opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all residents. Villages are judged on four categories covering Business,People,the Environment and Communications. Seagrave has excelled in all these areas and has shown that little bit of special X factor quality which we hope will take them to the title. More »

At a meeting of the Parish Council on the 21st January 2008 Standing Orders were reviewed and it was unanimously agreed to adopt the National Association of Local Councils Standing Orders with amendments to Public Participation to take immediate effect.