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Biodiversity Net Gain: Beeston Civic Society Winter Talk – 14th December 19:00

Posted on 03/11/2022 by Mark T

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) has rapidly become part of every day planning vernacular. On the 14th December 2022 at 19:00 Nick Sanderson a member of our Environmental Group is giving a talk to the Beeston Civic Society hoping to provide … Continue reading →

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Nottingham Housing Retrofit Program

Posted on 28/10/2022 by Mark T

On 26th October 2022, some of us went to a presentation at Nottingham University on the Nottingham Retrofit Program. Whilst it was based on Nottingham City’s experiences on retrofitting their housing stock to help them achieve Net Zero, it emphasised … Continue reading →

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Independent Examination – Hearing Date Confirmed

Posted on 22/10/2022 by CTTCDavid

We received notification this week that the Independent Examination Hearing for our Neighbourhood Plan will be held on 10th November at the Council Offices in Beeston. The Examiner’s letter and four supporting documents are available via a link from our … Continue reading →

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Neighbourhood Forum Environmental Walk & Talk: 10:30 am 30th October starting at the NET Tram Stop Toton. 

Posted on 22/10/2022 by Margaret C

At 10:30 on Sunday 30th October, Margaret Crittenden the Environmental Focus Group lead, will lead a 1.5 hour Walk & Talk starting at the Toton Tram stop, through Toton Sidings Local Nature Reserve on to Baulk Lane and Ghost House … Continue reading →

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AGM – Save The Date

Posted on 22/10/2022 by CTTCDavid

The next Forum AGM will be held in January with a provisional date of Wednesday 11th January at 7pm. Please can all members & friends make a note of this date in your diaries & calendars. It will be held … Continue reading →

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Toton & Chetwynd Strategic Masterplan SPD – Council Meeting Update

Posted on 14/10/2022 by CTTCDavid

This is just a quick update following on from the Newsflash published earlier this week – see here The Forum Steering Group lobbied our local councillors (and hopefully some of you did too), and we are pleased to report that … Continue reading →

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Independent Examination Brief Update

Posted on 17/09/2022 by CTTCDavid

Following on from last week’s post, Broxtowe have responded to the Independent Examiner’s initial questions contained in her Independent Examiner’s Procedural letter. This response document is available on Broxtowe’s website which is linked from our Plan page. Further details of … Continue reading →

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Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion

Posted on 16/09/2022 by CTTCDavid

Many (most) of you will be aware of the National Shell Filling Factory explosion which occurred on 1st July 1918 on the site of the now Chetwynd Barracks. 134 people died (including some of the Canary Girls) and many more … Continue reading →

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Independent Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan

Posted on 10/09/2022 by CTTCDavid

Jill Kingaby BSc (Econ) MSc MRTPI has been appointed to undertake the Independent Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan. This week we received the Independent Examiner’s Procedural letter setting out some initial requests for information. Most of the requests in the … Continue reading →

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Heritage Open Days

Posted on 09/09/2022 by CTTCDavid

Beeston and District Civic Society are hosting some Heritage Open Days see here for further details. At the event next Wednesday 14th September the Forum will have a stand detailing the heritage assets on Chetwynd Barracks, including some of our … Continue reading →

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