Important Updates

Posted on 26/12/2022 by CTTC Forum

We hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. Here are some updates for you.

Neighbourhood Plan Examination Report

Last week we received the Independent Examiner’s Post Hearing Report. Here are the links to her Letter and Annex which identify the potential changes needed to the Neighbourhood Plan.

We will be back in touch in January with the next steps we will be taking with Broxtowe and other key stakeholders in order to meet the requirements to proceed to local referendum.

AGM Voting is Now Open

Nominations to volunteer for the Steering Group closed last week and Voting on the various agenda items is now open until 8th January 2023 even if you are unable to attend the AGM. To vote and ask questions please complete the VOTING Form.

Registration remains open until 4th January 2023 to attend the AGM. In order to do so please complete the REGISTRATION Form.

All information relating to the AGM including the AGENDA, previous minutes and annual reports are available on the website AGM page.

Consultation Reminders

For your information:-

  1. The East Midlands Devolution consultation closes on 9th January. There is an online event on 4th January – details are on the same website page. N.B. The main website appears to be down, but it is being temporarily hosted on Derby City Council’s website. It’s not clear when the main http://www.eastmidlandsdevolution.co.uk/ website will be back up and running! However, there is a devolution video that can be viewed on YouTube.
  2. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Local Development Order consultation closes on 19th January. Enter 22/01339/LDO in the search box to find the information. However, as there are 225 documents relating to this planning application, you may prefer to look at the 11 display boards here!

The Forum won’t be responding to these consultations so it is up to individuals if they wish to do so.

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this or anything else via the Contact Us page, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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Merry Christmas

Posted on 24/12/2022 by CTTC Forum

The Forum Steering Group would like to wish all our members & friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Peaceful New Year. We will see you all again on the other side in 2023.

Look out for some ‘Newsflashes’ after Christmas and also after New Year relating to the Neighbourhood Plan and our AGM though.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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AGM Reminder & Last Call for Steering Group Nominations

Posted on 17/12/2022 by CTTCDavid

Following on from last week’s AGM Notice post, this is a reminder that the next Forum AGM will be held on 11th January 2023 at 7pm via Zoom. Please follow the instructions below to Register for the AGM and to put yourself forward to become a member of the steering group.

It is important to review the last two years annual reports & accounts and elect the steering group members. It is also an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.

Instructions for taking part in the meeting:-

Follow this link for the latest version of the AGENDA. The agenda will be updated & finalised in the lead up to the AGM.
Complete the REGISTRATION Form by the 4th January 2023 to attend.
Complete the NOMINATATION Form to put yourself forward as a member of the Steering Group by 21st December 2022.
Once nominations have closed, then the VOTING Form will be opened on the 22nd December 2022 for members to vote on the various points within the agenda and ask questions.
The draft minutes of the AGM held in 2021 for approval at the this AGM are here 2021 AGM Minutes DRAFT

All information relating to the AGM will be kept up to date on the website AGM page.

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this or anything else via the Contact Us page, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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AGM Notice & Further Details

Posted on 10/12/2022 by CTTCDavid

Following on from our Save the Date post, this is to confirm that the next Forum AGM will be held on 11th January 2023 at 7pm via Zoom. If you haven’t already done so, please can all members & friends make a note of the date in your diaries & calendars, and follow the instructions below for Registration etc.

It is an important part of the Forum calendar to review the past two years again this time (2021 & 2022), and have the annual reports & accounts, steering group members etc. ratified and approved formally by the wider Forum membership. It is also an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.

Instructions to take part in the meeting:-
Follow this link for the latest version of the AGENDA. The agenda will be updated & finalised in the lead up to the AGM.
Complete the REGISTRATION Form by the 4th January 2023 to attend.
Complete the NOMINATATION Form to put yourself forward as a member of the Steering Group by 21st December 2022.
Once nominations have closed, then the VOTING Form will be opened on the 22nd December 2022 for members to vote on the various points within the agenda and ask questions.
The draft minutes of the AGM held in 2021 for approval at the this AGM are here 2021 AGM Minutes DRAFT

All information relating to the AGM will be kept up to date on the website AGM page, including the agenda as above, plus the annual reports and accounts once ratified by the Steering Group before 22nd December.

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

Posted on 09/12/2022 by CTTCDavid

Nick Sanderson a member of our Environmental Focus Group is giving a talk to the Beeston & District Civic Society hoping to provide a baseline understanding of what this really means in practice, and what we can look for in the future. 

If you haven’t done so already, use the link below to book your place –  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-talk-december-2022-tickets-451803044067

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Independent Examination – Nothing to Report!

Posted on 09/12/2022 by CTTCDavid

We are still awaiting the Independent Examiner’s Report following the public hearing on 10th November. As soon as we have it we will let you know and publish it on our Plan page, where you will find all the up to date information about the Neighbourhood Plan progress.

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this or anything else via the Contact Us page, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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The Week in Westminster – Local Planning

Posted on 06/12/2022 by CTTC Forum

For those of you who might be interested, the Week in Westminster had a couple of MPs discussing how Local Planning “should” work and how Neighbourhood Plans are “good” when treated as the suggestions of the local community. Listen here starting at around 13 minutes in.

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Midlands Energy Summit 1/12/2022

Posted on 05/12/2022 by Mark T

Whilst this is nothing directly to do with our Neighbourhood Area, some of us attended the Midlands Energy Summit arranged by the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce.

It consisted of a series of presentations and some workshops but was also a way of meeting people who were interested in Energy in its broadest sense. We attended because of the Aspiration in the Neighbourhood Plan for the area to be “Energy Positive” and to see if there were any people who could help us realise that dream.

The presenters were from:

Nottingham University
“How the University is building a sustainable future in unprecedented times”, describing their projects and possible funding for “Green grants for business growth”.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“The National Picture – Markets evolution and the whole energy system”, describing how the government is pushing for a decarbonised power system by 2035 (which requires investment of £400Bn) and its continued commitment for a net zero economy by 2050.

East Midlands Freeport
Describing how the Freeport is pushing for new & innovative jobs and businesses as it evolves.

The Energy Research Accelerator
Which looked at the activities within the Midlands Engine area, how we compare with other regions in the UK and what they are doing to push forward, changing the balance of our energy generation (e.g. the Nuclear Fusion pilot at West Burton), how the number of Electric Vehicles is being promoted, the Trent Basin local energy network, and HyDEX (Hydrogen generation) including H2GV a bid to create a pilot project of Hydrogen refueling stations on the M1 and 75 Hydrogen fuelled HGVs.

Consultus
“Energy Market Outlook”. A presentation showing how the various issues have affected the European market for energy and what that means for the UK.

REA
How the Global Energy crisis is affecting the UK’s Energy Security and Net Zero Ambitions. How the UK can get to both of these objectives and what the Government is doing to help and hinder these objectives (did you know that on a world scale, 73% of greenhouse gasses are cause by energy (industry, transport, aviation, residential & commercial))

Nottingham University
Energy Institute. How research at the University of Nottingham is helping to drive forward innovative ways of improving energy efficiency in a range of ways.

CENEX
How this research organisation is helping to deliver Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies

This is just a brief synopsis of what was said the full slidesets are available here and here. They are big files and you might need to download them to be able to see them properly

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Devolution Have Your Say

Posted on 26/11/2022 by Mark T

This bulletin was sent by Notts County Council and contains a link to a presentation to be given on the 7th December.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKNOTTSCC/bulletins/338418b

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Independent Examination – Post Hearing Update

Posted on 19/11/2022 by CTTCDavid

We have updated the Plan page of the website following receipt earlier this week of the Examiner’s Post Hearing Note. The Forum also submitted an additional document (at the Examiner’s request) relating to Local Greenspace Designation that was referred to during discussions at the public hearing. These are also available via Broxtowe’s Page on our Neighbourhood Forum along with all the other Examination and Regulation 16 documents.

The note contains the Examiner’s initial thoughts following the public hearing held on 10th November. She is “satisfied that substantive modification is needed” before she “shall be able to recommend that the Plan can proceed” to local referendum, and she intends “to give further guidance on necessary modifications to specific policies and sections of the Plan to the Forum in due course”. We thought that this would be the likely outcome from the hearing due to a) policy changes at national level (in particular the Integrated Rail Plan announcement); and b) at a local level the development of the Toton & Chetwynd Barracks Strategic Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document (SM-SPD) since the Neighbourhood Plan was submitted, initially in June 2020 and then an updated version in November 2021 as outlined and explained on the Plan page as linked above.

In relation to the SM-SPD the Examiner’s view is that “the Neighbourhood Forum should aim to align with the SPD, even if the latter has had a shorter preparation period than the CTTCNP (2020 start compared with 2017) and has not yet been finalised”. 

Once we receive the Examiner’s final report and guidance on the necessary modifications, we will work with Broxtowe and other key stakeholders as quickly as possible to enable the Neighbourhood Plan to go forward to referendum, without any further undue delay.

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