Packington Hot News

Bridge Street Closed with almost NO NOTICE

- 8 March 2010, possibly all week, for emergency drainage repairs

"Drainage investigation works commenced last week on Bridge Road and it wasn`t until the investigation was carried out that it was realised that a road crossing was required for emergency repairs to be carried out."

email received by Parish Council Clerk only on Monday morning 8th March!

More information perhaps available from Leicestershire County Council, Department of Highways, Transportation and Waste Management, Northern Area Office, Telephone 0116 305 0001.
 

 More on the Bridge Street Closure at  this Packington Info newspage

 
 

 

Little Lane Closed

8th March 2010, for 3 weeks till 26th March - possibly longer

 

Replacing the Little Lane footbridge,

to try to improve the flow of water

when the Brook alongside Mill Street

is swollen by heavy rain. 

 

(Don't bother looking at the web address they have given - Leics CC haven't actually bothered to put up any information there!)

 

More on this Little Lane Closure at  this Packington Info newspage

The Packington Parish Council website  also has news articles on these closures

 

 

Parish Council Residents Survey -

Answers needed by  Wednesday 31st March 2010

Survey on the "Packington Post" magazine

Village Residents  Click here  to take the 2-minute survey

The elected councillors of our Packington Parish Council seem generally keen NOT to spend our money - anyone who has attended some of their monthly meetings will know of their painstaking dedication to avoiding waste. They aim to keep our village precept (the village part of Council Tax) as low as possible. You can come along to any of their meetings to observe what they do - usually on the second Tuesday in the month, Eg 9th March, 13th April 2010.

These are difficult economic times, and one suggestion for reducing the precept has been made in the village. The Parish Council pays about £6 per household to cover most of the printing cost of the bi-monthly village magazine, the Packington Post. If you pay Council Tax, you are paying that £6 a year - that's about £1 for each copy.

The Parish Council have so far been very keen to continue with the village magazine, but now want to know what YOU think, and have asked village residents to complete a survey.
 
Each household has had a paper copy delivered already, and an online copy is available to be completed 
 
Please make your views known by 31st March 2010

 

   Packington Post 

The Packington Post magazine is produced for Packington villagers by Packington villagers. More details of how and why it is produced are here in a News Article

 

Thanks to Google for this map..

Sensational HALT to local development -

Packington Nook ? - perhaps not for 5 years

Local Development in the River Mease catchment (including Packington Nook) will be put on hold until a solution is found for maintaining the water quality of the River Mease.

The solutions are potentially expensive and the (North West Leicestershire District) Council has been informed that improvements to the sewerage treatment works would not be possible until 2015 at the earliest.

What seems to be a 5-year minimum delay to what would have been a huge development on our village doorstep is the welcome impact of the decision taken at the North West Leics District Council's Cabinet meeting on 2nd February.  Read the full Press Release here.

Read more at Nook Residents' Association website

Read more background here

 

 

Food Group starts in Packington

Like Food? Hot as well as cold?

see story here

A concise history  2002 - 2010 of

   Packington Post  and of  www.packington.info  

Since 2002, the start of the Packington Post, a staggering 27% of residents are new to the village. This history should explain how our village magazine and this website came about.

PHS Packington Horticultural Soc
Annual Presentation Evening at the Bull & Lion, Wed 2nd December 2009

ASHBY Community Forum including Packington £20000 available for worthy projects 
See how two Packington residents fared in their grant applications
 

 

See the Memorial Hall Gala Dinner photos!
of this major village event.
Were you there? If so, are you here?

 

Saturday 5 December photos of  village groups,
at the Memorial Hall Formal re-opening
and look-around day. Here is our late MP David Taylor, helping to cut the ribbon
Were you there? if so, look HERE!

Police action removes Travellers from Normandy Wood
 
Friday 13th November

Famously Family-friendly with Food every day, Lunchtimes and Evenings -
Ample Car Parking

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Thursday is Pie Night - booking advisable!

The ultimate convenience store and newsagent, at the very heart of our village

Park right outside!

Fresh Fish special on Wednesdays!

     

See the photos !

Packington Show of Saturday 5th September !

The Show

Ibstock Brick Brass Band

Prize-Giving & Auction

Click above- Photos by courtesy Normanton Photography

 

Last updated: Tuesday 09th of March 2010 01:09:09 PM