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315 Houses for Halstead Road?

Jelson's have submitted a new planning application to build 315 houses on land adjacent to Halstead Road (for more information Follow this link). If you have views on this application you can submit comments to Charnwood Borough Council here. Please copy any comments to the Parish Council so we can coordinate the submissions. There are also some petitions circulating around the village.

New Footpath in the Village

Good News! Lafarge have created a new Permissive Footpath around the landfill site on the site of the Broad Hill or Great Quarry. It runs from the Veolia Bond Lane vehicle entrance to Cufflin's Pit Lane and has a good viewpoint looking south to Leicester.

WEA Courses

A local tutor based in Mountsorrel is running courses on making Celebration cards and gifts at Belgrave Hall Museum and Imaginative card making and crafts at Quest House, Loughborough. Details are contained in the following links Celebration and Imaginative.

Parish Council supports Mountsorrel Railway project

The Parish Council has agreed to donate £5000 to the Mountsorrel Railway project. This will match a large donation from a member of the public and will allow the next stage of the project to proceed. The laying of the track for an extra 450m is now fully funded and will proceed when materials are sourced. The aim of the project is to restore the mineral railway from the GCR to Bond Lane and recreate the industrial heritage of our past. For more information go to www.mountsorrelrailway.org.uk

Mountsorrel Youth Cafe

Sorrel Youth Cafe on the Green is now OPEN. The Cafe is designed to be an after-school drop-in centre for the young people of Mountsorrel and is located at the bottom of The Green opposite the Library.
Current opening hours are 2.30-5.30 pm and 6.30-8.30 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. For more information visit their website on www.sycafe.org.
Volunteers wanted to help with food preparation and serving.
It has just been given an extension to its planning permission for another 12 months.The Cafe was awarded £5000 from Leicestershire County Council's Big Society Fund and receives support from a number of local sources and authorities.

Lafarge Mountsorrel Granite Quarry Open Day

Mountsorrel Granite Quarry, operated by Lafarge Aggregates, is having an Open Day next May from Saturday 5th to Sunday 13th. More details to follow early next year and will allow local villagers a tour round a modern working quarry. This has proved very popular in the past and the operators are expecting a record number of visitors this time.

Bus Timetables

A new Transport page has been added to the Directory giving details of the buses that run through the village. It also covers links to Coach and Train services and getting to East Midlands Airport.

Mountsorrel United Charities

The Mountsorrel United Charities was set up in 1874 and consists of two main charities; for the relief of need and the educational fund.
The Relief in Need Fund aims to provide grants to the residents of Mountsorrel who are in need, and need help with domestic appliances, decorating, carpeting, mobility needs, chiropody, gardening etc.
The Educational Fund offers grants to the younger residents of Mountsorrel for educational purposes. See their website www.mountsorrelunitedcharities.co.uk for more details and how to apply

New Memorial Hall

Revised plans for the New Memorial Hall have been approved by Charnwood Borough Council. There have been some slight amendments to the original plans that went on display in the Village, with the Youth Centre and the new Hall being combined into one building, which will be moved slightly further north, away from the apartments on the south side of the Hall. The new building will be built by the Mountsorrel War Memorials Trust Ltd on the site of the existing Memorial Hall, which will be demolished. Further details can be found on Charnwood's website www.charnwood.gov.uk.