Loddington Parish Council Meeting Dates

Loddington Parish Council normally holds public meetings on Thursday evenings at the Sports Pavilion, Harrington Road, Loddington, NN14 1JZ:

Thursday 2 November 2023 Full council meeting 7.30 pm

Thursday 4 January 2024 Full council meeting 7.30 pm

Wednesday 10 January 2024 Extraordinary meeting 7.30 pm

Thursday 7 March 2024 Full Council Meeting 7.30 pm

Thursday 2 May 2024       Annual Parish Meeting 7.30 pm

Followed by Annual and Full Council Meeting   

Thursday 27 June 2024 Full council meeting 7.30 pm

Thursday 22 August 2024 Full council meeting 7.30 pm

Minutes from the meetings held on 2 May 2024

On 2 May 2024 the Annual Parish Meeting, along with Annual and Parish Council Meetings were held. The minutes from these meetings have now been published. Loddington Parish Council are pleased to announce that one of its Councillor vacancies has now been filled. Paul Lamb was co-opted onto the Parish Council at the Parish Council meeting. If anyone else is interested in the remaining vacancy please contact either the Clerk or one of the Councillors.

Post Office outreach service

Please note new times of operation of the Post Office on Mondays at the pavilion:

1.45 till 2.30 pm 

Unfortunately very few people have been using the facility of late, therefore the post office lady has now reduced her time at Loddington.  We are concerned that it will become unviable for her to continue if she doesn’t get more customers, so it’s a case of “use it or lose it”.

Annual Parish Meeting, Annual and Parish Council Meetings

The Annual Parish Meeting, along with Annual and Parish Council meetings will be held on Thursday 2 May, beginning at the earlier time of 7pm. All residents are welcome to attend the meetings at the Pavilion. The agendas for the meetings are now available to view.

Voter ID

A reminder that voters will be required to show photo identification when voting at a polling station on 2 May 2024.  You can use a passport, photo driving licence and certain other forms of ID (see www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID for full details).  If a voter does not have any of the acceptable forms of Voter ID they can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate (VAC).  The deadline to apply for a VAC for the elections on 2 May is 1700 on Wednesday 24 April 2024 (see link above). 

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF A LISTED ASSET OF COMMUNITY VALUE – The Hare Public House, Main Street, Loddington, registered as an Asset of Community Value on 20th March 2024

Notice is hereby given that under Section 95(2) of the Localism Act 2011North Northamptonshire Council received notice on the 05th April 2024 from the owner of the above of their intention to undertake a ‘relevant disposal’ of the building.

The building is listed by the Council as an Asset of Community Value. As such, an initial moratorium has been triggered to 16th May 2024, during which time eligible community interest groups may request to be treated as a potential bidder for the property.

If an eligible request is received a full moratorium period to 04th October 2024 will be triggered, being 6 months in total from notification of the relevant disposal. During which time sale of the asset is barred and the community interest group are able to prepare a bid for the asset. The owner is under no
obligation to accept this bid and is free to dispose of their asset to whom they wish.

An eligible community interest group is defined as:

• A Parish Council in whose area the asset lies, or
• A body with a local connection which is constituted in one of the
  following ways:
  I. A company limited by guarantee.
  II. An Industrial or Provident Society.
  III. A Community Interest Company.
  IV. Any other body which is registered as a charity including
  Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
  If a request from an eligible community interest group is not received during the initial moratorium period, then the owner is free to dispose of their asset as they wish and no further moratorium period can be triggered for a protected period of 18 months from the date of receipt of the relevant notice of the
  intention to dispose, which is 4th October 2025.
  Requests to be treated as a potential bidder must be made in writing by no later than 16th May 2024 to: Principal Community Property Officer, Property Services, Corby Cube, George Street, Corby, Northants, NN17 1QG, email estates@northnorthants.gov.uk

Notices of vacancy in office of Councillor

The Parish Council is sorry to announce the resignations of Heidi Faulkner and Sara Neville. We would like to thank Heidi and Sara for their hard work and commitment to the village during their period of office. 

NNC have been notified of the resignations and they have produced the following notices for publication:

Notice is hereby given that due to the resignation of Councillor Heidi Faulkner, a vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for Loddington Parish Council.

If by 15th April 2024 (14 days after the date of this notice excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
bank holidays), a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to the Proper
Officer, North Northamptonshire Council, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering,
Northants, NN15 7QX by TEN electors for the Parish, an election will be held to fill the
vacancy. If no such request is received the Parish Council may fill the vacancy by co-option.
If an election is called, it will take place no later than 20th June 2024.

Sanjit Sull
Proper Officer

Notice is hereby given that due to the resignation of Councillor Sara Neville, a vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for Loddington Parish Council.

If by 15th April 2024 (14 days after the date of this notice excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
bank holidays), a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to the Proper
Officer, North Northamptonshire Council, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering,
Northants, NN15 7QX by TEN electors for the Parish, an election will be held to fill the
vacancy. If no such request is received the Parish Council may fill the vacancy by co-option.
If an election is called, it will take place no later than 20th June 2024.

Sanjit Sull
Proper Officer

The Hare at Loddington

Loddington Parish Council is pleased to announce that their application to nominate the Hare as an Asset of Community Value was successful. North Northants Council have concluded their review of the nomination and approved The Hare at Loddington as an Asset of Community Value on 20 March 2024.

Under the Localism Act 2011 the asset will now be listed on North Northants Councils’ Asset of Community Value register for 5 years. During this period North Northants Council must be informed of any intent to sell as the Act gives community interest groups time to submit a request to the local authority to be considered as a bidder. The owner has the right to appeal this listing by writing to North Northants Council within 8 weeks of the decision notice.

Parish Council meeting on 7 March 2024

The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 7 March have now been published and are available to view.

Parish Council meeting Thursday 7 March 2024

The agenda for the next Parish Council meeting, which will be held on Thursday 7 March has now been published and is available to view.

Minutes of January Parish Council meetings

The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 4 January 2024 along with the minutes of the Extraordinary Parish Council meeting held on 10 January 2024 have now been published.

At the January Parish Council meeting a budget of £19,100 was approved and a precept of £14,350 was set for the 2024-25 year. Documents are available to view in the accounts folder.