Archive for the ‘News’ Category

747 Bus gets a Temporary Reprieve

by simongalton on 16 December, 2016

Further to concerns about the planned withdrawal of the 747 bus service, I am pleased to report that the County Council has agreed to step in and provide emergency funding to keep the service going for the next 12 months. This is in the form of a one off intervention payment of £60,000 to Centrebus […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Update on Home to School Transport

by simongalton on 13 October, 2016

A number of parents have contacted me with concerns over how the Oadby School age range changes will affect their child’s transport to school. Up until now, families in Thurnby, Bushby, Scraptoft, Houghton, Stoughton, Keyham and Hungarton have all been offered free transport to Gartree from ages 10-14, and Beauchamp from ages 14-16. From next September, this […]

Read more    Leave a comment

The Conservative-run Council has taken a decision to shortlist 4 housing options for further detailed analysis. By the autumn the Council hopes to announce a single preferred option for consultation which will allocate land across the District for development up to 2031. The 4 options selected for further assessment are: Option 2: Core Strategy Distribution […]

Read more    Leave a comment

The Secondary Schools in Oadby have just finished consulting on their updated plans to change their age ranges to 11+ I submitted the following response. I welcome the fact that the management teams appear to have listened carefully to the feedback from the previous consultation and made a great effort to address the concerns. I’m […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Following publication of Beauchamp’s plans to open a 6th Form Free School, County Councillors Simon Galton, Jeff Kaufman and Dean Gamble requested a meeting with the chair of governors and head teacher at Beauchamp College to learn more of what is planned.   Simon Galton said: “The meeting was very helpful in gaining a better […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Addressing the Problem of Parking on Pavements

by simongalton on 17 April, 2015

One of the more common complaints I get as a councillor is about vehicles parking on pavements. On narrow roads where there isn’t much room for cars to park either side, it can be quite common for drivers to park their vehicles partially on the pavement. This can often be very frustrating for pedestrians who […]

Read more    Leave a comment

  Like many parents I only became aware recently that Gartree, Manor and Beauchamp are consulting on changing their age range and have concerns over the potential consequences. Having read the information on the school’s websites I believe the issues and concerns can be summarised as follows: The effect of these proposals mean that the […]

Read more    1 Comment

At the last meeting of the Cabinet there was a report on the new School Place Planning strategy which should have been uncontroversial. Unfortunately the recommendations also included a late addition of a new key priority aimed at removing primary schools which take pupils aged 4 – 10 years old. This would have significant consequences […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Update on Rural Broadband

by simongalton on 31 July, 2014

Residents in rural areas have had the short end of the stick when it comes to broadband. New infrastructure has always been rolled out in densely populated areas first, and the further your property is from an exchange, the more broadband signals degrade under copper wires. For this reason, the Government set up a rural […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Residents in Thurnby & Houghton Ward which comprise the villages of Scraptoft, Thurnby, Bushby, Houghton and Stoughton will get the chance to vote twice this Thursday! Once for Simon Galton for the Leicestershire County Council elections who has served the area for over 24 years, and once for Peter Elliott to join the Harborough District […]

Read more    Leave a comment