Casework Round-Up

I have been following-up various issues in and around St. Peter’s ward on behalf of residents:

  • Earlier this week I reported traffic collision debris on the road and pedestrian islands at the traffic lights on Wigston Road and Brabazon Road. Some of this debris was sharp and potentially dangerous. The street cleaning team of the Borough Council has tidied this up.
  • A large panel of the wooden traffic safety fence at the racecourse roundabout in the central reservation of the A6 has been damaged for several weeks, possibly as a result of a traffic collision. County Councillors Dean Gamble and Jeffrey Kaufman have made the County Council aware of this issue.
  • A shrub, possibly on private land, is encroaching on the shared cycle/ footpath on Wigston Road by the bus stop prior to the Washbrook Lane turn. The shrub has completely covered the bus stop sign and halved the width of the path, which is heavily used during school times. Again, County Councillors Dean Gamble and Jeffrey Kaufman have made the County Council aware of this issue.
  • Defective street lights on the A6 London Road just outside the ward in Leicester have been reported to the City Council who are aware of them. I have also reported a further flickering street light in the ward, just before the petrol station by the racecourse roundabout, to the County Council.

If you see problems in the ward please contact myself, David Carter or one of your County Councillors via the form on the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Liberal Democrats site. Alternatively you can report the issue to the relevant council which broadly speaking is:

Street cleaning/graffiti: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Highways (street lights, traffic signals etc.): Leicestershire County Council.

Oadby Forum This Tuesday 15th October

The quarterly meeting of the Oadby Residents’ Forum is on this Tuesday 15th October at 6.30pm. The venue is the The Barnabas Centre, St Pauls Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4LZ.

From 6.00pm residents can have (confidential if required) meetings with their Borough Councillors (if present). Both myself and David Carter will be available.. No appointment is required. If you can’t make the meeting you can contact us here or by using our details on the Borough Council web site (scroll down to the Oadby St. Peter’s ward heading).

The Forum’s agenda and other documents can be found here.

The Forums were introduced by the Liberal Democrats several years ago to transfer some decision-making and limited spending powers directly to residents and community organisations in Oadby, Wigston and South Wigston.

They have been highly successful as a way of residents improving Oadby and as an effective means for residents, officers and councillors to communicate.

Please do come along on Tuesday.

School places: Local parents urged to use all choices when applying

Parents in St. Peter’s ward and across Oadby are being asked to fill in all 3 preferences when applying for their child’s new secondary or primary school.

The County Council have opened applications for secondary schools. The deadline for applications is 31st October.

Applications are also open for primary schools, with the deadline of 15th January 2020.

Jeffrey Kaufman, County Councillor for Oadby tells me that that a number of parents contacted him after places were allocated last year because their children has been offered places in schools some distance from Oadby.

It appears that this was because they filled in one preference for their choice of school. When they were unsuccessful with this first choice, there were no second or third choices to guide the application process.

Councillor Kaufman wants to ensure local parents have the best chance of getting a place at one of their preferred schools and this means using all three available preferences on their application form.

The County Council also agrees, wanting parents to maximise their opportunities by applying for three schools, including their catchment school.