Election interest

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May Elections

All Parish Councillors will come up for re-election in May. Should anyone wish to consider standing either as a Parish or District Councillor and want to find out what is involved, two evening courses are being run by NKDC on March 14 and 15.

Further details are available from the Clerk, Doreen Green Tel: 01526 322323 or contact Cliff Robinson on 01529 308245.

Government response to petition 'giantdairy'

This petition was set up many months ago when the original planning application for an 8,100 cow dairy was submitted by Nocton Dairies Ltd.  It requested the Prime Minister to call a public inquiry into the development of large-scale intensive dairy units.

Unfortunately, the respondent to this petition has limited their comment to that original application (no doubt due to political expediency), totally ignoring the fact that a contentious re-application has since been made for a smaller herd in the same location.

http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=giantdairy

Councils could be given power to keep lorries of small country roads

'​LORRY drivers who are following sat-nav instructions could be kept off Lincolnshire's small country roads under plans to give local councils more control over road classification.'

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Councils-given-power-lorries-small-country-roads/article-3179418-detail/article.html

Robert Wiseman starts talks with 150 workers as sites face the axe

'Robert Wiseman Dairies is consulting with 150 staff at its Okehampton dairy and Cupar DC about plans to close the sites.'

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=215477

Environment Agency lodges 'super dairy' objection

'The agency said that the applicant, Nocton Dairies, had failed to provide adequate information...'

http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/1049802/Environment-Agency-lodges-super-dairy-objection/

Giant dairy plans hit by watchdog opposition

'The Government's environmental watchdog has dealt a blow to plans for the UK's biggest dairy...'

http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/1051544/Giant-dairy-plans-hit-watchdog-opposition/
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