Frustrated residents next to the new Ruddington housing development off Wilford Road have received some high profile backing in their bid to proceed with the agreed tree planting there as part of ‘The Queen’s Green Canopy’ (QGC). MP for Rushcliffe Ruth Edwards and Ruddington’s three Rushcliffe Borough Councillors – Jen Walker, Mike Gaunt and Graham Fletcher – have all signed an Open Letter to the owner and Directors of Bloor Homes Ltd. It’s after the developer’s regional office suddenly reneged on its promise to allow room for a row of trees…
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Historic Hedgerow Ripped Out “in Error”
The house-builder currently constructing 175 new properties on former Ruddington Green Belt south of Musters Road says a contractor removed a large section of mature hedgerow there by mistake. Gardeners from ‘Buttercup Allotments’ off Asher Lane were alerted to the totally unexpected loss of their boundary hedge when a contractor working for Avant Homes suddenly starting digging it out on Maundy Thursday. When the allotments’ owner Brian Booker rushed onsite to challenge them, protesting that removal of this hedgerow was definitely not in Rushcliffe Borough Council‘s approved plans for ‘Wilbur Chase’,…
Read MoreBloor Blunder Scuppers Residents’ Royal Tree Planting Plans
A group of eco-minded Ruddington residents is expressing its dismay and disbelief that a major housing developer suddenly changed its mind about allowing them to plant a long row of trees on its land – and didn’t even tell them! As we reported on Monday, Bloor Homes East Midlands had given Brookside Residents’ Action Group (BRAG) for ‘The Queen’s Green Canopy’ (QGC) the go-ahead to plant a line of trees on a 223-metre long strip of ‘wasteland’ between its new bungalows and their existing houses. BRAG were led to believe this ‘void’…
Read MoreRuddington’s ‘Final Flourish’ for The Queen’s Green Canopy!
As the extended deadline for planting trees to be part of ‘The Queen’s Green Canopy’ (QGC) draws near, a community voluntary group has revealed it’s about to put in what it believes will be the longest row of trees in our village so far in memory of Her Majesty. Brookside Residents’ Action Group (BRAG) for The QGC says it will plant over a hundred trees running between the boundary of existing homes and Ruddington’s new ‘Fairham Green’ development off Wilford Road (as shown above). It’s after the project was given both the necessary…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome to attend the last meeting for 2023 tonight. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome to attend, so feel free to go along tonight. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome to attend. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith and can’t be…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome to attend. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith and can’t be…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome to attend. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith and can’t be…
Read MoreRuddington Parish Council Meeting
It’s your monthly opportunity to find out what’s happening and have your say on what’s planned in our village. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and it is held in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington Parish Council (RPC) meetings are open to all, and time is allocated for residents to share views on items that are on the agenda. You can find items under discussion from RPC’s agenda and papers for THIS EVENING’s meeting >>HERE<<. All villagers are welcome, so feel free to attend. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith…
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