Politics

Second Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment on parade

Richard Clifton is a Conservative ward member for Oakham South West, having been elected once in October 2014 and then again in May.

Plans to build 75 new homes in Uppingham have been submitted by Bloor Homes to Rutland County Council.

A footpath on the Elsea Park housing estate in Bourne is to close for a year while new homes are built.

Shop owners say they could soon be forced to start charging customers to use cash machines or remove them altogether as a result of changes to the way they are taxed.

People living in the Thurlby parish have been urged to help guide development in the area at a neighbourhood plan meeting this weekend.

Business leaders in Uppingham and Oakham have welcomed a six-month trial to reduce the cost of parking on market days.

A landlord forum will take place next month to help answer South Kesteven property owners’ queries.

A decision is due on plans to build a commercial estate on the edge of Market Deeping, in the face of strong local opposition.

The district council is renewing efforts to bring empty homes back into use by giving landlords and owners an incentive grant of up to £5,000 to help them re-let their properties.

Residents are being given the opportunity to share their views on Cottesmore Parish Council’s draft neighbourhood plan.

Motorists using car parks in Oakham and Uppingham will no longer have to hunt for change or rush back to their cars following the introduction of a new system that lets you pay for parking with your mobile phone.

The Conservative leader of Lincolnshire County Council has blamed campaign group Save Lincs Libraries and the Labour party for wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of taxpayers money by persevering with a “disgraceful” legal challenge.

Plans to build a block of 17 apartments next to the old Corn Mill in South Street, Bourne, have been approved.

A vote of no confidence in Oakham’s mayor proposed amid allegations of bringing the council into disrepute has failed.

Lincolnshire County Council wants to install four-way traffic lights at Morton crossroads on the A15 and has asked people for their views.

A developer who wants to build 37 homes on a brownfield site in Stamford hopes to turn the land into something useful.

Plans for a housing estate on the former Aveland High School site in Billingborough have been put back because councillors want assurances that community facilities will be provided on the playing fields.

The mayor of Oakham will face a vote of no confidence proposed by a fellow councillor.