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Welcome to Burton Overy
The Oak Tree grown from an acorn of the famous oak at Biscobel
The Origin on the name of Burton Overy
In ancient writings, the village was referred to as Burtone, Burton Novrey, and later Burton Overy. It is seated in a valley on the brook, which rises in the lordship of Frisby, near Gaulby. It is bounded on the west by Great Glen, on the north by Little Stretton and Norton, on the east by Carlton and Ilston and on the south by Kibworth and a small part of Wistow. It is nearly equidistant from Leicester and Harborough – about 9 miles from each, and in the ecclesiastical division of the county, which is within the deanery of Gartree.
Burton Overy has a long history, and is well documented back to the reign of Edward the Confessor in The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, by John Nichols (Volume II)
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Posted:
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:07
This is an urgent plea for help.
A 126 metre high wind turbine is proposed on land at Sparrow Lodge, Pincet Lane, between Husbands Bosworth, North Kilworth and Walton.
Harborough DC are deciding this application at 6.30pm on Tuesday 1st December.
I cannot over emphasise the physical size of this development, and the significant, adverse, impact that it will have on the local area. It will be one of the tallest structures in the East Midlands
My request is twofold:
1. If you have not written to HDC to object about this, please do so now. If you need help writing a suitable letter, please email me at nicola428@btinternet.com;
2. Please come to the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening to demonstrate your opposition to this development. More » More »
This turbine is set to ruin three dwellings which are all within 560 metres, the closest being 460 metres. There are more houses at between 500m and 1000m that will also be affected. Our council staff seem happy to allow this to happen. We will know next Tuesday how the Councillors feel.
The Council have already acknowledged that the visual dominance of the turbine on our home will be overbearing and that it will have an adverse effect upon our residential amenity. This is neither fair nor just.
Please feel free to contact me on 01858 880083 / 07717 698550 if you have any questions.
Nigel Astbury
Hill Top Farm, North Kilworth « Less
Posted:
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32
St Andrew's at Burton Overy has now been added to the Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal. With over 60 churches now on-line and more added every week it has high quality photographs and historical text. Also includes printable PDF's and interactive map.
Posted:
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:57
Today's announcement that Pennbury has not been shortlisted as an eco-town site proves it is 'simply not needed', the County Council's Leader says.
The Government's decision has been welcomed by the County Council who had carried out extensive investigations and concluded that Pennbury was an unsuitable location for an eco-town.
Grave doubts had been raised by the authority about Pennbury’s employment proposals as well as a very real concern that the proposed transport strategy would not work. More »
Leader of the County Council, David Parsons, said: “I’m delighted that the Government has taken on board the views expressed by the County Council – views which had been very much endorsed by local residents. Our detailed work showed that an eco-town was simply not needed at Pennbury.
"I’d also like to pay tribute to the hard work of campaign group CASCET who did much to help to co-ordinate and articulate local concerns.
“We can now focus our efforts on working with other councils and agencies to support the building of high quality new homes, especially affordable homes, in sustainable locations agreed through the established planning procedures." « Less
