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Job Vacancy - General Handyperson
The parish council currently have a vacancy for a general handyperson.
Details of the role are available on our website under vacancies.
The closing date for applications is 5:00pm on Friday 31st August 2018.
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:00 by Clerk & RFO
Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor
A vacancy has arisen in the office of Councillor. Please see attached notice for further details.
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:51 by Clerk & RFO
Make Sure You Have Your Say!
FOSSE VILLAGES NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
Huncote: Thurlaston: Leicester Forest West: Croft: Potters Marston: Stoney Stanton: Sapcote: Aston Flamville: Sharnford: Wigston Parva.
You may recall that, during the first week of June, every household in the above villages received details of how to input their views on the Neighbourhood Plan.
You can view the Neighbourhood Plan on line and submit your comments on www.fossevillages.org.uk or in hard copy at Sapcote, Stoney Stanton or Huncote Community Libraries. The Libraries or your Parish Council/Meeting also have hard copy response forms. More »
Given your approval the plan will go forward for referendum approval and will provide a first line of defence for our villages against opportunistic over development.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR YOUR REPRESENTATIONS IS WEDNESDAY 11 JULY 2018
"The neighbourhood plan gives us the chance to say how development should take place. Without it, developers will make those choices for us."
Mike Lee, Chairman, Fosse Villages Board
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:00 by Clerk & RFO
Councillor Vacancies
There are currently two vacancies for Parish Councillors.
More details about what the Parish Council does are available in the 'About The Council' section of our website.
Do you care about where you live? Do you want to make a difference to Croft?
How to Apply
If you would like to become a Parish Councillor for Croft, please write to/email the Clerk and give a brief précis of your experience, reasons for wanting to be considered and any special areas of interests you may have.
You must be at least 18 years of age on the day you are nominated, a British citizen, a qualifying citizen of a Commonwealth country, a citizen of the Irish Republic, or a citizen of another member state of the European Union.
One of the following criteria must also be fulfilled. You must:
- Be on the electoral register
- Own a property or land for last 12 months in the parish
- Work in the parish in the last 12 months
- Have lived in the parish or within 3 miles/4.8 kilometres for the last 12 months
For any further information on the work involved or to apply please contact an existing parish councillor or the Parish Clerk on the details at the top of the page.
- Notice of Vacancy - 2018-07-26 (PDF, 71 Kb)
Details of councillor vacancy.