Leicestershire County Council will hold two public meetings, which will be hosted by the Leader of the County Council, David Parsons, and local MPs David Garnier and Alan Duncan.
* 9th June at 8pm, Gartree School, Oadby
* 12th June at 8pm, Coplow Centre, Billesdon
Please come along to hear more about Pennbury and to have your say.

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* full overview of consultation meetings and opportunties to find out more and have your say about the Eco-town proposals in June 2008.
* links to relevant websites

As you will be aware, the Government has announced that Pennbury is among 15 proposals on their shortlist of Eco-Towns.

A 'Have Your Say' meeting on April 9th in Kibworth will be a first opportunity for local residents to find out what is going to happen next.
This meeting will take place at Kibworth High School, Smeeton Road, Kibworth on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 at 7.00 pm

For the full government announcement, please click on the title of this newsitem or visit www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/737721

As a first step, the Government will now be consulting until the end of June 2008 on the appropriateness of the 15 sites with a view to reduce them to 10 sites by the end of the year.
Please find below the national consultation document setting out details of the process and a summary of each of the shortlisted sites.

A parish meeting consists of the local government electors registered for the area for which it is held. In a parish in England where no parish council exists, the district or unitary authority must establish a parish council if the population includes 200 or more local government electors.
If the population includes more than 150 but less than 200 electors, the district or unitary council must establish a parish council if the parish meeting resolves that one should be established. This power is discretionary if the parish is already grouped under a common parish council.
Where the population includes not more than 150 local government electors, the district or unitary council may create a parish council if the parish meeting so resolves.
A parish meeting is not a corporate body and is therefore unable to own property or sue or be sued.
Generally speaking it is not a local authority, though for certain limited purposes it may be regarded as one. Its lack of legal personality has not prevented Parliament from enabling it to exercise functions.
Its powers are not as extensive as those of a parish council, although on application the district authority may by order confer on the meeting any or all functions of a parish council.
The parish meeting should assemble annually between 1 March and 1 June and on at least one other occasion during the year.