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  • Oadby & Wigston Council: Christmas 2012 opening and waste collections

    By Mark_LP at 13:32 on 05/12/12
    Oadby & Wigston Borough Council will be closed at times over the Christmas & New Year holiday period
    Oadby & Wigston Borough Council's offices on Station Road in Wigston, will be closed to the public at times over the Christmas and the New Year holiday, with an out of hours emergency contact number in operation. Some waste collections will also take place at different times. The council offices will close for the Christmas break at 4.15pm on Friday 21st December 2012 and reopen at 8.45am on Thursday 27th December. The offices will...
  • Oadby & Wigston Council prosecute pensioner for benefit fraud

    By Wigston_News at 10:25 on 05/12/12
    Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
    Oadby and Wigston Borough Council have successfully prosecuted 77-year-old Mrs Dhaniben Chhotubhai Patel of Launde Road, Oadby, in relation to offences committed in connection with receipt of Council Tax Benefit. Mrs Patel had claimed benefits whilst holding capital of between £16,000 and £77,000. Mrs Patel has since repaid the full amount of overpaid benefits received. Mrs Patel was convicted by Leicester Magistrates on 29...
  • Government gives green light to Oadby and Wigston Town Centre plans

    By Sharon_LP at 10:27 on 30/10/12
    Government gives green light to Oadby and Wigston Town Centre plans
    The Government's Independent Planning Inspectorate has approved the controversial Oadby and Wigston town centre plans, which have been designed to give residents and the council control over the development of both town centres over the next 15 years. Those who have challenged the plans; specifically the 'selling' of Oadby and Wigston car parks, may be relieved to hear that in a council press release issued on 29 October, Councillor...
  • Oadby & Wigston Young Citizen of the Year Award 2013

    By Sharon_LP at 17:05 on 25/09/12
    Oadby & Wigston Young Citizen of the Year Award 2013
    If you know an outstanding young person with close ties to Oadby or Wigston who deserves to be recognised for what they have achieved, or contributed, now is the time to nominate them for Young Citizen of the Year 2013. To nominate them use this link to Oadby & Wigston Borough Council's website - remember the closing date for nominations is 16 November 2012. Nomination criteria Aged up to 20 years Must be under 21 at the...
  • Application to convert Wigston Pub into flats is under consideration

    By nora_hs at 11:01 on 03/09/12
    The Marquis of Queensbury, South Wigston
    The planning application to convert the Marquis of Queensbury on Blaby Road into nineteen self-contained flats is being considered by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council at a Development Control Committee Meeting on 13 September 2012. The neglected building, which is situated on the main commercial street in South Wigston, is within a conservation area and on the Council's list of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic...

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