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DRAFT MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING OF 26th January 2017
The Clerk has posted the draft minutes of the extraordinary Parish Council meeting of January 26th 2017 to the group: Bigbury Parish Council
Click on GROUPS tab, above > Bigbury Parish Council > documents > select relevant document from list presented.
The meeting dealt with the recent planning application for a new road related to proposed housing at StAnn’s Chapel and served as an introduction to candidates for the forthcoming SHDC election in Charterlands Ward.
February’s Bigbury News – 2017
The February 2017 edition of Bigbury News (minus adverts) has been added to the DOCUMENTS page of the Bigbury News GROUP.
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Help your community, make a difference!
Help your community, make a difference in schools, all power to our libraries!
Lend a helping hand in your community
Snow Warden
Whether you’re keen to join the Highway Self Help scheme, become a Community Transport volunteer, or work as a Road or Snow Warden, Devon County Council has all the information on its communities pages.
Watch a volunteer Snow Warden at work.
Get back to school… as a governor
School Governors
Devon County Council is encouraging people to consider becoming governors or trustees at their local school. Governors or trustees neednt be parents of children at the school, nor do they have to have a connection with the school or indeed be a parent!
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Do you love the coast and countryside?
Residents with a keen interest in Devons wonderful coast and countryside are being invited to join the Devon Countryside Access Forum.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 22 February
Proposed Changes to South Hams Parking Permits
Tel: 01803 861368 Email: communications@swdevon.gov.uk
Parking permits in the South Hams could be changing. Proposals earmarked by South Hams District Council include streamlining the types of permit available and introducing new, virtual paperless permits.
The Council is currently running a consultation asking people what they think of the proposed changes which will run until Friday 3 February 2017.
Cathy Aubertin, Operational Manager for Car Parking, explains: “The number of permit types has become unwieldy and this has been confusing for customers. The new proposals would result in a much simpler and, in some cases, cheaper, offer for customers, giving flexibility for customers to keep their own details up-to-date online.
“There was a real need to review the service to take advantage of technological developments as most permits have the potential to become ‘virtual’. The Council already provides residents and visitors with the ability to pay for parking online, and would now like to modernise the paper permit system, so there would be no need to remember to put a permit in your window, everything would be on the Council systems.
“This has also been an opportunity to revise where permits are used and what permits are available, so the service can be streamlined. In order to manage the use of permits, it is proposed that they would be limited in the future, therefore the limit will only apply to new applications. This is so that there is plenty of parking available for visitors and shoppers. All current permit holders would be able to transfer to the new permits without a limit placed on them.”
“No limits would be placed on Business and Residents’ permits. Although there is a proposal to increase the cost of the Residents’ permit to £40 per annum, it still offers excellent value for money and, with the new start time of 3pm, is ideal for the school run.”
Full and Commuter permits could be replaced by new Town Centre, Peripheral and Rural Permits, these permits would be limited to specific towns and villages but would be £100 cheaper than the current Full and Commuter permits.
Ms Aubertin continued: “In light of the consultation responses already received from Dartmouth residents, we will also be looking to propose the addition of a new permit which will allow customers to use the Park and Ride service during the open season, but park in Mayor’s Avenue during the winter months.”
“We’re asking residents, businesses and everyone who enjoys our towns and villages to share their views with us.”
A copy of the proposed Order may be examined at the Council Offices at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE, Mondays to Fridays from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. or on the Council’s website at:
http://www.southhams.gov.uk/article/12521/Notice-of-Proposal—Amendment-No3-To-Off-Street-Parking-Places-Order-2015
If any person wishes to object or make representation in respect of the making of the Amendment Order they must do so in writing submitted to Ms C Aubertin, Operations Manager (Environment Services), South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE, or by email to Cathy.Aubertin@swdevon.gov.uk. All objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.
ENDS
www.southhams.gov.uk
BIGBURY PARISH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN QUESTIONNAIRE
The Steering Group would like to thank all those who filled in and returned the Housing Survey and the Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire. The Housing Survey will be analysed by South Hams District Council, and the results fed back to the Steering Group in due course to help with planning the future housing needs of the parish. The Steering Group held a meeting on 18th January to discuss the next stage in the Neighbourhood Plan process, which is to analyse the responses from the questionnaires prior to the preparation of the Draft Plan. Although we had to set a deadline for the return of questionnaires, the analysis will take some time, so there is still scope to return your completed questionnaire – please return it to any member of the Steering Group as quickly as possible! During the meeting, the numbers on the returned Plan Questionnaires received by the deadline were put in a draw. The twelve numbers drawn are as follows:
9; 131; 179; 211; 251; 295; 306; 310; 317; 343; 373; 381
To claim your prize, please take the raffle ticket you detached and kept from the questionnaire you filled in, and match it with its counterpart on display at Holywell Stores, where Hilary, Dane and staff will swap it for a bottle of wine provided by the Parish Council. Please do claim your prize by Tuesday 28th February; if you are unable to get to Holywell Stores by this date, please contact Valerie Scott on 810336 or Jill Gubbins on 810651 to make other arrangements. Only you will know if you are a winner as the questionnaires were anonymous, hence you will need your ticket to claim.
Once again, very many thanks for your participation to MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO WHERE YOU LIVE.
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