The South Devon AONB Planning Guidance Document will be released for consultation on 20th June 2016. The document which will be uploaded to the AONB website will be open for consultation for eight weeks. It is intended as a guide for anyone in the AONB or their Agents who are considering lodging an application. The eight sections of the Guidance will be out for formal consultation between 20 June and August 26th 2016 and there will be two workshop sessions, which will be run in July specifically for Parish Councils, to explain the purpose and use of the Planning Guidance and to encourage feedback – dates to be confirmed.
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LOST CAMERA – HELP NEEDED
Name: Pip Jones
Email: pipjones6@gmail.com
Subject: lost go-pro
My son recently lost a go-pro hero 4 camera – we think it fell off the roof of the car as we drove up the hill out of Bigbury. He was camping at Folly Farm. This camera belongs to my cousin and has an expensive sim card in. We would be extremely grateful for it’s safe return and would happily offer a reward for it. Any help locating it much appreciated
BROADBAND UPDATE
Rural Vulnerability Service
RURAL BROADBAND – May 2016
Better broadband – and the lack of it – is the focus of this newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service, brought to you by the Rural England Community Interest Company and the Rural Services Network in association with Calor.
The Rural Vulnerability Service disseminates information about key rural issues.
Rural businesses and communities continue to face challenges in terms of broadband, with some villages taking matters into their own hands in a bid to get adequate connections.
The topic has rarely been bigger or more pressing.
Latest updates:
Speedy rural broadband provided only ‘on request’
9 May 2016
The government won’t automatically provide high speed broadband to rural areas of the UK that aren’t currently connected. (Wired.co.uk)
Queen’s speech promises to ‘right’ for high-speed broadband
18 May 2016
“Automatic” compensation is promised for anyone who does not get at least 10Mbps broadband – with faster speeds promised in time (Computing)
Superfast broadband is ‘promise, not aspiration’
25 May 2016
Broadband minister and Wantage MP Ed Vaizey says superfast rural broadband is a promise, not an aspiration (Oxford Mail)
Councils call for ‘flexible’ minimum broadband speeds
11 May 2016
The minimum broadband speed set by the government should be flexible so it can rise as average speeds do, councils have suggested. (Cable.co.uk)
Fibre broadband for rural Warwickshire
9 May 2016
More rural communities across Warwickshire are to get access to fibre-based broadband over the next few months as the county’s superfast project expands. (Cable.co.uk)
Rural broadband lags behind ex-Soviet bloc
21 May 2016
Rural communities in Britain get worse superfast broadband coverage than their counterparts in Slovenia, Lithuania and Cyprus. (Telegraph))
Rural broadband ‘betrayal’ devastating for Tory heartlands
7 May 2016
The roll-out of broadband to the countryside is one of the most contentious issues facing this Government, says Sarah Lee of the Countryside Alliance (Telegraph))
BT speeds up basic fibre broadband service
15 April 2016
BT has announced an increase in the speed of its ‘entry level’ fibre broadband service. (Cable.co.uk)
Ministers told to spend £258million rural broadband windfall quickly
9 May 2016
Ministers are being pressured to ensure a £258million windfall on boosting rural broadband is spent as quickly as possible (Telegraph)
Poor rural broadband ‘harms future of British farming’
11 May 2016
The National Farmers’ Union says government must do more to improve rural broadband, claiming just 4 percent have superfast connections. (TechWeek)
Virgin Media broadband comes to 10 more communities
24 May 2016
Virgin Media is to connect 10 more small towns and communities to its ultrafast broadband service. (Broadband Choices)
Broadband investment welcome, but remember final 5%
6 May 2016
Further investment in broadband and 4G technology is welcome, but more must be done in rural areas to ensure the ‘final five per cent’ is not disadvantaged. (Berwick Advertiser)
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS – NEW LOCAL LISTING PROCEDURE
Richard Matthews, the new Parish Clerk for Bigbury, has decided to make the planning applications made to SHDC more easily available to the public by making use of the community website. Each week he will add the lists of 1) applications made and 2) decisions reached to the Bigbury Parish Council GROUP. The application list includes ‘hot links’ to the individual applications on the SHDC website for ease of reference and for leaving any comments.
To access these lists, select GROUPS on the homepage menu, then select ‘Bigbury Parish Council’ and the relevant document.
Appeal against refusal for planning permission for 8 houses at St Ann’s Chapel – details
SHDC and Bigbury Parish Council turned down this planning application to build 8 houses, allotments, etc. in the field behind the Old Bakery, etc. at StAnn’s Chapel.
The field’s owners have now launched an appeal against that decision which will be heard as set out in the letter available here –
Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations
To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday the following events will be taking place:-
Saturday, June 11th 2016
From 11.30am until 4.30pm there will be complimentary morning coffee, soft drinks, and cream teas available for all parishioners at the Memorial Hall, St Ann’s Chapel. During this event parishioners will be able to enjoy some relaxing social intercourse.
There will also be some boards displayed in the hall to allow parishioners the opportunity to give their views and comments on what they consider to be important to retain and enhance in the parish and any issues that they consider need to be addressed as part of the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan.
Saturday. June 11th 2016
From 7pm onwards there will be a fire lit on Sedgewell Beach, Bigbury. Please bring seats or rugs, picnic or barbecue, drinks, logs for the fire and musical instruments if you would like to entertain.
Sunday, June 12th 2016
From 2.30pm onwards the celebrations will be continuing at Folly Hill Farm. There will be a marquee on site but please bring your own rugs or seats, picnics and drinks to accompany a complimentary ram/hog roast to be served at 4.30pm.
This will be another opportunity to give your views on the Bigbury Neighbourhood Plan.
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN – AGENDA FOR THE 2ND MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUP ON 16TH MAY 2016
THE AGENDA FOR THE 2ND MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUPIS AVAILABLE HERE –
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN – MINUTES OF 1ST STEERING GROUP MEETING ON 25TH APRIL 2016
THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUP FOR BIGBURY’S NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN ARE AVAILABLE HERE –
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