MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL 28 Station Road Melbourn Cambs SG8 6DX Telephone 262494 e-mail: parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Chairman Donald Mowatt 23, High Street SG8 6AL
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Vice-Chairman Maureen Townsend 32 New Road SG8 6ER
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Clerk & Office Avril Mellor, 28 Station Road, SG8 6DX
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E-mail parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Website www.melbourncambridge.co.uk Councillors Val Barratt 2 Station Road SG8 6DX 261227 Irene Bloomfield 78 Russet Way SG8 6HF 222558 Colin Charter 58 Bramley Avenue SG8 6HG 262278 Janice Guest 1 Mortlock Street SG8 6DB 260894 Rosemary Gatward 94 High Street SG8 6AL 261225 Dean Hardingham 1 Portway SG8 6EU 232757 Michael Linette 11, Chapel Lane 262534 Donald Mowatt 23 High Street SG8 6AL 268388 Clive Purbrook Glebe House High Street SG8 6DZ 260899 Andy Kulina 77 Orchard Road SG8 6BB Jocelyn Robson 91 High Street 261633 Mike Sherwen 3 Hale Close SG8 6ET 260070 Christopher Stead 70 Russet Way 260743 pm Maureen Townsend 32 New Road SG8 6BY 260959 Richard Wakerley 32 Chalkhill Barrow SG8 6EQ 262247 Employees Handyman and Caretaker Peter Andrews Emergency mobile. 07778-682245 Village Ranger Keith Rudge, 4 Dolphin La, SG8 6AF Internal Auditor Peter Chilvers, 68A High Street, SG8 6AJ
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County Councillor David Charles McCraith 104 North End, Bassingbourn D-Rmccraith@supanet.com (send agenda by e-mail) County Hall 01223-833555 District Councillors Janice Guest, 1 Mortlock Street, SG8 6DB Val Barrett, 2 Station Road
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South Cambs M.P. Andrew Lansley
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South Cambs M.E.P. Robert Sturdy
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The Parish Office at 28 Station Road, is entered by the door at the front of the building directly opposite Sheene Mill. The Parish Office is now open on Mondays from 9 am to 1 pm, on Tuesdays from 2 pm from 4 pm, and on Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm. The office is not normally open on Wednesdays or Fridays. As the Clerk is sometimes out on Parish business it is better to ring 262494 to ensure that she is in the office. Meetings of the Planning Committee are normally held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month commencing at 7.15 pm. Council Meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7.15 pm at Vicarage Close Community Centre. The Press Royston & Buntingford Mercury Tom Ship, Media Centre 40 Ware Road, Hertford, SG13 7HU 01992 526639 Royston Crow Heath House, Princes Mews, Royston, SG8 6RT 245241 Fax 242231 Cambridge News David Williams, 3 Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7BP 249144 Fax 244502 BBC Radio Cambridge Reception Newsroom
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From the Parish Clerk – Avril Mellor I hope that by the time you read this letter we will be at the start of a long hot summer. New Road cemetery is beginning to take shape and looked lovely with the blossom and daffodils. Tenders have gone out for the construction of a soil store and as designs for a lychgate proved disappointing, attention has now been turned to iron gates with brick pillars, and four companies have been asked to provide ideas and costs. A new gate should have been installed during May at The Moor Play Area as the old one did not meet with current regulations. The One-on-One Basketball Court is to be erected on the new Recreation Ground in the vicinity of the skateboard ramp. The Council are waiting for a lead time from the installation company, so hopefully if all goes well this court will be in use in the very near future. Stockbridge Meadows Riverside Park is being well used and enjoyed by people of all ages. There has been a problem with dog-walkers who have allowed dogs off leads and not cleaned up after their dogs. The Council have placed signs on the gate and in the park informing dog-owners that there will be a total ban from 1st May on dogs in the park if these practices do not cease. At the moment it seems that dogowners are taking more responsibility for their dogs in the park. Gates have just been ordered for the front and north east corner of The Moor Allotment. It is hoped that these will not only make the area look tidier but will also help to make it more secure. One of the allotment holders who is interested in forming an allotment association organised a meeting at the Community Centre of the Village College in April. It is felt an association would be able to benefit from the support of The National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners such as receiving advice on a variety of problems and obtaining help with applying for funding for allotment projects as well as being able to purchase reduced-price seeds. Two annual meetings were held in May. An Annual Meeting of the Parish to which all are invited and at which anyone can speak at any time and the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council. At the latter the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Parish Council were elected. Councillors agreed which committees they wished to serve on and Parish Council representatives on village trusts, school board and charities were nominated. It is at this meeting that the numbering of agenda items changes from /08 to /09 so the first item on the agenda, the Election of Chairman to the Parish Council, is numbered 1/09. The Council are looking into the possibility of allocating a portion of land known as the Grinnel Hill Conservation Site off London Way for BMX Trails. Work on this is in the very early stages and planning permission will have to be sought and granted before the matter is taken any further. continued on page 14
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