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Local Council Roundup Amberley Parish Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Annual Parish meeting 12th May 2022. Kithurst Car Park. West Sussex Councillor Paul Marshall advised that negotiations were ongoing with the South Downs Trust for them to take on responsibility of the Kithurst Car Park from WSCC. The sticking points are the removal of abandoned cars and the moving on of travellers, Springhead Estates own the car park and have stated that it has been available to the public for 34 years and they very much hope an agreement can be reached to keep it open, unfortunately the cost and liability of the car park was too much for Springhead Estates to take on. Defibrillator. A new defibrillator will be mounted on the outside wall of the Church Hall (in memory of Richard Robinson. Funding is coming from the Amberley Welfare Trust and the remaining funds of the Amberley First Responders. Drewitts Farm development entrance road is going to be smaller than that originally agreed with the developer. Parish Council awaiting response from Horsham DC. Network Rail (had) still not rectified the slippery wooden sleepers that form the footpath that crosses the railway line on the public footpath that runs behind the Castle, despite this being reported numerous times and many incidents of walkers slipping or falling over on them. A resident has now reported this to the Rail Regulator in the hope it can be finally resolved. A resident asked if the PC could adopt the telephone box in The Square as she would like to turn this into an information kiosk. GU advised that he had contacted BT last year regarding this and they advised that due to the poor mobile reception in that part of the village it was important infrastructure for visitors to have a working telephone line. www.amberley-pc.org.uk
Arundel Town Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Town Council meeting 9th June 2022. Public question. I understand that Arundel Town Council (ATC) has declared a climate emergency. Can you tell me what actions are planned in response to this emergency? Mayor - these are the small steps that we are taking:
• We are working with the Chamber of Com-
merce to reduce waste in the town and to stop disposable coffee cups going to landfill. We get over 500,000 visitors a year, so how many take-away coffee cups get sent to landfill? • We have asked Arun District Council (ADC) to supply us with green recycling bins in the Town Centre so that visitors can recycle waste. They have agreed to do this in the next contract renegotiation with Biffa. • We are supporting the development of an Arundel repair café so that things can be repaired rather than go landfill. It was operating in the Norfolk Centre at the last Farmers Market. • We are trying to fix a date for the ADC Sustainability Officer to come to Arundel to speak to the Environment Committee about how we can begin to try to reduce our carbon footprint and we will invite other stakeholders to that meeting because what applies to the Town Council may apply to other organisations. • The council’s environment working group is looking at running a small award scheme later this year for the best practical scheme for combatting climate change in Arundel. • And of course many of the things that we are doing in Arundel, from tree planting, to encouraging walking and cycling, the Bee Project, the greener Arundel project, encouraging people to shop locally, the safe cycle path to Ford station, are all small contributions. We aren’t going to save the world from Arundel. But we are going to do our bit. www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk
