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The Essence of Drawing from Life
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Independent artist and art teacher Leticia Silva dos Santos spoke to Sussex Local about her August art classes in association with the MADhurst festival. Leticia explained that her teaching technique focuses on developing her students' skills and increasing their confidence. Classes are structured so that Leticia has the opportunity to spend time with each student individually even within the group setting. It is important to her that she provides an environment which is welcoming to those who may be newly engaging with this form of art. During August classes will be concentrating on drawing the human figure and botanical drawing. Leticia is delighted that interest in the arts is picking up again after Covid and she is hoping to be able to open her own studio/gallery in the future to celebrate local art and engage budding artists of all ages and abilities to support each other. Visit: www.artclassesinwestsussex.eventbrite.com
Chichester City Council
Edited extracts from draft minutes of the Planning & Conservation meeting 23rd June 2022. The Committee was advised that a discussion had taken place with the West Sussex County Council (WSCC) Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport who had reported that there were no funds to undertake the necessary work on the pavements and city centre precinct. The Mayor reported that the County Council was monitoring the Levelling Up bid currently being put together by Chichester District Council which included an allocation for undertaking the resurfacing work. He also informed Members that, if this bid was unsuccessful, the County Council did not currently have a plan B. Members expressed incredulity when Councillor Sharp informed them that, in order to get on to the WSCC Capital Projects list, evidence would need to be provided that the city centre pavements were a genuine problem and that she had been further informed that insufficient evidence had been provided to date. Councillor Sharp stressed the importance of people contacting the County Council when they experienced problems such as trips and injuries when walking through the city centre. She also reported that the hospital would be unable to provide supporting injury data as they only recorded that a trip or injury had occurred and not where or why. Members discussed the issue at length with many examples being given of when they had personally experienced problems on the precinct or when they had been witness to others falling or worse. WSCC as well as the District Council, had been in discussion with the City Council about the issue for some time and strongly objected to WSCC now claiming that they did not have sufficient evidence to proceed. Recommended that City Council should support a campaign and a working group to bring forward evidence to WSCC highlighting the pavement condition. www.chichestercity.gov.uk
Southern Water - “little can be done” with Rother sewage
Edited extracts from draft minutes of the Planning & Infrastrucure Committee 23rd May 2022. Montpelier Estates. As requested, Montpelier Estates provide the Town Clerk with their revised plans for the Grange Development. The committee noted that this was an improvement and were grateful that Montpelier’s architect had listened to the committee’s concerns. River Rother Pollution - A delegation of councillors visited the South Ambersham Water Treatment Plant to learn about the circumstances that lead to the release of untreated sewage into the River Rother. Southern Water explained what happens when the amount of sewage and rainwater exceeds the handling capacity of the plant, with excess waste being transferred to a holding tank, which allows solids to settle and when full overflows into the river. Short of building additional tanks to cope with the overflow, which is scheduled in the next few years, there is little that can be done at the moment. Short of having separate systems for rainfall and sewage, the only immediate solution is to reduce the amount that goes into the system by our maximising the use of water butts and soakaways. Although Councillors were informed that “little if any raw sewage” from the South Ambersham plant is dispatched into the boundary adjacent River Rother, the Council and customers of Southern Water have no way of verifying this. A Despatch Certificate from the appropriate regulatory authority the UK Government’s Environment Agency was last issued in 2018. Visiting Midhurst Town Councillors came away from this visit in the most part reassured that the South Ambersham WWTW is working as intended with a conscientious, knowledgeable and very approachable staff. It was agreed that this would be added to agenda of the next planning meeting for further discussion.
www.midhurst-tc.gov.uk
Petworth Town Council
20mph zone application outcome in December
Edited extracts of draft minutes of the Annual Council meeting held 19th May 2022. Petworth Boys School. Plans were being developed to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Petworth Boys’ School in September 2022. One name recorded on the memorial at the site needed to be reviewed. Pavilion. The pavilion makeover was progressing and should be open for use from 28th May 2022. They were experiencing issues with dog fouling and young people staying in the sports ground until late in the evening. PPS were liaising with the National Trust to address these issues. It was requested that the Clerk include an item to formally gift the cricket nets to the cricket club on the June 2022 Full Council agenda. Traffic. The council have submitted a Community Highway Scheme application for a 20mph zone in Petworth to West Sussex County Council. The outcome of the application was expected in December 2022. Petworth Park Sports Ground. Following discussion with the National Trust, clause 6.3.8 of the lease has been annotated to read “keep the vehicular gate to the Purple Access Way and the gate to the Blue Access Way locked at all times when not in use by the tenant”. It was unanimously resolved to sign the 10 year lease on behalf of the council. Cemetery toilet. Following feedback from the planning authority, the Open Spaces Committee resolved to withdraw the planning application for a portable toilet proposed to be sited in Petworth Cemetery. The committee resolved to liaise with the Trustees of Hampers Green Community Centre to explore whether toilet facilities for the general public could be sited at their facility. Insurance. It was unanimously resolved to instruct BHIB Councils Insurance to provide the council’s insurance on a 3-year arrangement from 1st June 2022 to 31st May 2025, with the first year’s cost being £1,457.95.
