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Parish Council News
Bury Parish Council
The subject was again raised at our last parish meeting attended by District Councillor Alan Sutton.
A very warm welcome to Bury resident Paul Whyles who recently joined the Parish Council. The council is now buoyant, productive and optimistic that 2020 will see great investment in the village in terms of community projects and areas.
Cllr Sutton has taken our case, to Roy Briscoe in his capacity as Cabinet Member for Communities at Chichester District Council. He has assured us that they are looking into ways of dealing with such antisocial behaviour, and acknowledged it as a very real issue for many communities like ours. Cllr Eileen Lintell (Leader of CDC) has now met with the new Divisional Commander for Chichester, Ch. Insp. Carter.
Future Plans for 2020
The subject was raised again at a subsequent meeting with Roy Briscoe who is now confident that action will now be taken and that a targeted operation will be mounted.
We are currently discussing budgets for next year and welcome input from all members of the community. Members of the public are always welcome to discuss their thoughts and ideas at the parish council meetings or call/email us directly. All the dates and contact details can be found on our website www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk. Our new Clerk, Mike Simpson is doing a fantastic job providing advice and support to our work. Mike can be reached by email clerkburyparishcouncil@gmail.com. Speeding Motorbikes Update Many residents have been plagued by the noise and nuisance caused by motorbikes speeding on the A29. This has been an ongoing problem for years, so I’m pleased to say one of our councillors put our case forward very succinctly on BBC Sussex last month.
Coldwaltham PC Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Annual Meeting held 15th October 2019. Potential Development Land The Councillor briefed members on the recent meeting with the Barlavington Estates (BE) who were seeking to enlist the Parish Council’s support for changes they wished to make to the proposed site at Brook View, hoping to increase the number of homes and the layout, and offering the following presumed benefits to the community: • More low cost/social housing to meet demand in our area • High energy efficiency with much reduced running costs • A community shop on the Fittleworth model • A ‘village green’ at the heart of development • A family-friendly setting bringing more children for the school. BE felt that, with the Parish Council’s support, these changes might prove acceptable to the SDNPA. However, no specific plans were yet available. The SDNPA had stipulated that developments in the National Park should have 50% of affordable homes.
Chichester District’s environmental protection manager is also now involved with possibly planning a joint operation with the Police using their noise monitoring devices. How can you help? In the meantime, please continue to report such antisocial behaviour via the 101 phone line or a better and quicker way is on their website www.sussex.police.uk. For more information or to contact the Parish council, visit www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk or you can reach Mike Simpson, Clerk and RFO, by sending an email clerkburyparishcouncil@gmail.com BE were concerned about the viability of the project if as many as half of just 25-30 homes were required to be affordable. It was noted that most Councils had an allowance of 30 to 40% affordable homes. Furthermore, the energy efficiency of the homes would not be in the gift of BE, but would be required anyway under Building Regulations. Members pointed out that Coldwaltham Parish lay largely along the A29, within easy reach of the Pulborough supermarkets. Any shop on the development would therefore face serious competition, while still being at some distance from the Post Office in Sandham Hall and from the school. As regards the school, the suggested benefits from a larger development could not be guaranteed. Members noted that these proposed changes were being mooted when the ink was hardly dry on the SDNPA Local Plan. The Parish Council had put much effort into the consultation on the Plan, but constructive proposals for a range of smaller sites had been ignored. If the Council was expected to accept this outcome, then so should BE. The Parish Council agreed, in the light of their discussion, that there was no prospect of their support for a reopening of the housing allocation to the parish in the recently adopted Local Plan. Should BE wish to discuss the style and layout of the houses in the framework of the Local Plan, then the PC would be open to further talks .www.coldwalthampc.org.uk
