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48 Parish Council News

Findon Parish Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 11th December 2019. Nepcote Green Pond Following the recent rainfall, the pond area has captured some surface water from the road gullies and run-off from the southern side of the road, the latter occurring due to the road camber and the running over the gully grids. On a recent visit confirming the condition of the area, it was recommended the Clerk writes to West Sussex County Council (WSCC) requesting the clearance of the gullies and jetting of the drainage pipes. At the edge of the road, there are three pipes discharging into a channel leading to the pond area. At this location, bank and channel erosion has occurred resulting in the water dissipating into the ground and not directly reaching the pond area. There has been a measure of effort made to prevent erosion by the use of concrete filled sandbags below the point of discharge of the two visible pipes. If the purpose of the three pipes is to simply take the water run-off away from the road surface downhill and thus the village, and soak into the surrounding ground then there is no need to act other than to maintain vigilance to prevent blockages of water flow. However, if the purpose of the pipes is to directly discharge the maximum quantity of water run-off into the pond area then this is not succeeding and some preventa-

tive work is required. It has been expressed by both councillors and members of the public that the opportunity to create a standing pond instead of allowing the collected water to soak away should be explored as an alternative option. The Working Party (The Findon Village Volunteers) Having completed their restoration/repair work on the Preschool building, they have concentrated in the last few weeks on leaf clearance in Nepcote Lane and along the A24 footpaths (with the cutting up and removal of the odd fallen tree). Furthermore, final clearance has come through from WSCC, and the Working Party will be undertaking the relocation of the North End bus shelter to a new site near Homewood early in the New Year. New Bins Arun District Council (ADC) has replaced the litter bin by the Post Box at the Village Stores with a larger ADC branded bin and taken away the bin on the pavement near the road. The bin will be monitored to ensure that it is regularly emptied on a Monday and Friday, as advised by ADC. www.findonparishcouncil.gov.uk