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Focus-18-Nov-Dec-2014.Pdf BLYTHBURGH FOCUS SERVING BLYTHBURGH, BULCAMP AND HINTON Issue No.18 http://blythburgh.onesuffolk.net November/December 2014 Council wins battle for flashing speed signs Blythburgh Parish Council has finally won its parish council has to be agreed with Suffolk nearly eight-year battle for flashing speed County Council before the system can be warning signs on the A12 and Dunwich Road. installed. Once formal agreement with the Following discussions with Suffolk County county council is reached, the sign can be Council and manufacturers of the signs, the ordered with a likely delivery of time of four to council has agreed to purchase one sign and five weeks. supporting equipment at a cost of £3,035, which The Parish Council is also keen to install will be moved around three sites in the village. prominent gateway signs for the A12 and possibly the B1125. The sites are at each of the A12 entries to the village and one as near as possible to the The estimated cost of providing gateways and southern entry into Dunwich Road. Suffolk new signs is approximately £2400 per pair of County Council will install three posts at a cost large oak gateways for supply and construction of £150 each at sites already agreed between plus a total of approximately £3000 for the parish council and Suffolk County Council’s investigation, design and safety checks regardless highways department. Financing for the system of the quantity. The total cost of two gateways was agreed at the November meeting of the on the A12 would be approximately £7,800 or parish council. around £10,200 if the B1125 was included. The parish council will be responsible for The council has agreed to budget for £3.000 moving the sign to each of the sites following towards the cost and to seek grants to finance clear advice from the Department of Transport the three gateways. The Blythburgh Latitude that fixed signs are less effective as motorists Trust has agreed in principle to provide up to become familiar with them and ignore them. £5,000. The sign will also store data recording each Gateway village entry signs are a popular speed traffic movement, when and at what speed it reduction measure in rural Suffolk. Their passed. This will be downloaded by the parish effectiveness is difficult to quantify but council when the sign is moved. The information Department of Transport studies found that will be reviewed every six months or so to they reduce speeds, especially when used in identify possible hot spots and to measure the conjunction with other measures such as road sign’s effectiveness. markings, speed limit roundels, and flashing The erection and type of sign chosen by the speed warning signs. Inside: Page 3, Council sets precept for 2014-15; Page 5, Handbook for newcomers and film club; Page 6, Blythburgh Reflections; Page 11, In the company of spies; Page 13, news from Holy Trinity; Page 14 and 15, A walk along the Blyth; Page 16, Daisy Bank Page 2 Issue 18 Paul Cook Gardening Services Fully Insured Gardening * Grass Cutting Strimming* Hedge Cutting Fencing repaired or replaced Free Quotations on Request Mobile: 07879 285971 Issue 18 Page 3 NEWS FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL Parish precept set for 2015-2016 Blythburgh with Bulcamp and Hinton Parish David Tytler, council chair, thanked the finance Council decided at its November meeting to advisory group for their very thorough work in raise the parish precept, which pays for the reviewing council expenditure and laying the upkeep of the parish and for special projects basis for a secure financial future. such as traffic management, by 3 per cent, which Planning: The council raised some concerns represents a small increase for every about the creation of a two-bedroom dwelling household. and a three-bedroom dwelling at Redcap Farm, The precept will rise from £6,643.50 to Hinton. Whilst the council had no objection to £6,842.81, a cash rise of £199.31, spread around the extensions, the council thought work should the 200 or so houses in the village, depending be delayed until there had been a further survey on the council tax band. The parish also on the impact of the development on the bat receives a council tax support o £6.50, a fall on population. last year’s £16.98. Had there been no increase, The council had no objections to the relocation there would have been a shortfall in the general of existing solar panels at Creek Cabin, Reydon running costs of £179 on the year. Road, Blythburgh. The council’s general running costs of £6,839 a New street name: The council recommended year include the clerk’s remuneration; that the road in the new development in subscriptions; parish council audits and Dunwich Road should be Amberley Close. insurance for the council and the village hall; annual playsite inspection; grass cutting and bus Police report: In the parish during October shelter cleaning; speed gun calibration, assuming there was one theft from a person, which had Speedwatch resumes in Spring; training for clerk been undetected, and one drink drive offence, and councillors; the Villager of the Year; now being processed. donation to the Air Ambulance; and costs of the Council election: The next election for the annual village meeting. seven councillors on Blythburgh with Bulcamp In planning for the future the council has and Hinton Parish Council will be combined allocated £4,000 for vehicle activated speed with the General Election and the election of signs; £1,000 for village hall maintenance; £500 district councillors to Suffolk Coastal District for the village hall driveway; £1,000 for playsite Council on Thursday May 7 2015. If you would update; May council elections, £700. It has also like to put your name forward please contact budgeted for £3,000 towards the cost of village the Parish Clerk, Jim Boggis on 478687. gateways. YOUR PARISH COUNCILLORS BLYTHBURGH ASSOCIATIONS Horticultural Society Chair: David Tytler Jenny Allen 01502 478314 01502 478521 Blythburgh Matters Vice Chair/Chair planning Ro Williams 01502 478484 advisory group: Alan Mackley Film Club Olive Forsythe 01502 478521 Chair finance advisory group Neighbourhood Watch John Blakesley Vacant Speed Watch Councillors Vacant Alan De Thabrew, Debbie Gifkins Village Hall Roderick Orr-Ewing, Cliff Waller Olive Forsythe 01502 478521 Clerk: Jim Boggis 01502 478687 01502 478217 Specialising in steak and seafood Open 7 days a week, serving food all day at weekends Booking advisable Four self-contained en suite letting rooms B&B See our Smokehouse Board offering fish, prawns etc from our own on-site smokehouse Fizz & chips - The last Friday evening of the month. Fish sharing board for two and a glass of Prosecco £12.00 per person Winter warmer evenings - 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. £12 per person for a warming meal from a choice of three plus either half a pint of Adnams’ bitter or a small glass of house wine. Every Friday – take-out fish and chips £6.95 Quiz night – second Tuesday of every month Now taking bookings for Christmas party menu and New Years Eve Issue 18 Page 5 Newcomers to get a village handbook A warm welcome to Blythburgh, one of Suffolk’s most historic villages The Parish Council is preparing a village handbook to be given free of charge to new residents moving into Blythburgh, Hinton and Bulcamp. The illustrated A5 folder will include a brief history of Blythburgh, a guide to Holy Trinity, an introduction to the Parish Council, the Village Hall, the Blythburgh Latitude Trust and local organisations including the Film Club, Horticultural Society, Blythburgh Matters, the Blyth Belles, Bell Ringers and the Blythburgh Focus. Anybody wishing to place an entry should contact David Tytler on 01502 478521 or email [email protected]. It is hoped to have the folders ready by the end of December. The handbook will be available on line and in hard copy for £3. Film nights in Blythburgh Blythburgh Film Club’s next films will be shown on Friday December 5 at 7.30pm, doors opening at 7pm, with a children’s matinee on Saturday December 6 at 3.15pm, doors opening at 3pm. Wine will be available but you can also bring your own refreshments to the adult showing. Pop corn, a soft drink and an ice cream will be supplied at the matinee. The White Hart will provide fish and chips from 6pm to 7pm on Friday for cinema goers at £7 a head. Booking is essential. mentioning that you are a film goer and letting bar staff know you have arrived. Films will normally be shown on the first Friday of each month although the January showings have been moved to January 9 and 10 in order to avoid the Christmas and New Year holidays. Terms of the licence held by the hall restrict advertising of the films to be shown. Parishioners who are members of Blythburgh M@tters or have signed up to the film club’s mailing list will be notified automatically. If you are not already on the email list but would like to be, please email [email protected] Details will also appear on the Parish Council notice boards. There is no charge for the film but voluntary donations of £3 for adults and £1 for children towards the upkeep of the village hall and its services would be appreciated. Films will be shown monthly during the winter. The following films have been shown so far: Richard Curtis’s About Time; Rio; The Grand Budapest Hotel: Judy Dench and Steve Coogan in Philomena; Frozen; Richard Attenborough’s Oh! What a Lovely War; and How To Train Your Dragon.
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