GBPC Spring 2020 Newsletter
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Great Barton Newsletter Spring 2020 In this issue: Parish Council Report: Page 5 Village Litter Pick: Page 11 Parking Warning: Page 13 Barton Players: Page 15 Ink Cartridge Recycling at Great Barton Primary: Page 22 Published by Great Barton Parish Council Newsletter Publication Dates Issue Deadline Delivery Spring 1st February Mid February Summer 1st May Mid May Autumn 1st August Mid August Winter 1st November Mid November Deadline for contributions to the Summer newsletter: Midnight Friday 1st May. Thank you Advertising Rates To advertise your business in this Newsletter please contact: Linda Harley. Email: [email protected] (New email address) Advertising Rates Quarter Page Half Page Full Page Colour £75 £150 £300 Black & White £50 £100 £200 Editor: Sarah Bullen, c/o Freedom Church, Mill Rd, Gt Barton, IP31 2RU Tel: 01284 788032 Email: [email protected] Advertising Enquiries: Linda Harley Tel: 01284 787777 Email: [email protected] (New email address) Distribution: Tracey Butt, Vicarage Farm Lane, Gt Barton, IP31 2QF Tel: 01284 787386 Email: [email protected] Village Event Diary To avoid village functions clashing on a particular date a five year diary is held at the Post Office. If you are planning an event please check the diary to ensure that it does not clash with something else and also add your event to help others making their plans. 2 Editorial Hi Everyone, Spring is coming ever closer and ‘you can eat your tea without the light on by the end of February’ or so I’m told by my Mum! I hope you enjoy reading about all that is happening over the next few months. If you are a member of a Club or Society that is mentioned in this newsletter please can you check that we have the correct contact details and let me know if anything needs updating. Also, if you’d like to tell us about anything that is going on in the village and/or your club or society please get in touch. My email address is on page 2. Sarah Bullen Borough Councillors covering Great Barton and The Fornhams: Councillor Sarah Broughton: Manor House, Church Road, Great Barton, IP31 2QR Tel: 01284 787327 Email: [email protected] Councillor Rebecca Hopfensperger: Details below County Councillor: Mrs R Hopfensperger 17 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3AA Tel: 07876 683516 Email: [email protected] Member of Parliament: Rt Hon Jo Churchill MP 10 Hatter Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LZ Tel: 01284 752311 Parish Councillors greatbarton.suffolk.cloud Chairman: Maggie Dunn 01284 787357 Councillors: Peter Fisk 01359 231382 Diana Boys 01284 787748 Matthew Parker 01284 788307 Philip Reeve 01284 787583 Please note that the Parish Clerk, Linda Harley has a new email address: [email protected] 3 Great Barton Parish Council www.greatbarton.onesuffolk.net PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS are held at the Community Room in the Village Hall, commencing at 7.15pm. Public Sessions are available for Parishioners to raise matters in which they are interested. Notice of all Parish Council Meetings and any other important Parish Council information is posted regularly on the Parish Council notice boards: outside the Post Office in The Street, by the Thurston Road mailbox, at the Mill Road/Livermere Road crossroads, outside the Primary School on School Road and on the website. Copies of the minutes of meetings of Great Barton Parish Council are available at a cost of 10p per page. Should you wish to avail yourself of this facility or, if you have any queries, please contact the Clerk to the Council. If you would like to receive updates on the activities of the Parish Council and what is happening in the wider village, please email the Clerk to the Council who can add you to the village email group. Clerk to the Council: Mrs Linda Harley, 6 Garden Close, Great Barton, IP31 2SY Please note new email address: [email protected] Parish Council Meeting Dates 16th March, 18th May, 15th June, 20th July 20th April - short council meeting at 6.30pm followed by Annual Parish Meeting at 7.30pm The full agenda for each meeting will be posted on the village notice board 3 days in advance. Dates can also be found on the village website: greatbarton.suffolk.cloud/parish-council/meeting-dates/ 4 Parish Council Report Welcome to the latest edition of your Newsletter. I hope you had a good festive season. Since then your Parish Council have been very busy so hopefully I will bring you all up to speed on what we have been doing. Firstly, I want to give the whole village’s thanks to Kate Trevitt who has been the backbone of the village and several organisations and committees within the village for a number of years. She was taken ill on the 18th January 2020 and whilst she is undergoing tests and treatment she has resigned from the Parish Council. I have been living in the village for 25 years and Kate has always been there at the centre. She has become a good friend since I joined the Parish Council and the Trustees of the Village Hall. I know you will join me in thanking her for her services to Great Barton and wish her all the best for the future. Stephen Haynes has also had to resign from the Parish Council due to work commitments that make him unable to attend meetings. I also want to thank Julia Briggs for her charitable work now that her garage shop has closed; again she has served our community for many years. We need more people like Kate and Julia to move our village forward into a new era. We still have vacancies for Parish Councillors? Neighbourhood Plan As you know the Neighbourhood Plan is at the consultation stage and we need you to have your say. If you go to the Website www.greatbarton.suffolk.cloud you will find the link to the Neighbourhood Plan and it will show you how to make a comment. You have until the 2nd March 2020. There was a very successful drop-in session on the 18th January 2020 at the Village Hall for residents to view the plans and chat to Councillors and members of the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group. 5 If you have any difficulty making a comment please contact me or Linda Harley for advice. It’s your village and the Neighbourhood Plan will help protect Great Barton in the future so that we keep it as we want it. Your views are essential. Can I thank the Neighbourhood Planning Team for their hard and dedicated work to get the plan to where it is now. Again another set of people who have Great Barton at their hearts, we are so lucky that these people want the best for our village. Berkley Homes Development As you will be aware Berkeley Homes put in for planning permission for the first phase of the development of the site next to the railway bridge and A143. You can see the plans on the West Suffolk Planning Portal. You may be asking why this is part of Great Barton and not Moreton Hall? Your Parish Council decided that if we made it part of Great Barton we could have a say and hopefully influence what is there. The first phase is for 292 properties from flats to 4 bedroom houses, we are looking at the style of house proposed and the number. The density is more than we wanted and we are trying to change this. We want it to reflect the Housing Needs Survey done as part of the Neighbourhood Plan. We are looking at the transport plans to make sure we get the best for Great Barton. Please comment on this as well as it is an on going process. Maggie’s Moans Speeding Can I ask you all to think about your speed within the Village. Our speed cameras record the speed of vehicles in the village and if we all travel slower, others may follow suit. It is not only other people who speed, it is us, so please slow down. 6 Litter Can we all make sure that we take our litter home or bin it. Now that hedges are bare we can see all the litter that has collected and it does make the village look tatty. With that in mind, the VILLAGE LITTER PICK is on Saturday 4th April 2020 from the Village Hall at 10.00am. Followed by sausage and bacon rolls back at the Village Hall for all who help - It’s good fun and makes a difference to the village. Dog Fouling Please clear up after your dog, it keeps the village tidy. The big moan is the Village Hall Playing Field, it is used for games for all ages and there is nothing worse than dog poo on the football pitch. IF IT CONTINUES THE TRUSTEES WILL BAN DOGS FROM THE FIELD ON HEALTH GROUNDS. Annual Parish Meeting Monday 20th April, 7.30pm at the Village Hall Come along and keep up to date with what is going on in Great Barton. Guest speakers, an update on the Neighbourhood Plan and a chance to question your Local, Borough and County Councillors. Refreshments served after the meeting. 7 Tree Preservation Orders What is a Tree Preservation Order? A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by a local planning authority in England to protect specific trees, groups of trees or woodlands in the interest of amenity. An order prohibits: Cutting down, Topping, Lopping, Up- rooting, Wilful damage and/or Wilful destruction without the authority's written consent.