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Yapton News MAY 2021 Issue No. 107 Yapton Parish Council Parish Council Information Chairman The Clerk of the Council (Andrew Gardiner) Stephen Haymes, is currently working from home. Face to Woodlands Park House, face contact is limited but the Clerk can be Main Road, Yapton, BN18 0EZ Tel: 01243 551475 contacted by phone: 01243 859141 Email: [email protected] or by e-mail; [email protected]. Please also visit the Parish Council’s website at Vice-Chairman www.yaptonpc.gov.uk Peter Dunkley, if you need more information 14 Navigation Drive, Yapton, BN18 0FS Tel: 07766 221550 Email: [email protected] Yapton’s current PCSO Natalie Members Shrimpton is leaving in July 2021. Derek Ambler, Natalie will be replaced by 11 Graham Road, Yapton, BN18 0JT PCSO Charlotte Hall. Tel: 01243 551156 Email: [email protected] Charlotte can be contacted, as is the same for all Mark Andrews Sussex Police non-emergency matters by dialing 101 or e-mailing [email protected] 1, The Poplars, Church Road, Yapton, BN18 0EQ or reporting online. Tel: 07493880232 Email: [email protected] Pamela Evans 2, Morningside Crescent, Felpham, Bognor Regis, PO228HL Tel: 01243 868684 With a fair wind our guided tour of Roman Chichester with Paul Ulson as our Mob: 07796657081 guide, will go ahead in June. This will be followed on July 5th with our first Email: [email protected] monthly talk for over a year when Gill Henry will be giving an illustrated talk about ‘Living in the Workhouse – A Personal View’. As usual it will be held in Philippa Greenan, the Clubroom of the Village Hall, doors opening at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. 35 Tack Lee Road, Yapton, BN18 0HB Posters will be displayed nearer the time confirming the details as well as Tel: 07879404738 beingannounced on our web-site. Email: [email protected] There will not be a Monday evening talk in August but a date for your diary is Saturday August 7th, when we will be holding an exhibition in the Clubroom, Vicky Newman, entitled ‘Yapton and Ford – An Exhibition of Images from a Bygone Age’. We Tel: 01243 551207 hope to see you there. Email: [email protected] Allen Misselbrook Tel: 01243 552715 Email: [email protected] Web-site www.yaptonhistory.org.uk Michael O’Dell Tel: 07770665899 Email: [email protected] Amanda Worne, District Councillors: Tel: 07955 723232 Henry Jones, Email: [email protected] 6 Mill View Road, Yapton, Nr Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 0JL E-mail: [email protected] There is currently one vacant position on the Parish Council following the resignation of Graham Holden Amanda Worne, 21 Giles Close, Yapton, Nr Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0LG Committees: E-mail: [email protected] Mark Andrews, (Michael Caiger has been appointed County Councillors: to oversee and manage the Allotments. Tel: 01243 552435) Updated following local election on the 6th May 2021 Emergency & Resilience Middleton division: Jacky Pendleton, Oakdene House, Derek Ambler, Pam Evans, Philippa Greenan, 44 Southdean Drive, Middleton-on-Sea, PO22 7TB Amanda Worne Email: [email protected] Planning Derek Ambler, Mark Andrews, Peter Dunkley, Tel: 01243 585979 Mrs Vicky Newman, Amanda Worne Felpham division: John Charles, Aruntyne, Playing Field 57, Ley Road, Felpham, PO22 7HU Peter Dunkley, Michael O’Dell Email: [email protected] Staffing Tel: 07889 988612 Stephen Haymes, Peter Dunkley, Philippa Greenan YourYapton News MAY 2021 | Issue 107 A very warm welcome to the May 2021 edition year a number of major applications were of your Yapton News. As I am writing this at submitted on behalf of developers. the beginning of May the temperatures outside are more like a cool autumn day and it’s quite As usual as this time of the year, and a reminder breezy – not good growing weather I am led of better weather to come, hopefully, and to believe – let’s hope that Summer weather having seen various reports and advertisements and warmer days and nights are on their way. of things happening in the village over the One good thing about this time of the year is coming weeks, we hope that the easing of the ever extending daylight hours, no excuse coronavirus restrictions and the promise of for not being able to go for that walk in the good weather will help to make these events evening or get some of those outstanding jobs a success. So what makes a successful event? I done in the garden. hope that the efforts of the organisers will be rewarded by a good turnout from villagers and It is pleasing to report on the exceedingly their families and friends to support the many good news that the Coronavirus Pandemic is and varied activities being planned over the receding rapidly in this area from its peak at coming weeks. the beginning of the year. The news that the next step of easing restrictions on May 17th Here are some of the events that I am aware of: is likely to proceed and we look forward to all July 26th to July 30th – Children’s Holiday Club restrictions being eased from 21st June. We – Yapton Free Church hope that anyone who contracted the virus is recovering well and we send our condolences Aug 7th Annual Flower Show/Summer Fair (2 – to any families who have lost a loved one from 4pm) – Cottage Gardeners’ Society the virus. October 2021 - Coles Fair and Fireworks - Coles Included in this edition of the Yapton News, is Fair – exact dates to be confirmed the Chairman’s Report on the work of the Parish Council over the past year which is reproduced So, hopefully, things will be getting back to in full. It’s a timely reminder for me of the wide being close to normality. I am sure there will variety of activities and functions which the be others that I am not Council is involved with over the year. One aware of, and I will try of the primary local functions of the Council to keep the diary up is the review of all Planning Applications for to date on the Parish the parish which have been submitted to Council Website. Arun District Council, as the local Planning If any local club or Authority, and on which the Parish Council is organisation has an given the opportunity to comment. event they wish to advertise free of charge The report indicates that more applications then please contact me were received in the past year, some 66 in total by e-mail below. (compared to 52 in the previous year). The Andrew Gardiner majority of these were relatively straightforward Email: [email protected] household applications, but as in the previous Published by Yapton Parish Council Cover picture - Bilsham Lane by Andy Faulkner 3 You writeYou … Write Dear Sir, And can someone explain to me why they need full name and address on every On Saturday 3rd April I had a fall outside booking? Might as well ask for my credit the shops in Yapton when I tripped on the card details as well, so you can charge me uneven concrete. I would like to thank the for using something which I’ve already people who came to my aid and helped paid for. I expect they would if they me get up. It’s nice to know there is still a thought they could get away with it. They village community here. As I am disabled say this data will be deleted after fourteen it gives you a sense of security to go out. days, but I don’t believe them: why collect all that data if you are not going to do G.W. Westcott anything with it? Why not use it to see Main Road, Yapton who goes to the tip more than once a year and then charge them extra on their council tax? It’ll happen, you’ll see. Dear Sir, Soon the Council will be complaining If you’ve tried to go to the council tip about an increase in fly-tipping, and in Littlehampton or Bognor lately you wondering why it’s happening! And, of will know that you now need to book course, your council tax will have to an appointment. And that you are only increase yet again to pay for clearing up allowed to go once a week. all that fly-tipping. This obviously has nothing to do with Council Tax for the County Council has Covid social distancing: that’s just a ruse. just gone up by 2%, so to reduce service As the rest of the country is coming out is a kick in the teeth to everyone who has of lockdown, the County Council decides been struggling financially over the last to implement more restrictions? No, twelve months. that’s just an excuse for what is clearly a cost reduction exercise, by reducing the I urge everyone to write to our County amount of rubbish collected. Councillor (Jacky Pendleton jacky. [email protected] at the Does anyone believe this “trial” will not time of writing) and ask how they become permanent? In the same way as justify reducing council services while the reduction from being open 7 days a simultaneously increasing the Council week to 5, plus reduced opening hours, Tax. was a trial that became permanent once the Council saw how much money it saved G.J. Westcott them. Yapton 4 Parish of Yapton Chairman’s Report 2020/2021 - BY STEPHEN HAYMES - Introduction Flansham) up until her death.