MUTFORD NEWS Issue 24: August 2020 This newsletter is produced & delivered to every house in Mutford by volunteers. If you would like to help, contribute or comment, please get in touch: [email protected] or call Jenny 476518 Mutford Parish Council Meetings The next scheduled meeting of Mutford Parish Council is Monday 7th September. It is not known at this time whether the meeting CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) will be a ‘virtual’ meeting via Zoom or in Keep informed of the latest advice and person at the Village Hall. For more details guidance on the coronavirus crisis. please go to http://mutford.suffolk.cloud/ NHS or contact John Armstrong, Parish Clerk: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus- 01502 476418 [email protected] covid-19/ Government response Speeding traffic – SLOW DOWN!! https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Speeding traffic has been a topic of If you are unable to access these sites for concern at several recent Parish Council any reason, please ask a family member, meetings, including a specific issue with friend or neighbour to find out the delivery vans along Holly Lane. information for you. There have been several road traffic incidents in the village in recent months – Thank You! including one which resulted in someone This free community newsletter is being taken to hospital, and another which celebrating its 2nd birthday! led to the death of a much-loved pet cat. Thank you to all the volunteers who help Whilst some of these speeding vehicles distribute the copies to every home in the come from outside the parish, all residents village. We hope you enjoy reading it. are urged to drive carefully on the lanes in If you’d like to help, please email and around the village, respecting all other [email protected] road users – and the speed limits. St Andrew’s, Mutford The Vehicle Activated Sign, Services will re-start this month (August) currently located near with Morning Worship at 11.00am on Newson Avenue, has shown Sunday 9th August. that the majority of vehicles exceed the 30mph speed limit The service will be held along at that point. Government and Diocesan guidelines (no books, no singing, spatial distancing and On some days several vehicles are recorded facial coverings): a service, but not as we as travelling in excess of 60mph. Please slow know it! down! All are welcome but if you are coming Please drive carefully through the village. Respect all road users please notify the Church Warden in advance so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Martin Warnes 07919 855726 [email protected] PLANNING APPLICATIONS Planning application for site Applications within the parish of Mutford adjoining Mutford Info. correct as of 28th July 2020 • Use land to give young people and adults Full details of all East Council (ESC) with learning disabilities &/or needs/ planning applications: facing barriers, to access services. An http://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/publicaccess/ opportunity to learn new skills and be CURRENT PLANNING APPLICATIONS involved in countryside activities. • Listed Building Consent - Single storey rear Additional hedging, grass reinforced extension. Meadowview, Hulver Road parking, mobility issues caravan/ outdoor camping 4-6 pitches, log cabins for toilets, Mutford Suffolk NR34 7UW showers, community activities, ESC status: Awaiting decision educational events- woodland and • Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - Use of wildlife walks- wildlife, picnic benches, the property colonising as a residence by allotments, replace existing sheds to someone who is not employed or last match existing, new 3.6 by 6.0 metre shed. employed in agriculture or in an industry Project Gold Crest. Rushmere Road and mainly dependent on agriculture or the Chapel Road. Rushmere. Suffolk dependant of such a person. NR34 8ED Coligny. Mutford Wood. Mutford ESC status: Permitted (with conditions) . Suffolk NR33 8HF Did you know… ESC status: Awaiting decision You can opt out of receiving any RECENT DECISIONS unsolicited telesales calls. • First floor side extension creating an You can register your phone number, additional bedroom with a car port either landline or mobile, on the TPS underneath. website https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ or Spring Cottage. 4 Hulver Road, Mutford by phoning 0345 070 0707. It's free to Beccles. Suffolk NR34 7UW register and takes up to 28 days to come ESC status: Permitted into effect. Mobile phone users can add their number APPEALS to the TPS register by texting ‘TPS’ and their • Construction of single storey dwelling, email address to 85095. They will receive a drive access, fencing, materials. text reply from the TPS confirming their Rivendell Church Road Mutford Beccles mobile number has been successfully Suffolk NR34 7UZ added to its database. Status: Appeal in progress It’s a legal requirement that telemarketers Did you know… do not call a number registered to the TPS. The Government recently announced However, registering with the TPS won't £170m funding for flood defences across stop all unwanted calls. Firms may still call – including £43.5m for a tidal you if you've previously given them barrier and flood walls in Lowestoft, and permission to contact you by phone. To £3.3m for a flood management scheme for stop these calls, contact the firm in Benacre and . question (preferably in writing) and ask https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/news/once- them not to call you for marketing in-a-century-opportunity-for-lowestoft- purposes. secured/ For more information on nuisance calls: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms- Lowestoft Town Centre Masterplan and-internet/advice-for-consumers/problems/ A ‘blueprint for change’ recently unveiled tackling-nuisance-calls-and-messages/ https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/business/regener protecting-yourself-from-nuisance-calls-and- ation-projects/ltcm/ messages Stay alert Community Chain We can all help control coronavirus if we all Please contact [email protected] stay alert. if you’d like to join the Community Chain email alert. This is sent out as and when The advice is (as of 28th July): necessary e.g. if there is new government • stay at home as much as possible guidance on coronavirus, or local police • work from home if you can updates. These email updates will not replace this newsletter. • limit contact with other people Don’t forget • keep your distance if you go out (still Natural England recently issued a revised keeping 2 metres apart where possible) Countryside Code: • wash your hands regularly Respect other people Do not leave home if you or anyone in your • Consider the local community and household has symptoms: other people enjoying the outdoors • Park carefully so access to gateways • a high temperature, and driveways are clear • a new continuous cough; • Leave gates and property as you find them • a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste. • Follow paths but give way to others where it’s narrow The guidance to shield for people who are Protect the natural environment clinically extremely vulnerable will pause • Leave no trace of your visit, take all from 1st August. your litter home Face-coverings • Don’t have BBQs or fires You must now wear a face covering at all • Keep dogs under effective control times on public transport, in shops/ • Dog poo - bag it and bin it supermarkets; indoor shopping centres; Enjoy the outdoors banks, building societies, and post offices or • Plan ahead, check what facilities are when attending a hospital as a visitor or open, be prepared outpatient. • Follow advice and local signs and obey Face coverings should cover the nose and social distancing measures mouth. You can buy reusable or single-use face coverings. You can also use a scarf, Nature Corner bandana, or hand-made cloth covering but There are a few days left to take part in these must securely fit round the side of the the Big Butterfly Count - a UK-wide survey face. aimed at helping to assess the health of our environment simply by counting the Go to https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus for a amount and type of butterflies (and some full set of guidance and support day-flying moths) we see. Between Friday 17th July and Sunday 9th August choose a place to spot butterflies and moths. Watch for 15 minutes. Then record which species you see. For more info: https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly- conservation.org/ Beccles Lido Waste Bin collection The heated open air swimming pool on Wednesday 5th August – Black bin Puddingmoor, Beccles, is now open. Wednesday 12th August – Blue & Green Open 7am – 7pm. th You must pre-book Wednesday 19 August – Black www.bookwhen.com/beccleslido Wednesday 26th August – Blue & Green Or call 07561 607263 between 10-12am Wednesday 2nd September – Black For full details: https://beccleslido.com/ Bins should be out by 6am Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve For missed bins call 03330 162000 8.45am-5pm Mon/ Tues/ Wed/ Fridays Suffolk Wildlife Trust visitor centre and hides 9.30am – 5pm Thursdays are all still closed but there are miles of accessible footpaths around the reserve. RECYCLING CENTRE (‘Council tip’) Keep dogs on leads at all times. Free parking The recycling centre in Hadenham Road, at Burnt Hill Lane, Lowestoft NR33 7NF is open but you must https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/carlton book a designated time slot. Open 9am to 5pm every day except Farmers Market, old heliport Thursdays (open until 7pm) and 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month. Wednesdays (closed). Next markets: For more info. and to book a slot, go to: Saturday 1st and 15th August https://www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/where- th th Saturday 5 and 19 September to-recycle/recycling-centres/suffolk- 9am – 1pm. recycling-centres-booking-page One way system, no hot food/café area. To report fly-tipping Suffolk Libraries www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/waste/fly-tipping Beccles Library is open 11am – 3pm every Or call East Suffolk Council: day except Thursdays and Sundays. There is 03330 162 000 a limited service, with ‘Select and collect’ rather than the usual browsing. No printing, To report pot-holes in local roads computing or room hire. https://highwaysreporting.suffolk.gov.uk/ For more info, call 01473 35124 Or call Suffolk County Council: email [email protected] or go to 0345 606 6171 www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/coronavirus/ To report power cuts or damage to electricity power lines The mobile library has re-started its’ monthly Dial 105 . This is a free service, which you visit to Mutford, stopping in 3 places: can call from landlines and most mobile • 10.30-10.45am: near SWB Garage, Hulver phones. If there is a serious immediate risk, Road call the emergency services too. • 10.50-11.05am: near Serenity Hair & Police Beauty, Hulver Road Call 101 for non-urgent matters • 11.10-11.25am: Mutford Village Hall Always call 999 for emergencies Next visits: Thursday 6th August & Thursday 3rd To report something anonymously call September Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

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