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UPDATE THE NORTHAW & CUFFLEY PARISH COUNCIL MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE 65 Hello Autumn! INSIDE THIS ISSUE KGV – CUFFLEY CLERK’S OUR NEW HORTICULTURAL UPDATE IN PLAYGROUND SOCIETY PICTURES see page 14 see page 18 see page 24 UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 Travis Perkins Supplies more than 100,000 product lines including general building Materials, timber, plumbing & heating, kitchens, bathrooms, Landscaping materials & tool hire. Next day delivery service Branch Manager Assistant Manager Ryan Shrives Craig Knight Why not take advantage of the Northaw & Cuffley Parish Council Cash Card which offers discount on all our product lines. Simply bring in a copy of this advert. Cuffley Branch Sopers Road, Cuffley, Herts EN6 4SE Tel: 01707 873536 E-mail: [email protected] www.travisperkins.co.uk Opening Times Monday to Friday 7.30am – 5.00pm Saturday 8.00am – 12 noon UPDATE ISSUE 65 CONTENTS Editor: Jason Grocock, Clerk to the Council Page Chairman’s Update . 3-7 SCANGB Update . 8-11 KGV – Our New Playground . 14-15 What’s On At Cuffley Hall . 16 Date for your Diary – Annual Community Party . 17 Cuffley Horticultural Society . 18 The Cuffley Airship VC – 100th Anniversary . 19 Northaw Community Orchard . 20 Friends of St Thomas’s . 22 Clerk’s Update in Pictures . 24 Travel Questionnaire . 25-26 Northaw & Cuffley Parish Local Organisations & Socieites . 27 2 ISSUE 65 Chairman’s Update Autumn 2018 Welcome to our Autumn Update. After a long hot summer we are assessing the impact of the lack of rain on our open spaces and reviewing summer events such as Village Day, The Chairman’s Cup at the Bowls Club, the evening guided walks, the opening of the new playground in Cuffley. and a wonderful visit to the Oshwal Centre. We are now refocusing our work plan, firstly, on our response to the Welwyn Hatfield Green Belt Review, then on our Parish Three Year Plan and the Neighbourhood Plan as well as planning Village events over the next year and Phase Two of the play areas for KGV field in Cuffley. Local Plan The Welwyn Hatfield Green Belt Review has been released. This has been part of the Inspectors Review of the Local Plan. We will have responded to our concerns on the methodology of the report by the 18th September. The Inspector of the Local plan will then decide whether this report can be used to get the Borough to relook at the sites they could release from the greenbelt for potential building now or in the future. See the article in this edition. Neighbourhood Plan We started our Neighbourhood plan three years ago but because of the Local Plan being under review we put this on hold. We are now looking to review particular sections of the plan before we ask residents to comment. If you would be interested in joining us to help us complete the plan we are looking for people with a particular Interest in 1. KGV Field Cuffley to look at the future uses of the field and the amenities that should be available on it, 2. Station Road how we might make it more of a village centre and how we might control the traffic flows through it. 3. The density and style of housing we think should be built in our villages for the future if, further building were to be allowed. We will be looking for a maximum of 5 people to join each of these groups. Other topics maybe added to this list. If you think you might be interested and want further information on how much work might be entailed please let me know by emailing [email protected] Playground The New Playground in Cuffley opened on time, and, in time for the last day of term at Cuffley School so had a great rush of children using it on the first day. Feedback has been very good so a big thank you to Councillor Brook and the working group for their hard work. We have a few teething problems with one rubbish bin overflowing whilst all the rest are empty so will be looking at moving some bins. 3 UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 Events Licencing and Planning permission We have received many complaints about excessive noise and disruption from events in and around our two villages over the summer months. This has come both from a restaurant hosting noisy outdoor parties and events on farmland. We are trying to look at the ways forward working with the Borough Council Licencing and Planning departments and with the event organisers. As many of the events are on greenbelt land there are restrictions on how many days events can be run at a particular location. The 28 days allowed includes setting up and taking down the event. We recently had a useful meeting with Colesdale farm to discuss how things can be improved to prevent the road chaos, noise and litter problems of the previous event. They will be in future just using one events management company to organise their events. This company will be running a phone line throughout the event for residents to report any problems. They would prefer to sort out problems at the time rather than waiting until after the event. They will send this contact number to the Parish Office so that we can put it on the website as well as giving it to the Residents Association for circulation. They will also publish events in good time. Update will come out after their Bank Holiday weekend event so hopefully we will see the benefit of their new systems. We will be meeting with the Borough and Licencing in October so will highlight the number of weekends, particularly over the summer, that are now being disrupted for residents due to the increasing number of local locations running events. Parking After some problems with the Borough Council traffic wardens not being able to issue parking fine notices in Sopers Road carpark, the problems have been resolved, so expect a parking fine if you haven’t paid. The Borough Council wardens have website access so can see if your car has been registered as paying online on that day. The parking fee, which comes to the Parish Council, pays for Business rates, the maintenance of the car park and employment of staff to keep it free of litter and during the winter keep it salted and gritted. The Parish gets no money from parking fines, these all go to the Borough Council. Village Day and 125 years Another enjoyable day, but an absolute scorcher. Around 1500 people braved the soaring temperatures to either help at a stall, perform or just come and enjoy the day. The Bollywood Dancers were a great hit and got the crowd participating in the dancing. I would like to thank the organising committee- Hanal, Nicola, Colin, Nick, Shani, Claire and to all the stall holders, volunteers, sponsors, performers and staff who helped make this a successful event. Thanks also goes to Councillor Sharkey and his grandson who took on the most difficult job of the event each year- carparks. The Bowls Club said they had the best year for visitors during the day and kindly donated £100 to the Charities we collected for on the day so thanks you to them. Andrew Tweed has kindly made a short film of the event so coming soon on the website there will be a link to this. 4 ISSUE 65 Next year the Parish Council will be 125 years old so hope to make Village Day a very special event. If you have any photos of Carnivals, processions or fetes in Northaw and Cuffley over the last 125 year please let us have a copy.If you would like to get involved please let me know. Our first meeting will be in October. Chairman’s Cup The annual Chairman’s Cup event at the Bowls Club is one of a few events when the Chairman gets to wear the official Chain of Office .The Club are always very welcoming and it was great to sit in the peace of a Cuffley afternoon with just the click of the bowling balls and words of encouragement between players. The skill of the players has obviously been honed from many hours of practise over many years and although all players have that competitive streak the obvious companionship between all the players is apparent. This is one of the friendliest clubs I have been to and members are always happy to introduce people to this great sport for all ages. Chairman’s Cup winners 2018 Maureen and Roy. 5 UPDATE OCTOBER 2018 Staff Leaving We are sorry to be saying goodbye to our Financial Officer, Hilary. She has been a massive asset to the Council over the last few years. We wish her all the best for the future but would love to have her back if she finds she has free time. Oshwal Centre 50th Anniversary of the Oshwal Association of the UK Many of you may not know that hidden away on Coopers Lane Road, Northaw is the most awe inspiring Jain Temple and Community Centre in the most beautiful country setting. I was honoured to be invited to their 50th Anniversary celebrations along with the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield, Barbara Fitzsimmons. The two days gave me a chance to understand more about their community and culture, and to eat the most delicious vegetarian food. We often talk about community events in our Villages and I think we have a lot to learn from the Oshwal community who have a sense of real belonging and responsibility for each other.