Free Newsletter - Issue 44 - Spring 2017 NEW TRUST OFFICE OPEN BY END OF SUMMER Work is underway at Gosling Sike Farm, Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s northern office at Houghton, to create a volunteer and training centre. The new designs for the project formed part of the revised planning application submitted on 22 November 2016. Finally, full planning permission was received on 23 January 2017 and work began the next day. Rob Davies, Senior Facilities Officer at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, explains more about the project:“We have managed to reduce the environmental impact of a new build by reusing a modular building from Burnley Hospital. Artists Impression The building was transported and installed on site on 13 February. It arrived on seven Congratulations to Susan Aglionby OBE articulated lorries and was A well known resident of craned into place before being Houghton, Susan recently bolted back together; the whole visited Buckingham Place to operation took only five hours received her OBE (Order of to complete. The exterior of the the British Empire), for building will receive a ‘make- services to young people over’ in the form of a new roof and the local community in and larch cladding using wood Cumbria. taken from our own Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve, near In 2011 Susan donated a Crosthwaite.” large part of her organic farm in Houghton to Cumbria Wildlife Trust hopes Cumbria Wildlife Trust (see that the centre will be headline story). completed by the end of the summer She has also been involved with the Girl Guiding movement and Cumbria Community Foundation. Houghton Clarkey’s CofE Quiz School Pages 14 -15 Page 6 More of your favourite Echo features inside… This is an incredibly easy soup to make and will only take you Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup about 45 minutes from start to finish. The resultant soup is Serves four to six rich and velvety with a beautiful flavour which is a INGREDIENTS: little out of the ordinary. The 28 gm Butter addition of the lemon juice 1 large onion gives it a really nice piquancy. 1kg sweet potatoes 750ml chicken stock METHOD: 400ml tin of coconut milk Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a moderate heat and peel and chop the onion and add to the pan Juice of half a lemon (2 tbs) and fry gently until clear and soft. Salt and pepper Next peel and chop the sweet potatoes and add to the pan. Give everything a good stir before adding the chicken stock. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and cover the pan and simmer for about 20 minutes until the potatoes have softened. Use a stick blender or food processor to purée the mixture before stirring in the coconut milk and the juice of half a lemon. Reheat and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with crusty bread or a few croutons scattered on top. 3 Stanwix Rural Parish Council HOUGHTON | LINSTOCK | CROSBY | BRUNSTOCK | RICKERBY | WHITECLOSEGATE | TARRABY COUNCIL MEETINGS CITY COUNCILLORS These are held on the second Wednesday of each CLLR M BOWMAN month commencing at 19:30. Ferndale, Corby Hill, Carlisle, CA4 8QG Tel: 561185 For up to date information on venues, please see the notices and agendas etc. on Parish Council notice boards and now also on the web site - see below. CLLR J R BAINBRIDGE 3 Granville Road, Carlsle, CA2 7AZ The council meeting may be adjourned at the Tel: 402980 discretion of the chairman, in order to allow members of the public to address the meeting COUNTY COUNCILLOR regarding business to be transacted at the meeting. CLLR J MALLINSON 17 Wolsty Close, Carlisle, CA3 0PB Electors wishing to bring matters of concern to the Tel: 533746 councils attention are asked to contact the Parish Clerk or a councillor. PLANNING APPLICATIONS PARISH CLERK The Clerk receives copies of the applications within the Sarah Kyle parish area and electors are welcome to view theses by Clerk to the Stanwix Rural Parish arrangement with the Clerk. Council Hill House They are also available to view using the link on the Parish Walton Council’s website. Brampton Comments and opinions should be put into writing(a copy CA8 2DY being sent to the Parish Clerk) to: Planning Services, Tel: 01228 231124 Carlisle City Council, Email: [email protected] Civic Centre, Website: www.stanwixrural.co.uk Carlisle CA3 8QG HIGHWAYS COUNCILLORS Electors are reminded that complaints and other concerns CLLR M FOX (Chairman) in respect of highways matters should, in the Mitre House, Crosby on Eden, Carlisle, CA6 4QN first instance, be reported via: Tel: 595117 CUMBRIA HIGHWAYS HOTLINE Tel: 0300 303 2992 CLLR C DUNCAN or 2, Orchard Gardens, Houghton Tel: 0845 609 6609 Tel: 549204 (Answer Phone - evenings, weekends and public holidays) Email: [email protected] CLLR R GORDON Please note: 13 , The Nurseries, Linstock, CA6 4RR Cost of calls may vary depending on mobile provider Tel: 539158 CLLR A D LIGHTFOOT 8, Orchard Lane, Houghton, CA6 0LY Tel: 523645 CLLR C NICHOLSON (Vice-Chairman) 7, Whiteclosegate, CA3 0JA Tel: 536895 CLLR M SHERRIFF 1, Beech Grove Gardens, Houghton, CA3 0LR CLLR TONY COLES 3, Drawdykes Lane, Houghton, Carlisle CA3 0LT Tel: 598 540 4 Stanwix Rural Parish Council HEADLINES COUNCILLOR CHANGES We also funded investigation into the motorway noise During the past year, Hamish Phillips, the Vice problem being experienced in Linstock, Brunstock and Chairman resigned for business reasons. During his Houghton; the report is awaited. Grant applications have time with the Council, Hamish was instrumental in just been approved for the forthcoming year and we look re-establishing the Houghton Fair, working on the forward to supporting many community groups once footpath project and working with Craig Nicholson in again. the production of the Houghton Echo. He will be missed for the range of his work and his expertise. CROSBY FLOOD GROUP The Council was fortunate in being able to make a The Council has continued to support the Crosby Flood co-opted appointment with Tony Coles joining the Group in its response to various official Flood Reports and Council. Tony has had experience with another the Group’s efforts to secure better protection for the parish council and had moved to the area. He has community. Progress with the leading agencies has been settled in very well. slow and a consultation on options is due in the early We do still have vacancies on the Council; if you summer. A survey of the number of properties flooded is have an hour or so to spare each month please do being undertaken and there is an agreement with the get in touch with us. Parochial Church Council that the Church can be used as a reception centre in the event of a flood. A revised PRECEPT emergency plan will be produced. For the past year, the level of funding raised through the Council Tax was held at previous year’s level of COMMUNITY PLAN £40,540. For the coming year, the level will remain During the year a new Community Plan was produced and at the 2010 level. circulated and will run from 2017 to 2021. The plan was produced following responses to a community HOUGHTON SUMMER FAIR questionnaire and 4 public meetings held at venues in the This was held again and was positive considering the Parish. To achieve progress the Council wishes to work poor weather on the morning of the day. With with a range of Agencies and other Councils. It also wishes support from members of the local community and to work with its the Parish Council the Fair was a success with a good local communities to deliver projects for your area. This is community response. The plans for this year’s Fair particularly important at a time of widespread pressure on are outlined elsewhere in this newsletter. We hope finance. If you wish to offer your skills and expertise, for better weather. The Fair is funded through please let us know. sponsorship, grants and the Council’s income. Over the year there were 11 ordinary meetings of the SUMMER PLAY SCHEMES Parish Council and additional meetings of its working These again ran successfully with funding from the groups. The Annual Parish Meeting was also held. Council. Attendances were down slightly on previous Over 40 planning applications were considered 2 of them years. However, there is still much support from the being major. The outline application in Brunstock was community and another programme will run this revised and reduced in size from 12 to 9 dwellings. year - see our advert on the previous page of ‘The Although there remained objections from the residents Echo’. and the Parish Council the scheme was recently approved by the Local Planning Authority. PARISH COUNCIL GRANT SCHEME This attracted a range of applications, slightly lower Another outline application for a major development, on than in the previous year and it was possible to the Hadrian’s Camp site, proposed 235 houses. The Parish support all eligible applications. These included the Council held a public meeting in Houghton s to hear the 1�� Houghton Rainbows and Guides, Crosby Parish views of local residents. The meeting was very helpful and Hall, Linstock WI Hall and Carlisle Centurions FC to informative in enabling the parish council to put forward a name only a few. substantial objection. The application was withdrawn. 5 Clarkey’s Quiz 1. Which chemical element is the predominant constituent 28. Which position does Rex Tillerson hold in Donald of Charcoal? Trump’s government? 2. How is the pupa form of most butterflies and moths 29.