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Diary dates February The Villager 9 Greywell Tea Pot Cafe 12 Up Nately Coffee February 2016 Volume 45 No 1 Morning 17 Lent Lunch - Meddings The community newsletter for Mapledurwell, Farmhouse, Up Nately, Newnham, Nately Scures & Greywell Mapledurwell, 12.30pm 17 Lent Course, Dower House, Greywell, 2pm United Parish Children’s Fun Day 18 Lent Course, Jasmine Just as the Christmas holidays began, the Dean, Mapledurwell, United Parish held their second Children’s Fun 8pm Day…or ‘Messy Church’ session! As the rain 18 Hedgerow Management came down in torrents and the wind blew Training Course 9am- relentlessly outside, almost 20 children from 1pm, Ashe Warren Farm, around our parish gathered in the cosy and Basingstoke welcoming village hall of Greywell to make 20 Greywel Coffee & Mobile last minute preparations for Christmas and Library to enjoy some festive fun. A whole range 24 Lent Course, Dower of decorations and presents were lovingly House, Greywell, 2pm created by the children before they turned 25 Lent Course, Jasmine their attention to that very special birthday, Dean, Mapledurwell, re-enacting the story of the Nativity. Such was 8pm their enthusiasm to participate that I think we 25 North Warnborough & had two Marys and even more Josephs! The District Gardening Club, United Parish looks forward to hosting their North Warnborough next ‘Messy Church’ session in the Easter Village Hall, 2.10pm holidays. More information to follow in future 25 Lent Lunch - The Lodge, editions of The Villager. Up Nately, 12.30pm M3 Junction 6 Black Dam Improvement – full weekend closure 5-8 February An invitation to attend Please be advised that we will be fully closing the Black Dam Roundabout from 10pm Friday 5 February to 5am Monday 8 February. During this period, all approaches to the roundabout will be closed with clearly signed diversion routes in place. This closure will allow all surfacing work to be completed, Thursday 18th February 2016 along with signals, signs, safety barriers and road markings. 9.00am-1pm Ashe Warren Farm, Ashe Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG25 3AW Additional tasks including landscaping will be completed Hedgerow s provide food and shelter for many species of w ildlife. Hedgerow s can also using off-peak daytime lane closures and are expected to be prevent soil erosion, capture pollutants such as fertilisers and pesticides running off fields, store carbon to help combat climate change, and provide homes for predators of completed by the end of February. This will be followed by the many pest species. Tw o thirds of England has been continuously hedged for over a thousand years, so many of our older hedgerow s are a w indow into our past. seeding of the newly-landscaped areas which is planned for But no hedge stays the same for ever. Effectively every hedge goes through a life cycle, and good hedge management should recognize this. To manage hedgerow s successfully March, when temperatures will have risen to allow germination. w e must understand how w e can control their natural grow th and ageing patterns w ithout subjecting them to stresses w hich w ill cause long-term damage to their physical structure. Details of this project are available on the Highways England This one day course w ill cover website: www.highways.gov.uk/m3blackdam. Please subscribe • How to apply the Hedgerow Management Cycle to determine the most appropriate management for your hedges (recommended by Natural England w hen applying for CS grants) No 676313.Registered Charity No 201081 to the scheme to receive email alerts when the information is • Managing different types of hedges • Wildlife considerations & Wales updated. • Writing a simple hedgerow management plan • What grants are available for hedgerow management under Countryside Stew ardship Camrose drop-in Centre An indoor session w ill be follow ed by a w alk around the farm looking at the hedgerow s present and applying the theory learnt. There will be collection boxes in our 5 Churches for the homeless In addition, Ashe Warren Farm is home to Wildflow er Turf http://w w w .w ildflow erturf.co.uk . James Hew itson-Brow n, Manager of Wildflow er Turf w ill be joining us to tell us more about Wildflow er Turf and in particular their latest during lent (from 14 February to Easter 27 March) for donations product, Wildflow er Earth. of food to help the centre provide breakfast and lunches for the Booking is essential. Please email Amanda.ingham@hiw w t.org.uk or Company limited by guarantee and reg’d in England needy in Basingstoke. They are well stocked for pasta and rice telephone 01256 381186 by Friday 12th February. at present, but would especially appreciate cereal, sugar, flour (SR and plain), tins of meat (tinned sausages are popular) and other tinned meats to provide a lunch. Please give generously. Thank you. Villager Contact Details Editor: Stephanie Webb 07789 860401 - [email protected]; Distribution: Robin Howard - 07799 664454 Mapledurwell: Lorna Cuthill 354651; Up Nately: Liz Preece 762059; Newnham: Sue Turner - [email protected]; Greywell: Jane Butler - [email protected]; Greywell Parish Clerk: Julian Stanley - [email protected] The Villager February 2016 Issue 1.indd 1 29/01/2016 10:05:20 PARISH PLANNING APPLICATIONS Mapledurwell New applications 16/00040/HSE (6th January) Manor Farm Barn, Tunworth Road, & Up Nately Mapledurwell. Erection of rear conservatory. 15/04532/HSE (23rd December 2015) 12 Canal Reach, Andwell. Erection Next Up Nately of rear extension and partial conversion of garage to form utility room. Coffee Morning 15/04301/FUL (3rd December 2015) Priory Farmhouse, Andwell. Extension The next coffee of permission for temporary change of use approved under BDB/73417 as morning will be held on Class D1 childrens nursery for the period to 31 August 2022. Friday 12th February, Applications pending 10-12, at Leylands. 15/04036/HSE (12th November 2015) Dell Cottage, Greywell Road, Up Contact Jane for more information Nately. Erection of two storey side/rear infill extension and single storey side 762891 extension. Each year we try to find a village Applications granted related charity and in the last year, 15/03677/LDEU (22nd December, reg 29th October) Mapledurwell Barn, we raised £255, which will be donated Tunworth Road, Mapledurwell. Application for certificate of lawfulness for the to the Children’s Cancer Ward in existing use of the barn as general storage. Southampton. 15/03758/RET (9th December, reg 26th October) Hungry Lodge Farm, Down Lane, Mapledurwell. Erection of wall disabled ramp and metal railings to A very warm welcome (retrospective). newly engaged Sean Stevenson and Charlotte Emmett, who have moved 15/03759/AGPD (26th November, reg 29th October) Hungry Lodge Farm, in at 6 St Stephen’s Close. They are Down Lane, Mapledurwell. Erection of agricultural barn for farm machinery not entirely new to the village, having storage (permitted development). rented Gibbs Cottage for some time. 15/02829/LBC (22nd January, reg 11th August) Addisons Farm House, Both of them work in Bracknell, Sean Tunworth Road, Mapledurwell. Repair and replacement of downpipes/ is a Business Development Manager guttering and installation of insulation to original part of roof. at an agricultural and environmental Appeal laboratory company and Charlotte 15/02281/FUL (19th January 2016) Land Adjacent To Blaegrove House, teaches dance at a secondary school. Blaegrove Lane, Up Nately RG27 9PD. Erection of a dwelling house, access, They are planning to marry in 2017 landscaping and associated infrastructure. GARDEN WASTE Appeal Ref: APP/H1705/W/15/3140579 (14th January 2016) Please do not tip your garden waste All responses made to BDBC for their planning consultation will be automatically (or any other rubbish) into the fields forwarded to the Inspector. behind your fences. Amended or further comments shouldbe submitted by 18th February 2016 Please take it to the Council Tip on directly to the Inspector at https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk (Planning Wade Road or contact the council (tel Portal) or by emailing [email protected]. Alternatively send three copies 01256 844844) to arrange for it to be to: Planning Inspectorate - Team CT2, Room 3/10b, Temple Quay House, 2 collected in green bags. The dell near The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN. Mapledurwell Pond is not a waste tip either. Heritage and Identity Fly tipping is illegal. The Royal Society of Arts is collaborating with the Heritage Lottery Fund to better understand the links between heritage and identity at the local scale. Carols around the Pond The RSA has analysed over 100 datasets to produce a Heritage Index to help The carol singing around the Pond was people understand local heritage assets and activities, and access relevant a very festive occasion with delicious data through a single site. Data ranges from the length of canals and size of home-made mulled wine and mince protected wildlife sites, through to the number of historic local businesses and pies, and ably accompanied by John the proportion of residents visiting museums and archives. on his accordion, with a very welcome The Index is designed to stimulate debate about what is valued from the past, brazier to keep out the cold. It was and how that influences the identity of its current residents. This can help a well supported and £127 was collected place achieve its aspirations to grow and prosper, socially and economically. for the Children’s Society. Rachel Bebb is a ‘Heritage Ambassador’ for Hampshire, one of a number of Fellows of the RSA who have an interest in heritage and the local community. Next Mapledurwell & Up If you would like to contribute to the conversation please find out more by , Nately Parish Council meeting visiting this link to the RSA’s website and contact Rachel with your contributions Wednesday 9th March, 8pm, directly - http://tinyurl.com/odb3smw Mapledurwell & Up Nately Village Hall Committee Room.