DOCSLIB.ORG

Acorn Edition 65 Spring 2018 Aston Community Organisations Reviews & News

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Acorn Edition 65 Spring 2018 Aston Community Organisations Reviews & News Acorn Edition 65 Spring 2018 Aston Community Organisations Reviews & News Village events Group meetings Easter services Sports report Local businesses and Tradesmen Three month Diary Page Valentine Day 14th February Mother’s Day 11th March Easter Day Sunday 1st April Getting ready for Spring Friends of Aston Brickyard Plantation Winter gives us the opportunity to see the woodland without its coating of leaves and with a low sun in the sky there are some amazing photo opportunities around the perimeter trails. Squirrels are storing acorns, small mammals are searching out hibernation habitats and volunteers are pulling on extra layers as we continue to manage the site. The hazel groves are being coppiced to allow new growth in the spring, crowded trees are being thinned and saplings are being given space to grow by removing vegetation. We have had spectacular success this year in developing our pond and marsh areas, filled naturally through rainfall and ‘run-off’ and they look as though they’ve been there for ever. Aquatic life is burgeoning and we hope that the wild flower seeds planted around the perimeter and in the grasslands will survive the season and start to bloom next Spring. We’re also giving three enthusiastic young people the opportunity to undertake important conservation work as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Over three months they’ll be creating a new woodland ‘ride’, closed to people but opening up a wildlife corridor for flora and fauna. Follow us on Facebook ‘Aston Brickyard Plantation’ 2 Aston upon Trent Parish Council Chairman: Cllr.Edward Hicklin, Vice Chair: Cllr.Tony Hurrell, Cllr.Catherine Alberts, Cllr Helen Cope. Cllr.Steve Graham, Cllr.Jean Longley, Cllr.Mike Selby. Cllr Chris Toon, Cllr Haydn Wheeler No precept increase for 2018-19 The annual precept has been set with no increase. This is the part of your community tax which comes directly to the Parish Council and is used for improvement and projects within our village. Once the final bill for the development of the recreation centre, which is owned by the council and leased to Recreation in Aston, is finalised the council will be in a position to commit reserves to projects which will include: ● Complete resurfacing the playing field/recreation centre car park. ● Installation of a WW1 commemoration stone and appropriate trees at the Derby Road cemetery. ● The laying of artificial grass inside the playground area at the playing field. ● General improvements and maintenance around the playing field and Greatorex Walk. ● The purchase of new lights for the village Christmas tree. Reduced bus service. Many of you will be aware of the reduced bus service as from late November. This is ironic in view of recent housing developers stressing that our village is well served by public transport! The Council was disappointed that there was no consultation on this reduction but is aware that the service is a business and therefore must be financially viable, so the message is “use it or lose it”. Councillors have arranged an informal meeting with the company which runs the Sky service with a view to requesting that some of the evening buses pass through Aston. Change of Parish boundary? The Council is of the view that the parish boundary should now be reflected as the “settlement boundary” as outlined in the district council’s local plan parts 1 and 2. This would mean all of the Willow Park Way estate, Yates Avenue and the Richmond Village would be designated as being in the Aston parish. However we are informed that Weston parish council would oppose any such change. Preliminary discussions with the district council’s chief executive and Weston parish council are being arranged. A similar proposal was refused a few years ago by none other than the deputy prime minister! Recreation Centre – phase 11 development update. As with the development of older buildings, snags have appeared and the date for completion has been put back until March. Despite the disruption and mess the new part of the centre is functional and groups and sports teams are still continuing. The situation is regrettable but users will benefit in the long term. Lighting up for Advent. How splendid the village looked during Advent with many households lighting up their homes and gardens especially those who contributed to the village - advent - window - trail. We hope you appreciated the village Christmas tree AND the three reindeer who frequented the village green during the festive season. Both were funded by the council. Annual Parish Meeting.Tuesday 17th April @ 7.30pm. Once again invitations will be sent to village organisations and groups to send a representative to the annual parish meeting to report on their years activities. All parishioners are welcome to attend. The Council’s annual “Excellence in the Community Award” will be presented at the meeting. Supporting the Acorn Magazine. The Council is aware of the ever increasing costs of producing your free copy of the Acorn quarterly magazine and therefore has resolved to assist with costs for two years at £420 per year. Remembrance Parade and Service. Once again the council wishes to thank the members of the Royal British Legion for organising our civic parade with the usual military precision and also all who turned out to march, especially the youth organisations. Fly-tipping – the scourge of our countryside. If you spot rubbish along our lanes or in gateways contact our clerk or ring the clean team direct (080058772349) Finally -Congratulations to Mrs Janet Ryles. In the new year honours list Janet was awarded the British Empire Medal for her service to our community which includes over twenty years as leader and organiser of the CAMEO group and for her past work as leader of the brownie pack for many years. A well-deserved award and enjoy your visit to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party. For up to date news of council activities and events log on to www.facebook.com/AstononTrent PC Contact us at Aston-on-Trent Parish Clerk ~ Sheena Butcher 01332 793161 [email protected] Aston & Weston Royal British Legion 3 May I take this opportunity to thank all those people who helped at another successful Remembrance Day Parade, especially the marshalls who have a difficult job of holding motorists up, some who get irate because they cannot wait five minutes while the parade passes. During Remembrancetide we also have our poppy collection period and again my thanks, firstly to our poppy organiser Jane Archer, who not only organised our poppy appeal but a successful 'Poppy Picnic' which was held at the excellent Richmond Village complex where a total of £386.10 was raised for the poppy appeal, thanks also to those ladies who baked cakes. The poppy appeal saw a total of FIFTY collection boxes distributed around the Aston area and together with a number of donations a grand total of £4,260.59 has been raised so far for the poppy appeal which carries over to 2018. Talking about 2018, this will be a poignant year for the RBL with a number of events to commemorate 100 years since the signing of the Armistice Agreement on the 11th November 1918. These will be advertised in future Acorn issues. Why not join us at one of our branch meetings, held every 2nd Monday of the month at the White Hart pub at 19.30hrs.? Jim Ballington Branch Secretary 01332 405268 Village Walk 2017 Supported by The village walk committee would like to thank all walkers who helped to make this year’s event a success. Several hundred people took part and enjoyed the route if not the cool and blustery weather! First and foremost it is a community event and the money raised from the walk has been distributed to the following groups/individuals: Aston Bell Ringers Tower Fund Student raising money for charity trip to Africa Aston Joggers Aston Bowls Club Friends of Aston Brickyard Aston on Trent Aston ‘Hoover’ Group Recreation in Aston The Village Shop Don’t forget, there will be the Aston on Trent 45th village walk on December 27 2018. The White Hart We hope to see you there! Aston on Trent MST Health and fitness - Walk with nature - Ken Adams Sunday 22nd April starting from The Blue Jay car park 10.00 a.m. You are invited to join us on a 2 hour group stroll. It’s a gentle fresh air walk into Spring along the River Derwent embankment and Alvaston park and lake. Flat-easiest of walks. No stiles. 3 miles long. Off road. Toilets part way. We ask for a £2 donation, children with an adult, dogs on a short lead please. Friends Welcome - Just turn up at the start and sign in by 10.00 a.m. ASTON & WESTON BOWLS CLUB The green is currently closed for play. The start of the new season will be Sunday April 1st (Easter Sunday), although this date is subject to weather conditions/state of the green. The annual dinner was held at The Cooper’s Arms in November. Prizes for the club competitions were handed out and the Club person of the year was awarded to Mike Walters in recognition of his work as captain of the league team which achieved some success last season. The old bowling pavilion was cleared and dismantled before Christmas, then a larger concrete base prepared, and the Richmond Sales Office relocated. The Sales Office had to be completely stripped of all fittings prior to removal. Since then a lot of work has been carried out on the new clubhouse internally such as installing lighting, fitting kitchen units and creating two toilets.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Researched by Elizabeth Kay and Liz Priestley
    Researched by Elizabeth Kay and Liz Priestley Introduction In 2005-2006 members of the Village Improvement Committee, a sub-committee of Spondon Community Association transformed the disused cemetery in Chapel Street, Spondon into a sensory garden. The sensory garden was officially opened on Saturday 17th June 2006 by the Mayor of the City of Derby, Councillor John Ahern. It won a Derby in Bloom award shortly after opening. The cemetery The burials in the cemetery are dated between c. 1840-1890. The need for a new burial space had arisen because the clergy, had over time, acquired some of St Werburgh’s Churchyard as part of the Vicarage walled garden. In 1839, after heated debates about this matter, the patron of the living, Rob Holden Esq, offered parishioners a piece of land (twice the amount), adjoining the new School Room, if they relinquished all claims to the Vicarage garden. St Werburgh’s old school, built in 1839, can be seen on the left-hand side of the cemetery. The cost of building the school was £700 and accommodated 220 pupils, who paid two pence a week to attend. It was enlarged in 1880 and could accommodate up to 550 children. In 1969 a new school was built just across the road. A notice in the Derby Mercury 31 May 1848… Thomas Dimock (deceased). For sale by auction two newly-erected dwelling houses with stables and out buildings situated at Stoney Cross by the side of the turnpike between Spondon and Borrowash. These properties were let to Mrs Land and William Locker.
    [Show full text]
  • Derbyshire Parish Registers. Marriages
    942.51019 M. L; Aalp v.4 1379092 GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00727 4241 DERBYSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS. flDarriagea, IV. phiiximore's parish register series. vol. xc. (derbyshire, vol. iv.) One hundred and fifty only printed. I0.ip.cj : Derbyshire Parish Registers, flftat triages. Edited by W. P. W. PHILLIMORE, M.A., B.C.L., AND LL. LL. SIMPSON. £,c VOL. IV. ILon&on Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane. 1908. — PREFACE. As promised in the last volume of the Marriage Registers of Derbyshire, the marriage records of St. Alkmund's form the first instalment of the Registers of the County Town. The Editors do not doubt that these will prove especially interesting to Derbyshire people. In Volume V they hope to print further instalments of town registers in the shape of those of St. Michael's and also some village registers. It will be noticed that St. Alkmund's register begins at the earliest possible date, 1538, but of the remainder, two do not start till the seventeenth century and one, that of Quarndon, synchronizes with the passing of Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act. 1379092 It will be convenient to give here a list of the Derby- shire parishes of which the Registers have been printed in this series: Volume I. Volume II. Dale Abbey Boulton Brailsford Duffield Stanton-by-Dale Hezthalias Lownd Volume III. Stanley or Lund Duffield Spondon Breaston Church Broughton Mellor Kirk Ireton Sandiacre Hault Hucknall Volume IV. Risley Mackworth Derby— St. Alkmund's Ockbrook Allestree Quarndon Tickenhall Foremark It has not been thought needful to print the entries — verbatim.
    [Show full text]
  • Full Council Meeting Agenda 6Th June 2018
    DUFFIELD PARISH COUNCIL Parish Clerk: Mrs Kath Gruber Duffield Parish Council, The Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield, Derbyshire, DE56 4ER Telephone: 01332 842740 E-mail: [email protected] 25 May 2018 To: The Members of Duffield Parish Council Dear Councillor You are summoned to attend the meeting of Duffield Parish Council to be held after at 7.00pm on Wednesday 6 June 2018 at Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield. Yours sincerely K Gruber Kath Gruber AGENDA NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 1 To receive apologies for absence. 2 To consider a Variation of Order of Business 3 To record Declaration of Members Interests in any item to be discussed. Please Note: Members must ensure that they complete the Declarations of Interest sheet prior to the start of the meeting in respect of items other than Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and must indicate the action to be taken (i.e. to stay in the meeting, to leave the meeting or to stay in the meeting to make representations and then leave the meeting prior to any consideration or determination of the item) Where a Member indicates that they have a prejudicial interest but wish to make representations regarding the item before leaving the meeting, those representations must be made under item 4(c) of Public Speaking. The Declarations of Interests for matters other than Disclosable Pecuniary Interests will be read out from the Declaration Sheet – Members will be asked to confirm that the record is correct. 4 To allow for Public Speaking – (maximum of 20 Minutes) 1 (a) A period of not more than twenty minutes will be made available for members of the public and Members of the Council to comment on any matter.
    [Show full text]
  • Peak District National Park Visitor Survey 2005
    PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK VISITOR SURVEY 2005 Performance Review and Research Service www.peakdistrict.gov.uk Peak District National Park Authority Visitor Survey 2005 Member of the Association of National Park Authorities (ANPA) Aldern House Baslow Road Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1AE Tel: (01629) 816 200 Text: (01629) 816 319 Fax: (01629) 816 310 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.peakdistrict.gov.uk Your comments and views on this Report are welcomed. Comments and enquiries can be directed to Sonia Davies, Research Officer on 01629 816 242. This report is accessible from our website, located under ‘publications’. We are happy to provide this information in alternative formats on request where reasonable. ii Acknowledgements Grateful thanks to Chatsworth House Estate for allowing us to survey within their grounds; Moors for the Future Project for their contribution towards this survey; and all the casual staff, rangers and office based staff in the Peak District National Park Authority who have helped towards the collection and collation of the information used for this report. iii Contents Page 1. Introduction 1.1 The Peak District National Park 1 1.2 Background to the survey 1 2. Methodology 2.1 Background to methodology 2 2.2 Location 2 2.3 Dates 3 2.4 Logistics 3 3. Results: 3.1 Number of people 4 3.2 Response rate and confidence limits 4 3.3 Age 7 3.4 Gender 8 3.5 Ethnicity 9 3.6 Economic Activity 11 3.7 Mobility 13 3.8 Group Size 14 3.9 Group Type 14 3.10 Groups with children 16 3.11 Groups with disability 17 3.12
    [Show full text]
  • The Parish Church of St. Philip, Chaddesden a Celebration of Forty Years of Parish Life 1955 - 1995 by Anne Sherwood and Roy Farthing
    The Parish Church of St. Philip, Chaddesden A Celebration of Forty Years of Parish Life 1955 - 1995 by Anne Sherwood and Roy Farthing A New Parish During the dark days of the Second World War Britain's energies were focussed upon survival. However, as the war came to an end and daily life recovered a sense of normality people became increasingly optimistic about the future. As a response to the optimism and to fulfil the needs of ordinary people for solid security Britain began to build houses. The late 40s and early 50s saw the dawning of the housing estate age. Councils up and down the country encouraged the building of homes to reflect and to promote security and prosperity. Derby, like other Midland towns and cities, began to set aside large tracts of land for the building of homes and the establishment of whole new communities. These houses were not the austere terraced homes built by the Victorians to satisfy the needs of a rapidly expanding labour market with scant regard paid to the needs and comfort of the occupiers. Most of the houses built during the late 1940s were semi-detached homes with their own gardens front and back and were get on networks of streets and avenues. It was during this period that plans were made to extend the housing built during the previous - decade along Max Road and its surrounding area. The new housing around Taddington Road was planned to consist of low-cost homes suitable for families. Perched on high ground overlooking the town, the area was given character and identity by naming the streets after Peak District villages and towns and demarcating the property boundaries with low stone walls reminiscent of the dry stone walls of the Peak District.
    [Show full text]
  • Nottingham-Derby Green Belt Review
    Nottingham-Derby Green Belt Review Lynette Hughes Nottinghamshire County Council and Steve Buffery Derbyshire County Council 24 August 2006 This is an information and discussion paper. It is the work of officers and has not been formally considered by any authority. It therefore does not represent the views of any authority or other body. Comments on the paper are welcome and can be forwarded to [email protected] or [email protected]. Executive Summary Page 1 of 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The review comprises: 1. The working paper drafted in March 2006 and finalised in April 2006 2. The assessment paper drafted in July 2006 and finalised in August 2006 3. The implications paper produced in August 2006 The review is the work of officers and has not been formally considered by any authority. The findings of the review have been considered in the formulation of the draft 3 Cities SRS and the draft Northern SRS which will form part of the Regional Plan to be published on 28 September 2006 and tested at a public examination in 2007. A project plan produced and agreed in December 2005 and added to in April 2006 have guided the review work. The review has started from the point that the principle of the green belt is well established and will remain. However, the review is related to the needs of development in the areas where there is green belt at present. General areas for possible extensions to the green belt have also been considered. The government's sustainable communities plan requires that the current area of green belt land within each region should be maintained or increased.
    [Show full text]
  • Rural Discontent in Derbyshire 1830·1850
    RURAL DISCONTENT IN DERBYSHIRE 1830·1850 Alan Frank Jones Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History University of Sheffield January 2004 ii Alan Frank Jones RURAL DISCONTENT IN DERBYSlllRE 1830-1850 ABSTRACT Social protest, especially in agricultural regions, has occupie~ and caused considerable debate among, historians for many years. This thesis seeks to add to this debate, by looking at various forms of protest in Derbyshire between 1830 and 1850. This thesis examines three aspects of criminal activity: poaching, arson and animal maiming. It contends that none of these crimes can simply be categorised as acts of protest. In conjunction with an investigation of these three crimes, acts of protest such as strikes and episodes of reluctance to conform are also discussed. It argues that the motives behind various criminal activities and anti-authority behaviour were varied and complex. Arson and animal maiming were rarely co-ordinated, mostly they were individual attacks. However, on a few occasions both arson and animal maiming were directed against certain people. In the instances of poaching, there were more proven cases of gang participation than in either arson or animal maiming, with groups of men raiding game preserves. However, the great majority of raids were individual undertakings. What is more, poaching was carried out on a greater scale throughout the county than either arson or animal maiming. This thesis seeks to put these activities into the context of economic and social change in Derbyshire between 1830 and 1850. It maintains that there was a breaking down of the old social order.
    [Show full text]
  • Technical Assessment of the Derby Principal Urban Area Green Belt Purposes
    Technical Assessment of the Derby Principal Urban Area Green Belt Purposes September 2012 Technical Assessment of the Derby Principal Urban Area Green Belt Purposes Contents Page 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Background to Need for Joint Study 6 • National Planning Policy Framework: Duty to Cooperate • Derby HMA and Erewash Core Strategies 3 History of the Nottingham – Derby Green Belt 8 • Derbyshire Structure Plans 1990 and 2001 4 Planning Policy Context 11 • National Planning Policy Framework • Regional Planning Policy • Nottingham – Derby Green Belt Review • Local Plan Policy 5 Derby Housing Market Area / Erewash Borough 22 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments 6 Summary of Findings on Green Belt Purposes 25 • Approach to Defining Areas of Derby PUA Green Belt • Summary of Findings of Assessments 7 Conclusions 32 Appendices 34 • Assessment Sheets of Green Belt Purposes 2 1 Executive Summary 1.1 The purpose of this joint study is to carry out an assessment of the five Green Belt purposes of the area of the Nottingham – Derby Green Belt, which is located on the periphery of Derby – the Derby Principal Urban Area (PUA) Green Belt. The five Green Belt purposes are set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The assessment of these purposes is required by Amber Valley Borough, Derby City, Erewash Borough and South Derbyshire District councils to form part of evidence base to inform the preparation of Local Plans (Core Strategies), which are currently being prepared by the four councils. 1.2 Current Green Belt policy at a strategic level is set out in the East Midlands Regional Plan (EMRP).
    [Show full text]
  • Derby City Joint Cultural Needs Analysis for the Derby Creative Arts Network and Reimagine Projects
    Derby city joint cultural needs analysis for the derby creative arts network and reimagine projects Item Type Technical Report Authors Nunn, Alexander; Turner, Royce Citation Nunn, A. and Turner, R. (2020). 'Derby city joint cultural needs analysis for the derby creative arts network and reimagine projects'. Derby: University of Derby. Publisher University of Derby Rights Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Download date 09/10/2021 02:15:43 Item License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624837 Derby City Joint Cultural Needs Analysis for the Derby Creative Arts Network and Reimagine Projects Final Draft 22 February 2020. Prof. Alexander Nunn Dr Royce Turner School of Social Sciences, University of Derby Contents Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Socio-Economic Profile ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Arts and Culture in Derby ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Aligning Arts and Culture with Socio-Economic Need ........................................................................................................ 6 1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Enforcement Register
    EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL Last updated: 10/01/2019 REGISTER OF PLANNING ENFORCEMENT NOTICES, BREACH OF CONDITION NOTICES AND STOP NOTICES Served By Notice Type Address Issued Date Date of Service Date Notice Date for Description of Breach(es) Requirements of Notice Date of Appeal Outcome of Appeal Date of Appeal Revised Date for Actual Date Notes Takes Effect Compliance Decision Compliance with Notice with Notice Notice Complied EBC Enf. Notice - Breach of Land SW Corner Junction of, Moor Lane & 04/12/1963 05/12/1963 01/02/1964 01/03/1964 A) That permission under the Town and Country Planning Acts 1947 and 1951 was Comply with the said condition by ceasing to use the said implment shed and tractor 01/03/1964 Condition Dale Road, Ockbrook, Derbyshire by Notice dated 15 September 1955 (SHA/655/71) granted by the Council for the garage for any purpose other than the housing of agricultural implements. erection of an implement shed and tractor garage on land situate on the south east side of Dale Road Spondon Derbyshire to the south west of its junction with Moor Lane (inter alia) to a condition that the site be used for the housing of agricultural implements. B) that the said condition has not been complied with in that the said shed and garage has been used for purposes other than the housing of agricultural implements. EBC Enf. Notice - Breach of Land SW Corner Junction of, Moor Lane & 04/12/1964 05/12/1964 01/02/1964 01/03/1964 The use of the said land or some part thereof for the following purposes namely 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Peak District National Park Visitor Survey 2005 Appendices
    Appendix 1 : Interview questionnaire 45 Appendix 2 : Moors for the Future Post back questionnaire 46 47 48 49 Appendix 3 : Additional sites post-back questionnaire 50 51 52 53 Appendix 4 : ‘Other’ ethnic categories ?? / Irish British Asian Finnish Mauritian Albanian British Latin French Mexican American British Palestine German New Zealand Anglo-Egyptian Canadian Greek New Zealand Maori Anglo-French Caribbean Greek-Canadian Norwegian Arabian Caribbean English Indonesian Persian Argentinean Chinese British Iranian Peruvian Asian Colombian Iraqi Philippine Asian Caribbean Cyprus Italian Polish Asian Sri Lankan Czech Japanese Saudi Arabian Australian Danish Jordanian Singaporean Austrian Dutch Kenyan South African Belgium East African Latin-American Spanish Black American Egyptian Malaysian Appendix 5 : ‘Other’ economic activity types Baby Gap year Pre school Between jobs Holiday Seasonal work in summer only Carer Lady of leisure Self employed Career break Learning disability Temp health impairment Child Magistrate Temporarily sick Contractor Maternity leave Toddler Disabled Not working Unpaid writer Doing nothing' Part time employment Voluntary work Appendix 6 : ‘Other’ group types Carer Mountain Rescue Colleagues Partners Couple Rambling club Duke of Edinburgh Award Residential home Excursion from Oldham Social activity Guiding Training International studies Visiting student Learning disability group Work colleagues 54 Appendix 7 : Locations of stay in the National Park used by staying respondents a) Inside the Peak District National Park
    [Show full text]
  • Boundary Commission for England Proceedings at the 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in England Held at Cathedral Quar
    BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND PROCEEDINGS AT THE 2018 REVIEW OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES IN ENGLAND HELD AT CATHEDRAL QUARTER HOTEL, 16 SAINT MARY’S GATE DERBY DE1 3JR ON FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2016 DAY TWO Before: Mr Scott Handley, The Lead Assistant Commissioner ______________________________ Transcribed from audio by W B Gurney & Sons LLP 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW Telephone Number: 0203 585 4721/22 ______________________________ Time Noted: 9.00 am THE LEAD ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the second day of the public hearing on the Boundary Commission for England’s initial proposals for the East Midlands. My name is Scott Handley. I am an Assistant Commissioner for the Boundary Commission. I am responsible for chairing the hearing today and we plan to run from 9 am through to 5 pm. I am assisted by Gerald Tessier here from the Commission. Our first appointment booked is at 9.40, so after Gerald has spoken to you we will adjourn for a short time and then we will go through with the booked appointments as we did yesterday. MR TESSIER: Thank you Scott. Yes, my name is Gerald Tessier. I am from the Boundary Commission. I am leading the team from the Boundary Commission Secretariat here today. I just need to remind everyone here that we are filming the proceedings and if you wish to read a copy of our data protection policy, it is pinned to the board at the back there or available from the reception desk. Also a couple of items of housekeeping: toilets are downstairs and if there is a fire alarm then we do need to evacuate the building as quickly as possible.
    [Show full text]