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Autumn 2017 Goostrey Parish Council newsletter Goostrey Neighbourhood Friends of Booth Bed Edited by Cllr P Godfrey & S Jones, The Parish Office, Plan Lane Playground Village Hall, Goostrey We would like to thank everyone who voted in the Some Good News! Bloor Homes s106 Legal Agree- Neighbourhood Plan Referendum on 17th Au- ment Now Successfully Re-Drafted - Formal Play, In this issue: gust. There was a 97.2% ”yes” vote which is the Open Spaces & Education s106 Funds can now be highest in Cheshire East so far. 858 people voted, spent in Goostrey! Residents Consultation via Goostrey 1 which represents a 46.4% turnout, the second high- ´Doodle´ Online Voting to follow soon on our Face- Neighbourhood Plan est in Cheshire East . The Plan is now “made” and book site: www.facebook.com/goostreyplay We hope to Friends of Booth Bed 1 formally adopted by Cheshire East Council as part of send out voting leaflet drops via Goostrey School and Lane Playground the Local Plan which was itself adopted on 27th Ju- in the Village gernerally and on notice boards. For ly. The Neighbourhood Plan will now be used as further info see our Facebook site or please contact Senior Citizen’s Lunch 1 part of the process to determine all planning applica- David Johnson on Goostrey Tel: 549718. Also, more - 19th November 2017 tions in Goostrey Parish up until 2030. canvassing and practical help is required to secure and best invest the Education s106 Funding allocation - Big Anti-Axe Response 1 Goostrey Neighbourhood Plan Team calling Goostrey School PTA members please join in! to Bus Plans Dave Johnson Station Bridge 2 Senior Citizen’s Lunch - quick (only Goostrey Residents aged 65 year & over Himalayan Balsam 2 are eligible to attend). 19th November 2017 Threat Speedwatch - We need 2 Each year the Parish Council hosts a lunch for the your help! more Senior Residents of Goostrey at the Village Hall. Top Scouting Awards 2 This year we are offering a delicious 3 course meal for Goostrey Scouts with, tea, coffee and water for £6 per head (those Village Hall attending are welcome to bring your own drinks). 2 Improvements Tickets are only available from the Parish Office from 1st November, call to book tickets on 535825. Please Diary Dates 2 arrange to collect and pay for them within a week. Nearly 100 people attended the Seniors Lunch Last year, There are only 100 tickets available so you need to be make sure You get your ticket this year! Points of interest: Big Anti-Axe Response to Bus Plans • Parish Council - If you would like to speak to a THE 319 BUS UPDATE...There has been no definite member of the Parish news on the future of the 319 Goostrey-Sandbach bus Council please contact service which is facing withdrawal next year, resulting them directly (contact from proposals to stop subsidising the route. Cheshire details for councillors are East Council wants to cut £1.6 million from the on the website) or contact transport budget and the local bus is one of the the Clerk to arrange a services picked for the axe. So far the Parish Council appointment. has not received the results of the 10-week consultation period for bus users and non-users but • Parish Office Hours the outcome was discussed at the full meeting of the Monday 09.30 to 12.30, borough council in September. This revealed, Wednesday & Friday 13.00 according to the Sandbach Chronicle, that 3,900 to 16.00 responded, a record for a consultation, including 400 • Contact - E-mail commenting on the 38 (Crewe-Sandbach-Congleton- ParishCouncil@Goostrey Macclesfield) and the 78 (Nantwich-Leighton Hospital- To download a copy of the timetable go to: http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/public_transport/bus/ .info Sandbach-Alsager-Rode Heath-Scholar Green) bus_service_timetables.aspx and type 319 in the finder Phone: 01477 535825 services. However, no mention was made in the Answer phone service out of media report of Goostrey and the village's transport are being asked to make use of the 319 bus office hours response.The findings highlighted that 76 percent of to strengthen the case for the service to continue. respondents had no alternative form of transport and • Web Site - For a Social media has speculated a proposal to run the 60 percent of people using a route did so at least calendar of local events, service on three days instead of the present six has twice a week. The proposals will be considered at a Parish Council Meetings, been suggested as an alternative to closure but this Cabinet meeting on November 7 with the changes Village Hall booking has not been confirmed. due to come into force after April next year. information and forms visit Meanwhile, local people even if they have their own John Williams www.Goostrey.info 2 Station BridgeUpdate Himalayan Balsam URGENT CALL FOR NEW SPEEDWATCH We have been advised that the work on the Himalayan Balsam bridge scheme is scheduled to take place in (impatiens glandulifera) is MEMBERS - We need an invasive, non-native, 2018. The detailed plan is still in pink flowered species your help! preparation and we will share with you spreading nationally along further details of the proposed safety river banks. It grows We still need volunteers to boost the num- improvements for the Station Bridge as 2.5m high and its density bers in the Speedwatch team as we will be soon as we are able. crowds out native flora, continuing to run sessions in daylight hours resulting in a during the winter months. We have also asked if we can discuss with monoculture and causes Highways possible ways of ensuring that riverbank erosion If you would like to join the team please people travelling from Goostrey Station use increasing the flood risk. provide your contact details to the Clerk by the Car Park and do not park along Station There have been recent sightings of Himalayan email to [email protected] or by Road, as has been the practice of some Balsam along the river bank in the Bongs. phoning the Parish Office on 535825. The Clerk will contact you to let you know when travellers since the Car Park charges have For details of how to recognise and dig up the been introduced. plant go to https://goostrey.info/wp-content/ the group is meeting and to arrange training.. uploads/2017/01/goostrey_pc_nl_june_2014.pdf We look forward to hearing from you! Commissioner Commendations were also given to the other team Top Scouting Awards for members in recognition of their outstanding commitment to the Scout Goostrey Scouts Hut Project - Kit Tomkinson, Group Chairman, Beverley Giles, Group Treasurer, and members of the Scout Hut Build Team: Mark Nelson, Congratulations from the Parish Council to Group Scout Leader, David Quartermaster, Colin Mottershead, Assistant Scout Leader, and Execu- Giles, and his team on being presented with prestigious awards by the tive Members, Robin Williamson and Adrian Rose. Alderley District Scout Commissioner, Stephen Buckley at their AGM in In addition, Chief Scout Service Awards were given to Neil Memmott, September. Scout Leader, Kit Tomkinson, Beverley Giles and Margaret Weeks for The Scout Association’s “Award for Merit” was given to David Giles in their contribution over many years. recognition of his leadership role in the community which has led to the Well done to all! creation of the new Scout Hut and Youth Centre in Goostrey. Goostrey Village Hall Improvements After the Summer closure the Village Hall oven and a full height fridge and a new door- Lounge and Main hall are looking great with way directly from the bar servery kitchen to newly decorated walls and woodwork. the main hall. This enables hirers who just want to use the kitchen the hall to carry on with their event whilst another hirer can use the Lounge. The kitchen meets the needs of most events included those where caterers are brought in to provide food, so it is less likely that hir- ers will need to hire the School Kitchen un- less their caterer believes that they need the facilities in it. feedback from people hiring the new facility. A lot of people have commented that the The deadline for feedback is 24th December bar servery counter spoils the look of the this year. new kitchen as it has not been refurbished. The newly refurbished bar servery kitchen Please ensure that any comments you have This may be refurbished in future but for the has received very good reviews so far. The are with the Parish Clerk by then. time being we will not be making any more new facilities include new stainless steel cup- improvements to the kitchen (other than re- In the meantime we hope that you enjoy us- boards and work surfaces, a fast dishwasher, decorating), until we have received written ing our new kitchen. an electric 6 ring range cooker with a large Diary Dates Parish Councillors Cllr P Godfrey (Chairman) Scouts Bonfire - The Scouts’ Bonfire Night Extravaganza will be held on c Sunday 5 November, with the fire lit from 5.30 pm and Fireworks from 6.30 Cllr C M Cubbin (Vice Chairman) pm. Tickets can be bought from the Trading Post, Goostrey News and the Cllr R Bennett Crown. A wood collection service around the village will start from 12 Cllr D Craggs noon on Sat 4 November. Cllr G Lenihan Seniors Lunch - Sunday 19th November (65 years old and over), tickets Cllr I Macfarlane available from the Parish Office from 1st November. Cllr K Morris Switch on of Christmas Lights on the BogBean—3rd December eve- Cllr I O’Donoghue ryone welcome.