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Plumpton & East Chiltington News August 2020 Z. R. LANDSCAPES Landscaping Fencing Hedge Cutting and Treework Turf Laying DRIVER TRAINING Driveways CAR, LGV, PCV, FLT, HIAB Patios 40 East View Fields And More Plumpton Green BN7 3EF Zac Robins 07949 220721 Tel: 01273 890410 [email protected] www.hillsofplumpton.co.uk CONTACT FOR A FREE ESTIMATE Plumpton Stores & Post Office Your local village store is now open: 5.45am to 7.30pm Monday to Friday 7.00am to 7.30pm Saturday 7.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 01273 890229 R. A. Brooks & Son N.L.S Y NICK LANAWAY F D M M SERVICES - P P F P Garden and Ground Care Machinery 35 Wivelsfiel Roa , Ravenoa,, Service and Repair Haywar s Heath Allin.ton Roa , Golf Buggy and ATV Newic, 01444 454391 01825 722895 07503 891335 [email protected] email: [email protected] PLUMPTON & EAST CHILTINGTON NEWS May Page This month we welcome the re- Church Services 2 opening of our churches and can give East Chiltington Parish Council 5 you details of services at All Saints. Sarah Osbourne 6 Our continuing specials on local food Rob Banks 9 producers features Townings Farm Maria Caufield 10 Shop. Townings Farm Shop 12 We also have a new feature DR’s Plumpton & East Chiltington Diary’ which I hope will be a regular Coronovirus Support Group 15 contribution. Letter 16 Good news for bus users in the Events Calendar 17 re-instatement of the 166 service, the timetable is on page 20. DR’s Diary 18 Bird Watch 19 As ever if you have any events you Bus Time table 20 would like us to cover or details of Prescription Pickup Service 22 clubs re-opening for September please let us know... Footpath Detective 24 Plumpton & East Chiltington This is your magazine.. Wildlife 27 [email protected] Citizens Advice 31 1 The Rector’s writes … Re-opening of our Parish Churches Following the Government’s relaxation of lockdown we are pleased to announce that our Parish Churches have now re-opened since the beginning of July. All Saints Church, Plumpton Green The Church and Annex have been thoroughly cleaned. The Church will be open everyday between 10am and 4pm. We do ask visitors to use the handwash and to sign the visitors’ register as per Government guidelines please. The Annex remains closed for the time being. Services are limited to 30 people. East Chiltington Parish Church The Parish Church has been thoroughly cleaned and many thanks to everyone who helped the Churchwarden. The Church will only be open at weekends from 10am to 4pm. At the moment only pastoral services such as baptisms, weddings or funerals will take place at the Church. The Churchwardens will review the situation at a later date. St Michael’s Church, Plumpton The Parish Church will remain closed until the end of September. SERVICES 2nd August 2020 TRINITY 8 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion 9th August TRINITY 9 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion 16 th August TRINITY 10 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion 23 rd August TRINITY 11 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion 30 th August TRINITY 12 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion 6th September TRINITY 13 All Saints 10.30am Sung Communion Rector: Please contact the Churchwardens for all information. Howard Wood (07794 484373) Amanda Inglis (07941 241148) David Dawson (01273 890134) 2 A clean carpet FLORAL ART isn’t all we guarantee…… Mobile Florist - Wide Delivery Service NICHOLA MASSINGALE • Carpet Cleaning & Repairs, retufting & reweaving Phone: Plumpton (01273) 891301 • Mobile: 07970 462337 Upholstery Cleaning • . • Weddings • Funerals• Rug Cleaning including Wool & Silk •Special Occasions• •Contract • Dried• • Curtain Dry Cleaning on-site-at- the-window • Carpet Moth Treatment Service Rupert Thacker • Fire & Flood Clean-Up Service st Furniture Restoration Services Now celebrating 24 years of providing 1 class service Including Furniture repairs, Polishing etc. of in Plumpton, Plumpton Green, East Chiltington, Antique, Contemporary, and Reproduction Furniture Lewes & Brighton. Fletching, E Sussex, TN22 3TQ Call Paul or Liz on 01273 733339 Tel : 01825-713111 (Workshop) For a free no-obligation quotation Mobile: 07950-035044 Or email [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rupert-thacker.com See our website for special offers www.servicemasterbrighton.co.uk Robert Symes The Hairdressers TREE SURGEON Sarah And Mandy East Chiltington Tel: Plumpton South Road Wivelsfield Green (01273) 890080 01444 471224 Free Esmates 3 Starflower Arts & Massage Creative Art Workshops Collage, Felting, Papermaking etc. Holistic Massage & Aromatherapy Home Visits for Women Sarah Holloway BA(Hons) PGCE MIPTI E. Chiltington, 07751 986790 www.starflowerarts.weebly.com www.starflowermassage.weebly.com A club for unattached Men and women, aged 50+ Plumpton Pilates Eating out, quizzes, music, Morning and evening group classes Walking, golf, theatre, in Plumpton Village Hall. sport, Arts & holidays Regular club meetings in Brighton & Hove, 1:1 Pilates at home also available. Lewes, Mid-Sussex and Horsham For further information visit our website: Please contact Charis 07881 825007 www.thegroup.org.uk [email protected] ALLEN UPTON PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICESERVICESSSS • Member of the Institute of Plumbing • Registered Plumber • General Plumbing Installaon & Repairs Free Esmates and Advice Tel: Plumpton (01273) 890668 or 07711 712 477 Email: [email protected] 4 repaired gaps in the fence and put up more signs but fences had been breached and people were still getting in. Cllr.Symes has contacted the Health & Safety executive who feel it is a police matter but the police seem unable to The parish council met on June 25th at 10am at the Rotunda in Hollycroft. do much as private land. Residents These socially distanced meetings should be advised that the site is will continue in this manner until privately owned and there is no public council is given the go ahead to meet access. conventionally once again. The chair will check the status of the In the meantime if you have any planning permission and we will be concerns or questions please contact working with Plumpton P.C . to ensure the clerk who will refer queries to the that we are covering all possible councillors as the parish council means to endeavour to cease the anti continues to operate but remotely. -social behaviour which is causing All normal council functions are being nuisance to both parishes. It was carried out by the clerk from home. agreed that contact should be made e: [email protected] with SDNP as the site holds rare wildlife that is disturbed by all the Some residents had questioned visitors. whether it was possible to repair the bridleway which runs through North For those of you who have noticed the Barns Farm . The route has been lack of books in our phone book library inspected by a representative from rest assured that this is a temporary ESCC who has deemed the surface to measure whilst new shelving is be unsafe. As the bridleway is sourced and installed . privately owned it will be the responsibility of the owner to make TECT The Harvest Supper is planned to take the required repairs. th The damaged verge at the entrance place on the 17 September at 7pm . of Hollycroft has been levelled and Further details will follow next month reseeded by a resident. Cllr.David and as will all events at present a lot has erected some posts and tape to will depend on the government prevent parking and further damage. guidelines that will be in place at the Council agreed that wooden posts time. should be installed to protect the area in the future and a consultation has been taken with the neighbours immediately affected as to the best place to site these. Concerns have been raised by a number of residents regarding people using the Novington Sandpit. It is understood that Dudmans have 5 Sarah Osborne, business failure arising from the County Councillor economic downturn has the potential to significantly reduce income in 2021/22 The County Council's onwards. Cabinet have reported that · ESCC expenditure to be incurred the unprecedented and projected lost income from uncertainty of Government funding of coronavirus is £17m greater than the local authorities is having a significant funding they have received. impact on ESCC, leaving it unable at · There are no unallocated reserves this point to set budgets going that can be used to meet ongoing forward. Sustainable funding is vital if pressures in 2021/22 and beyond, the County Council is to deliver the therefore, it is essential that the critical services the residents of East Government’s future financial settlement Sussex need. There is further recognises the burden falling on local uncertainty about the potential authorities as a consequence of COVID- impact of the end of the transition 19, as the pressures are exceptional and phase of Brexit on the economy, the beyond what could reasonably be council’s responsibilities and their planned for. access to goods and services. Sarah · The long-term impacts of COVID [email protected] -19 on the economy are yet to be fully 07986 776 105 understood, but the number of people in East Sussex claiming Job Seekers Allowance and Universal Credit and seeking work more than doubled Plumpton Apple between March and May 2020; 68% of Fair businesses in East Sussex are furloughing staff; and 30% have A reminder to everybody about the Apple accessed loans, grants and or business Fair on rates relief. · At a national level, Government Saturday October 3rd funding that the County Council will receive between 2021/22 – 2023/24 is The newly formed Plumpton Village yet to be confirmed. The Spending Society is still planning for this to go Review (SR) 2019 was for a single ahead, although we cannot, at this stage, year only.