Great Hucklow, Grindlow, Windmill, Little Hucklow and Coplowdale Parish Council Newsletter – February 2018
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Great Hucklow, Grindlow, Windmill, Little Hucklow and Coplowdale Parish Council Newsletter – February 2018 PARISH COUNCIL MEETING DATES The next Parish Council meeting will held on Monday the 19th of March 2018 at 8.00pm in the Old Methodist Chapel, all parishoners are welcome to attend. A full agenda will be posted on the noticeboards prior to the meeting, if anyone wishes to raise anything at the meeting they should email [email protected] prior to 12:00 on Friday the 16th of March 2018. Copies of the minutes of all previous meetings are now available to view on our website at http://www.hucklow-pc.gov.uk/. GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union’s new legislation to protect the personal data of EU citizens. Organisations have to be compliant by 25th May 2018. Because of this we will need to have your written consent to retain your details (name and email address) in order to retain you on our mailing list otherwise we will remove them. Please visit our website via the following link http://www.hucklow-pc.gov.uk/latest-newsletter.html to reapply to be added to our email list. SILENCE MINE HERITAGE SITE As you will all be aware a hole appeared recently across the main path of the Silence Heritage Site. As a result there have been a number of safety precautions put in place. Natural England have now placed a temporary closure on this open access land until the 27th of February 2018. In the interests of safety we would ask that you refrain from entering the site for any reason whilst investigations continue. The SHS committee has been in touch with PDNPA, and through them Health and Safety Executive and BFL, about the next steps. ROAD SALT FOR SALE Please be aware that residents are able to purchase bags of salt for personal use during the winter period. These are for sale at a cost of £3.00 each. Anyone wishing to purchase a bag should email [email protected] CHAIRMAN’S COMMUNITY AWARDS 2018 Do you know an unsung hero whose voluntary work within their Derbyshire Dales community needs to be recognised? If so, please nominate them for a Community Award. Nominees must be resident in Derbyshire Dales and should NOT have received a previous award. For further details and to make a nomination visit www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/communityawards or phone 01629 761375 for an application pack. CLOSING DATE IS 28 FEBRUARY 2018 ABNEY CLOUGH Derbyshire County Council have advised that the road will be closed to carry out the work at Abney Clough from Monday the 9th of April 2018 running for three weeks until Sunday the 29th of April 2018. DERBYSHIRE DALES COMMUNITY FORUMS – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 Derbyshire Dales’ residents will get an overview of the District Council’s spending plans for 2018/19 at the next round of Area Community Forums. These will be held at the following locations: - Tuesday 30th January 2018 – 7.00pm - Town Hall Matlock, DE4 3NN Wednesday 7th February 2018 – 7.00pm - Henmore Suite, McMurtry & Harding veterinary practice, Clifton Road, Ashbourne, DE6 2DH Wednesday 14th February 2018 – 7.00pm – Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, DE45 1AH The forums will feature an update on Council Tax and savings and what the District Council’s share of local Council Tax is likely to be from April. WIN CASH FOR YOUR OLD ELECTRICALS Have you got any old, broken or unwanted electricals? Dig them out and take them to your local household waste recycling centre in the New Year for your chance to win one of fifteen £100 cash prizes. From hair-dryers to hedge-trimmers, fairy lights to fridges and toasters to TVs, there’s a wide range of household appliances you can take to Derbyshire County Council’s recycling centres. And from 2 January, you can exchange them for a golden ticket – which means you could be quids in. Simply ask for your golden ticket from a member of staff at any of the county council’s nine recycling centres, type in your unique ticket number online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/electric and find out if you’re an instant winner. The more items you recycle, the more tickets you’ll get. For a full list of the items you can take to the recycling centres and their locations visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recyclingcentres Please make sure all personal data has been removed from items such as laptops, mobile phones or tablets before you take them to a recycling centre. Deborah Stansfield Clerk to the Parish Council [email protected] Tel: 07889 780283 .