The Villager
March – May 2018
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Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council
Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Council
March 2018
- Councillor
- CONTACT DETAILS
- RESPONSIBILITIES
For the Dobwalls Ward
Chair of Parish Council
Chair Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
John Dunn
01579 320733
Police Liaison NP Health Topic Group
Davina Finch
01579 326661
Liskeard and Looe Community Network Liaison
Tracey Kitto
07854 278789
NP Community Group NP Housing Topic Group
Helen Blee
NP Housing Topic Group
John Collis
07852 335750
NP Traffic and Parking topic Group
Marie Morford
01579 320349
Ailsa Tween
01579 321170
Position vacant
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For the Trewidland ward including Doublebois
Villager magazine editorial group NP Housing group
Hugh Francis
01503 240204
Vice Chair Parish Council Co-ordinator NP Steering group.
Mhairi Mackie
01503 240565
Villager editorial group
Position vacant
Parish Council Meetings,
Meetings normally start at 7.00pm and will be held on:
March 21st April 18th May 16th
7.00 at Dobwalls Church Hall 7.00 at Dobwalls Church Hall 7.00 at Trewidland Village Hall
Attending and participating in Parish Council Meetings
Members of the public are welcome to attend any council meeting and can raise an issue or speak to the council about an agenda item under public participation which is usually towards the beginning of the meeting. The Agenda for each PC meeting are posted on the Parish Council website and on notice boards in both Dobwalls and Trewidland, in advance of each meeting
Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group meetings
Wednesday 28th March Wednesday 25th April Wednesday 23rd May
6.30 at Dobwalls Church Hall 6.30 at Trewidland Village Hall 6.30 at Dobwalls Church Hall
Cornwall Councillors contact details:
Liskeard West and Dobwalls division: Jane Pascoe – 07484 315327
- Trewidland - Menheniot division:
- Phil Seeva - 07746 815302
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Reporting problems and raising issues
If you have an issue that you feel the Parish Council should know about, please contact your local parish Councillor. General problems should be reported to
the Parish Clerk, Linda Coles
by email to: [email protected]
or by post to: Mrs. Linda Coles,
The Firs, Lower Metherell, Callington, Cornwall PL17 8BJ
or by telephone: 01579 350962
The Annual Parish Meeting is intended to be the
parishioners’ opportunity to come and meet the
Parish Council and to bring forward items for its future agendas. All local organisations and community groups will be invited to present a brief annual report of their activities.
Annual Parish Meeting 2018
Please come along!
The Annual Dobwalls and Trewidland Parish Meeting will be held on
Wednesday 18th April at 6.30pm
Dobwalls United Church meeting room.
Refreshments will be provided!
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MARCH
Thu.1st
Duloe WI: Annual Meeting Dig Gardening club: DCH Caroline Stone speaking on
‘Fancy and Feathered’ - Primulas
Mon 5th Wed 7th
Skittles TVH 7.30
Sat. 10th Mon12th Thurs 15th Sat. 17th Mon. 19th Sat 24th
Easter Bingo DCH Ladies group] Eyes down 7.30
Ladies Group: DCH ‘Blood Bikes’ talk by Robert Batten
Luncheon Club: DMH Chicken casserole, crumble Bingo DMH Ladies Group Dinner at the Highwayman Trewidland Local History group Walk (from TVH ) Bingo DMH
Wed 28th
Skittles TVH 7.30 Last Day of term for Dobwalls School Last Day of term for Trewidland School Easter Prize Bingo DMH door open 6.30. Eyes down 7.30
in aid of Poppy Appeal
Thu 29th Sat. 31st
APRIL
- Mon. 2nd
- DIG Gardening Club: DCH Nick Bacon: ‘Growing
vegetables the old fashioned way’
Thu 5th
Duloe WI: Glass Blowing by Graham Reed
Ladies Group: Crafts DCH with Mary Symons Sheer Indulgence vocal group TVH 7.30 Dobwalls and Trewidland Schools terms start
Luncheon Club DMH Braised steak, ginger biscuit and cream
Mon. 9th Sat 14th Mon. 16th Thurs 19th
- Sat 21st
- Bingo DMH 7.30
MAY
Thu 4th Mon. 7th
Duloe WI: Resolutions meeting Dig Gardening Club: DCH Elizabeth Reeves speaking on
‘The Plant Hunters’ [Hair-raising adventures of people who brought us the plants we grow today]
Sat. 12th Mon 14th Wed 16th
Summer Lunches start at Dobwalls church – see back for details
Ladies Group: DCH 7pm. ‘Life as a Naval Pastor’ by Rev.
Steve Morgan
‘Annual Parish Meeting’ all groups in the parish invited to
speak about their organisation. 6.30 See separate notice opposite
Thu17th
Luncheon Club DMH Sausage casserole, treacle tart and custard
Sat 19th Fri. 25th Mon 29th
DIG Garden Club Annual Plant Sale DMH 10am-12noon Dobwalls School Sports day Dobwalls and Trewidland Schools Half Term starts
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Pick Your Parish Places
Parish Photographic Competition
As part of the consultation process of the Neighbourhood Plan we would like to find out two things -
What is your favourite Place or View in the parish? What is your least favourite Place/ View?
What images would you have chosen to represent the best qualities of both the Dobwalls and Trewidland areas of our parish? What is your
favourite view?
All you need to do is to fill out the form opposite and submit a photograph of your favourite place in the parish to the Parish Clerk – by 1st June 2018. Please give us a brief description of the place, its location in the parish and your reasons for choosing it,
We hope that we will be able to add these new photographs to the parish Website photo gallery and that they will help us to identify places that have particular significance to local people and need to be valued in the Neighbourhood Plan.
My least favourite place..?
If there is somewhere in the Parish that you feel is in need of improvement? - please take a photograph of that too and include it with your entry.
The Parish Council Photographic Competition is open to all residents. Entries will be on exhibition as part of the Neighbourhood Plan Road- show events which will be held over the Summer of 2018 and Prizes will be awarded for particularly high quality images and content.
Full competition rules can be viewed on the parish Council website
at: http://www.dobwallsandtrewidland.org.uk/council.php
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Your Parish Places-
Photographic Competition
Please identify your photographs by putting your Name and a T for Trewidland or D for Dobwalls image on the back of each photograph
Name …………………………………………………..………………. Address………………………………………………………………………….. Email ……………………………………….Telephone ……………………….
T : My favourite place/ view in the Trewidland area of the parish is
Location………………………………………………………………………… Because ………………………………………………………………………….
D My favourite place/ view in the Dobwalls area of the parish is
Location………………………………………………………………………… Because ………………………………………………………………………….
My least Favourite place/ outlook ………………. Location………………………………………………………………………… Because ………………………………………………………………………….
I am happy for my photograph, (if it is selected) to be published in the villager/ on the parish council website or as part of the Neighbourhood Plan process.
This image is my own work, and does not infringe any copyright of another individual or organisation.
Signed………………………………………..
Please send all photographs, with a copy of the completed entry form by 1st June 2018 to D&T Parish Council Photographic Competition 2018
Mrs Linda Coles, The Firs, Lower Metherell, Callington, Cornwall,
or email to [email protected]
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PARISH LITTER PICK
After last year’s successful litter pick the PARISH COUNCIL is organising a
SPRING 2018 PARISH LITTER PICK
SATURDAY 3rd MARCH 2018
FROM 10.00am - 12.00 Noon
DOBWALLS VILLAGE –
VOLUNTEERS TO MEET AT THE HIGHWAYMAN CAR PARK AT 9.45AM
TREWIDLAND VILLAGE –
VOLUNTEERS TO MEET AT THE VILLAGE HALL CAR PARK AT 9.45AM
ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL
BUT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU BRING A PAIR OF GLOVES.
PLEASE JOIN US TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
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Liskeard and Looe Community Network Panel
16th January 2018 Meeting, St Cleer Memorial Hall
Edwina Hannaford introduced the proposals for Strengthening Community Network
Panels and giving them an enhanced ‘Place Shaping’ role. As part of the move for
some funding to be delegated from Cornwall Council to Parish Councils
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Highways £50,000 per Network Area for small scale improvements - should favour small rural councils. Supporting engagement with Communities by encouraging public attendance at Network Panel meetings Voting on Network Panel of one vote per Parish Council – one vote for each divisional Cornwall Council member. Enforcement on Dog Fouling can be delegated to parishes, providing those undertaking work are trained.
Template for engagement to be sent to all PC’s by David Read (Community
Link Officer)
Paul Allen from Cormac reported on Cornwall Highways initiatives.
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Parish Councils can engage their own Highways Maintenance person or engage in partnerships with neighbouring parishes,
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Cornwall Council has Highway’s Maintenance Standards which set out the required levels of maintenance to different types of roads. These can be referred to when reporting e.g. Potholes etc.
Julian Morris from the Devon and Cornwall Police gave an update on current policing issues:
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Desire to reinvigorate the ‘Have Your Say’ panels which involved parish
councillors
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Liskeard is reported as having 719 crimes per annum, with Liskeard rural 440 crimes per annum. (These figures are still very low in relation to national crime statistics).
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There is a plan to rebuild the existing Liskeard Police Station to keep a police presence in the area.
D&T Parish Councillor Mackie raised the issue of the new Cornwall Council divisions
being proposed as part of the Local Government Boundary Review Commission for
Cornwall. This allowed a discussion between Councillors from Looe, St Pinnock, Dobwalls and Trewidland and Liskeard on their preferred arrangements for these boundaries, although it was recognised that these were still unresolved.
The next Community Network Area meeting is at 6.30 on Monday 11th June 2018 – St Keyne Village Hall. All welcome.
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Cornwall Council Divisional Boundaries update
Meetings 16th Jan/ 2nd Feb 2018
Recent discussions saw alternative proposals
going forward to Cornwall Council’s meeting on
the 2nd February2018. The Liskeard and Looe Community Network Area presented particularly difficulties as the numbers of predicted electors meant that the
ideal ‘division electoral numbers’ were already
exceeded for several of the Network divisions – irrespective of how these divisions were formed. Cornwall Councillors were worried about the risk that, if these estimates were exceeded by future electoral numbers, a completely new Local Government Boundaries review would be triggered. A proposal was made to increase the number of divisions (and Councillors) for Cornwall from 87 to 88 this has therefore been investigated to ease the problems of L&L (and other) new divisions.
The most recent version of the proposal map ( see above) available as we went to press showed the Trewidland area of D&T Parish joining Morval, and others in the L division; with Dobwalls Village and possibly Doublebois joining St Cleer in the H division; and West Liskeard joining the remainder of the Dobwalls rural area with St Pinnock, St Keyne Duloe and Pelynt parishes as part of the revised J division. This would mean that our D&T Parish would fall into three Cornwall Council divisions! The PC is objecting to this proposed solution.
Detailed information on the proposed new boundaries in our area can be
explored at https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-and- democracy/elections/electoral-review-of-cornwall-council-2016-18/division- maps/liskeard-and-looe-community-network-area/
School Crossing Patrols under threat
School Crossing patrols across Cornwall have been under threat over the past two years. Current Cornwall Council discussions suggest that the number of traditional school crossing supports – the ‘Lollipop’ women and men – is likely to be severely cut. It has been claimed that only a small proportion of children actually use these services and that several schools may be affected.
If you have strong views about how these proposals might affect our local schools please contact Cornwall Councillor Jane Pascoe tel – 07484 315327
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Neighbourhood Plan Update
Identifying alternative futures for the parish
Housing Needs Survey
Future housing development in the parish will be an important factor in decisions we take about the Neighbourhood Plan. There is a need for all of us to understand the nature of what housing may be required by 2030, The Parish Council, in collaboration with Cornwall Council Housing department will therefore be carrying out a ‘Housing Needs Survey’ in March 2018 to establish what people currently living in the parish expect their needs for accommodation to be over the next 12 year period.