Notes from Walpole St. Peter's Church
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1 2 NEWS FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL At the meeting on 8th October 2015 ings have now been fitted by Murphy’s, Borough Councillor Blunt explained who have also agreed to clear some of that he now has new responsibilities the nearby rubbish. Murphy’s have also within the Borough Council which in- agreed to have new signs made to re- clude planning and LDF. For this rea- place the old ones at the play park. son, he will in future, need to abstain The idea of a suggestion box was ap- from any involvement in Parish Council proved and this will be situated in the decisions on these issues. lobby of the Community Centre. Walpole Cross Keys Parish Council A number of villagers have proposed have requested support in their applica- that the Parish Council hold regular tion to reduce the speed limit on part of ‘clinics’. After discussion regarding Market Lane to 40 mph. It was agreed availability of Parish Councillors, it was that a letter of support would be written. agreed that a clinic would be held on Notice of consultation regarding the the Tuesday of the week of Parish potential closure of the Fire Station in Council meetings, from 10 a.m. until 12 West Walton was received and this will noon. The commencement date will be be discussed during the November confirmed in due course. meeting. The Parish Council are still awaiting The lease on the new play park has quotes from contractors for construction been finalised and signed. Further of an access to the sports field. In order quotes for equipment have been re- to help speed the process up, further ceived and grant applications for fund- contractors are to be approached. ing will now be prepared. The new rail- Confirmation as to whether a grant will be offered by the War Memorial Trust for remedial works to the War WALPOLE PARISH Memorial at St Peter’s Church is still COUNCILLORS awaited. The purchase of two new benches for Richard Blunt………...780454 Walpole St Andrew’s Cemetery was Richard Green…….…780378 agreed and these will be ordered imme- diately. Andrew Bliss..………..780928 Parish Councillor Blunt explained that Maureen Patrick……..780216 due to his increased responsibilities as James Whitaker……...780456 Borough Councillor, he will stand down as Chair of the Parish Council at the Patricia Wiseman…….780485 next meeting. The election of a new Richard Broden………780333 Chair will be added to the agenda for David Lawty…………..780100 Janet Luck…………….780384 Parish Clerk: Emma Bateman Lynne Newman………780447 Tel. 01945 780002 Linda Matthews………780631 [email protected] 3 the November meeting. take photographs of the War Memorial No date has been received as yet for in order that a decision can be made as the creation of a TROD in Chalk Road. to whether other remedial works can An update will be requested from the wait until after winter. Walpole Parochial Church Council re- Thanks to a small group of volunteers, garding the maintenance of the trees in and the Borough Council, Walpole St St. Andrew’s swingfield. Andrew’s Cemetery is now signifi- At the meeting on 12th November cantly tidier. The Parish Council have 2015 Parish Councillor Blunt stood ordered two new benches. Borough down as Chair. Councillor Green pre- Councillor Blunt reports that the Bor- sided over the election of a new Chair ough Council are now planning similar and Councillor Broden was elected by maintenance and remedial works at unanimous vote. other cemeteries in West Norfolk. The meeting was attended by a num- In his update, Borough Councillor ber of villagers who expressed their Blunt explained that planning issues concerns regarding the recent outline have taken up a great deal of his time at planning application for the develop- the Borough Council and he will outline ment of houses in Church Road. The these in more detail in the Crier (see site also features, along with others, in page 6). the LDF. The LDF and other planning The Chair of Walpole Parish Founda- issues were discussed at length but clo- tion Trust (which manages the Commu- sure was inconclusive due to time re- nity Centre) will be resigning in De- strictions. cember and a new Chair will be elected. Due to insufficient time and the lack With sadness it was also noted that the of an internet connection, a number of shop at the Community Centre has now agenda items were postponed to the closed (see page 18 for more informa- next meeting. tion). The Parish council were unable to review or comment on recent planning applications and, as responses to the Planning Department have time restric- tions, it was agreed to hold an extraor- Next Meeting: dinary meeting on Tuesday 17th No- vember at the Community Centre. Despite support from Walpole Parish 10th December 2015, Council and Henry Bellingham, MP, Walpole Community the application by Walpole Cross Keys for the reduction of the speed limit in Centre at 7 p.m. Market Lane to 40 mph has been re- fused. Confirmation has been received from the War Memorial Trust that funds have been granted for the cleaning of the War Memorial in the grounds of St Pe- ter’s Church. Councillor Broden will 4 FENLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY RESEARCH SESSIONS. Our experienced researchers have been very busy with their twice-monthly sessions on family research. The Wisbech Library sessions have been very busy, it is good to see so many bringing along their laptops and learning how to access the library resources which include two subscription sites all for FREE, with our researchers on hand to guide them when needed. It is always a de- light introducing beginners to this fascinating hobby, and seeing their surprise when up pop the names of family ancestors on the researchers laptop screen. Our Wisbech Library sessions are on the first Tuesday of each month from 10 – 12 noon. Every- one welcome. If you do not have a laptop do not worry one of our researchers will use theirs to help you. Our second monthly research session is at Wyevale Garden Centre in Crowland, on the second Tuesday of the month. We are joined there by Peterborough FHS and can be found in the restaurant from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. If you can bring along some of your paperwork, if you have any, we can then start you off or help your progress with you research. MAIN MEETINGS. Everyone found our October speaker Robert PARKER very interesting, his talk kept us all enthralled. We hope to invite him back again in the future. Our November meeting was more of a social event, it being the last meeting of the year. Food and drink accompanied the quiz. The competition brought much amusement as we tried to identify and match the baby photographs to present mem- bers attending the evening. Two members told of how they broke through the ‘Brick Wall’ of their family research. Others offered help and advice to those still facing their Brick Wall. We do not hold a main meeting in December. Our research ses- sions still go ahead as planned on the first and second Tuesday of December and again in January. We start 2016 with our meeting in St Peter’s Church Hall Wisbech from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. with a talk by Susanah FARMER the theme of her talk will be ‘Going back to Basics. Everyone welcome. Our February talk will be on researching Military Sources. In March we have a talk and demonstration on displaying your family his- tory in many various ways, including Scapbooks. Our PROMOTION STAND with great displays to match the events will be in Wal- pole St Peter’s church on Saturday November 28th for their Advent Festival. Also with another special display in St Augustine Church Wisbech on Saturday 5th De- cember for their Christmas Tree Festival. Watch out for our very special Family History Tree in Peckover House Wisbech in their Christmas Tree event on the first and second weekend of December. You will also find us with a display and offering help with family research on Saturday 12th December at the Craft Fair in the RAFA club in Lynn Road Wisbech. Please do call in and meet us at any of these events. For more information about any of the above please phone 01945 587723 or check our website www.fenlandfhs.org.uk 5 Message from your Borough Councillor A great deal has happened since my last update in the Crier. At the end of September, I was invited by the Leader of the Borough Council, Councillor Nick Daub- ney to join the Borough Council's Cabinet taking re- sponsibility for Development. This role was previously performed by Mrs Vivienne Spikings who is a hard act to follow as she has been an exceptional holder of this portfolio. Vivienne will continue as chair of the Planning Committee. I explained in the last addition the role of the Cabinet and its part in the de- mocratic process. This has meant I have been very busy understanding my new role and the Development Portfolio. The areas I am responsible for vary from the Local Development Frame- work to Derelict Buildings to Street Naming. But a major part of the portfolio is concerned with the processing of planning applications and building controls and enforcement. I would now like to try to explain why the Walpoles like every other Ward in the Borough have received a considerable increase in planning applications in the last few weeks. In November 2012 at a planning appeal hearing, the Inspector concluded that the Borough had a five year supply of housing land (in fact said 7.5 year supply) but at a similar planning appeal in January 2015 another Inspector decided that the Borough only had 1.9 years supply of housing land.