Keeping YOU Informed

Welshampton and Lyneal Parish Council’s Local Newsletter Issue 14 - October 2012

Hello and welcome.... fund could be spent please contact the Parish Clerk. to the autumn edition of your Parish Council A long term objective of your Parish Council is to newsletter. The main article is below and this matter attain Quality Council status. The only remaining arises because the Parish Council has decided it block to this is the fact that insufficient councillors would be inappropriate for the Council to make a have been elected (rather than co-opted) to the decision on whether or not to make any Council and so I bring to your attention the article on development boundary changes (in view of what is the 2013 Parish elections. being proposed) without further consultation with the I hope you find that the newsletter does keep you community. informed and, as always, remind you that your Whilst there has been no significant housing comments about it or any other Parish matter are development in the Parish recently, it is still essential welcomed by email, phone or in person at one of our that we prepare for it as funds for the Parish will be monthly meetings. generated by the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). So, if you have suggestions as to how this Chris Symes Important Public Meeting The Development Boundary of Tuesday 13 November at 7.30pm Welshampton Parish Hall This year the Parish Council Boundary as specified in NSDC boundary and has caused the was asked to respond to Local Plan 1991 – 2001 with Parish Council to re-consider the Council’s latest one amendment to restrict to development boundary. As this consultation exercise on future Boundary to the west boundary decision will determine house development in the County up to of the Guide Activity Centre. building in the village up to 2026, 2026. The Parish Council based ∗ To keep in line with statements the Parish Council is seeking its response on comments in the Parish Plan YOUR opinion on whether the received from Public and Parish boundary should remain as it is or Meetings held over the last few The following statements be extended. A Public Meeting years and is as follows: covered development in both will be held, details above, to Welshampton and Lyneal: discuss the options. Acceptable development in ∗ Total number of dwellings Welshampton: exclude any existing sites with In addition to the 2 sites ∗ Sites should be mixed tenure current planning permission. mentioned earlier, there are other and design ∗ All existing stock should be sites outside the current boundary ∗ Maximum 5 dwellings per site occupied prior to any additional where owners have expressed a ∗ Maximum total number of 20 development so to avoid empty similar interest to make them dwellings dwellings. available for development. The ∗ Keep the Development ∗ No ribbon development to be Council has therefore offered an Boundary as under NSDC Local approved. invitation to all site owners and Plan 2001 – 2011 their agents to attend the meeting ∗ All development to be in line No new open market and put their views forward on with the Village Design development to take place in how they would develop the sites Statement Colemere. should the development boundary ∗ To keep in line with statements be extended. in the Parish Plan. One key phrase used is ‘development boundary’. This A map showing the existing Acceptable development in means that new open market boundary will be displayed on the Lyneal: houses can only be built within the notice boards around the Parish ∗ Maximum total number of 5 boundary. As part of the and will also be on the Council’s properties. consultation, Shropshire Council website. ∗ To have the Development received requests from owners of Please come to the meeting and 2 sites just outside the current put forward your views! Parish Hall Update Community Oil Buying Scheme

Welshampton Parish Hall You may recall in last year’s Building: £30 and Business: £100. Management Committee have November newsletter we outlined This will cover your oil deliveries for recently started to spend some of the Community Council of a year. the monies raised during the last 12 Shropshire’s Community Oil months to improve the Parish Hall. Buying Scheme. The Council is Minimum order: pleased to report that Ian Fletcher 500 ltrs We have changed the flooring in has come forward to act as co- the Committee Room as the carpet ordinator of the Scheme for the 5 easy steps to cheaper heating was horrible and, as it is used by Parish. The Scheme’s aim is to oil the Playgroup, having a washable bring communities together to Step 1: Join the CCS Scheme floor is a bonus. The ladies’ toilets make the most of joint buying Step 2: Wait to hear from your local are on target for refurbishment, and power so that greater savings can co-ordinator should be completed by the 13th be made and passed on to Step 3: Place an order October, just in time for the Ceilidh customers. All you need to do to Step 4: Wait for the price to be and promise auction later that take advantage of the scheme is negotiated. evening. The heating system has to pay an annual membership fee, Step 5: Take delivery of the oil and been serviced and cleaned, gaining which will cover as many oil pay the company the Hall another safety certificate. orders as you need during the course of the year. To take advantage of the Scheme The bar is proving successful you have to first register through the and Caroline wishes it to be known Every time a tanker comes out Community Council of Shropshire at that the bar is profitable because to make a delivery, it is using a lot [email protected] or phone the prices are reasonable, the of diesel. If deliveries are 01743 342167. They will then let Ian service is quick and the beer is organised so that one tanker know you are part of the Scheme. local. delivers to several customers in a More information can be obtained village instead of making lots of from Ian on 01948 710398 or And finally we want your ideas individual deliveries, the fuel [email protected]. about a proposed move of the bar, consumption is reduced and so is from the entrance hallway to the traffic in the village. Alternative Scheme committee room. This would free The Council is also aware of a up the hallway space, and give Annual membership fees similar scheme. For details contact: people who wish to be away from Domestic: £20, Community [email protected] the entertainment somewhere to sit. Police ‘101’ number Parish Elections 2013 We welcome all ideas and will be holding the AGM on Monday 12th

November at 7.30pm. The Police Force’s non-urgent In May 2013, elections will be phone number, 101, has been well held for seats to all Parish and John Pittaway publicised, including in this Town Councils in Shropshire. All newsletter but a recent call to it by current Parish Councillors will have a local resident has brought to light to stand down and seek, if willing, a glitch in the system! re-election. Notice Boards When reporting an incident the The Parish Council considers it resident was automatically put imperative that it has the support of Observant residents will have through to the North Wales Police the residents and elections are one spotted that the notice boards in and not the West Mercia Police. way of showing this. In future Lyneal and Colemere have had a He was told to phone the old 0300 newsletters full details of how to make-over! Years of use and 333 3000 number. The resident make sure you can vote will be weather had taken its toll and it’s was phoning from a Bettisfield given. hoped that these repairs will see exchange number. It transpires them through a few more years. that the system which identifies Would YOU like to become a phone exchanges on the Parish Councillor? If you want to There is also a new notice board boundaries between Forces and do more for our community, spend at The Sun for community use and should give a choice of Force to your time productively, think, listen has been funded jointly by the contact, has not been working. and act locally then consider Council and The Sun. It is already The Police have confirmed that becoming a Parish Councillor! proving to be very popular! they are actively working to correct Contact for the Clerk for more the problem. details. agreed to the £1,300 one-off communication. If you have an Speed Visor charge from its reserves. Once the email address and would like to location has been agreed the new receive notification of urgent local Speeding by vehicles has speed visor will be installed. matters please email the Council always been a ‘hot’ topic with with ‘Parish Watch’ in the subject residents and Councillors and it and you will be added to the has been a frustrating 12 months ‘Parish Watch’ circulation. seeing the speed visor at Welshampton working

intermittently or not at all on A recent incident in the Parish occasions. These old style visors brought the Council’s attention to The Future of are now at the end of their useful the fact that important and urgent Colemere life so the Parish Council was communication between the given the option of replacing it with Council and residents could be It is hoped that this newsletter improved. You will be aware of a new visor. Although not will arrive on your doormat before budgeted for, the Council, realising Neighbourhood and Rural Watch the meeting, hosted by Shropshire Schemes and the Council is now the importance of the speeding Wildlife Trust at Colemere issue is to the community, has launching it own ‘Parish Watch’ Boathouse on 25 October at 7pm, scheme based on email takes place.

The Shropshire Way & This meeting is an opportunity for residents to hear and have their ‘Walkers are Welcome’ say about a new initiative under the Meres and Mosses Landscape Keen walkers will be aware of Through the development of the Partnership. The Partnership, the Shropshire Way in the south of Shropshire Way the Parish which includes Shropshire Council, the County. Its development in the Council has become aware of an Canal & River Trust and Natural North is well underway and due to initiative called ‘Walkers are England, has secured £1.5 million be completed by the end of the Welcome’. There are 92 ‘ Walkers of funding to deliver a five year year. are Welcome’ towns and villages scheme of projects. One of the across Britain. All have joined this aims is to restore, conserve and The 38-mile Loop was innovative new community-led enhance the distinctive landscape, the first section to be completed, scheme, to demonstrate their cultural heritage and biodiversity of and takes walkers from commitment to making visits to a the area. Llanymynech to Chirk Bank, onto town or village an enjoyable one. Ellesmere and back to On a related but separate Llanymynech. The North project Obtaining ‘Walkers are project, Chris Symes, Martin will link the Oswestry Loop to Welcome’ status brings a number Withington and Carole Warner met Whitchurch, and will add new of benefits. It helps strengthen a recently with Jim Stabler, extensions. Walks to be created community's reputation as a place Shropshire Council’s Access are: for visitors to come to enjoy the Development Officer, to discuss ∗ A 20-mile promoted route link outdoors, bringing useful benefits improved access around Colemere from the Oswestry ‘Loop’ to to the local economy. It also helps for visitors with wheelchairs and Whitchurch and Grindley Brook, to ensure that footpaths and children’s buggies. Several areas via Ellesmere and Whixall Moss. facilities for walkers are were identified for improvements ∗ Promoted routes that connect maintained in good condition, but the point was well made that to the Oswestry benefiting local people as well as budgeted on-going maintenance Loop (26 miles) and to visitors. Both Oswestry and was just as important. Whitchurch (28 miles). Whitchurch have obtained ∗ Four Shropshire Way ‘circular ‘Walkers are Welcome’ status and walks’ of around 6 miles each Ellesmere has expressed an Meeting Dates from Oswestry Racecourse, St interest to do so too. Council Meetings Martins, Ellesmere and Wednesday 24 October 7pm Northwood. The Parish will have 2 circular Wednesday 28 November 7pm walks of the Shropshire Way going Wednesday 19 December 7pm Members of the local Parish through it so do you agree Public Meeting Paths Partnership Group have Welshampton should become Tuesday 13 November 7.30pm already met with project members ‘Walkers are Welcome’? Please All meetings are in the Parish Hall and have been pointing out let a Councillor or the Clerk know improvements to existing footpaths your thoughts. More information www.facebook.com/ and bridleways in the Parish which can be found at welshamptonlynealandcolemereco will form part of the route. www.walkersarewelcome.org.uk mmunity Useful Contact Details

For a more comprehensive list of local contacts please look at the Council’s website www.2shrop.net/welshampton

Parish Council Emergency Contacts Welshampton Ward In most emergencies you should dial 999 Ruth Evans For non - emergencies Peter Gee West Mercia Police 101 Richard Hall Shropshire Fire & Rescue 01743 260200 Caroline Hamilton (Vice Chair) West Midlands Ambulance Service Sarah Jefferies 01743 273649 Ian Yates NHS Direct 0845 46 47 Lyneal Ward Lawrence Houghton Local Policing Teams Chris Symes (Chair) Ellesmere (Welshampton) 01743 264749 Martin Withington [email protected] (Colemere and Lyneal) Councillors can be contacted by letter, phone or 01743 264704 email through the clerk [email protected] Carole Warner (Clerk) 01948 710672 [email protected] Community Contacts Welshampton Parish Hall Shropshire Councillor General Enquiries & Bookings Brian Williams 01939 234198 01948 710687

Communtiy Action Officer (LJC Grants) Shropshire Community Directory Julie Ruler 0345 678 9000 01743 255305 [email protected] Shropshire Council 0345 678 9000 www.shropshire.gov.uk/community.nsf [email protected] www.shropshire.gov.uk Countryside Manager for Colemere Benefits 0345 678 9001 Gareth Egarr 01691 624448 Council tax 0345 678 9002 [email protected] Planning and building control 0345 678 9004 Housing and social services 0345 678 9005 Countryside Community Projects Streets, roads and transport 0345 678 9006 01691 624448 Bins and recycling 0345 678 9007 countryside.conservation@shropshire- Children’s services 0345 678 9008 cc.gov.uk Payment line 0345 678 9009 Dog Warden 0845 678 9018 RAF Shawbury 01939 250351 emergencies only 07702 166039 Flytipping 0845 678 9009 Bulky waste collection service 0845 678 9009

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Keeping YOU Informed is produced by: made available in large print and audio Welshampton and Lyneal Parish Council tape. Please call 01948 710672 for Orchard Cottage Rowe Lane further details. Welshampton SY12 0QB This newsletter is printed on recycled paper. For further information please contact the Clerk: When you have finished with it please recycle. Carole Warner on 01948 710672 Email: [email protected]