Boreham Village Magazine Editor: Terry Anderson [email protected] 01245 467683
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Boreham Village Magazine Editor: Terry Anderson [email protected] 01245 467683 This edition sees two innovations: We are including advertising. We have CONTENTS 4 pages available for adverts, if you Page are interested in taking space please Parish Council 1 contact Jackie Lane, our Parish Clerk John Spence 7 on [email protected] Youth Football Team 7 The front page is in colour, this is a Women’s Institute 8 trial to see how it works out. Outdoor Bowls Club 8 The two above are related in that I have to Chelmsford Information stick to my Budget for the Magazine so the Service 9 added cost of colour will only be covered Boreham School 9 if we can attract Advertisers. Neighbourhood Watch 9 Women’s Guild 10 It is now a year since I took over as Editor Luncheon Club 10 and I am very pleased how far, with the Art Circle 11 excellent support of the Parish Council, it Twinning Assoc. 11 has been possible to move the Magazine Scout Groups 11 forward. If you have any comments, Thursday Club 12 suggestions, criticisms etc. please let me Travel Club 12 know so it can continue to develop to Village Hall 12 serve the Village. Surgery 13 Cricket Club 14 I am always on the lookout for photos for The Church 14 inclusion. It may not always be possible to include them in the next issue after receipt but they will be retained in my Library. Cover photo by the Editor Terry Contact your Parish Council: Parish Clerk; Mrs J Lane, Parish Office, Village Hall, Main Rd, CM3 3JD Admin. Assistant: Daniela Crick Email: [email protected] Tel: 01245 469941 Website: www.borehamparishcouncil.co.uk The Parish Office is open:Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays between 10:30 and 2 p.m. 1 Parish Council From the Chairman: From the Parish Clerk: The Parish Council was delighted to Vacancy: The Parish Council has one welcome our new councillor, Ken Ellis, at vacancy and needs to fill it by co-option. our Greens Committee meeting in July. The role of Parish Councillor is a Ken has lived in the Village for many voluntary one, however allowable years and we all look forward to working expenses are paid. Training will be with him. There is still one more vacancy available and this will also be paid for by to fill, please see the advertisement the Parish Council. elsewhere. Meetings are normally held on Monday It has been a busy summer for the Parish evenings, with Planning Committee Council. We are pleased that we have at Meetings usually fortnightly, commencing last had the Village Hall car park entrance at 7.00 pm and Parish Council (monthly) re-surfaced; hopefully this will make a big and other committee meetings difference to visitors to the Hall. By the commencing at 7.30 pm. time this newsletter is distributed our outdoor gym will be in place on the If you would like to become a councillor, Recreation Ground and I hope it is being please send a letter, giving some enjoyed and well-used. Many of the background information Parish Council’s benches are currently about yourself and the reasons why you being refurbished by Ivor Hay, our wish to join the Parish Council to: Handyman and Play Equipment The Parish Office, Village Hall, Main Supervisor, some are being replaced and Road, Boreham, CM3 3JD some new benches installed. We received 50% funding towards this project from the Or, if you would like to learn more about Essex County Council Community what is involved, please contact the Parish Initiatives Fund. As with any project, Office on 01245 469941, or email: there have been some concerns raised, in [email protected] this instance with regard to the installation of two of the new benches. I would like to Help make a difference to our community. reassure residents that the bench sites will be monitored and if there are any problems Parish Walk to Toppinghoehall Wood we will give consideration to moving Sunday 24th July 2016 them; hopefully this won’t be necessary. On a very sunny and warm Sunday, 39 Parishioners, including 5 week old twin I would like to take this opportunity to girls, and several dogs set off on a Parish thank our Speedwatch volunteers Walk following Route 4 from the Parish organised by Councillor Jeff Rice – they Council Footpath Leaflet led by Chris have been doing a fantastic job; see Jeff’s Andrew, our Footpaths Officer, supported report in this newsletter. by Sue Howlett of St Andrews Church, Suzanne Harris, Greens Committee 2 Chairman, Jackie, Daniela and Lester Outdoor Gym for the Recreation from the Parish Council Office. Ground After a short walk along Waltham Road, I am pleased to report that by the time this we turned into Chantry Lane, making our newsletter goes to print the outdoor gym way to the very edge of the parish equipment will be in place. We are still boundary and onto Toppinghoehall Wood. waiting for one piece of equipment to After a short break, we made our way into come back in stock and that should be the Wood – a very peaceful and green installed in the next few weeks. I hope a walk. We returned to Boreham Village lot of people are making good use of this Hall where John Galley (Parish Council exciting new equipment. As you are Chairman) had a large quantity of tea and probably aware from previous reports the coffee ready for tired walkers. total project is being paid for from a grant of £10,000 from the Tesco Bags of Help Thank you to everyone who came along initiative. and we look forward to more of you joining us on the next Walk in September Lion Inn Allotments Since taking over the land at the Lion Inn for allotments in March this year, the Parish Council is delighted that all 12 plots have now been let and tenants have been working very hard to turn an unused area into productive allotments in a very short space of time. Congratulations to all of our plot holders and our thanks to the Lion Inn for all of their support. If you are interested in renting (date to be arranged). Look out for an allotment there are currently no information on our Website, Newsletter vacancies but we have started a waiting list and Facebook page. Parish walk leaflets so please get in touch with the Parish are available from the Parish Office and Office. can be downloaded from our website: www.borehamparishcouncil.co.uk. Boreham Neighbourhood Plan Under the recent Localism Act, local communities now have the right to 3 produce a neighbourhood plan which sets can be disposed of. Vans and pick-ups out polices on the development and use of will be under greater scrutiny and those land in a parish area. Once it is produced, identified as bringing in waste from any the finished document becomes part of the kind of business activity will be refused local authority development plan - against entry and owners may be liable to which all planning applications will be prosecution. Therefore, if you are doing judged. any large DIY jobs after 31 October you should check the Recycle for Essex Boreham Parish Council has decided to website www.recycleforessex.com before begin the process of producing a plan for heading for our local site. our village community. It is important that all stakeholders in the village – be Boreham Community Speedwatch they voluntary organisations, businesses, Report – August 2016 landowners or other bodies – feel that they After a successful July, sadly August has can have a say in this process. As a result, been a quiet month as the Plantation Road the Council will be setting up a and Main Road roadworks have stopped Neighbourhood Plan Working Group any sessions taking place. Unfortunately, which will include representatives from the speeding continues despite the the wider community, and which will be restrictions. the designated body to bring the plan to July Results were: fruition. You can find further information Plantation Road: 28 vehicle details were about Neighbourhood Plans sent to Essex Police for the 4 sessions at www.essexrcc.org.uk/Default.aspx?pag completed in July and all have been e=2824 . verified as accurate by CS Watch. All There will be an introductory meeting on exceeded the 36 mph limit for reporting Wednesday 5th October at 7.30pm at the but more worrying, despite the warning Village Hall (Goodwin Room). We will be signs, 8 vehicles exceeded 40 Mph joined by Sarah Sapsford from the Rural including a “L” Motorbike travelling at 48 Communities Council of Essex who will mph. One of the vehicles reported was a take us through what is involved in Plantation Road resident!! producing a Neighbourhood Plan. We also Main Road: No monitoring took place in hope to be able to establish the Working July for Main Road mainly due to the Group at this meeting. We will be writing roadworks and temporary traffic lights to voluntary organisations, businesses, outside the new houses. landowners and other bodies in September CSW Monitoring has ceased until such with further details about this meeting. point as the roadworks allow it to continue Please do get in touch if you have any which should not be long now. Two questions. further sites have been proposed to Essex Recycling Centres Police and we await their response. We Essex County Council is making changes currently have six prospective trainees and to the way recycling sites will operate in need more volunteers.