Issue 37, Autumn 2017 Edition of the Illogan Parish Review
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Welcome to Issue 37, Autumn 2017 Edition of the Illogan Parish Review. Information is included about what is going on in the Parish from 1st September to end of November 2017 Photographs of the successful Parish Fair held 8th July 2017. See page 4 for further information. GLEBE FIELD UPDATE At the time of going to print it was understood that the Glebe Field was for sale at circa £700,000 with outline planning consent for a development of 33 dwellings. There are ongoing concerns of Anthrax on the site. Illogan Parish Council have written to the Diocese of Truro demanding that testing for Anthrax is completed before they sell the land. With compliments of Illogan Parish Council 2 CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH COUNCIL— COUNCILLOR MRS MARGARET ROBERTS Looking at my newly acquired chain of office, I was intrigued to see the many names engraved on it. The village has been so lucky over the years in having people who have given their time to serve them and work hard on their behalf. Some are still on the council and I feel privileged to work alongside them. The vast knowledge they have is so important especially as we look forward to the challenges still facing us. At a time when we read of the vast salaries or huge expenses claimed by some people, it should be remembered that parish councillors are unpaid. Their reward is a parish to be proud of. As we go into Autumn I hope you have all had a good summer. One of the highlights for me was the Parish Fair. Once again, Steve Turner and his team of volunteers pulled out all the stops and made it a huge success. I met many old friends and a few new ones too. I’m looking forward to seeing the new play equipment in the park. Now that the Parish own the park I hope it will be something we can all be proud of. Let’s hope too that it will be litter free! Please let us know what you think of it. The coming months will be busy for the Council so if you feel like coming along to our meetings we will be happy to see you. CORNWALL COUNCILLOR— COUNCILLOR DAVID EKINSMYTH The summer has given us all time to reflect on the really significant things that have occurred since my last report, and an opportunity to plan forward. Cornwall Council has now settled down and organized itself for the next four years. This was a little delayed whilst the General Election took place. The Leader and Cabinet are in place and all Committees of the Council set up and operating. I am involved with some of these and I will explain more as the year moves on. My most important role will be as Vice-Chair of the West Sub-area Planning Committee as I should be able to get a little closer to the Planning team than I was able to do previously. I have had a busy time since my re-election and am working to address all concerns made very clear to me when talking to you all on your doorsteps. The most significant were road safety, specifically speeding , then planning and future development issues. The Speed Watch team is now operational but we need some more volunteers to help with this. If you are interested in being trained and playing a part in the community do get in touch with me. Without willing volunteers schemes such as this cannot succeed. Our Neighbourhood Development Plan is proceeding well and the excellent group doing this are working very hard to complete this as soon as feasible. It is a long process but hopefully everyone that is interested has had a chance to see the plans and proposed planning policies and comment. If not visit the Illogan Neighbourhood Plan website and get involved. Remember this is your plan and it will affect all development taking place in Illogan Parish in the future. Over the next few months Cornwall Council will be consulting on future waste policy and town parking amongst other important issues, so keep your eye on the Cornwall Council website or my Facebook page where I will try to pass on all relevant details, and let me know what you think. Finally I remind you that I am always interested in your views and opinions on how Cornwall Council is doing so please keep contacting me, and remember I hold a surgery on the first Saturday of each month in Penwartha Hall . 3 3 3 3 ILLOGAN PARISH NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN STEERING GROUP 1000 new homes planned for Illogan!! Now that we have your attention! If you read the plan you'll see our housing requirement is for only 80 homes during the plan period. We would like to thank those of you who attended the Parish Fair and took time to look at The Neighbourhood Development Plan display. From the reaction we had to our display at the Illogan Parish Fair on 8th July 2017 it is clear that not everyone has a clear understanding of the process involved in developing a Neighbourhood Development Plan and what it can achieve. This is not surprising, as with all legal processes, it is complicated and time consuming and even those of us who have been actively involved in the process, whether as community volunteers or parish councillors, have found the process challenging. A Neighbourhood Plan once adopted would provide a solid base to underpin the decisions relating to planning applications for planning officers, and councillors at both parish and county level. Unfortunately, it cannot address planning issues in relation to permissions granted prior to it’s adoption. We are in the process of putting together a first draft of the full Illogan Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan developed in line with National Planning Policy and the recently adopted Cornwall Local Plan. It has been compiled from the results of the resident and business questionnaires, comments from various community engagement and consultation events and feedback received online. When this is complete we will produce a summary of the key points from the plan which will be delivered to residences in the Parish of Illogan and will include details of where full copies of the draft Neighbourhood Development Plan can be viewed. So it is really important that YOU take a look at the draft neighbourhood plan and tell us what you think. ILLOGAN PARK PLAY AREA The Council are delighted to announce that the new play equipment at Illogan Park should have been installed by the time you read this Review . We hope that our younger community enjoy using the equipment; please let us know what you think. 4 4 THE RAY UREN AWARD Mrs Marsh has been awarded the Ray Uren Award in recognition of her outstanding and quiet support to all who use Penwartha Hall. She has never complained and is always courteous and prepared to go the extra mile for those who need her help. She has served, and indeed continues to serve, the local community well for many years both as a member of the social club at Penwartha and as keeper of the keys for all those other groups that use the hall. ILLOGAN PARISH FAIR The Parish Fair Project Group members are very grateful to everyone who helped out on 8th July. It is impossible to list everyone helped but without your contribution it wouldn’t be the same. Many local good causes benefited from the time you gave as well as from the generosity of the residents who came along on the day. Thank you one and all. Project group members have been taking a well-earned break but we are now starting to put some ideas together for next year. If you would like to get involved in the planning of the fair or any other way then please do get in touch. We really do need your help, the more the merrier! We are also keen to receive specific offers of help to join the team organising the Horticultural & Domestic Show. No experience necessary but we would appreciate offers of help now. Thank you. This year we also had a good number of local businesses support the fair by taking advertisement space in the programme, so our sincere thanks go to Firewood Supplies Ltd, Family Shopper, McColls, Slimming World and DJM Gardening Services. If you would like to promote your business or organisation at the 2018 Parish Fair either in our programme or in some other way then please do get in touch and we can discuss sponsorship options. We are particularly indebted to Burncoose Nurseries who kindly paid for our new street signs, to the many businesses that donated raffle prizes and to Prima Bakeries who gave us a great discount on our Pasties this year. Please note that we have not yet selected someone to open the 2018 fair. The only restriction is that it should be either someone from our Parish or someone who has done something significant for the benefit of the Parish. So if you would like to nominate someone please let us know and be sure to tell us why you are nominating them. If you would like to help now or on the day, would like to perform or have something to exhibit please get in touch on 843845. COUNCIL CLERK’S ACHIEVEMENTS Congratulations to the Council’s Clerk, Sarah Willsher ,who has successfully updated her qualification in the Certificate of Local Council Administration (CiLCA) in line with changes to legislation.