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Results 5. ,The C NEWS Number 355 – November 2019 Village Website: www.compton-surrey.co.uk PUBLISHED BY COMPTON VILLAGE ASSOCIATION Editor: Jane Turner, Inwood House, Hog’s Back, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1HE Telephone: 01483 810789. 07763 146448. Email: [email protected] PARISH COUNCIL COMPTON PARISH COUNCIL IN THE HIGH COURT. Earlier this year, immediately before the local elections, Guildford Borough Council adopted a new Local Plan, setting out its aspirations for housing, development and other areas of local government. This plan included a proposal to build 1,800 homes on the Blackwell Farm site, much of which lies within Compton Parish and all of which is within the Metropolitan Green Belt. Compton Parish Council, after consulting through public meetings, resolved to challenge this Plan, the basis for the housing numbers, the way the inspector conducted the hearings and the manner in which it was adopted by GBC. Our advice was that the dwelling numbers (at 37% above the Council's own objective assessment of housing need) could not be justified, and the extra road traffic generated would be enormously harmful to Compton village. Our challenge, together with the challenges from two other parties, will be heard at the Law Courts in the Strand, London on Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th November, as a Section 113 Challenge. The hearing will be open to the public from 10.30am to 4.30pm. You are very welcome to attend and support our legal team. Mobile phones are permitted in the courtroom but you are warned that if they go off, you are liable to be in Contempt of Court so it is important to keep all devices on silent! BE ALERT! Following a recent burglary near Spiceall, it has become apparent that the perpetrators were watching the property from a car parked close by for some time before they broke in. This behaviour has been seen elsewhere in the parish, so we ask everyone to be alert to people sitting in a car without apparent purpose, and to take a note of the number plate if you are at all suspicious. SAVE HOGS BACK APPEAL To date, the SAVE HOGS BACK appeal has raised £6,270 towards Compton Parish Council’s legal challenge, with a further £2,760 raised in cheques/PayPal payments, and an anonymous pledge of £1,700. Save Hogs Back has already exceeded its initial target of £10,000, but this is just as well given the escalating legal costs that have been created by Guildford Borough Council inviting four developers to take part in the legal proceedings too. Not only has Compton’s QC had to deal with six sets of separate detailed grounds of resistance (from GBC, the Government and four developers) but the developers have pushed for a doubling of the number of days in Court. Save Hogs Back originally embarked on the fundraising campaign so that the Parish Council would be exposed to less financial risk in the event that it lost its legal challenge, but these extra funds have turned out to be much needed. If you wish to make a donation to support the Appeal, go to www.savehogsback.co.uk. Alternatively, you can transfer directly to the Appeal’s bank account: Sort code 20 35 35, Account 33669742, or send a cheque, payable to “Save Hogs Back” to the Treasurer, Neville Bryan, 3 Frog Grove Lane, Wood Street Village, Guildford GU3 3EY. Jean Miller held another very successful MACMILLAN THE WATTS GALLERY SHOP is recruiting a FRONT OF COFFEE MORNING in the Old Barn on OUSE SSISTANT H A for alternate weekend work (both Saturday th and Sunday). This is a permanent position with varied hours 27 September, raising a handsome £1,150 - a fantastic and paid at the hourly rate of £9.09. Applications should be result. Jean would like to thank everyone who sent to Alice Offer, Retail & Admissions Manager, at provided cakes, raffle prizes and gave donations for [email protected] by Tuesday 12th November. the occasion, and particularly those who came along Interviews will be held on Tuesday 19th November. The job and gave their support, dodging the showers which description can be found under Careers on came and went! In turn, THANK YOU Jean for your www.wattsgallery.org.uk. hard work in making the event such a success, for this truly worthwhile cause. BARGAIN BASEMENT Sony Micro Hi-Fi Radio, CD and Cassette Player with speakers and remote. Full working order and very good condition. A snip at £45! Call Margaret on 01483 414989. ENTERTAINMENT GALORE! - 2 - GUILDFORD ART SOCIETY 2019 AUTUMN EXHIBITION. West Horsley Place, Epsom Road KT24 6AN. Saturday 2nd November, 12 noon to 4pm, Sunday 3rd to Sunday 10th, 10am to 4pm. The exhibition will take place in the beautiful ground floor formal rooms of the Manor House. Guildford Art Society was founded in 1926 and has a current membership of 251 artists, practising and non-practising, amateur and professional. All works are for sale. Free entry and free parking! CHRISTMAS CRAFTS & CHRISTMAS SONGS. IN ACCORD, a ladies A Capella singing group who rehearse in Compton Village Hall, are planning a Christmas Craft Sale accompanied by some singing on Thursday 14th November in the Village Hall between 6pm and 8pm, before one of their regular rehearsals. Everyone is warmly invited to join them for a festive evening of songs and sales. Mulled wine and mince pies will be on offer so do come and browse unique hand-made creations by Diana Burton Glass Art and Upsy Daisy up cycled denim and other quirky items! LOSELEY HOUSE CHRISTMAS FAIR in the Tithe Barn and Special Pavilions. Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 17th November, 9am to 4pm. Talented makers and designers from across the UK offer a unique opportunity to find special presents for special people. Stunning fashions and accessories, leather bags and belts, dazzling jewellery, scarves in lustrous velvets and satins, luxurious soaps and skincare. Decorate your home with elegant candles, platters and bowls. Visit the Specialist Food area which is brimming with scrumptious cheeses and meats, and wines. Pleasurable Christmas shopping. FREE easy parking, coffee shops, wide aisles with easy access for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Tickets on the day: £5.50 Adults, £5 Seniors, £5 Students, Children FREE. NORNEY CREATIVE ARTS GROUP are holding their biennial exhibition in Shackleford Village Hall on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November, between 10am and 4pm. Many works will be on display from this talented local group. Refreshments available. Entry FREE. BLACKHEATH AND BRAMLEY CHORAL SOCIETY will be performing Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday 30th November at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Conductor David Condry, with Stephen Westrop on piano and Seb Gillot on Harmonium. Eleanor Gregory soprano, Helena Condry alto, Graham Neal tenor and Edward Grint bass. Tickets £15 (£8 students) available from Choir Members, the Box Office on [email protected] or Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444344. CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2019 on Friday 6th December from 7pm for a prompt start at 7.30pm at Chimneys, Lower Moushill Lane, Milford (by kind permission of Baroness Bottomley). Festive family entertainment including Musicians, Readers, Singers, Mini-Pantomime. Tickets £20, to include mulled wine, mince pies and free raffle ticket, available from Jennifer Leigh, Manor Cottage, Lower Moushill Lane, Godalming GU8 5EA. 01483 420025 or [email protected]. Organised by South West Surrey Conservative Association, Milford Branch. CINDERELLA, The Fairy Godmother of all Pantomimes! Directed by Denise Hodgkiss and performed by GODALMING THEATRE GROUP. Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th, Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd December. Tickets £12.50, Students £10. Book online at www.gtguk.com or call 07402 484484 (a £1 booking fee per transaction applies to telephone bookings). COMPTON LITTLE THEATRE’S 2020 Pantomime is DICK WHITTINGTON. The original script, by Julie Petrucci & Chris Shinn, has been adapted by Fred Pollard & Frazer Woodhams, who will also direct. London is in the hands of the nefarious Queen Rat (Amy Aiello) as ravenous rodents run riot in the streets, leaving the tired citizens desperate for someone to solve their pest problems. Sweetshop owner Alderman Fitzwarren (Stephen Pugh) has run out of options until an unlikely hero arrives in the form of young fortune- seeker Dick Whittington (Eleanor Selby), fresh-faced and eager to make something of his life. Despite the best efforts of the devious Queen Rat, Dick and his furry feline Tommy (Luke Bevan) work together with their new friends to save the day and embark on an adventure to find the thieving villain which will take them all the way to the exotic island of Mycoco. Come and join Dick on his tremendous adventure, full to the brim with side-splitting jokes, marvellous musical numbers and fun for all the family. Make room in your diaries now for what will surely be the highlight of your new year! Performances will be every evening at 8pm on Thursday 16th, Friday 17th and Saturday 18th January, with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are £10 per person and are available now at www.ticketsource.co.uk/clt. ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, COMPTON - SERVICES FOR NOVEMBER SATURDAY 2nd – 8am Holy Communion, Watts Chapel SUNDAY 3rd – 10.30am Sung Holy Communion SUNDAY 10th – 8am Holy Communion (1662); 10.15am Remembrance Service, followed by Commemoration at the War Memorial at 11am SUNDAY 17th – 10.30am Sung Holy Communion th WEDNESDAY 20 – 10.30am Said Communion THIS AND THAT - 3 - The next SUPPER CLUB in the Compton Club is on Friday 22nd November, serving from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.