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WINTER 2017 Issue 87 S W E N y d t i n o u o m h m o r c u e SANDRIDGEBURY FARM h At the heart of your community t o n LEARN A TRADITIONAL RURAL CRAFT b i Have a go at hedge laying e h c HEARTWOOD TEA ROOMS i g o Open for business v i r e u www.sandridge-pc.gov.uk o Sponsored by Sandridge Parish Council for everyone Y N in Sandridge, Marshalswick and Jersey Farm 2 WINTER 2017 NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS Neighbourhood NEWS In this issue... Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan 4 Raise a glass to your local landlord! 23 An update on progress The Green Man landlord is relentless in his charity work Chair’s report 5 Councillor Janet Churchard Learn a traditional rural craft 6 Sandridgebury Why not have a go at hedge laying? Farm Dead trees 7 Are you worried about the health and safety of the trees on our verges? A busy farm at Parish Council Meetings 2017 8 the heart of our Dates and venues of Sandridge Parish Council meetings community Litter picking 9 24-25 What else would you be doing on a Sunday morning? Defibrillators in the parish 10 Sandridge Village Hall 27-28 Equipment that could help save lives A listing of activities and regular hirers Marshalswick Community Centre 29 11 Tree A listing of activities and regular hirers Spencer Hall 30 identification A listing of activities and regular hirers walk Jersey Farm Community Centre 31 A listing of activities and regular hirers Experts share their Local church news 33-35 wealth of knowledge Find out what’s going on at your local churches Serving our community 37 Notice Board - Winter 2017 12 Jersey Farm Community Centre A list of contact points in the area Supporting creativity in young people 39 Who do I contact? 13 SandPit Theatre news Useful numbers for many local issues Councillor profile 40-41 Heartwood Tea Rooms 14-15 Councillor June Reid Open for business Marshalswick North Residents’ Association 43 Education news 16-19 Representing local residents non-politically Find out what’s going on at your local schools Jersey Farm Carpet Bowls Club 20 How to deter burglars 44 PCSO Chris Stokes Keep active, stay healthy, make new friends IT Taster Sessions 21 Free pensioners’ bus timetable 45 How Marshalswick library can help you get online Sponsored by Sandridge Parish Council Cover photo - A frosty morning at Heartwood Forest (taken by Judith Parry ) Published for and on behalf of Sandridge Parish Council Published by: LOCAL PUBLISHING LTD Tel: 01727 757475 Circulation: Over 4,750 homes in Marshalswick, Jersey [email protected] Farm and Sandridge. This is equivalent to all of the www.localpublishing.co.uk AL4 9-- postcode area. Editor: STEFANIE HAYES [email protected] EDITORIAL DEADLINE Advertising: NICK HAYES [email protected] If you have an article you would like to be considered for the SPRING 2018 issue, please email it to the editor Address: Neighbourhood News, c/o Sandridge Parish by Thursday 15th February 2018 Council, Marshalswick Community Centre, COPYRIGHT - Items in this publication are subject to copyright. The Ridgeway, St. Albans, AL4 9TU Copying in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Unless specifically stated, views expressed in Neighbourhood News are not necessarily those of the editor or of Sandridge Parish Council. While sponsored by Sandridge Parish Council, Neighbourhood News is an independent publication. The editor reserves the right to shorten, modify or reject submitted material. All advertisements in Neighbourhood News are accepted in good faith but neither Sandridge Parish Council nor the editor can be held responsible for goods or services advertised. NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS WINTER 2017 3 Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan An update on progress HANK-YOU to everyone who has residents to comment before the plan goes to commented on our initial draft the District Council and then to an Inspector TNeighbourhood Plan. All the to be examined. We will publicise the comments received will be considered. We consultation in the new year, please respond have also met with officers on St. Albans when it happens. The aim is still to have the District Council to discuss the Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan finalised in 2018 by a Neighbourhood Plan and how it might be referendum. impacted by the District Council’s Local Plan. Transport Homes In addition to the Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan and the St. Albans The District Council will be consulting in District Local Plan, Hertfordshire County early 2018 on issues and options for its Local Council is consulting on a Local Transport Plan and we will be monitoring their progress Plan for Hertfordshire and will shortly be closely. The Government is changing the consulting on their Local Minerals Plan regulations regarding Local Plans including (which covers the quarrying of sand and how District Councils assess the number of gravel in the county). Both these plans have homes that are required. Under the new implications for residents of Sandridge and methodology, St. Albans District Council is the Neighbourhood Plan. expected to plan for an additional 913 homes each year. This is more than twice what had been proposed by the District Council. The Development Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan should assist in managing how and where that Finally, at the time of writing, the decision development occurs. to approve Taylor Wimpey’s application to build on Sandpit Lane has just been Roads announced. The implications are being considered in preparing the draft plan. We have also met with officers of If you would like to be kept informed on Hertfordshire County Council to discuss the progress or have comments on the draft Neighbourhood Plan and how the Parish Neighbourhood Plan, please contact the Council can work with the County Council Parish Council or email spc.neighbour- on the provision of appropriate [email protected] and we will add infrastructure such as roads. you to our email circulation list. We are using the feedback received from residents and the councils to produce a draft Councillor John Hale Neighbourhood Plan for consultation in early On behalf of the Neighbourhood Plan 2018. This will be a final opportunity for Working Group 4 WINTER 2017 NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS Chair’s report Report by Councillor Janet Churchard URING the signs to replace the existing old and indistinct autumn, the signage, making both more welcoming. D Parish Council Sherwood Avenue Recreation Ground car looks carefully at its budget when considering park is to have CCTV coverage installed to its income and outgoings for the financial enhance security and safety in this area. Year 2018/19. As well as regular commitments, we also Improvements consider how we can deliver improvements to benefit as many of our residents as The redevelopment of the garage site at possible. Our playgrounds and open spaces Langley Grove has generated Section 106 are enjoyed by all ages and we try to keep money to be spent in Sandridge Village them in the best possible condition. (S.106 funding is provided by the developer This year, Jersey Farm Woodland Park to support the provision of leisure facilities in gained the Green Flag Award again. Our the vicinity of a development). recreation grounds are monitored regularly The St. Leonard’s play area and adjacent to keep them safe and suitable for use. We green space will receive improvements partly have provisionally budgeted for paid for by this money as well as council improvements beyond regular maintenance funds. We hope to create a new path across to five of our play areas. the green and install an outdoor table tennis table and a basketball net. The old, tired Updated multi-play will also be replaced. It is hoped these improvements will create a more Harness Way play area is prone to getting enjoyable area for residents. very muddy so resurfacing work will continue At Marshalswick Community Centre, the to try to alleviate this problem. A new, more toilets will be refurbished, the hall substantial goal post will also be redecorated, and a new PA System installed. installed. At both the The lighting at Jersey Farm Community William Bell and Centre will be updated to LED to conserve Damson Way energy. play areas, Although this is in no way an exhaustive there are list of what the Parish Council seeks to do in to be the next financial year, I hope it gives a new flavour of how we hope to improve facilities. Jersey Farm Woodland Park gained the Green Flag award again this year 5 Learn a traditional rural craft Why not have a go at hedge laying? Before After EDGES are significant features Jersey Farm Woodland Park has already in our landscape, functioning been laid using material harvested from H as boundaries, barriers, and as the park. habitats for wildlife. Well managed This winter, the Parish Council will be hedges are dense and bushy at the running two sessions introducing the bottom, while unmanaged hedges basics of hedge laying at the Woodland become lines of thin ‘leggy’ trees. Park. They will be on Sunday 3rd Traditionally, hedges in the countryside December and Saturday 20th January, were laid to maintain their bushy, dense 10am - 1pm. Tea and tools will be character so that livestock could be provided, so please come and have a go. contained. Hedges are still laid to maintain their effectiveness as barriers, For more details, contact Sandridge but also to provide a good habitat for Parish Council on 01727 831871 or email wildlife. About 300 metres of hedge at [email protected] Dead trees Are you worried about the health and safety of the trees on our verges? AST autumn, I reported 30 dead lose their trees and, worse still, see them trees in the verges in Marshalswick to replaced with the skeletons of dead trees.