FORUM SUMMARY – ISSUES RAISED SINCE SEPTEMBER 2006
Lakes 04.09.06. Troutbeck Institute 31 Ambleside Area Climate Motorbikes gaining illegal Change/Eco Inititative: Parish Plan access to Garburn Pass; update; Lake District National Park lighting at St.Martin’s footpath work update; Acute Himalayan Balsam and Medical Services Review. Japanese Knotweed: Officer time and volume of paperwork involved in consultation exercises.
Kent Estuary 05.09.06. Preston Patrick 23 Local view; Lost Ways Survey in Threat to the environment Memorial Hall Preston Patrick; Morecambe Bay and wildlife from marine Partnership Beach Care Project litter, especially the ribbons from mass balloon releases and the plastic inners of cotton buds.
Low Furness & 12.9.06 Swarthmoor Hall, 15 Carlisle Archives Offices; Ulverston Ulverston Ambulance Service Patient & Public Involvement Forum; UVHS School Orienteering Club
Grange, Cartmel & 20.9.06 Lindale Village Hall 12 Adult Services (Older People); Report on increase in Oct Lyth Valley Camera Safety Partnership for National Minimum Wage; new cheque writing rules High Furness 26.9.06 The Library, 21 Ambulance Service Patient & Public Coniston Institute Involvement Forum; Cumbria Highways
Windermere & 04.10.06. St. Anne’s Church 24 Updates on Acute medical services Extent of Clean Staveley District Hall, Ings review: W.I. resolutions; Neighbourhoods Act? Windermere Library opening LDNPA reaction to micro hours; Windermere Magistrates’ energy generation within Court, Highways. the National Park? Windermere Parish Plan. Cheap parking permits to National Trust ‘Footprint’ project deter on street parking. Lake District National Park Parking on Ellerthwaite Rd. authority. How to achieve reduced speed limits. Potholes/Uncut verges and hedges/High Wray to Ferry footpath Need for low cost industrial units/better employment opportunities. Library opening hours.
Sedbergh & Kirkby 4.10.06 Barbon Village Hall 12 Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service; Lonsdale Cumbria Police; Community Cinema
Kendal 09.10.06. Kendal Town Hall 29 Updates on Town Council matters; Problems Kendal Amateur LA21 Working Group; Cutting Swimming Club faces in Waste ideas and Hallgarth policing maintaining a training meeting. programme whilst the Kendal & District Bus Users; Leisure Centre pool is Homelessness in Kendal, closed for refurbishment. ECO initiatives at QKS.
Upper Kent 10.10.06. Selside Memorial 13 History of Selside Memorial Hall. Concern over motor cycle Hall Highways; W.I. resolutions and speeds on A6. Acute Medical Services Review Request for speed indicator updates. signs. Excessive Age Concern – services for over bureaucracy at SLDC. 55’s Need for renewable energy Balancing SLDC’s budget technology grants for businesses. Low Furness & 7.11.06 Gleaston Village 3 Fire & Rescue Service; Energy Ulverston Hall Efficiency in the Home; Highways
Sedbergh & Kirkby 21.11.06 Sedbergh People’s 22 Ambulance Service, Cumbria Domestic wind turbines in Lonsdale Hall Police, Cumrbia Highways National Park discussed. Problems with a weekly bus service in Garsdale was raised. Grange, Cartmel & 22.11.06 Argles Memorial 22 Ambulance Service; Cumbria Sign for the A5074 too Lyth Valley Hall, Crosthwaite Police; Lake District National Park; close to junction – Traffic Westmorland Damsons Management Officer to be contacted. High Furness 29.11.06 Grizebeck Village 10 Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service; A possible Unitary Authority Hall Trading Standards was discussed. Potholes and verges especially in Ulpha to be discussed at a future meeting, Lakes 28.11.06. Langdale Village 32 Feedback on local projects Lack of trained drivers to Hall Town Centre Management make best use of the new Energy & Environment Issues community minibus. LDNPA – Ranger update Boundary commission Our Place Youth Club decisions. Local development framework Affordable housing needs survey – Langdale
Windermere & 29.11.06. Lakes School 26 Updates from previous meetings is there a market for Staveley District Troutbeck Bridge Lakes School & Local Democracy recycled products? week A unitary authority –rule Climate Change and the LDNPA from Carlisle or links with Town Centre Management & South Morecambe Bay? Lakes Development Trust Future Forums to start at 7pm. Snow clearing/gritting – Birthwaite Road Non deliverance of roadside work by CCC Local Development Framework Kendal 05.12.06. Kendal College 21 A Children’s Centre for Kendal Concerns over lack of Horticare – developing sensory engineering and garden agricultural training Education – Kendal College opportunities in SL. Riverside light funded by Forum still not in place Tarmacing/bins for back West Street Kent Estuary 06.12.06. Arnside W.I. & 34 Local View Letter to supermarkets Village Hall CCC Waste Prevention Team – from Forum via Resource reducing, reusing and recycling Cumbria Partnership re. waste excessive packaging. Crime & Disorder Reduction P’ship Concerns over youth Police disorder and lack of police response– separate meeting with Police to be arranged Suggestion for eco footprint event in Arnside First Responder training