Weekly RPC Clerks Update 10 June – 16 June 2019

Clerk’s announcements/delegated decisions: • Received email from Satswana regarding being aware of IT companies trying to talk organisations into upgrading their systems as Microsoft are discontinuing support for Windows Server 2008 in January 2020. Rudgwick Parish Council is using Microsoft 365, cloud based so no concerns. • Submitted business rate relief application for Rudgwick Hall to HDC • Submitted end of year finance documents to external auditor. • Informed HDC of Neighbourhood Steering Committee intentions as per Council meeting 10.6.2019. • Arranged for EPC inspection for Rudgwick Youth Centre to take place 19.6.2019. • Road barrier painting for Rudgwick Hall entrance road to King George V field back car park arranged for Tuesday 25.6.2019. • Arranged for Data Protection Officer – Satswana Ltd for 2019/20. • Contacted A Beams, locum clerk to provide support to parish office for a period of three days.

List of organisations that communicate with the Council on a regular basis.

AIRS (Action in Rural Sussex) APCAG (Association of Parish Councils Aviation Group) CAGNE (Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emission) CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) HALC (Horsham Association of Local Councils) HDC (Horsham District Council) NALC (National Association of Local Councils) SSALC (Surrey and Sussex Association of Local Councils) WSCC (West Sussex District Council)

Correspondence from parishioners: 12.06.2019 possibility for resurfacing of Lynwick Street (email circulated to councillors and agenda item for July meeting)

I have just talked with Will from West Sussex Highways Department. I had read in West Sussex Connections about the million pound road improvement schemes being undertaken by WSHD after receiving a new £6M government grant.

I explained the situation for Lynwick Street with the Harrison truck contract ending September 2019, (confirmed by Tim Harrison).

Obviously, we could not expect a road resurfacing until after the contact finishes end of September.

He took notes, gave me a reference number (6664017), and said that someone will be in touch within 10 days.

So now is the time, I suggest, for all of us to press for a full resurfacing of Lynwick Street after waiting for so long.

Please bring this up at the next Parish Council Meeting, and ask for members to vigorously press for a resurfacing in October 2019

Kind Regards,

E-MAILS/COMMUNICATION

10.06.2019 Email from Southwater Parish Council – neighbourhood plan

Dear Sir/Madam

Please find attached (*below) a letter regarding the consultation on the Southwater Neighbourhood Development Plan ( 2019-2031 )

Regards

Janine Taylor, Office Manager

Southwater Parish Council

Beeson House, 26 Lintot Square, Fairbank Road, Southwater,Horsham. RH13 9LA

01403 733202

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to advise that Southwater Parish Council (as the qualifying body) has prepared a Neighbourhood Development Plan, entitled “Southwater Neighbourhood Plan 2019-2031”, for their Parish with the help of the local community. The Southwater Neighbourhood Plan sets out a vision for the future of the Parish and planning policies which will be used to determine planning applications locally. The Parish Council submitted the plan to Horsham District Council on 13th March 2019. In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended), Horsham District Council are running a consultation on the Southwater Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents for 6 weeks - inviting representations between Friday 7 June and 5pm on Friday 19 July 2019. If you would like to make a representation on the Southwater Neighbourhood Plan, please refer to Horsham District Council’s online consultation system by clicking the following link:

2 https://strateqicplanninq.horsham.qov.uk/consult.ti/SouthwateNP Req16/consultationHome Horsham District Council encourage those responding to use their online consultation system, however, if you are unable to submit online, you can also return your representation comment form to [email protected] or in writing to: Neighbourhood Planning Officer, Horsham District Council, Parkside, Chart Way, North Street, Horsham, RH12 1RL. Those who are responding in writing need to use the prescribed response form, which is available on Horsham District Council’s website. This consultation runs from Friday 7 June to 5pm Friday 19 July 2019. Hard copies of the consultation documents are upon request available for inspection between; • Horsham District Council offices; Parkside, Chart Way, North Street, Horsham, RH12 1RL (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) • Horsham Library, Lower Tanbridge Way, Horsham, RH12 1PJ (Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm) • Southwater Library, Beeson House, 26 Lintot Square, Fairbank Road, Southwater, RH13 9LA (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturdays 10am and 2pm).

NOTIFICATION

Any representations may include a request to be notified of the local planning authority’s decision under regulation 19 in relation to the neighbourhood development plan. Horsham District Council will process the information you provide in a manner that is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED BY THE AUTHORITY WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE (IN DUE COURSE). THESE WILL BE IDENTIFIABLE BY NAME AND WHERE APPLICABLE ORGANISATON.

Please note that this consultation is being run and managed by Horsham District Council. Any queries regarding the consultation should be directed to the neighbourhood planning team at Horsham District Council. They can be contacted by emailing [email protected]. Kind regards, Dawn Spouge, Acting Clerk Southwater Parish Council Beeson House 26 Lintot Square Fairbank Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9LA Telephone - 01403 733202

3 www.southwater-pc.gov.uk My hours of work are 10.00- 16.00- Monday to Friday Visit: www.youtube.com/user/southwaterpc for information on rooms to hire in Southwater as managed by the Parish Council Website: www.southwater-pc.qov.uk Twitter: @southwaterpc Facebook: Southwater Parish Council and Southwater Live

10.6.2019 Email from NALC – annual conference

Think rural at NALC's Annual Conference 2019!

Is your local council based in a rural area? Does it have specific rural based problems it wants to share and get a steer on? Do you want an expert view on the context of the main issues affecting your rural local council?

An expert rural panel has been confirmed by NALC to deliver a panel session at its Annual Conference 2019, including Margaret Clark CBE, chair of the Rural Coalition, Crispin Truman, chief executive at the Campaign to Protect Rural England and Sue Pitchard, director at the Royal Society of Arts.

Margaret Clark will talk about Think Rural (the case for proper rural proofing); fair shares (equitable treatment in funding allocations) and the need for a comprehensive, long term rural strategy.

CPRE will talk about the importance of a shared vision for the future of rural communities & economies; the role of rural communities in caring for the natural environment; & responding to climate change and how CPRE would like to contribute.

Sue Pritchard will talk about headline recommendations from the Commission on Food, Farming and the Countryside; the calls for action to governments, business and civic society; and inspiring stories of where change is already happening.

Now is the time to rural-proof your council! This session will give you plenty of ideas and practical solutions to the political, financial and social issues faced by your rural local council. Book now!

To get access to this workshop, find out more, and book onto NALC’s Annual Conference 2019 now and save 20% before early-bird rates end on 31 July 2019.

For more information about the event contact NALC at [email protected] or call on 020 7290 0741.

10.06.2019 Email from SSALC SSALC Weekly Bulletin

D Day Commemoration, Pagham, West Sussex

Some 1000m off the beach at Pagham lies a sunken concrete caisson for a Mulberry Harbour; some 48 caissons were towed across to Normandy but the Pagham one didn’t make it. On 6th June, Pagham Parish Council arranged a ceremony of dedication for the ‘Mulberry Harbour Stone’ located on the beach in front of the Yacht Club, this was well attended by local residents including Philip Mawes a WW11 veteran from the Royal Navy and the Reverend Mark Eminson, Vicar of Pagham. SSALC’s membership of the West Sussex County Council Civilian & Military Partnership Board helped to ensure that there was a uniformed military presence in the form of three representatives of 12 Regt. Royal Artillery based at Thorney Island.

In the photograph below we have from left to right Nicola Swann, Parish Council Clerk, Gunner Adam Thorne, Bombardier Amy Johnson, Philip Mawes, Sergeant Barry Pryor and Trevor Leggo CEO SSALC.

This year Angmering Parish Council changed the format of its Annual Parish Assembly and it worked !

Over 20 local organisations took table top displays and some 150 people attended – next year they will need a bigger hall !

Congratulations to the Clerk Katie Herr, Assistant Clerk Tracey Lees and ‘front of house’ staff Sam and Tara pictured below in ‘house colours’.

For Sale Angmering Parish Council are selling a ride on mower. It was purchased in February 2016 and comes with a side discharge cutting deck. It has 0160 hours on the clock and is in very good condition.

For further details please contact Tracy Lees at [email protected]

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Sussex PCC honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2019

Sussex Police and Commissioner Katy Bourne has today (8th June), been awarded an OBE for public and political services. Chief Constable Giles York said: “Katy Bourne has been a consistent force for good since first being elected as the PCC for Sussex; she has always been a voice of challenge and support for the Force and championing the needs of the public and those who struggle to have their voice heard. On behalf of all of us at Sussex police we offer our congratulations on such well earned recognition in being awarded an OBE.” Claudia Ortiz, Director of Brighton-based specialist stalking service Veritas Justice said: We would like to congratulate Katy on receiving this very well-deserved recognition. She has shown immense commitment and dedication to improving outcomes for victims of Stalking and has shared her own experiences publicly. Her tireless work raising awareness of this devastating crime has inspired us locally and many others nationally to come together and create the changes that are so desperately needed by some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Her unwavering support and passion have driven the stalking agenda in almost every national platform and her work in support of victims of Stalking is most definitely saving lives and is testament to her ingenuity, creativity, and above all leadership in public service. Former Sussex lawyer, Paul Greenwood was a District Attorney in San Diego and one of the USA’s leading prosecutors of elder abuse who spoke at the launch of the Sussex PCC’s Elders’ Commission report launch Parliament. He said: “I am delighted that Katy Bourne has been recognized for her innovative approach to raising awareness in Sussex about the ever growing crime of financial exploitation that targets our elder and vulnerable adult population. Education and community involvement with the police are essential in the fight to hold perpetrators accountable; and so it is gratifying that Mrs Bourne’s leadership in this area has been duly noted.” Sussex PCC Katy Bourne said “I am very honoured to have been nominated and to have been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. This is a tremendous endorsement of the role of Police and Crime Commissioners and testament to the hard work of the team in my office who support me. I would like to thank them and also every single police officer, PCSO and police staff member in Sussex for working so tirelessly to keep us all safe.”

Notes for editors: The Orders of the British Empire were established by King George V in three ranks; Commander; Officer and Member, and they are awarded for distinguished and notable contributions.

The PCC and her team will be at the South of England Showground in Ardingly today (Saturday 8th June) and looking forward to meeting visitors to hear their ideas and concerns about policing and crime issues in Sussex.

Legal Updates

For regular legal updates please visit www ssalc.co.uk

Sample Accessibility Statement (Accessibility Regulations 2018)

Last November NALC issued legal briefing L09-18 on the Public Sector Bodies (Websites And Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The briefing referred to the government’s intention to issue a model accessibility statement and the Government Digital Service has now created a sample accessibility statement for guidance which can be found here.

Representatives from NALC met this week to explore further support for county associations and councils which they will be discussing with the County Officers Forum at their meeting next month.

10.06.2019 Email from APCAG AGM 30th July 2019

Dear Clerk

As a member of APCAG (Association of Parish Councils Aviation Group), your Parish Council is cordially invited to the AGM which will be held on Tuesday 30th July at 6.30pm. Agenda and Venue will follow shortly.

I do hope a representative of the Council will be able to attend: again there have been a great number of developments concerning future aviation activity over the past year.

Regards

Linda Penny (APCAG Secretary)

10.06.2019 Email from AGE UK Horsham Sonia Mangan leaving Tea Party Its nearly time to say goodbye…but not quite I am delighted to invite you for a “cup of tea and a slice of cake” on 26th June 2019 at 3.30pm at Lavinia House, apparently the embarrassing bit (speeches etc. will be about 4pm). It would be good to see you of course but if you can’t make it – I do understand. The invite is attached and it has the RSVP details.

Last week saw us celebrate volunteering and I am so delighted to say that we continue to make a difference locally with their support. In the last we have seen significant progress on all fronts and a 6% rise in total client numbers on the previous financial year and we have only been able to do that with the support of our volunteers as during that time we had no increase in staffing. During 2018/19 we worked with 1864 older people : • 34% of our new clients were between 75 and 84 years with a further 38% being over 85 • 65% were female and 35% male

• 50% of our new clients live in the Horsham town or Horsham North wards and we do have a fair mix of clients across in our rural wards • We recorded accommodation type for 767 people in the year and of those 61% were freehold owners, with 16% being in housing association rented • 55% said they lived alone, 31% with a partner and just 7% with family • Of the 921 recorded with a disability 15% had a diagnosis of Dementia 19% a chronic medical condition and 1- 5%stroke/diabetes/wheelchair user etc.

Over a quarter, 28% of the people we worked with accessed more than one service.

• 40% of Lavinia house members accessed other Age UK HD services

• 36 % of dementia club members/carers accessed other Age UK HD services

• 63% of Rural clubs and Village agent contacts accessed other Age UK HD services

We are very fortunate across the district to have such a thriving Age UK and I will miss all that makes that happen. If you do have a website please remember to add a link to our own https://www.ageuk.org.uk/horshamdistrict/ and/or share our information via twitter and facebook. Thank you for all your support and I look forward to working with you as Chief Executive for Carers Support West Sussex Sonia

Sonia Mangan

Chief Executive Officer

Age UK Horsham District | Lavinia House | Dukes Square | Horsham | RH12 1GZ

Tel: 01403 260 560 | Mobile: 07745439446

10.06.2019 Email from WSCC Highways – Ash Die Back

Dear all

You may have heard about Ash Die Back and be aware of the potential implications this has on tree stock across West Sussex. Please see information on our website about how West Sussex County Council plans to manage the impact, and what other woodland and tree owners can also do: www.westsussex.gov.uk/ashdieback.

If you have concerns about a specific Ash tree or about Ash Die Back in general please log an enquiry through the usual online channels: Report a problem with a road or pavement or raise a highways related enquiry or call 01243 642105.

13.06.2019 – Email from CPRE = annual meeting

Book NOW to join us at our AGM in July

You are warmly invited to our AGM on Friday, 5th July at Bates Green Farm Café Barn, Tye Hill Road, Arlington - home to the stunning Arlington Bluebell Walk and Trail, winner of the coveted Peter Brandon Award at our 2017 Countryside Awards. This year we are celebrating the contribution of nature to our wellbeing with a guided walk by farm owner, Mr John McCutchan and talks by two fascinating speakers - Prof Dan Osborn of the School of Human Ecology at University College London, and Dr Tony Whitbread (President of Sussex Wildlife Trust).

Bay Tree Foods, based on the Farm, will provide a delicious buffet lunch which you can pre-book – keeping it beautifully local! To book visit our website.

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Book NOW to join us at our AGM in July

13 talks by two fascinating speakers - Prof Dan Osborn of the School of Human Ecology at University College London, and Dr Tony Whitbread (President of Sussex Wildlife Trust).

Bay Tree Foods, based on the Farm, will provide a delicious buffet lunch which you can pre-book – keeping it beautifully local! To book visit our website.

‘Plant Your Postcode’: launch this month

We are delighted that Plant Your Postcode has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the National Lottery and a further £4,700 in funding from the Rampion Fund at Sussex Community Foundation.

The project, which is to be launched this month, works with local community groups and aims to grow an urban forest of street trees which will transform the local environment, tackle climate change and improve the health of residents living throughout the area.

The project is a joint initiative by CPRE Sussex and Hove Civic Society with local community groups. More information can be found on the Plant your postcode website: https://plantyourpostcode.org/

Join us at the Mass Lobby on 26th June

Climate change is the biggest threat to the countryside. That's why we're taking part in ‘The Time Is Now’, an exciting public event taking place on 26 June that gives you the chance to talk face- to-face to your MP about climate change and the environment. We think that future generations deserve to experience a countryside full of life and beauty,

14 as we do today. If you agree, we would love to see you in Westminster on Wednesday 26 June. Find out how to join with us.

We need a new social media volunteer!

Do you like taking beautiful pictures? Do you like social media? Do you have some spare time that you would like to use to help the countryside? Get in touch! Email [email protected] if you can help us. For more information on the social media role take a look at our website.

We are also looking for someone to help our districts arrange fundraising events such as coffee mornings and quiz nights. Please get in touch if you can spare some time to help us with this, the role is very flexible and can be scaled to suit your availability. Find out more about the fundraising events role.

Want to know if volunteering for us would suit you? Read "Just do it!".

Tours and Talks 2019

As part of our ongoing ‘tours and talks’ programme (see the CPRE Sussex Review) There are a few places remaining on our Charleston Farmhouse (above) visit on Wednesday, 10th July at 10.30am. Join us for a talk and private tour of the house and new galleries, enjoy tea and biscuits and the beautiful walled garden at your leisure. For more details and to book, please download the booking form from our website or contact [email protected]

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13.06.2019 – Email from CAGNE – Consultation Response Deadline

Polite Reminder The Government Aviation Green Paper – deadline for comments - 20th June 2019 It is important that you respond as this green paper will become government policy. You can email your comments to [email protected] or send a letter to Aviation Strategy, Department for Transport, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR. The Future of UK Aviation – Growth of aviation and its environmental impact is in your hands

How to Respond

An Overview

• Aircraft noise and the environmental impacts of aviation growth cannot be mitigated or managed as suggested in the consultation. A ‘sustainable’ and ‘balance’can only be obtained if aviation growth is controlled and limited.

• It is deeply disappointing and worrying that the Government still puts growth of aviation and the enjoyment of the consumer before the serious environmental damage from aviation on communities and the planet.

• The government appears to wish to distance itself from any regulatory role in the aviation industry, preferring to allow the industry carte blanche, with damaging endless unsustainable growth.

• The government now plans to impact millions of new communities with aircraft noise through the removal of NPRs. This is fundamentally wrong and is undertaken with no true compensation or consultation of those to be impacted.

• Policy proposals would appear to suggest that everything and anything in relation to the continued growth of aviation could be managed and mitigated. This is unrealistic. Only 15% of UK population take 70% of flights** and 7 out of 10 travel for leisure and ¾ of travellers are ABC1 social class**. The profitability of aviation ownership seems predominantly out of the UK.

• The governments suggested a clearer framework to allow for further regional expansion in additional to the third runways at Heathrow; Gatwick and Bristol airports are a prime example of this through their proposed Master Plans ‘making best use of current facilities’ (Beyond the Horizon April 2018). This is allowing for expansion through the backdoor without public or parliamentary scrutiny. • Airlines detail that there is already unwarranted passenger capacity and thus airlines are failing, this specifically goes against the government’s predictions in the green paper for leisure growth.

• The promise of larger planes being flown to reduce CO2 and the number of movements by smaller planes is not occurring; the CO2 potentially saved will be dissolved due to increases in aircraft movements and carbon trading, which, in reality, does not work.

A Summary of the Government’s Aviation Green Paper: We find the government’s green paper unsatisfactory in that it continues to ignore the impact aviation has on those on the ground in favour of leisure air travel and the profits of an environmentally damaging unsustainable industry.

Impacting thousands of new residents –

• New technology must not be used to fly over new areas of communities that have not been impacted by noise before. Noise Preferential Routes (up to 3/4,000ft) have been in place for over 60 years. To remove these is fundamentally wrong, as it will impact millions of new people at very low heights with no true, full compensation of house value and decline in quality of life. These communities have not been consulted by government or Gatwick Airport as part of FASIS stage 1 and 2.

• Policy to allow ‘best use of current facilities’ is allowing for large-scale expansion without the full parliamentary scrutiny, in Gatwick’s case expansion via the back door.

• ICCAN is not the body for the government to use as an excuse for growth as the impact of aircraft noise on communities cannot be mitigated or managed by airport charitable donations or loft insulation; this is an insult to UK citizens to suggest such mitigation would authorise uncontrolled aviation growth

Environmental Impact Grows –

• The aviation industry’s growth needs to be capped/ limited to meet climate change targets and a substantial reduction in aircraft noise. The UK should not breach climate change targets to accommodate unsustainable leisure travel and reforestation does not work.

• Aviation and frequent flyers must be made to pay a realistic price appropriate to the luxury industry and carbon damage caused.

• Aviation should pay duty and VAT on fuel and the government should make the polluter pay; less than half of the UK population actually fly; The fact that aviation is, in fact, the fact that this a heavily subsidised industry is not general understood unlike other industries that compete on a level playing field with other industries whilst meeting costs of green technology, taxes and duty in full.

• Government policy needs to be stringent in fixing caps on the number of aircraft impacting communities. Policy must also reflect a balance between over flight of rural vs urban so that the ‘number game’ is removed from policy, which currently target rural communities as the losers. • DEFRA needs powers to ensure NAP are adhered to and met; what is the long-term noise reduction plans and do they achieve them?

• Ban night flights at all airport for 7 hours due to the health impacts of night flights – WHO October 2018 • Accept impact of aircraft noise outside of LOAEL, especially in rural areas and the totality of aircraft noise inside SOAEL and LOAEL as some communities suffer unfairly when considering airspace changes and lack of respite in isolation.

No True compensation –

• Government policy needs to bring to account aviation and the ramification of its growth in a realistic manner so that it finances the ramifications of growth with true compensation, soft and hard infrastructure costs met in full if growth is to be allowed.

• Full compensation for those impacted by new flight paths/ changes to flight paths up to 7,000ft, insulation is not acceptable especially in rural locations

False Economic Predictions –

• As the aviation industry witnesses a drop in aircraft orders and an impending price war with airlines already going out of business leaving passengers stranded overseas; is this the right time to be supporting this industry?

• For example – Monach Airlines; Norwegian Airlines have financial problems; Thomas Cook are seeking to sell their airline; and Ryan Air and EasyJet have witnessed a drop in profits. • Business travel is on the decline due to technology making the need to fly less. At a time when the consumer is championing environmental awareness, should the government be seeking to encourage more leisure travel when this industry is unsustainable? • It costs more to travel by train from Gatwick Airport to London than to fly to Alicante leaving our coastal regions in desperate need of funding.

• The green paper displays false economics of growth and employment by including airspace and exaggerated and unsubstantiated increases in travel and aircraft movement.

Not greener –

• Ramifications on the surrounding areas of airport growth need to be addressed to safeguard green land/ countryside from urbanisation and decline in air quality.

• To safeguard land on the never, never, potential of airport growth is unacceptable and blights communities further and traps residents unable to sell homes. This is strongly opposed unless the airport buys the land and houses concerned, as well as pay full house value compensation for those blighted by such long-term plans • https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/upload s/attachment_data/file/769695/aviation-2050-web.pdf

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14.06.2019 NALC Newsletter

Chief executive's bulletin

Annual Governance and Accountability Return

A quick reminder that the 2018-19 Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) must be approved and published on a website before 1 July 2019, and either a Certificate of Exemption or AGAR for review must be sent to the external auditor by the stated submission deadline which is also 1 July. If you don’t return the appropriate part of the AGAR by the deadline you will be charged £40 for each reminder letter! Full information can be found on the SAAA website here.

NALC Study Tour and Larger Councils Committee

• A delegation comprising our Larger Councils Committee and several local (parish and town) councils from across England, visited Bishop’s Stortford Town Council for the annual NALC Study Tour on 10/11 June, which the theme of community transport for adult social care. Two of the town council’s community minibuses transported colleagues around the town to visit and gain an insight into the delivery of a number of services and assets including community centres, parks and open spaces including splash pad, cemetery, tourist/visitor information centre, new public conveniences, and their allotments (which are home to chickens and bees!). During the evening colleagues networked over dinner and heard an update on the work of the Hertfordshire Association of Parish and Town Councils. Keep an eye out here for more information in the Autumn on next year’s Study Tour! • The following day the Larger Councils Committee met in the council chamber at Bishop’s Stortford Town Council offices, here are a few highlights: • Cllr Richard Parry gave a short speech paying tribute to the late Cllr Kevin Wilson, which was followed by an extended round of applause • Cllr Mike Drew was elected as committee vice chairman for the remainder of 2019 • Proposals for a member of the Management Board to become the champion for larger councils and attend meetings of the Larger Councils Committee were supported • The definition of a larger council was changed to over £600,000 annual turnover or precept income • Extensive discussions sessions to provide feedback on the recent local elections and community transport • The Committee endorsed NALC’s approach to the Comprehensive Spending Review and headline proposals

Out and about

• Our head of member services, Charlotte Eisenhart, and policy and projects intern, Linda Hammond were at a meeting of the Federation of East Midlands

Associations of Local Councils this week to talk about our draft member services strategy and get feedback on some of our work. Highlights from the wide-ranging and challenging (in a good way!) discussion included some really helpful comments on the member services strategy, feedback on the recent local elections and the need to communicate more effectively about these follow up projects, email communications and this is something we have already identified for review, praise for access to our legal services including telephone advice, delivering training and the legal bulletin (as well as my own Friday bulletin, phew!) • As part of their induction, Linda and our other policy and projects intern, Claire Goldfinch, along with solicitor Gurvynda Paddan-White, were in Elstree and Borehamwood on 12 June at a meeting of the Town Council. Two projects they heard about which they were particularly struck by: firstly, a book called ‘Teddy’s Trails’ which the council is publishing and features trail walks around the town (each starts at a point which can be reached by bus from Elstree and Borehamwood station, and leads back to the station), highlighting cultural hotspots as the area is well known for their film studios, and encourage people to get back in touch with nature – as all three colleagues are quite local to the area, I’m sure they plan to check out these routes soon!; and secondly, the town council are supporting a bid by the community for funding to improve train passenger experience including improvements to the station and services such as an extra ticket machine – good luck with the bid!

Tree Charter

A date for your diaries! As you know, NALC is a partner in the Woodland Trust’s Tree Charter project, and I attended their strategic board meeting on 13 June. This year’s Tree Charter Day will be held on 30 November with a planned mass planting. You can find out more about how to get involved in the Tree Charter on the project page on the NALC website here, can I encourage you to sign the Tree Charter here, and do let us know at [email protected] about any of your trees and woods related activity or projects so we can share and celebrate it.

Meeting with rural affairs minister

Our chairman, Cllr Sue Baxter, met with the rural affairs minister, Lord Kimble, and other rural organisations on 11 June to discuss rural loneliness and discuss how our organisations might support the next phase of the Government’s loneliness strategy, in particular tackling loneliness among young people. Sue was able to outline some of the work our councils are already doing, and proposed a number of initial ideas for how NALC, county associations and local councils might be able to help, building upon our new joint guide with the Local Government Association, which we will be launching at their annual conference next month. Again, do let me know at [email protected] about your own work and projects to help tackle loneliness and isolation, along with any ideas and suggestions you might have about what you need to get started or do more.

And finally...

Hopefully, you will have already seen the brilliant article in The Guardian yesterday by John Harris which provides an inside story into how local people are getting involved in local councils to seize control over local issues, including in Frome in Somerset, Buckfastleigh in Devon, Queen’s Park in London and Alderley Edge in Cheshire. More coverage like this please national media!

14.06.2019 Email from No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group ref planning application

Dear Parish Clerks,

Appeal by: Britaniacrest Recycling Limited Against: Decision of West Sussex County Council to refuse planning permission Site: Former Wealden Brickworks, Langhurst Wood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD Proposal: Recycling, Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility and Ancillary Infrastructure

PINS Ref.: APP/P3800/W/18/3218965

WSCC Ref.: WSCC/015/18/NH

The Planning Inspector has asked Ni4H to provide a Statement of Case by 18th July 2019, we have attached a copy of the Inspector's Pre-Inquiry Meeting Notes for your reference. You will be aware how crucial it is to meet all Inquiry deadlines.

You can contact Helen Skinner, Casework Officer at The Planning Inspectorate by email [email protected] telephone: 0303 444 5531.

We have also attached the latest Ni4H flyer for your information.

Kind regards,

Karen, on behalf of

No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group

Website: ni4h.org Facebook: No Incinerator 4 Horsham - Appeal Campaign

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14.06.2019 Email from APCAG response to Government consultation Aviation 2050 - the future of UK aviation

This is a brief note to let you know that APCAG has responded to the Government consultation for the future of UK aviation. The key points in our response are:

• No growth without noise reduction targets • Measurable and quantifiable targets to be implemented

• Measurement of noise for lower volumes of noise than currently accepted measurement levels

• Growth and targets to be overseen by an Aviation Industry Regulator • Night flights curtailed

• Health impacts to be measured

• Consumer awareness campaign for health impacts created by industry

• Fuller and fairer compensation for those affected by growth • Fair and equitable dispersal of any planned growth

Please contact me direct if you would like a full copy of our response.

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14.06.2019 WSCC Funding 4 the community – new funds alert

West Sussex 4 Community Funding Alerts and News for the VCSE Sector

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13/06/2019: £5m Fund to Improve Support for England’s Unpaid Carers Opening Soon

13/06/2019: Launch of Plastics Packaging and Textile Recycling Grants

10/06/2019: EDCTP Launches Further 2019 Calls for Proposals

07/06/2019: European Youth Together 2019 Call Open

07/06/2019: Funding for Young People to Organise Inter Faith Events

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