Winter 2019 Dalham Parish Council Newsletter

Parish Council Report Santander and with other organisations. The Serious Fraud There have been two meetings since the Office has been notified. last newsletter, one on 3rd October and one on 21st November. District Council Update

A range of items are covered at Your District Councillor is Mike meetings, including financial issues, Chester. He regularly attends Next Meeting highways and rights of way queries, and Parish Council meetings and you responding to planning applications. rd are welcome to come along to the Thursday 23 January 2020 at 7pm in Dalham The Parish Council carried out a six- Open Forum to speak to him. Village Hall month budget review in September and

The meeting will begin approved its budget for 2020/21 at the West Council has carried with an Open Forum. November meeting. out two surveys recently. The first This is a chance to meet was a review of car parks in West Most of the planning applications parish councillors and Suffolk, the second was a talk about any items on received are Trees in a Conservation the agenda. consultation about rural issues. Area applications. The purpose of these Everyone is welcome. Residents, parish councils and applications is to give the planning other organisations were asked to Minutes of the meeting authority Council an give their views about issues can be viewed on the opportunity to decide whether the trees Parish Council’s website affecting their communities. This at included in the application should be information will be used to protected by a tree preservation order. www.dalham.onesuffolk. produce a report to Cabinet net The Parish Council has recently received outlining the main issues and notification of a planning application for recommendations. Your Parish Councillors the Woodyard. The application is for the John Riddell two existing properties, which are County Council Update (Chairman) subject to an enforcement order, to be www.dalham.onesuffolk.net Isobel Aylott used to provide affordable homes for Your County Councillor is Robin Rachael Padman first time buyers. Miller. He has agreed to use his Jackie Bolton The Parish Council objected to the locality funding to cover 50% of Claire McDonagh application on the grounds of Highways the cost of the village sign. Simon Bates David Fitch Safety as the proposed access road will The Parish Council has asked him cross the area used by the Almshouses about a number of highways Parish Clerk for parking forcing them to park on concerns in Dalham. The Parish Joanne Kirk Stores Hill which will make this stretch Council has requested that 30mph 07880 686069 of road even more dangerous. sign on Stores Hill be moved E-mail: further out of the village in an dalhamparishcouncil@ Thefts from private attempt to slow traffic down yahoo.co.uk letter boxes before they enter the village,

th Unfortunately the criteria for Alternatively leave a letter On 6 November 2019, someone moving 30mph signs have been addressed to Dalham broke into an external post box Parish Council in the belonging to a resident in changed by Suffolk County Council and it is unlikely that the sign will Village Hall letter box . The post was stolen along be moved unless there was a with the person’s identity. Their name significant change such as a new and address were then used to set up development a bank account with

New Village Sign Missing sign – now New footpath

found map Following the publication of the After the article in the last new Dalham footpath leaflet, newsletter asking if the Parish Council has bought a anyone knew of the footpath map showing the whereabouts of the old three circular routes in Dalham footpath sign, a resident as well as the Three Churches contact the Parish Council and Three Villages walks. The to say that he had been new map is in the display board storing it safely since it was opposite the Affleck Arms. If taken down several years anyone would like the old map, ago. please contact the Parish You may have noticed that the The Parish Council has Council. village sign disappeared for spoken to Lauren Gibson several months. When the Green who works for Parish Council checked it Strutt and Parker on behalf earlier in the year, the back of of the Dalham Estate and the sign was rotten and was says they will reinstate the not able to be repaired. The sign near the kissing gate old sign was taken away and at the start of the footpath the design used as a template up to the church. for the new sign. The new sign is made of fibre glass and will be more durable and hopefully last for many years to come. Village Events

Film night - last Saturday of each month at 7.30pm. See noticeboard at Planning application Dalham Village Hall for more details.

for Fritz Grain Store Coffee mornings Dalham Estate The Dalham Estate has Second Sunday of each month from

submitted a planning Woodland 10.30am – 12.30pm

application for a new grain Management Plan All the events will take place in store to replace the previous Dalham Village Hall.

one which has been The Dalham Estate will be Carol Service - Sunday 22nd demolished. The access route carrying out a variety of December 5pm (after the 4pm carol for the store is past Desning tree works in the coming service)– Join us for mince pies and Hall cottages, not the farm months. A lot of planting mulled wine in Dalham village hall track near the village hall. will take place to create following the 4pm church carol HGV drivers have been told of new woodland. Trees service. the correct route and the taken out will be replaced Dalham Estate will do its best with new trees. Some For further details please contact to ensure that they use the Rachel on [email protected] horse chestnuts will be designated route. taken out and replaced If you are thinking of holding a party The new store will also be with lime trees as the horse or other event, then please consider fitted with modern, quieter chestnuts have got canker. hiring the village hall. Details on

fans which will reduce the hiring the hall are on the village noise impact on the village. website (www.dalham.com) or else pick up a brochure from the hall.