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Woodbridge Society Newsletter Spring 2021.Pdf Newsletter Spring 2021 Editorial Tim Cornford In this Issue Welcome to this specially extended issue with a Newsletterfocus - appropriately for a civic society - on the Spring 2021 town's built environment. 2 The Society's Spring Talks/Website EditoriaYourl TimCommittee Cornford is delighted to announce that it Update intends to present three talks during the Spring. I n this Issue Welcome to Complyingthis specially with Covid extended restrictions, issue these with will abe 3 Planning Matters Alan Vaughan online and therefore accessible to the vast focus - appropriately for a civic society - on the town's built environment.majority of our membership. The programme 6 A Walk in the Woods includes the medieval port near the mouth of the 2 DoreenThe S Bartlettociety 's Spring Talks/Website Your CommitteeDeben, is a delightedlocal player into the announce abolition of that the slave it 7 SUumpmdaert eV isits/Our Built Environment trade, and an important local charity. Full details intends to present three talks during the Spring. are on page 2. Please note the date change for our 38 NPewla Bnunilidningg sM 20a1t0t-e2r0s: A Critical Complying withApril Covidmeeting restrictions,and AGM. We would these welcome will benew Review members for the Committee so, if you would like Alan Vaughan online and therefore accessible to the vast John Lamont majority of toour stand membership. for election or nominate The programme a friend, please contact the Secretary. 613 ThAe WStaatlek o fi tnh et hSteo cWk oods includes the medieval port near the mouth of the A summer visits programme is also proposed. Of JamesDoreen Neal/David Bartlett Houchell/ Elizabeth Sinha Deben, a local player in the abolition of the slave course, this will depend on the return of social 7 Summer Visits/Our Built Environment trade, and anlife. important The plan is local on page charity. 7 and membersFull details will be 18 The Growth of Retirement Flats kept up to date about this and the talks Daphne Lloyd are on page 2. Please note the date change for our programme by email and on our website. 8 New Buildings 2010-20: A Critical April meeting and AGM. We would welcome new 20 Remembering Neil Montgomery Pevsner’s guide to The Buildings of England Review members for the Committee so, if you would like 21 The Story of a Street: Quay Street opens its 11-page article on the town with John Lamont to stand for election or nominate a friend, please Bob Merrett 'Woodbridge is "the most attractive small town in contact the Secretary.Suffolk", according to Norman Scarfe, an opinion 1263 HTomhee SStatratt ien oSuf ftfohlke Stock - with which it would be hard to disagree.' The AlisonJames Grant Neal/David Houchell/ A summer visitsfocus programmeon our built environmentis also proposed. opens with Of a review by John Lamont of new building in the Elizabeth Sinha course, this will depend on the return of social life. The plantown is (onand pagea bit of 7 Melton and ) membersduring the past will decade. be This and other articles present a picture of ways 1E8di t o riTalh e G rTimow tCornfordh of Re tirement Flats kept up to thedate town aboutis changing. this andThe contributionthe talks of Production Carol Wiseman Daphne Lloyd programme byorganisations email and like on our our Society website. to how this change Photography Anthony Mather (except where stated) is managed remains vital. 20 Remembering Neil Montgomery Pevsner’s guide to The Buildings of England opens its 11-page article on the town with 21 The Story of a Street: Quay Street Bob Merrett 'Woodbridge is "the most attractive small town in Suffolk", according to Norman Scarfe, an opinion 26 Home-Start in Suffolk with which it would be hard to disagree.' The Alison Grant focus on our built environment opens with a review by John Lamont of new building in the town (and a bit of Melton) during the past decade. This and other articles present a picture of ways Editorial Tim Cornford the town is changing. The contribution of Production Carol Wiseman organisations like our Society to how this change Photography Anthony Mather (except where stated) is managed remains vital. The Society's S pring Talks Because of Covid-19 restrictions one or more of these talks is likely to take place online. Access will, as usual, be free to Society members who will be emailed information about joining each talk. Normally non-members are charged a small fee but on this occasion we are making the talks FREE TO ALL. If non-members want to join any of these they should email the Society at [email protected] or check the website www.woodbridgesociety.org.uk. Wednesday 3 March Peter Wain on 'The Rise and Fall of the Medieval Port of Goseford' Did you know that in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries there existed at the mouth of the River Deben settlements that comprised a substantial trading and shipbuilding centre? Through the work of Peter Wain and others it is clear that Goseford was a thriving port which supplied ships for the early English navy. Peter will describe the rise of the port and why it declined to nothing. He is a retired District judge living in Felixstowe. Wednesday 14 April David Keeling on 'John Clarkson: friend of slaves and local hero' followed by the Society's Annual General Meeting John Clarkson was born in Wisbech in 1764 and joined the navy at the age of 13. Naval service took him to the West Indies where he saw at first hand the brutality of the slave trade. In 1791 he was engaged to organise a fleet to take freed slaves from Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone, where he later became Governor. Later in life he lived in Woodbridge. His grave is in St Mary's churchyard and a blue plaque in Church Street commemorates him. David Keeling is a direct descendant. Wednesday 5 May 'The Work of Home-Start in Suffolk' Home-Start in Suffolk is a volunteer-based charity working with families with children 0-12 across the county. It has been operating for 21 years and is Suffolk's largest early intervention family support provider with over 250 volunteers. It supports families struggling with difficult circumstances such as mental health problems, disability, long-term or terminal illness, bereavement, domestic abuse, behavioural problems and much more. The aim is to prevent families from reaching crisis point. See p26 Woodbridge Society online Dan Cornford There is plenty of new content on the Woodbridge Society website to keep you occupied during the current lockdown. We continue to upload the local planning applications which your Planning Group is currently monitoring, along with links to the relevant East Suffolk Council pages and documents. The Group has also summarised two important recent publications which may affect planning in the local area in years to come, namely the Government's White Paper on planning, and East Suffolk Council's Suffolk Coastal Local Plan. These summaries, as well as our consultation response to the White Paper, are available to download. Note that we have reorganised the Planning section of the website to improve user access. Planning Applications and Wider Planning Issues are now separate pages found in the Planning drop-down menu on the navigation bar. In addition, we have expanded the Newsletter Archive, with issues now dating back to 2005. The Archive is a fascinating record of recent local history and we will be adding further back issues soon. If you have any hard copy Society Newsletters from 1998 or earlier, please do get in touch. Lastly, keep an eye on the website for the most up-to-date information regarding arrangements for Society talks and visits. And, if you haven't done so already, add [email protected] to your email contact list to ensure that communications from the Society arrive successfully in your inbox. 2 P lanning Matters Alan Vaughan How the Planning Group thinks about applications I thought members would welcome some information about how the Planning Group decides which applications to consider. Our general principle is how much the application will affect the built environment and/or the residents of the town. This means that we look closely at applications in the Conservation Area, particularly if they impact the street scene. It is unusual for us to comment on internal changes in listed two particularly controversial proposals. The buildings. Outside the Conservation Area it first is to divide the area into three is the street scene that is most important, so categories: Growth, Renewal or Protected. we have objected where the building line would be breached or where a new build is Growth Areas will be suitable for substantial out of scale with neighbouring buildings. development. Renewal Areas will include existing built areas. There might be ‘gentle We also look at applications in Melton, part densification’, infill of residential areas, of which is included within Woodbridge for development in town centres and planning purposes, particularly in strategic development in rural areas. Protected Areas matters such as the number of houses to be include the Green Belt, AONBs, built in the town. Conservation Areas, Local Wildlife Sites and important areas of Green Space. As far as applications outside Woodbridge are concerned, the further away they are, the bigger they need to be and they need to have The Government wants to have over 300,000 an effect on the town before we will new homes built a year. The decision on comment. Any comment we do make will be where to build these was to be based on an about its impact on the town or its residents.
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