Luppitt Packet May 2nd 2013 May 2013 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS LUPPITT Parish Council: Chairman, Gavin Brake 892767 Clerk: Mrs Tracy Bell 01823 681138 Village Hall: Chairman: Brian Pulman 891324 Secretary: Mary Joyce 891328 Commoners: Secretary : Gavin Brake 892767 Footpaths : Kathy Crabb : 891662 Luppitt Wives: Mrs Jean Hooper: 892969 Youth Club: Julia Crabb: 01404 891192 PCC secretary: Wendy Watson 891959 Vicar: Rev Rik Peckham - 01404 891243 Church Administrator: Mrs Karen Davies 890121 (9:30 to 10:30 am) Churchwardens: Brian Pulman 891324 John Arbuthnott 891032 Mothers Union: Olive Clapp MBE 891386 Captain of Bellringers: Pearl Pulman 891324 Cricket Club: S Berry 891268 Luncheon Club: Jean Hooper 892969 Hartridge Buddhist Monastery: 891251 Highway Faults - online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transportroads/roads/ road_maintenance.htm Alternatively, telephone 0845 155 1004 and give the fault information or email <[email protected]> Police - non urgent - 101 OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS To get in touch with your MP - Honiton Police: 08452 777444 Write: Crimestoppers:: 0800 555111 Neil Parish MP Blackdown Practice: House of Commons Dunkeswell 891861 London Blackdown Support Group: SW1A 0AA (Hemyock) 01823 681036 Telephone: Honiton Medical Centre : 548544 0207 219 7172 Honiton Hospital: 540540 email: Dev.Air Ambulance: 01392 466666 [email protected] TRIP: 46529: community transport C.A.B.: 44213 Local Constituency Agent : Honiton Library: 41212 Lucille Baker E. Devon District Council: 01395 233503 [email protected] 01395 516551 Did you know that there is an Election Day on May 2nd. I didn’t until polling cards came through the door. Having looked elections up on Google it is Devon County Council who are being elected. I do hope to get this Packet to you before the 2nd because as far as I can see, there has been very little publicity about it. Your chance to see your Parish Council in action is on May 7th so do come to the Village Hall at 8pm and support your council. Events are hotting up in Luppitt as the weather gets warmer . Lesley Goode is preparing for the Flower Festival by holding a “Fantasy Vegetable Figure “ Workshop. See page 21. Bell ringers are having a day out See page 21, and there is a Walking Treasure Hunt on May 12th, see page 9. It is the time of year to remind you to beware of ticks that can be picked up by you or your pets, walking through vegetation. There are many good websites including this one <http://www.countrysideonline.co.uk/news-views/news/tick-bites- how-to-stay-safe/ that deal with everything you might want to know about them and how to remove them safely. We use a little plastic hooky thing that we got from the vet that seems to work well. Have a good month Lindsey Dalgety 1 LUPPITT PARISH COUNCIL Clerks abbreviated minutes for a meeting of Luppitt Parish Council held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 2 nd April 2013 at 8pm. Minutes of the previous meeting held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 5 th March 2013 were signed as a correct record of that meeting. AGREED with one clarification that application13/0243/FUL that roof water will not cause any issue with flooding the road or properties as it is on the lower side of the road. PLANNING http://planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/ application_searchform.aspx for full details Decisions (for information) 12/0184/FUL Franklyns Farm Beacon - Approval with conditions for change of use of land to domestic curtilage to enable construction of 2 storey extension to form sitting room/dining with bedrooms and bathroom over Parish Plan/Neighbourhood Plan – clerk has spoken to Claire Rodway EDDC and Lisa Turner BHAONB about working with all 12 of the East Devon parishes in the AONB to produce a neighbourhood plan as per the recently adopted Upper Eden model. Cllr Diviani will speak to Mark Williams EDDC and clerk to take forward. Luppitt Parish Council are broadly supportive of the idea and would be open to working with other parishes to achieve this. HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC Parish Highways programme – No further work has been done this month. Items to report: Gulley lane potholes are now an urgent issue as someone has placed broken paving slabs in them. Nothing has been done in the last month, Coombeshead to Ringborough cross there are two very large potholes. Meadowcroft to Cornerhouse tarmac up against concrete gulley is degraded. Hedge at Halsdon House entrance needs at least 4ft cutting back as it is overhanging the road. Salt bins /Winter road gritting/snow warden – The parish has good salt reserves still. ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community policing report – one theft of domestic heating oil in Luppitt since last meeting, please beware. QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC none Dates for next meetings – 8pm Tuesday 7th May 2013 (APM) Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 14th May 2013 (AGM) Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 4th June 2013 Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 2nd July 2013 Luppitt Village Hall 2 LUPPITT ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Will be held at The Village Hall at 8pm on Tuesday 7th May 2013 ALL WELCOME 3 Devon Wildlife Trust Get Devon Buzzing campaign 2013 The beloved bumblebee is in trouble. This widespread, familiar and much loved insect is becoming a scarcer sight. Three of our 25 British bumblebee species have already disappeared. This is why Devon Wildlife Trust has set up its ‘Get Devon Buzzing’ campaign this summer to help the bumblebee and now you can help by making your garden more bee-friendly. Bumblebees are important Insects pollinate around three-quarters of our crops, without them it would cost billions of pounds to for us to do their job. Did you know that every tomato, strawberry and blueberry you have ever eaten was pollinated by a bumblebee? And yet bumblebees are in trouble. Just like us, bumblebees need a varied diet to stay healthy. They like to drink nectar and eat pollen from a mix of different flowers. However this mix of flowers is disappearing from our landscapes. Help the bumblebee in your garden Whether you have a window box, a balcony, a small garden, an allotment or a corner of the school playing field, there’s plenty you can do to help bumblebees! Complete the garden to do list below to make your garden a haven for bumblebees. 4 Garden to do list Grow a variety of flowers throughout the year - great bumblebee plants include: willow, apple, bluebell, cowslip, ivy, red clover, thyme, lavender, forget me not, strawberry, chive and daisy. Find more plants on our website below Build a bee nest – make a log pile, use an upturned flowerpot or build an earth bank Put away the pesticides - these are harmful to bees. Try to avoid spraying hedgerows and wildflower areas Create a pond – for bees and other wildlife to drink, but make sure bees can climb out if they get stuck Help a sick bee - if you find a weary bumblebee place it in a quiet spot with a few drops of sugar water to help revive it Attend a Get Devon Buzzing event 27 April - DWT Wildlife Festival 2013 (Plymouth City Centre) 30 May - Buzzy bees (Bovey Heathfield DWT nature reserve, Bovey Tracey) 4 June - Garden wildlife (Braunton, North Devon) 9 June - Bumblebee walk (RHS Garden Rosemoor, nr Torrington) 6 July - Bee aware (Combe Farm, Axmouth) 18 August - Bumbling at Northernhay (Northernhay gardens, Exeter) The Get Devon Buzzing Campaign has been supported by Western Power Distribution , Devon Doctors, The Paper Florist and Tideford Organics Help support the bumblebee further Become a member of Devon Wildlife Trust and help us improve habitats for bumblebees. Or why not adopt a bumblebee for a year for £20? Find out more by visiting www.devonwildlifetrust.org 5 LUPPITT WIVES Our meeting will be held on Thursday 23th May 2013 at Mrs Jean Hooper's ORCHARD VIEW at 8pm. It will be our A.G.M. Anyone is welcome to come ,please bring along some ideas for our new programme . Jean Hooper 892969 . LUPPITT OVER 60'S LUNCHEON CLUB. Thursday 9th May 2013 Glass of Sherry Cottage Pie Seasonal Vegetables Fruit Jelly with Ice Cream Tea & Coffee Raffle £4-00 Jean Hooper Tel - 01404 892 969 6 Too old to farm? - by PS I asked for interesting questions and that’s what I got. Whether this person really wants an answer or just wanted to cause a stir, I don’t know. Question : When should a farmer retire? The diplomatic answer can never be straight forward. The politicians would like to think that every farmer retired at the normal age, as if farming was like any other profession. However farming is different and farmers are . varied. Statistically UK farmers are getting older, with the average UK farmer being 59 years old. A huge 28% of farmers are more then 65, with this figure rising! Farming can be a physical job, especially livestock farming, putting a natural upper age limit on those participating. Arable farming is a lot more tractor based and therefore not so physically demanding. There are many exceptions to these broad sweeping statements, but as a rule of thumb this can be said. The size of your setup can also hugely effect how long a farmer can keep farming. A larger farm can afford to employ workmen and therefore create the option of delegating some of the more physically demanding jobs. You don’t get older without getting ‘wiser’. A smaller farm is often run at a slower pace though, with less pressure on both farmer and animals. I can think of examples of farms where few animals are kept and where those animals are semi tame and therefore comparatively cooperative and safe.