EST 1999 FEBRUARY 2020 PRICE 40p The History of Woollards Lane The Shelford Garage c1920 Scouts Sleep Out for Charity GREAT SHELFORD CONTENTS Parish Council 1 Bowls Club 25 Parish Council Meetings in February 2 Garden Club Talk 25 Next edition of the Village News 2 Reader’s Letter – Charity Shops 26 Planning Applications and Decisions 4 Arthur Rank Hospice Charity 27 Parish Church 6 New Travel Service 29 Granta Medical Practices 8 Shelford Twinning Association 29 Engage at Great Shelford Library 10 Garden Club: Easton Lodge 31 Free Church 10 Sawston Village College 34 Telephone Box Conversation 13 Football Club 37 Shelford School 14 Rugby Club 38 The Shelfords WI 15 Playscape 40 Cambridge South: A New Station 17 Garden Gang 41 Shelford Swish 17 Scouts Sleep Out 43 Rainfall Extra 18 Little Shelford Local History Society 44 2G3S Events 20 Old News 44 The History of Woollards Lane 22 What’s On 46 Diary 24 How to Contact the Village News 48 Bin Collections, Post and Library 24 Rainfall for 2019 48 GREAT SHELFORD PARISH COUNCIL CHAIR Malcolm Watson 844901 DEPUTY CHAIR Barbara Kettel 843920 CHAIRS OF SUB-COMMITTEES Planning Cemetery and Allotments Barbara Kettel 843920 Judith Wilson 840928 Highways Pavilion and Recreation Barrie Ashurst 07803 001985 Malcolm Watson 844901 MEMBERS Paula Arnold 07831 351911 Peter Fane 843861 Simon Talbott 847068 Pete Basset 07540 368562 Charles Nightingale 844763 Graham Townsend 07980 890264 Eamon Courtney 07986 556321 Gregory Price 07986 217852 Judith Wilson 840928 Richard Davis 07595 339187 CLERK Mike Winter 07870 807442 / 504494 [email protected] To email Parish Councillors use: [email protected] e.g.: [email protected] DISTRICT COUNCILLORS Peter Fane 843861 Nick Sample 07706 990833 COUNTY COUNCILLORS Kevin Cuffley 832079 Roger Hickford 07985 770082 VILLAGE NEWS 1 GREAT SHELFORD PARISH COUNCIL greatshelfordparishcouncil.gov.uk SUMMARY FROM THE UNADOPTED MINUTES OF THE FINANCE AND GENERAL PURPOSES MEETING ON 4 DECEMBER 2019 MATTERS ARISING The Clerk was requested to write to CCC re County Councillor attendance. An email from a resident on the same topic had been replied to by CCC. However, the Clerk was requested to continue with a PC communication on the topic. FINANCE Cheques to the value of £16,774.61 were received and signed. REVIEW OF BUDGET PLAN RECOMMENDATON To assist the Finance and General Purposes Committee in making a recommendation to the 15 January Parish Council meeting, the Clerk presented a detailed spreadsheet for all Budget headings. Councillors debated and adjusted all topics and projects, reducing the potential expenditure for 2020/21 considerably. It was decided that the Precept recommendation to the Parish Council should be a 3% increase change from 2019/20. This will again be debated and voted on at the Parish Council meeting on 15 January, taking into account any further recommendations. REVIEW OF ANNUAL STANDARD PARISH COUNCIL CHARGES Long-term policy: to increase fees by 10% annually for all charges. Pavilion and Recreation Ground: hire charges were increased in April 2019 by approximately 10% in line with the long-term policy for all Senior teams and facilities. Hire charges for Juniors remain unchanged. Cemetery Fees: the last increase was in August 2018. The Chair requested the Cemetery and Allotments Committee to advise on the Cemetery Fees. Allotment Fees: these were increased in April 2019 by approximately 10% in line with long-term policy. General Pavilion Meeting Room hire fees: all fees remain unchanged to protect the bookings schedule. Rugby Club and Trumpington Farm charges remain unchanged. 2 GREAT SHELFORD REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE ASSET REGISTER The Asset Register was updated to £2,844,330 after a physical review approved at the April 2019 Parish Council meeting. No further review is required for the end of the financial year 2019/20 unless significant assets are purchased. UPDATE FROM THE CLERK ON VILLAGE-RELATED ISSUES The Christmas Lights Switch-on was very well attended and received by the community. The PTA estimated revenue in excess of £4,000. Street Lighting A response was received from residents of Coppice Avenue and Woodlands Road saying they were unable to take on an Energy Supply agreement. The Clerk has not confirmed an unmetered supply agreement with any supplier. The Clerk was instructed not to sign a supply agreement, but to continue investigations now with SCDC and see what happens to the lamppost power supply. Full copies of the minutes can be viewed on the Parish Council website greatshelfordparishcouncil.gov.uk/minutes and at the library. PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY Planning Committee Meeting Wednesday 5 February 6.30pm Pavilion Reconvened Parish Council Meeting Wednesday 5 February 7.30pm Pavilion Planning Committee Meeting Wednesday 19 February 6.30pm Pavilion Parish Council Meeting Wednesday 19 February 7.30pm Pavilion Meetings may be adjourned for a period of up to 10 minutes when members of the public will be able to ask questions of the Parish Council and put forward points of view in respect of the business on the agenda. MARCH ISSUE OF THE VILLAGE NEWS The deadline for copy for the next issue of the Great Shelford Village News is Friday 14 February and it should be available in the shops on Friday 28 February. Subscribed copies will be delivered shortly thereafter. VILLAGE NEWS 3 4 GREAT SHELFORD PLANNING APPLICATIONS PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS S/4007/19/FL Mr & Mrs Criminisi Part two storey, part single storey 11 Shelford Park extensions and general Avenue refurbishment. No objections. S/4059/19/F Jeremy Pemberton Demolition of the existing barn White Hill Farm Barn and replacement of an agricultural building with a new dwelling. The GSPC objects to this application on several grounds. The project breaches the Green Belt without producing any benefit to the local community. It will damage the local environment, uprooting well established trees, removing an ancient wall and adversely affecting existing wildlife. Moreover, White Hill is a site of archaeological importance and as such listed as an ancient monument. S/4115/19/FL Mr & Mrs Main First floor side extension. 19 Tunwells Lane No objections. S/4174/19/FL Mr & Mrs G Hutton Proposed gym/office to rear of 149 Cambridge Road garden. No objections. PLANNING DECISIONS BY SCDC Approved 6 Tunwells Lane. Erection of a single storey ECO home studio. 29A Shelford Park Avenue. Conversion of garage to one-bedroom annex. 5 Red Hill Close. Erection of detached 1.5 storey dwelling. Refused 125 Cambridge Road. Demolition of the existing dwelling house and garage and the erection of 8 new residential dwellings. Withdrawn Land rear of Ripley Lodge, 45 Tunwells Lane. Erection of a 1.5 storey dwelling with independent access. VILLAGE NEWS 5 6 GREAT SHELFORD GREAT SHELFORD PARISH CHURCH www.stmarysgreatshelford.org A very warm welcome to your historic parish church – please call in and enjoy the sacred space. The Revd Tim Fyffe RIP Tim died in Addenbrooke’s on 12 January after a short stay in hospital. He moved to Great Shelford in 2015 and continued his very valuable ministry in retirement. Tim (pictured on the left with friends at his 60th ordination anniversary in 2017) was born in 1925 and ordained priest in 1957 after training for the ministry at Westcott House in Cambridge. He had a varied ministry, serving a curacy in Lewisham and then spending eight years in mission ministry in Nigeria. He returned to the UK in 1969 and served as a Team Vicar in Lowestoft until 1980; during this time he was also a part-time prison chaplain at Blundeston near Lowestoft. In 1985 he moved to Wolverhampton to become a Hospice Chaplain for two years and then was a Self-supporting Minister in the city until he retired in 1990. He continued to live in Wolverhampton in retirement until he moved to Great Shelford in 2015 to live nearer to his daughter, Margaret, and her family in Grantchester. Tim had a passion for ministry to those in need and a real commitment to interfaith working. He read widely and had an active mind until the end. In his nearly 30 years of retirement ministry he continued to preside and preach regularly until physical infirmity prevented this just a few months ago. In his five years in Great Shelford he relished being involved in the life of the parish and the wider community, often seen around the village on his mobility scooter. He touched the lives of many by his openness and generosity and it was a great privilege to enjoy his ministry in recent years. Many of us will have warm memories of Tim, in his priestly role and as a friend and fellow pilgrim. It was a great joy to celebrate with him in 2017 as he gave thanks for 60 years of faithful priestly ministry. May he rest in peace and rise in glory! VILLAGE NEWS 7 Ash Wednesday 26 February We shall mark the start of the season of repentance and renewal with an opportunity to celebrate the Eucharist and receive the imposition of ashes. The regular 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) will be held, together with an evening celebration of Holy Communion (CW) at 7.30pm. Village Christmas Carol Singing The bucket collection taken during the carol singing in December amounted to £121.13 – thank you very much for your generosity. This will be divided equally between the Shelford & Stapleford Youth Initiative (SSYI) and the Great Shelford Mobile Warden Scheme. Thanks also to the Co-op and Tesco for donating the mince pies! St Mary’s Sunday Club Sunday Club meets on the first Sunday of every month during the 10am service, with a story and activities for children of all ages.