OCT –NOV 2018 Warboys Diary Published by Warboys Community Associa6on Printed by Parrot Print, Ramsey EDITORIAL Contents SUMMER HAS GONE AND AUTUMN IS HERE!!! Editorial & headlines 1 Not quite sure where the year has gone and it is hard to believe we are Warboys Remembers 2 now in October. We have, however, had a fantastic summer with great CHP plant update 3 weather and lots of excellent events put on by our local groups and Staying healthy 4 clubs. Volunteers are the bedrock of our community – so thank you to Upcoming events 5 everyone who has helped make it a great year. Club & Group News 6 Local clubs & groups 7 Even though the days are drawing in, we still have much to look Regular events 8 forward to - so please read on in this edition of the Diary. Calendar of events 9 Val & Andrea, your editorial team Church & library information 10 Feast week snippets 11 Our contact details are: [email protected] or ring/text: Looking ahead to Christmas 12 Val on 07825 551975 or Andrea on 07778 672447 or hard copy to Letters 13 16 High St, Warboys PE28 2RH The Market Place 14 DEADLINE for the December 2018 – January 2019 edition is MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER Headlines Warboys Remembers Join us at one of the special events taking place over the weekend of 10 and 11 November 2018 as Warboys joins 1,000s of communities nationwide to commemorate 100 years since the ending of World War I and pay tribute to the fallen. Programme of events on page 2 Proposed CHP plant at Warboys Landfill Site Planning permission granted by Cambridgeshire County Council’s Planning Committee. For more information about where we are now and possible next steps go to page 3 Congratulations to our Moat House Surgery NHS England has recently released the latest findings of its’ nationwide GP Patient Survey, which covers everything from the trust patients have in their doctor, to the attitude of reception staff and how easy it is to get an appointment. The Moat House exceeded local and national averages in every assessed category and were ranked the third best practice in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. A brilliant outcome and well done to everyone at the surgery. Warboys Community Bonfire & Firework Display Come along on Saturday 3 November - stay safe, watch a fantastic firework display and enjoy a great family orientated evening. See enclosed flier for more information Tickets available from Davies Newsagent, Warboys Hardware & Amar Food Store. All profits go back into our Warboys community. October - November 2018 BATTLE’S OVER – A NATION’S TRIBUTE 1918 - 2018 WARBOYS REMEMBERS Join us at one of the special events over the weekend of 10 and 11 November 2018 as Warboys joins 1,000s of communities nationwide to commemorate 100 years since the ending of World War I and pay tribute to the fallen. SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER An evening of entertainment at the Watch out for Parish Centre ! Warboys Rocks painted by featuring an illustrated talk on the war by children from the Primary School a military historian and battlefield guide, bearing the names of those exhibition of local memorabilia and sing-a- recorded on the War Memorial. long to the songs of the day. A meal of the ! Poems from WWI will be displayed times will be served but bring your own in prominent positions in the village drink. Period costume welcome. leading up to the weekend. Admission by ticket costing £5 available from Davies ! The shelter at the Clock Tower Newsagents and organisers. Starts at 7.00 pm with doors with inscription ‘1918-2018 We Will opening at 6.30 pm to view the exhibition. Remember Them’ and mural Proceeds in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. painted by Kimberley Tavener. SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 6.00 am A lone piper will play ‘Battle’s O’er‘at the War Memorial, a traditional tune after a battle which is being played outside every cathedral in the country and in local communities throughout the world. 9.45 am Poppy sprays to be laid at the graves and headstones of casualties of the war at the cemeteries in Church Road and at the Grace Baptists Church. 10.30 am Church bells at St Mary Magdalene to be rung. 10.45 am Remembrance Sunday service at the War Memorial when wreaths and crosses will be laid and the names of Warboys residents who fell in the War are read out. 11.00 am Two minutes silence at the War Memorial to remember the fallen. 11.10 am Parade from the War Memorial to St Mary Magdalene and salute at Jubilee Clock Tower. 11.15 am Morning service at St Mary Magdalene. 6.55 pm The Last Post to be played by a lone bugler at St Mary Magdalene. 7.00 pm Beacon of Light to be lit at St Mary Magdalene, signifying the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of war. Spectators asked to stand on the front lawn of the adjoining Manor House. Warboys Needs Your Memorabilia A key part of our commemoration over this weekend is an exhibition of photos and artifacts relating to WW1 and life in the village at that time. To make this really meaningful, we need your help. Have a think about what treasures you might have hidden away in a cupboard, a box or even the attic. If you have anything you think would enrich our exhibition and if you are willing to lend it to us for a few days, please contact one of us. Joan Cole on 01487 822395 or Joan Bennett on 01487 822130 or Mary Tringham on 01487 822818 We look after your items very carefully and make sure they are safe. 2 October - November 2018 PROPOSED COMBINED HEAT & POWER & WASTE WATER TREATMNT PLANTS AT WARBOYS LANDFILL SITE A report from Warboys Landfill Action Group I’m sure most of you have heard by now that, sadly, councillors on the Cambridgeshire County Council Planning Committee accepted the advice of their officers and voted to approve the building of a Combined Heat and Power and Waste Water Treatment Plant at Warboys Landfill Site. We felt the process was weighted in favour of the applicant and that the actions of the Cambs CC officers fell well short of the consideration and protection we would expect. Thirty-three villagers attended the planning meeting and each spoke to challenge issues from the traffic on local and inadequate roads, the dangerous emissions that threaten our health, the nuisance of noise, odour, and dust to those who live nearest to the site. County councillors on the planning committee praised those who spoke for the three minutes allowed, for being well informed and reasonable in their presentations. They said it was the hardest decision they had ever had to make, but felt that under the regulations, they could not find a legitimate planning reason to refuse the application. We are looking into what action we can take against a system, which we feel is not fit for purpose. Actions like going to judicial review – very difficult and expensive, complaining to the Ombudsman, talking to Shailesh Vara, our MP, etc are being considered. If YOU have any experience or expertise in this field, we need to hear from you – we need YOUR help. Please contact WLAG. The applicants still need to apply to the Environment Agency for an Environmental Permit to operate the site. Parish councillors and WLAG members alike will continue to fight to get the best outcome we can for the village. We will soon be asking you to write in objection to this permit – please watch out for the orange posters around the village – please support us. We cannot stop now – we must fight on. We would like to thank all villagers who wrote letters of objection, signed petitions and attended the planning meeting in Cambridge to support us and/or spoke so well on behalf of Warboys. We are very proud of the case we presented. It was well researched, co-ordinated and we couldn’t have done more. However the system is highly loaded against communities like ours. Thank you Warboys. WLAG and Contact WLAG at [email protected] or call 01487 822083 Warboys Parish A position statement from Warboys Parish Council Council working As residents of Warboys are all too well aware, the landfill site on Puddock Hill together to protect has been a fairly constant cause for concern since landfill operations started in our health 1996. With the landfill finished and the old brick pit eventually filled, we are now faced with another highly contentious use of the site. There’s no need to reiterate the Landfill Action Group’s summary in the Diary of what happened at the County Council’s Planning Committee meeting on 6th September when planning permission was granted for the development. The Chairman of the Parish Council’s Planning Committee and the Clerk both represented the views of the Parish Council at the meeting and a number of other Parish Councillors attended to lend their support. An avenue of appeal against a planning decision is only available to an applicant if permission is refused, not objectors if it’s approved. There is an opportunity to apply for judicial review which is extremely expensive but the Local Government Ombudsman can only look at potential maladministration in the way that the decision was reached – not overturn the decision. As explained elsewhere, the development cannot go ahead without an environmental permit from the Environment Agency and many of the concerns raised at the County Council’s Planning Committee meeting were issues for the permit rather than the planning application.