www.dalgetybayandhillend.org NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER JULY/AUGUST 2019 Coming Soon - Dalgety Bay Horticultural Society’s 44th Annual Show and Farmers’ Market The big event to look forward to in September is Dalgety Bay Horticultural Society’s Annual Show. The DBHS show is on Saturday 7th September and runs from 12:30pm to 5:00pm in Dalgety Bay Community Centre, Dalgety Parish Church Halls and with a Tea Room in the Kabin run by our friends, Dalgety Bay & Hillend Gala Committee. There is also a For many years, Farmers’ Market on DBHS has run a the Community School’s Section as Council owned land part of the its Annual between the church Show. car park and Louie Our winning poster Brown’s. you see here is by The Farmers’ Lily Simon, P7 - Market is open from Dalgety Bay Primary 10:00am to 5:00pm School. It will be and hopefully it will displayed Fife wide attract loads of in the libraries of Fife people. and in about a The Annual Show is dozen places in one of the big events Dalgety Bay itself. in the Dalgety Bay See inside for more calendar and we details about the hope for good School’s Section weather and a big part of the DBHS turn out. Annual Show and All enquiries to how both Dalgety DBHS Chairman, Bay and Donibristle Michael Gourlay Primary Schools get [email protected] involved. 1 If anyone has any information in relation to this incident then it can be passed to Police via 101, your local council with reference number 1304 of the 21st of May. Anonymous information can also be passed ...up to the minute to Crime Stoppers by phoning 0800 555 111. ENQUIRIES ARE STILL ON GOING The Community Council holds its regular meeting on the first Monday of each month HARBOUR PLACE at 7.00pm in Dalgety Parish Church Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend We are starting to see an increase in calls to and listen to the discussion or to raise matters of special interest to them. Please Harbour Place again regarding anti-social note that the minutes displayed here are extracts from the draft minutes. When behaviour. A domehawk camera is still installed approved, minutes of meeting are displayed in the Library and on our website. here; however is not a permanent solution. (To be discussed at meeting). NEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL In addition to these priorities and operations, STAFFING CHANGES The Community council met on Monday June we cannot lose sight of other national issues Sergeant Kenny Bow has now moved to the 3rd 2019. The first section comprised the and priorities. These include a focus on Serious Cowdenbeath Community Team. He has been annual general meeting. An annual report of and Organised Crime, our on-going response replaced by Sergeant Kate Blackwell. the work of the Community Council was given to the threat from Terrorism in Scotland and by John Wooten our Chair, details of this can protecting those in our community who are at COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH be found on our website. risk of harm particularly as they travel from We are still looking for volunteers to assist with We are delighted to note the Treasurer’s report place to place and/or attend events. To this end, the Community Speedwatch initiative, where pointed out that £1550 had been awarded to our Fife Operations Planning Team work residents can help to reduce speed in their local support the work of community groups this closely with Fife Council, event organisers and area. year. other emergency services to ensure events in If anyone would like to take part in the initiative At the start of a new session all Office bearers Fife are safe and enjoyable. then please pass your contact details on to the are required to step down and as such The full Policing Plan can be found at Community Council, who can then pass them nominations for the new Office Bearers were http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/ on to Community Officers. requested. As nominations were not 392813/392817/fife-local-policing-plan-2017- PUBLIC CONSULTATION SURVEY forthcoming for all posts a future meeting was 2020?view=Standard This survey helps us to identify local Policing arranged with a view to forming a new group CALLS AND CRIMES REPORTED priorities and should only take a few minutes of Office Bearers. Between the 6th May and the 3rd June 2019, to complete. The survey can be found at: John Wooten (Chair) and Paul Vincent a total of 86 calls were recorded by Police www.scotland.police.uk/yourviewcounts (Secretary) resigned as Office Bearers and as Scotland in relation to the Dalgety Bay and REMINDER members of the Community Council. The Hillend area (down from 88 calls in last period). All crime/incidents should be reported by Community Council would like to thank them During the same period, 10 Crime Files were telephone, as soon as possible, on the both on behalf of the community for their hard created for the area (up from 9 in last period), following numbers: work over the past few years and all that they with some containing multiple charges. have achieved to help build a thriving Persons have been charged for the following Community Council working for the betterment crimes/offences:- of the community. We now have vacancies on Assault (x1), Possession of class B drugs (x2). PC Richard Duncan and PC Jim Bell are the the Community Council. If you wish to become Enquiries are still on going in relation to the Community Officers for Dalgety Bay, Hillend, involved please contact other incidents, which include a theft by Aberdour, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry. [email protected] housebreaking (see below), a theft by The public counter at Dalgety Bay Police shoplifting, a fraud (taxi fare) and road traffic Station is usually open Monday to Friday, REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING REPORT offences. between 9am and 5pm (closed between POLICE REPORT -The Police provided the CC INCIDENTS OF NOTE 12.30pm and 1.30pm). Unfortunately, this can with the following report. Between about 9am and 11am on the 21st May sometimes change at short notice. LOCAL POLICING PLAN 2017 - 2020 2019, a theft by housebreaking occurred at an Incidents can be reported anonymously to the The plan outlines our Policing Priorities over address at Main Street, Hillend. Entry gained charity “Crime Stoppers” by dialling 0800 555 the next three years and details how we will by forcing open a bathroom window, a watch 111. deliver them with a view to “Keeping the was stolen from within. No persons were seen. All notable crimes/incidents are publicised via Kingdom Safe”. The plan looks to deliver on what you, the people of Fife, have told us you want us to focus on. On this basis, we have THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE DIARY IS SEPTEMBER 2019 developed five Local Policing Priorities, which PLEASE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO: [email protected] are: BY MIDNIGHT ON 10 August 2019 • OPERATION PREVAIL: Contributions of letters, articles, photographs or any information, can be emailed as above or Anti-Social Behaviour handwritten / typed and sent or delivered to the Diary Editor, address provided by phoning 01383 822370. • OPERATION PROSPECT: ADVERTISING matters, please contact: Substance Misuse IAN CHISNALL (Diary Adverts), 01383 620919 email: [email protected] • OPERATION PRINCIPLE: Acquisitive Crime COMMUNITY COUNCIL matters, please contact: • OPERATION PATH: Violent Crime PAUL VINCENT (Secretary), 07522928110 email: [email protected] • OPERATION PARAMOUNT: Road Safety Please visit our website for FULL information - www.dalgetybayandhillend.org 2 Twitter, Facebook and the Police Scotland a variety of groups and venues to explain their over increased traffic, littering and the lack of website proposals and gather the views of the diversity on the types of shops at the Gateway Website: www.scotland.police.uk * community. These will continue as feedback Site. It is understood that Costa is planning to Twitter: @policescotland * has been extremely positive. carry out a traffic / transport assessment of the Local Twitter: @SWFifePolice * NEW HIGH SCHOOL site and we will continue to monitor this. Facebook: Meetings held of Fife Council Education NEXT MEETING www.facebook.com/policescotland * Committee investigating possible sites for the As there is no Community Council meeting in EDINBURGH AIRPORT FLIGHT PATH new High School reported that all possible sites July, the next meeting will be Monday 5th Louise Gunstensen, a co-opted member of the within Dalgety Bay had been rejected. 3 sites August 2019 at 19.00 hours in Dalgety Parish Community Council representing us on this within Inverkeithing and 3 in Rosyth are being Church hall. All members of the public are issue, met with Edinburgh Airport Community considered. We continue to monitor the welcome. Liaison regarding flight noise. A request was situation on your behalf. NEXT DIARY made but refused to provide bulk data from NEW BAY PLAYPARKS GROUP Please note that the next deadline for Diary noise monitoring stations. Some information The New Bay Playparks Group is a subsidiary input is midnight on 10th August for the was provided to compare official readings and group of the Community Council. With a September issue. community readings. The Community Council member co-opted onto the Community council will pursue their objections on behalf of the and monthly updates given. Full details of their DB&HCC Vice Chair June 2019 community proposed plans can be seen on their facebook TOWN CENTRE PROJECT page BayPlayparks and within this issue of the Members of the Town Centre Project, a Diary. subsidiary group of the Community Council COSTA PLANNING APPLICATION have continued to hold pop up meetings with The Community Council has voiced concerns Hello and welcome to the combined July / August Diary.