SELLINDGE VILLAGE NEWS JUNE 2014 Edition 602 SELLINDGE SCHOOL SUMMER FAIR The greatest Sellindge Primary School Summer Fair will be held on June 21st between 1 and 4pm. The theme this year is carnival, so there will be lots of colour and music. There will be lots to do including lots of displays, a grand raffle, Tombola, rides and slides, BBQ, Refreshments, Stalls and Crafts. So there is something for everyone so please come along and support your village school. SPEEDWATCH ! At last! We have the equipment now, shared with Lympne on a fortnightly basis, to be able to monitor speeds and is being used to great effect so far on the Main Road and in Swan Lane. Thanks to Sue Covus for all her help and to Susan Carey for her support. Our team of volunteers is looking to expand: a small amount of training is needed, a visi-jacket is supplied, and we'll try to organise some sunshine too. So if you think you'd like to help out for an hour or so every now and then, please call Linda Hedley at the Parish Office or Susanne on 07958 308125. SELLINDGE SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB AFTERNOON BOOT FAIR www.sellindgeclub.co.uk Sellindge Sports and Social Club are holding an afternoon boot fair in their grounds in Swan Lane on Saturday June 14th £5.00 per Boot, no booking required Set – Up at 11.00am No Entry will be allowed before this time. Public are requested not to arrive before 12 Noon. Free car park and entry, homemade cake stall in the clubhouse. PROPOSED SELLINDGE LEES CLOCK Proposed Village Sign and clock for ‘Sellindge Lees’ by Rod Fender, of Black Arts Forge, the same company that made our Village Sign. The proposed clock would go onto the new Village Green, which will be on part of the site of the Sellindge Lees, which was until the mid 1800s an area of common land. The Parish Council would like to hear your views on the proposed clock. You can send your comments by e-mail to [email protected] or go to the website www.sellindgepc.kentparishes.gov.uk where you can leave your comments in the message centre, Phone the Parish Council on 01303 813 271 Drop your comments into the Parish Council post box Come to the Parish Council office during opening hours SELLINDGE WAR MEMORIAL HALL AGM The Management Committee of the Sellindge War Memorial Hall will be holding the 2014 AGM on Thursday June 5th at 7.00pm in the Durling Hall. SELLINDGE VILLAGE HALL TABLE TOP FAIR – Saturday June 7th from 10am to 1pm. Tables can be booked in advance for £5.00 per table. Please phone 01303 813 475 or on the day, if any left at £10. Next July 5th 1 SELLINDGE PARISH COUNCIL www.sellindgepc.kentparishes.gov.uk @ParishSellindge At last the summer appears to be arriving with some recent warm days; our memories of last year’s snow long gone – thank goodness. And now an apology; in the January edition of the newsletter an application was erroneously attributed to Rectory Farm, Stone Hill. The address should have said Rectory Farm Cottage. The Clerk and Editor apologise for any concern caused by this mistake. Your Council met as is normal on the second Tuesday of May, with the usual headings, although they are exactly that; just headings. So what was debated? Stanley Bull was elected for the coming year as Chairman and Colin Minister as Vice Chairman. Stanley then asked for volunteers to cover the different representative positions and for Committee / Group members and these is listed below KALC – Colin Minister and Chris Mason Town & Parish Planning user Group – Nigel Fursdon and Morgan Varrier-smith Speed watch – Colin Minister and Morgan Varrier - Smith Sports & Social Club – Sarah Jane Sandy is happy to continue Neighborhood Watch coordinator – Morgan Varrier – Smith will take this on with help from Colin Minister if required. Committees / Groups Personnel & Complaints – This needs three at least and Alan Keeves, Nigel Fursdon and Morgan Varrier – Smith volunteered. Sellindge Future – This needs four only at the moment, as the PC is waiting for further information from SDC. Volunteers were Stanley Bull, Alan Keeves, Pat Vago and Chris Mason. Planning Group –Nigel Fursdon and it was agreed he would be the Chairman, with Pat Vago, Morgan Varrier – Smith and Colin Minister. Finance & General Purposes – Alan Keeves, Nigel Fursdon, Sarah Jane Sandy and Colin Minister. Policy & Procedures – This is a group of people who will look at the Standing Orders and other policies that the Parish Council are required to have and to check that they do not need updating. 3 people would be enough. Stanley felt that as Chairman he should be involved, Chris Mason said he would be interested and Morgan Varrier – Smith thought it would help with learning more about the Parish Council. Alan Keeves said he was happy to be involved when the group was looking at the Finance regulations. As they were all volunteers they were voted and agreed en block Jenny Hollingsbee gave a short verbal report. There has been no application from Taylor Wimpey yet, it appears to have gone quiet. There is flooding outside Home farm when it rains and although this has been reported on a number of occasions do not appear to have been resolved. C Minister will pick this up. The next election for SDC is in 2015 and the number of Councillors will be reduced from 46 to 30. This will have an effect on the work load and the amount of representations. Another knock on effect, ‘do you need a council chamber that big’ a working party is being set up. There are very few facilities for young people with mental health issues; a group being set up to look at this. With S Carey she visited the youth club, the KCC have terminated the current provider but she is not sure on the current situation. She went on to say that it is important that Councillors pass on issues they have to KALC as this is the forum to use Your Council supported applications and the report that Nigel Circulated to your Councillors will be on the website in due course. Your Council was approached to support youngsters on work experience and this was agreed, so as well have having some-one help with the memorial garden it may be that there will be others in the future. By the time you read this the Annual Assembly will have taken place and your Council hopes that you found the time to attend and that it was useful. If for some reason you were unable to come along then please do contact the Parish Council Office to find out what took place and to be updated with your Parish Councils future hopes. The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on 10th June, see you there. DOG POOP BAGS Dog walkers don’t forget you can pick up Dog Poop Bags FREE OF CHARGE from the Parish Council Office, they come in packs of 50. Once used, and tied they can be disposed of in any COUNCIL OWNED LITTER BIN. DOG FOULING There have been some cases of dog fouling, despite the Parish Council giving out free dog poop bags, you will know who you are, so please pop down the office and pick up some bags. Councillors would like to say thank you to those who are clearing up after their dogs. SDC CLLR MRS JENNY HOLLINGSBEE 812 066 / Mob 07887 918 458 / [email protected] 3 ANNUAL VILLAGE ASSEMBLY The Annual Village Assembly took place in the Durling Hall on Tuesday May 27th. This was the 2nd time we used this new informal format, which includes a buffet, wine and fruit juice, coffee and tea if preferred. Last year we had around 6 members of the public attend, this year that grew to 15 members of the public. The 1st Sellindge Scouts had a display, showing what badges etc they were working towards, Kent Fire and Rescue had a fire safety display, and there was a poster showing the proposed Sellindge Lees Clock was also on display for the first time. Our KCC Councillor, Shepway District Councillor, our KCC Community Warden also attended. This year we invited the Chairmen from our neighbouring Parish Councils to our assembly, the Chairman of Aldington and the Vice – Chairman of Lympne attended. The 2nd Annual Report was there for people to take a copy, there are some still available in the Parish Council office, if anyone wishes to have a copy. We sincerely apologise that the Pop – In article was omitted. The 2nd Annual Report is also available to download from the Parish Council website, this will include the Pop – In report. Now you may think, only 15 members of the public attended, well when we used the old formal format there would only be 1 or 2, sometimes none, so hope to see you next year. FROM YOUR KCC COUNCILLOR Susan Carey, Member for Elham Valley, KCC – 01303 670 561 Someone has recently asked me when superfast broadband will be reaching their home so I am using this month’s newsletter as an update on what Kent County Council is doing to help get superfast broadband to rural Kent. You may wonder what is has to do with the County Council as we don’t provide gas, electric or your telephone service. We do, however, have an interest because access to the internet has become so important for education and for businesses, particularly as so many people work from home.