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Affordable Housing. Alison Thompson of the Rural
Housing Trust will attend a special meeting of the Parish Council on
Tuesday 13th July 2004 at the Dolphins Hall. Anyone with an
interest in this subject can come along. Alison will speak for
approximately 15 minutes and then answer questions.
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Youth Shelter. The Parish Council has turned down the
offer.
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Phone Box in Frogham. A further letter had been
received from BT concerning the petition sent to them objecting to the
removal of the phone box. They stated that due to the sheer volume of
responses they had received there would be a considerable delay before
they could respond to our correspondence. It was also noted that a
notice has yet to be put up in the phone box regarding its removal.
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Bulk Waste collection. Nonington has been added to the
list for a collection together with Shepherdswell and a few other
villages. The route of these collections has not been extended since
it began. Cllr Barnett spoke to the relevant department and was told
that the lorry timetable could possibly be changed to call every 5
weeks instead of 4 thus allowing extra villages to be visited without
extra expense, but nothing definite was promised.
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Bus Shelter. The Highways Department at Dover District
Council had still not sent us an official letter stating that we could
not have a bus shelter because of concerns of safety regarding
children crossing the road despite having said that one would be
forthcoming. Dover District Council is hoping to work in conjunction
with the Snowdown Development regarding potential traffic calming
methods. The time frame on this is unknown.
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Flooding in village. A letter has been received from
the Highways Department at Dover District Council regarding flooding
in Easole Street opposite the Village Hall. It was stated that a
proposal to alter the drainage so that it overflows into the pond had
been discussed with various property owners in the area. Provided that
the costs to implement this are not too high they are hoping to carry
out the work this year. If the costs do exceed the available budget
then the work would be carried out next year. Regarding Farthingales
problem opposite the Church, it was decided that Dover District
Council would upgrade the risk to a higher level.
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Prima systems parking. Mr Halfpenny stated that it
would still be a couple of months before a car park is in place. He is
marking out the space needed and arranging a further meeting with the
residents of Mill Lane so they can see exactly where it will be
situated. The Council applauded Mr Halfpenny for keeping the residents
informed as Dover District Council had already given permission for
parking to be provided.. In the meantime the spaces left on the road
between parked cars appears to be working quite well.
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Brush Cutter. This has been collected by Cllr Barnett,
together with a box of equipment. Volunteers have been given a map of
the paths that they may trim back. They are not allowed to cut back
banks or hedgerows, only the designated paths.
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Beauchamps Wood – permissive path. An illegal path has
been made through the wood which people are using to dump garden
rubbish and making it impassable. Mr Hobbs, the owner of the wood, has
stated that he will create a path from Beauchamps Lane through the
wood next to Red Tiles fence and put up a ‘dog friendly’ stile at the
other side leading into the field.
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Nonington Court – Concealed entrance sign. Nonington
Court Road is shortly to be resurfaced which will make access much
easier for the residents of the 50 flats and houses. Highways have
been contacted in connection with a ‘concealed entrance’ sign They
have stated that they will have a site meeting shortly to look at this
request. Cllr Barnett declared an interest in this item.
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The metal telegraph pole in Holt Street has now been
replaced with a wooden one which is more in keeping for the village.
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Footpath 306 which runs through the Bruderhof
Community has been closed prematurely with the stile also being
removed. This should not have been closed until permission is received
for the new routeing. A letter is being sent to the Footpaths Officer
in Dover with a copy to the Bruderhof Community strongly objecting to
this closure.
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Share Ways Gate. Illegal dumping in this gateway and
beyond is now severe. Cllr Rye is to contact Mr Groombridge to discuss
the matter.
Special meeting of the Parish Council to discuss
affordable housing on 13th July at 7.30 in the Dolphins
Hall – all are welcome.