Winstred Hundred Parish Council

The Peldon Village Hall Management Committee were pleased to announce that plans for a new village hall for Peldon took a big step forward in December when they were awarded a grant of £100,000 from the Abberton Reservoir Community Fund towards the project. Following the granting of planning permission in August, this is a significant contribution towards the estimated £600,000 needing to be raised.

As a condition of the grant, the new building will have a lobby area that is open throughout the day, even if the hall is not in use. This area will include toilet facilities, an information area about the reservoir and a vending machine for the convenience of visitors who may wish to park in the hall’s car park before setting off to walk round the easterly side of the enlarged reservoir, once pathways have been created.

Together with the £30,000 already awarded from Essex County Council’s Community Initiatives Fund and £20,000 accumulated from fundraising events in recent years, the committee are now about a quarter of the way towards their target. Three further grant applications have been lodged and more will follow, including a major one to the Big Lottery, about which more will be said in coming months.

In the meantime there are lots of fundraising events coming up you can support to help:

1. Race Night on 17^th March – flyer attached gives all the details
2. 30^th June –Soul Concert with the Crissy Lee Band and Grand Auction. Venue – Brickhouse Barn, Lower Road, Peldon. Further details to be announced.
3. 23^rd September – Sponsored Walk – details of route, and how to take part and get sponsorship forms to be announced later in the year.
4. 10^th November – Quiz Night in the Village Hall.

To find out more about these, of how to help PVH in general, contact Bob Holmes on 01206 735510.

Our January meeting was on 10^th January 2012 (earlier than usual due to the Pantomime) when Rebecca Perry from Colchester Zoo came to talk to us.  Rebecca is Director of Conservation and actually works for “Action for the Wild” which is the charity side of the Zoo.  She explained all about how Zoo’s came into being with the earliest recorded menageries dating back as far as 4000 years ago.  London Zoo opened in 1828 to Fellows only and to the public in 1847.  Colchester Zoo (or Stanway Hall Park as it was originally known as) opened in 1963 by Frank Farrar and his wife Helena before being sold to his niece in 1983.  At the time there were 5 keepers and 5 other staff, no running water or electrics.  Now it’s the largest privately owned Zoo in the U.K. with award winning enclosures, over 60 acres of land, 270 species and a successful captive breeding programme. Action for the Wild now owns a Nature Reserve in South Africa – Umphafa Private Nature Reserve – which has seen the release of many animals including White Rhino, Impala, Antelope, Wildebeest, Zebra and Rock Pythons to name but a few.  It was a very interesting and very enjoyable evening.

Our next meeting is on 28^th February when Ann Hardy will reveal the “Secrets of the Royal Jewels.”  Details of all our meetings and speakers can we found on the diary on the home page of the Winstred 100 website.

They go in on a Monday and are available to collect from noon on Thursday.  Each half pig weighs about 35kg and storage space of 60cm x 40 cm x 20 cm – two shelves should be OK.

Price: £2.90/kg or about £97 / half pig.

You have the choice of how they are cut and bagged. Common choices are:

• Leg: - joints ( any size ), diced, ham or gammon.
• Shoulder: - joints, diced, sausages, burgers or collar bacon.
• Loin: - chops, steaks or joints. Back bacon: smoked or green.
• Tenderloin: whole 9oz strip.
• Hand & Belly: - makes approx’ 18 packs of sausages (8 / pack), you choose the flavour. The belly could be left as a strip, made into BBQ ribs or streaky bacon.  The hand may be diced for casseroles.

Sausages and burgers are £1.90 / kg extra. Flavours normally available are: plain, Old English, Cumberland, Pork & Leek, Tomato & Basil, Garlic Chilli and Fennel – be warned theses are hot, Pork & Apricot, Pork & Apple.

Bacon, gammon and ham are £2.30 / kg extra and take 2 weeks.

The bones, liver, kidney and heart are yours if you would like them.

If you have further questions or to place an order please contact:

Kate Gladwin  01206 735 694              This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beauty and the Beast by Stuart Arden adapted for the Peldon Players, will be performed in Peldon Village Hall for 5 performances; Wed 25 to Sat 28 Jan starting at 7.30pm and running to about 9.50pm.  The Saturday Matinee starts at 2.30 pm and should be over by 4.50pm.

The two Saturday performances are already sold out with a waiting list, a few tickets remain for Thursday and Friday nights with plenty still available for Wednesday but we do tend to sell out so it is best to contact Mel Newton on Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel:  01206 736118/07738 000378 if you fancy coming along. 

Prices are: 

• Adults  - Wed & Thu - £5.00; Fri & Sat - £7.00
• Concessions - Wed & Thu - £3.50; Fri & Sat - £5.00 (OAPs, children 14 and under)

Adapted and Directed by Alison Biegel, Angela Buckley and Mel Newton, this annual entertainment has been a part of the village calendar for 25 years, involves local residents from 7 to 70 and is a terrific way to spend a dreary January evening. Oh yes it is!

Essex Council have asked us to let you know about changes to opening hours of their Recycling Centres for Household Waste. As of 9th January 2012 the following changes will commence:

• All sites will open at 9am rather than the current 8am.
• Winter opening times (from 9th January 2012– 29th February 2012) for all centres will be 9am to 4pm.
• Summer opening times (1st March – 15th October) will be 9am to 5pm.
• Late night opening on Tuesdays during a limited period over the summer will no longer take place.
• Some recycling centres in the county will be closed on certain days of the week from the 9th January 2012 (including West Mersea - closed on Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday).

For further information on recycling centres or to find details about any specific centre either visit www.essex.gov.uk/recyclingcentres or contact 0845 603 7625.

WINSTRED HUNDRED PARISH COUNCIL

Peldon   Great Wigborough   Little Wigborough   Salcott   Virley

A meeting of Winstred Hundred Parish Council will be held at Peldon Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13^th December 2011.

Apologies for absence:

Minutes of the last meeting

Borough Councillors

Public-Have Your Say

Declarations of Interest

Items for Discussion

1. Playgrounds

• Report and update on both play areas.

2. Salcott Meadow/Creek

• Reports and correspondence received from authoritative bodies re suggestions of fencing along the creek edge.
• 1^st decision required: Our final decision on this matter now all reports have been received.

3. Police

• Reports of crimes in our villages if available
• Decision required: Any crimes we feel we should report

4. Chairmanship and Vice for the next 2 year period from May

• Discuss who is willing and/or able to take on these positions
• Decision required: Do we need to change our Standing Orders accordingly?

5. Broadband Update – any further developments

6. Precept/Grant for 2012/2013

• Consider the spending so far and for the remainder of the year, also the forthcoming grant withdrawal matter.
• Decision required: How much do we need for this next financial year?

7. CALC meeting report

8. Affordable Housing Enabler meeting report

9. Actions and Reminders List including Website progress

• Update

Correspondence:

• EALC County Update November 2011 including courses
• ECC Making the Links December 2011
• The Playing Field Autumn 2011
• ECC Waste Development Document November 2011
• RCCE Oyster Autumn 2011
• ECC Local Bus Tender Round 2012 – Table of Services
• NALC Localism Act www.nalc.gov.uk

Planning:

112135 Proposal: Two storey extension to provide additional kitchen and wc in study space at ground floor also incorporating a utility room. First floor additional bedroom at 9 Sharlands Row, The Street, Salcott

Notice of Planning Decisions:

111662 Proposal: Extension to dwelling to provide additional accommodation at Fourways Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Permission Refused

111830 Proposal: Front garden wall and improved existing access to residential frontage only at Beckton House Farm, Barnhall Road, Salcott – Permission Refused

Appeal: APP/A1530/A/11/2163764NWF against refusal of planning permission by CBC at Beckton House Farm for proposed agricultural building to store hay crop produced by the farm.

Appeal: APP/A1530/D/11/2164288 against refusal of planning permission by CBC at Beckton House Farm for proposed extensions and alterations to existing dwelling.

Appeal Decision: APP/A1530/A/11/2154584 against planning conditions imposed by CBC at Fourways Farm – Appeal Dismissed

Finances:

101635 – SLCC – annual subs                                                                               £97.00

101636 – Mr B J Gooding – play insp and repairs to goal post on Moss Hay                  £89.72

101637 – Tollesbury (St Mary’s) PCC – mag entries                                                  £55.00

101638 – R S Pullen – clerk’s fee for December                                                     £353.53

101639 – T Hedger – trim of Salcott meadow roadside hedge                                   £40.00

The Chairman would like to invite everyone back to The Plough for a Christmas drink and nibbles after the meeting.

The next meeting will be held at Salcott Village Hall on Tues 10^th January 2011 at 7.30pm