PARISH PLAN UPDATE 05
WORKING
GROUPS BEGINNING INDEPENDENT WORK
The
4th Steering Group meeting was in the back room of The Punch Bowl at
7pm on Tuesday 25th June.
Steve
Haworth was able to report that the application to Shropshire Council for £1500
towards the costs of the Parish Plan had been successful and was now in the
Group’s account. A further application for £500 towards youth engagement had
been made. We are now able to report that this too has been successful.
Later
in the year, West Felton youth activity providers will be approached to take
part in a scheme to provide incentives to young people to make their concerns
known about West Felton and their futures here. A redeemable voucher system to
provide free or subsidised activities is envisaged.
Any
West Felton based, activity provider interested in being part of the scheme
should contact Steve on 610126 or Pete Sturgess on 611811.
Steve
had attended the 4th June demonstration in Welshpool against the mid
Wales wind-farms and pylons, at which the people of West Felton were thanked
for their contributions in funds and petitions. The demo marked the beginning
of the public enquiry into the wind farms, which will next report in September
this year.
There
were reports on the continuing flow of letters about development proposals for
the Parish, especially one from Shropshire’s Chief Planning Officer, via MP
Owen Patterson. Further letters were drafted to MPs, Shropshire Planning and
the Parish Council to remind parties of West Felton’s current position and its
considerable recent efforts, which are continuing, to update them on local
people’s wishes.
This
is a crucial time for the Parish Plan with the various working groups beginning
independent work on their specific projects. These were at different stages,
depending on necessary, now adopted schedules, but some good progress had
already been made.
Readers
will recall that there is a group dealing with “Employers/Employees, Commerce
and ICT”, with group members Matt Gibson, Heather Gibson, Peter Sturgess,
Gordon McCombe, David Inns. Amongst the tasks of this group is, as far as
possible to establish and record the various firms and businesses working
within the Parish. This is so that their needs can be established and every
effort made to assist, through Shropshire Council and potentially other
sources, necessary investment to improve their future prospects here. Currently
available records seem not be up to date.
Anyone
wishing to let the team know about their business within the Parish, new or
old, should contact to inform/update them and arrange any further consultation
required, should contact Gordon McCombe by e mail at gordonmccombe@aol.com .
A
reminder of the other groups:
- Schoolchildren and Young Persons
- Elderly & Disability Groups with Sports & Leisure clubs and Churches
- Liaison with surrounding and Perry Parishes
- Parking, Traffic, Highways, with Infrastructure (statutory undertakers)
- Bridging, Planning & Building Development
- Environment
- Transportation issues (buses, trains, coaches, taxies, canals, airstrips etc) -
- Publicity
Volunteers
?? - Please contact either me Steve on 610126 or Pete on 611811 to discuss or
nominate the group/s you’d like to help with.
Further
information via Steve Haworth – 610126
