PARISH PLAN UPDATE 07
NEW
MEMBERS INTRODUCED
The
6th Steering Group meeting was in the Methodist Church Hall at 7pm
on Wednesday 4th September.
Two
new Members to the Steering Group were introduced. Rob Meacham is a newly
appointed Parish Councillor with experience in various types of legal work and
Ian Norris, a volunteer with experience of the house-building industry. Both
were warmly welcomed, being just in time for a big effort from the working
groups to gain information for their special areas of concentration, before
activities switch very much towards preparation of residents’ questionnaires in
the coming months.
An
additional £500 has been gained from Shropshire Council towards a youth
project.
Expenditure
against the budget has been limited so far, as so much of the work currently
has been background preparations. It was recognised that the majority of
spending would be associated with the formulation and printing costs of the
future residents’ questionnaire as well as the preparation and publication of
the finished Plan report, scheduled for late Spring 2014. Some however remains
available for special information gathering projects.
Once
again there was discussion on the outline Planning application 13/01221/OUT for
housing and commercial units between Holyhead Rd and Tedsmore Rd. Opinions on
the revised scheme are encouraged still to be placed on the Shropshire Council
Planning website for this revised
scheme, as there have been some significant differences to the previous plan
for 50 houses.
Further
reports and photographs will be made ready for viewing on the Plan’s blogsite -
: wfparishplan.blogspot.co.uk
. In particular
the environment group hope to have
some old photos of parts of the Parish area to remind readers of how things
were here, not so long ago.
Most
of the rest of the meeting was devoted to talking through the need and
preparation of Terms of Reference for each of the 9 working groups. These are
tricky to prepare but are helpful in the longer term by focussing work towards
ensuring necessary things are considered carefully and done on time. There was
much discussion on who else should be spoken to about West Felton Parish’s
future in addition to its residents. For instance, local employers, clubs,
societies, educators, different societal groups, transport providers, highway
and utility planners etc.
There
is still the opportunity for anyone wishing to make their business (small or
large) known still has the opportunity through Gordon McCombe by e mail at gordonmccombe@aol.com .
For
more information about the plan or the Working groups, contact Steve Haworth on
610126.
The
next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 24th September.
