£13,750 has been paid to the Parish Council in respect of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). This is a levy paid by developers to the District Council and a proportion is allocated directly to the Parish concerned. The CIL money is to be spent within 5 years on Parish related projects. Send your suggestions for appropriate expenditure to the Parish Clerk. See the guidance – Parish Council CIL guidance note.
SNC Parishes receiving CIL – CIL report on SNC Parishes
Representatives from Parish Councils within the Policing Area D1 , which includes Wreningham, attended a briefing by Inspector Colbert. The police have forwarded their presentation and notes:
D1 Parish Council Presentation April 2017
D1 Parish Council Presentation April 2017 – Meeting notes
If you have questions about this or other policing matters, the Engagement Officer is Jim Squires who can be contacted through the Parish Clerk.
The Ambulance Service have now added the Wreningham Village Hall defibrillator to their database. This means our defibrillator is live for use. Should it be needed then they will be able to provide the access code.
The Parish Council is planning two training sessions open to all villagers to prepare them in the use of the defibrillator and assisting patients. More on this later.
A Parish Council work party gave the village playing field a spring clean and make-over on Saturday April 8.
From 8.30am to 3pm several hardy souls undertook to clean up the playing field and the play equipment on it. Jon put his pressure washer to good use and washed away years of grime from the zip wire platform, the skate park, the shelter, the table, swings and dolphin. Josh, Hughie and Michael worked on the grass covered mats – lifting them, cleaning away layers of earth and grass, and then replacing them. The turf came in handy to restore the grass under and around the shelter. Anne applied the graffiti remover with vim & vigour to the skate park. Meanwhile Keith fitted a set of goal nets onto one of the goal posts and cleaned the posts before helping with the mats.
Thank you everyone for your work. Especial thanks to Christine for allowing us to connect to her tap to provide water for the pressure washer.
So much done and still more to do. We will be arranging for at least one more day of effort to tackle the equipment we did not have time to spruce up. Watch out for announcements, we would love to see more helpers.
Lotus have written about the Track calendar 2017. They have new internal procedures intended to reduce their impact on the community:
- No Lotus Driving Academy at Hethel – LDA is now a global activity with Academies in Asia, North America and Europe
- No more Mitsubishi Lancer Club Sprint (exceptionally noisy vehicles)
- No more formula type race car testing by 3rd parties
- No vehicle running in evenings unless critical to Lotus business
- No back to back events over the same or consecutive weekends
- Weekend Events classed “potentially noisy” spaced out at no more than 1 per month with more than 4 weeks interval on average
- Updates for the local community.
Potentially noisy users in 2017 currently limited to:
Lotus on Track:
- No more than 6 Saturday events per year.
- Comprises Lotus product owners Track Day events.
- All vehicles noise tested to comply with regulation limits and records kept.
- Has been running for over 10 years at Hethel.
Lotus Motor Club Sprint:
- 2 fixed date Sunday events per year – 2nd April and 6th August 2017
- Comprises Lotus staff club members, Lotus owners, other varied vehicles from associated clubs.
- All vehicles noise tested to comply with MSA regulation limits and records kept.
- Has been running for 20 years at Hethel.
Classic Team Lotus:
- 2 hours allocated per week during office hours for testing. Generally used once or twice per month)
- Comprises classic and vintage Lotus racing cars.
Lotus Cars Engineering:
- Week days and possibly week ends during core hours.
- Vehicle engineering activities for Lotus products and 3rd party clients.
- Comprises road going type vehicles.
Any comments to Alastair Florance, Group PR Manager, GROUP LOTUS PLC, Hethel, NR14 8EZ
T: 01953-608462 or E: aflorance@lotuscars.com
2017/0518
Applicant: Mr. J. Moon
Location:Land South Of Elm Tree Farmhouse Hethel Road
Proposal:Outline application with all matters reserved for a detached chalet bungalow.
Copies of the submitted plans can be viewed on-line. If you want to comment on this planning application please send your comments to South Norfolk Council by 31 March 2017 at:
South Norfolk House, Cygnet Court, Long Stratton, Norwich, NR15 2XE
Tel 01508 533780
planning@s-norfolk.gov.uk
2017/0427
Applicant: Mr Anthony Bull
Location: Glebe Farm Wymondham Road Wreningham NR16 1AY
Proposal: Remove fence, gate posts and gates – replace with a wall, pillars and new wooden gates
Copies of the submitted plans can be viewed here.
Comments to South Norfolk Council planning@s-norfolk.gov.uk by 20 March 2017
2017/0382
Applicant: Mr Jon Moon
Location: Elm Tree Farmhouse Hethel Road Wreningham NR16 1BB
Proposal: External staircase & door to south end of existing farmhouse. Conversion of existing cart shed / garage to domestic annex. Steel framed & clad Shed 2 within existing gardens.
The submitted plans can be viewed here
Please return comments to South Norfolk at planning@s-norfolk.gov.uk by 14 March 2017
The following e-mail was received from Pentaco this morning:
You are undoubtedly aware that the works along Church Road are progressing apace and there is a reasonably increase in vehicle movements in and around site. This is unfortunately a consequence of the restricted area for site parking and the external works now required to complete the project. To mitigate this problem and prevent vehicles parking on the surrounding highway, we have made an informal agreement with the landowner to form an area of parking on the field behind, with access off Hethel Road.
We have discussed with the planners at South Norfolk and they have agreed to this temporary arrangement with immediate effect for a period of approx 6 weeks.
We trust you will agree this is of benefit to all parties and will hopefully allow the development to be concluded with minimal disruption to the residents of your parish; however if you wish to discuss any of the above, please do not hesitate to call or visit Dean on site.
Many thanks for your continued co-operation.
Regards,
Paul Chappell, Contracts Manager, Pentaco Construction Ltd
15 Hurricane Way, Airport Industrial Estate, Norwich, NR6 6EZ
Tel. 01603 778950; Mob. 07866 925140 ; E-mail. paul.chappell@pentaco.co.uk
Following a report about the trees on Parish land, the Council commissioned Paul Reeder to undertake some trimming, felling, cutting out and tidying up of the trees around the Village Hall, at the back of the “Reading Room” and beside the children’s play area on the playing field. The first two are well underway as I write this. The latter is planned for next Wednesday, 22nd February 2017.
If you or your family are in the playing field on Wednesday, take care.