Parish Annual Meeting tomorrow Wednesday 30th 7pm at Wellow Institute This is NOT a Parish Council Meeting

Agenda Annaul Parish Meeting 2014 by david5174

Shalfleet Parish Council Standing Orders

I've now got the Standing Orders from the Shalfleet Parish Council. They are not signed or dated, but....well, that's all I have

Shalfleet Parish Council Standing Orders by david5174

A little bird tells me that the Ashlar Planning Application is dead

The washing lines of Shalfleet Parish are humming this morning with the rumour that the Spectrum application to build a social housing estate in Ningwood is dead. At the time of writing it's not clear whether Spectrum backed-out of the scheme or whether it was turned down by the IWC. The proposed social housing estate, almost opposite the Horse and Groom, bordering on Shalfleet Primary School, was deeply unpopular with local residents because of the environmental impact though it was strongly supported by Shalfleet Parish Council. Residents have been asking why the Shalfleet Parish Council has supported a project that is so out of line with the wishes of parishioners.

Rhythmtree Festival 18/19/20th July 2014

I haven't seen any publicity for this in the local area. http://www.rhythmtree.info/ Presumably it will have quite an impact particularly on Shalfleet Village. Any comments, please leave them here. You don't need to register or leave your personal details to comment.

West Wight Medical Practice Minutes of Patients' Consultative Meeting 3rd April 2014

Here are the minutes of the PPC meeting held at Brookside at 1800 on 3rd April 2014.  I don't have a copy of the spreadsheet showing Cancer Referral Data, referred to in minute 4.0.  If you're interested please contact the practice.

Minutes PPG Meeting No 12 - 03 04 14 (3) by david5174

Shalfleet Parish Council Minutes of Meeting March 2014

I wrote to Susannah Jennings, the Clerk, yesterday to chase the March minutes which she actioned this morning, thank you, Susannah.  I have embedded them here: --

Minutes March 2014 by david5174

Moa Place Car Park Petition (updated)

I've been along to some of the retailers who have kindly been promoting the petition and I think the time is ripe for picking it up next week, so I will do that on Tuesday and report back with the total numbers.  The next stage, of course, is to ask the IWC to add this to the earliest possible agenda for a decision to be made.  I'll take advice from Stuart Hutchinson (our Ward Councillor) and others to see how we can best proceed, but rest assured that there is massive support.  I also spoke to the staff in the doctors' surgery and they confirm that it is a big issue; they have also got many signatures.

I'm not sure whether the Shalfleet Parish Council have collected any signatures, I shall copy this to Susannah Jennings, the Clerk and update you when I hear.

Scrutineers make recommendations on cross-Solent travel (On The Wight)

Ferries, Scrutiny Committee Thursday 1st May 2014 County Hall 1800 Public welcome.

Below is the link to the article on what happens next in the IW Council regarding ferries.  OTW have embedded the council papers on their site and I won't reproduce them here.  

http://onthewight.com/2014/04/23/scrutineers-put-forward-recommendations-cross-solent-travel/

Stuart Hutchinson, our (West Wight) Ward Councillor sits on the Scrutiny Committee so any views you have, you can express:

To Stuart
Via Comments on On The Wight
Go along yourself and say something in the allocated slot

I am hoping to go along and will feedback anything that seems particularly relevant here on the blog.

Petition to IWC to keep free half hour parking at Moa Place Freshwater - Updated

Update: Saturday 5th April 2014 -- I have prepared a 'Point of Sale' petition sheet (laminated) and petition signature form, both are below, please download and discuss with any establishments you know - shops, restaurants, offices,.....  My name, address and phone number is on them, if you need me to laminate for you, give me a ring.  Yesterday (Friday) I went on my first cold-calling mission for more years than I care to remember.  I needn't have been nervous; all of the retailers I spoke to were delighted.  I'd been into Boots Freshwater on Thursday to have a chat with the pharmacist, who is also the store manager and she was very supportive.  She has recruited one of her staff to open up a  Facebook page - I will get details and post them here later.  By Friday Boots had collected almost a whole sheet of names and addresses.  

The other establishments in lower Freshwater who have more than happily taken the petition forms are: Boots, ladies and gents' hairdresser, newspaper shop, Sainsbury's, Hong Kong Express, Hurst, Heart Foundation charity shop, West Wight Sports Centre and the Health Centre.  There has been a terrific interest.  It was also pointed out to me that there is a road safety issue when parents drop children off to the school.  If the parents can't get the half hour free (and they can't or won't afford 90p twice a day) they will park on the road which could be a serious risk especially to the children.  Surely it's better to have the cars safely in the car park, not on the road?

So, a tremendous first day with huge support from the community and local councillors.  My job over this weekend is to write to the Parish and Town Councils.  Meanwhile special thanks to Cllrs Paul Fuller and Stuart Hutchinson. See the bottom of this post for the downloadable petition pack.

I have started a petition at change.org to ask the IWC to keep the free half hour's parking at Moa Place.  Clearly, the new charge will hit those popping into the doctors or chemists for prescriptions, those who are helping infirm passengers in and out, and it will hit the local traders very badly as folk will tend to shop at the COOP instead of paying at Moa Place.

If you agree with the petition, can you please sign it and copy the link to as many of your friends as possible.  Under the IWC Constitution if there are over 2500 signatures then the full Council must debate it.  That's a huge number for our small ward, but maybe it's possible?

The link to the petition is http://chn.ge/1gK7gcT

Update:  I have emailed all of the County Councillors in the hope that they will support the petition.  This is the letter I wrote:

Letter to Councillors Re Moa Place Petition by david5174

Update#2 2nd April.  We have received a very positive letter from Cllr Paul Fuller and Cllr Luisa Hillard.  These are below:

Letter From Paul Fuller by david5174

Petition Sign by david5174

Signature Form by david5174

Best wishes,   David