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Sunday 29 November 2015

Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting Wednesday December 2nd NOTE: 0930am at Shalfleet Hall

The December 2015 Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting is to be held at the EARLY TIME of 0930am at Shalfleet Hall (Shalfleet Hall is the recently-refurbished hall behind Shalfleet Village.  Several people have commented why we have the parish council meeting at such a time on a work-day when anyone who is working, taking children to school or minding family is going to have trouble being there.

I have re-posted the agenda below.  Please note that West Wight Alpacas have now re-submitted their application to remove conditions of use that were originally stipulated by the Planning Department to reduce the impact on the hamlet of Wellow.  West Wight Alpacas are asking for permission to open from 1000am to 2300pm 365 days per year and to change the defined usage from A1 (shop/café) to A3, which is a full restaurant.  The Government Planning Portal shows the definitions here:  http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/changeofuse/   On 3rd October West Wight Alpacas invited locals to listen to their plans and Mr Payne, the owner, stated that "We are going to apply for a (alcohol) license....we are considering a conservatory style extension to get another sixteen covers .... and a Pompeii pizza oven with a DEFRA approved chimney...."

This application to vary the conditions is to change the USAGE (from A1 to A3) which would usually require full planning consent; they are planning to up-scale and upgrade from a café incidental to alpacas to a licensed restaurant free to open from 1000 to 2300 365 days a year.  You can see the planning application on the IWC website at https://www.iwight.com/planning/AppDetails3.aspx?frmId=30413



Sunday 8 November 2015

Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting Wednesday 11th November, Parish Office **Warlands Lane Masts Planning Application**


Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting -- Planning Application for mobile phone masts, Shalfleet


Please note the new planning application for mobile phone masts at Homestead Farm.  It is planning application P/01199/15 click here to view 

I had earlier posted here that this planning application is an alteration to a recently approved application.  I am indebted to a local resident who has pointed out that the tower, subject of this planning application, has been in place for some time and is not connected with the solar farm control tower.  I apologise for the misinformation and for suggesting that the developers or LPA were trying to sneak a change to the application that was approved recently.

There remains of course the question of the visual amenity and the concerns of residents about health risks of mobile phone radio installations.