Annual Servicing of gas appliances.
Barnack Parish Council would like to remind home owners to service their gas appliances annually. There is a danger that if this is not done, the appliance could emit carbon monoxide, as recently experienced by a local resident.
Ufford Parish Council Meeting February 10th 2010
David Over, Ward Councillor, PC Norm Mc Callum and Nick Vergette attended the meeting.
1. The Ufford Resource Guide has been updated and will be delivered to newcomers to the village. It gives information about the village and its services. Please let one of the parish councillors know if you have not received a copy.
2. The parish council has been without a fourth member for several years and we are hoping that Nick Vergette will decide to join us and he will be co-opted at the next meeting. This will follow his family tradition as his grandfather was a parish councillor for many years. Nick has always lived in the village and we shall be glad of his local knowledge. He will be well placed to represent residents who live on Main Street.
3. Norm gave us a crime report and it is good to know that we are so law-abiding. There was just one theft from a vehicle in the past month in the village. Norm explained why we see less of him than in the past. He now is responsible for 21 villages from Thornhaugh to Northborough. He had an accident nearly a year ago but hopes to be back to full policing duties by March. He reminded us that he will be happy to train volunteers to use the speed check equipment. Please let us know if you would like to volunteer as speeding traffic concerns us all. The council is continuing its campaign for speed warning lights at the Walcot Road and Marholm Road entrances to the village.
4. We hope some of you will join our EASTER EGG HUNT, followed by a gentle stroll through Southey Woods on Sunday March 27th. Meet at 2pm in the car park by the main entrance on Langley Bush Road. The Easter Eggs will be hidden by the Easter Rabbit and the event is being led by Brian Armstrong, PCC Wildlife Officer, and Frieda Gosling, Ufford Parish Councillor.
5. Please note that the next UPC meeting will be on Tuesday March 3rd, a week earlier than usual. Time, 7.30 at Ufford Village hall. All welcome.
Barnack Parish Council
The meeting held on Monday 8 February 2010 in the Wilfrid Wood Hall was attended by Mrs J Woollard (Chairman), Mr E Barker, Mrs S Berrill, Dr I Burrows, Mrs D Dolby, Mr D Roxburgh, Cllr D Over, PC N McCallum, 3 members of the public and Mrs R McCallum (Parish Clerk).
Members of Cross Keys Homes, Peterborough City Council representatives, a Parish Council member and residents met in Orchard Road recently to discuss parking and road maintenance issues. Six new trees have been planted on the B1443 between Barnack and Pilsgate to complete the avenue together with a replacement hedge on Uffington Road. Letters will be written to PCC regarding the removal of the 401/402, Kings School/Morrisons buses, the purpose of Neighbourhood Councils and the date on which the B1443 weight limit will become permanent. Potholes on village roads will be reported to Peterborough City Council together will a request for the verge on Stamford Road and footpaths on Walcot Road, Millstone Lane and Bainton Road to be cleared. A proposal that name of the road for the new Uffington Road development will be Lammas Field will be forwarded to PCC.
The Fund Raising group of the Sports Pavilion Committee has raised now £25293, but work cannot begin on the new sports pavilion on the cricket club ground until 106 funding is available, at the commencement of work by David Wilson Homes in Uffington Road. The Community Leadership group are continuing the work of surveying hedge rows. The hedges to be surveyed this year are on the Mill Road, the Green Drift and up to Summerhouse Corner. More volunteers are urgently needed to help those who volunteered after the Bugs Life talk last autumn. Guidance will be given to the group so if you are interested please contact the parish clerk on 740047 or June Woollard on 740276. Six more wooden benches have been purchased. The one for Barnack will be located at the edge of the cricket club ground.
A report from the Rural Forum meeting highlighted Parish Council’s involvement with Peterborough City Council regarding their comments for planning applications. The next meeting will include Rural Exception sites, Rural Business and Sunday bus services. The next Neighbourhood Panel Meeting will be held at Arthur Mellows Village College on 4 March. PC McCallum reported that in January 4 crimes had been recorded with 26 calls for services in the Barnack and Pilsgate villages. The next meeting is on Monday 8 March 2010 at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. All are welcome. A full copy of these minutes are on the village notice boards.