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CONDOVER BROADBAND SPEED - ARE YOU SATISFIED?

BY CLLR DAVID LANE

Living or working in Condover I guess that you are just like me and can't get a decent Broadband speed. Apparently the solution for this is a new fibre optic cable connecting the village and the exchange at either Dorrington or Bayston Hill. This can be easily done as Shropshire Council have just received a grant of £8,200,000 to upgrade the broadband network in the County. Taking 5 minutes out of your day to fill in a survey at www.connectingshropshire.com is the first, easiest step we can take to ensure that our village gets the broadband upgrade which we need.

If you can also please encourage your friends/neighbours in the village to fill out the survey and do the same then this puts us in a better position and closer to getting a faster broadband.

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CONDOVER PARISH COUNCIL HOSTED A PUBLIC MEETING AT DORRINGTON VILLAGE HALL ON:

SATURDAY 14TH JANUARY 2012 BETWEEN 2.00PM AND 4.00PM

Residents who attended the event were advised to forward their comments to the Parish Council via the Clerk on the two pre-application proposed housing schemes put forward by developers at the event by midnight Friday 20th January 2012.  The schemes were phased and based at Forge Way and Limes Paddock. The following email address should be used condoverpc@btinternet.com The Clerk will ensure all comments received by this date are circulated to Planning Committe members and Dorrington councillors for consideration. If received after this date they will of course be made known to councillors but due to time constraints may not directly influence any decisions made at this meeting but be taken into account at the full council meeting on 8th February 2012.

In addition should you wish to provide comments on the Dorrington Village Design Statement arising from the 2010 public consultation event and SAMDev Consultation this can be found on this website under Planning Applications. For further information on the new Shropshire Council planning policies please take a look at their website and using their search facilities and look at the Local Development Framework ( LDF ) ; Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and SAMDev information. ____________________________________________Clerk 15/1/12

AGENDA Now available for Planning Committee meeting on 23 Jan 2012 please upload the details of the meeting which is to take place at Dorrington Village Hall

Jan Plan Com Agenda 23-1-12 (69.36KB):

PARISH NEWSLETTER

If you would prefer an electronic copy of the quarterly newsletter, please send an email to laurenhackett@yahoo.com from the address you wish it to be sent to stating that you would like an electronic copy of the newsletter. Alternatively you can simply download the .PDF version of it from this website: Parish Newsletter Autumn 2011 (2357.21KB)

EDIT: The "quick link" found in the Chairmans report in the newsletter was incorrect, if you wish to read the article about SAMDev on the shropshire council website you can use the direct link: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/planning.nsf/open/ED21FA6BE1D21C1B802578EE003491CF

Also available online for anyone in the Parish, although it will be more appealing to residents of Ryton, is the local Ryton Newsletter in pdf form here: Ryton Village Newsletter No.53 (753.29KB)

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IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE

  General Switch Board Tel 0300 333 3000 ex 66644 number to get through to a particular person or department.

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Check out the Condover Play Area Project page to see a graph tracking the progress of the Condover Buddy fundraising scheme and how much we've raised so far towards the £3000 target.

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CHANGES TO RECYCLING CARDBOARD

There has been a change to the way recycling works for households in the Shropshire area. The change is that you are no longer allowed put cardboard in garden waste bins or garden waste sacks. This change is as a result of new composting regulations as the chemicals and inks in the cardboard can contaminate the compost and producers of compost will not accept garden waste and cardboard which has been mixed. If it were to be mixed in, entire loads of garden waste would be rejected and entire loads would be sent to landfill!

With effect from Monday 28th November 2011, your garden waste will no longer be accepted or taken away if it has cardboard in it and a note will be left alongside your bin explaining why it hasn‟t been emptied.

You can still recycle your cardboard though, by taking it to your nearest Household Recycling Centre, otherwise, if you are unable to do this, you‟re advised to simply put your cardboard in the normal rubbish bin.

A leaflet is to be put under the lips of all rubbish bins and a permanent sticker will be put on garden waste bin lids as a reminder to residents to put be tempted to put cardboard in their green bin.

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CORE ENERGY CHAMPION ROLE  - by Adam Jones

National Energy Action, the national fuel poverty charity is currently working on a number of projects to deliver energy efficiency advice to the more vulnerable within society in order to reduce their energy consumption, alleviate fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions. Within Shropshire this work is being partnered with the Community Council of Shropshire (Clive Leworthy).

As I am sure you are aware the current levels of fuel poverty are at an all time high. There are 26.9% of households in Shropshire in fuel poverty. With the recent price rises it is now essential that advice is given to these households in order to reduce their energy consumption and ensure they can achieve affordable warmth.

Over the forthcoming months we are running the CORE project (Calor Off gas Rural Energy champions), which will provide assistance to fuel-poor households via front line organisations to enable them to deliver simple, practical advice to people in rural communities. Please see attached document for further details (Energy Champion Role).

Currently I am obtaining levels of interest from a number of organisations to attend an awareness event at Craven Arms Community centre on the 8th December 2011. This event will be a two hour event starting at 10:00 and lunch will be provided upon completion. The event is limited to 12 attendees with one attendee from each region being given the opportunity to go forward and obtain a City & Guilds qualification in energy efficiency. If you are interested in taking part in the project and could attend the local awareness event, please contact me to confirm your interest (expression of interest form attached).

For more information please read these articles:

CORE - Energy Champion Role (312.57KB)

CORE - Expression of interest form (349.28KB)

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DORRINGTON VILLAGE HALL NOW HAS IT'S OWN WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN VIEW AN ON-LINE DIARY TO SEE THE TIMES IN WHICH THE HALL IS BOOKED AN WHEN IT IS FREE FOR USE. USE THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE SITE AND HAVE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF

www.dorringtonvillagehall.co.uk

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PARISH COUNCILLOR FOR RYTON WARD NEEDED

Cllr Belinda Cousins, has recently resigned from the Parish Council and being the designated Parish Councillor for Ryton Ward effective as of 11/05/11. If you are interested in filling the slot that her resignation has created or would like to know more about it then you can do so by viewing the following attached document which is also available on the Councillors page of this website:

Vacancy Notice - Ryton Ward (May 11) (67.6KB)

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IMPORTANT WARNING FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE

Please feel free to circulate this in order to inform as many people as possible, as quickly as possible and especially as Christmas is fast approaching. The following warning and announcement has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is being posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655

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Following the Parish Council's August Meeting where a informative presentation was given by a Shropshire Council Officer on the SAMDev Mineral Sites Assessment, the following link to the Shropshire.gov website was given.

 Shropshire.gov link (The link will open in a new window)

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SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL's COMMUNITY TREE SCHEME

 Shropshire Council are taking applications for free trees from now until Friday December 2nd 2011. Successful applicants will be notified in early January, with an intended tree collection day of Saturday 4th February 2012.

Community groups, schools, landowners and the general public are welcome to apply for free trees and shrubs. The scheme is open to anyone as long as the trees will be planted where they will provide some public amenity value and will be in view to the public.

Full details of the scheme, including a comprehensive list of trees and shrubs from which to choose, can be found on the Council's website follow this link to a page on the Shropshire council website. Applications can be made online, or by completing a hard copy of the form and returning it to the Natural Environment Team at Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

For further details please contact Martin Sutton Tel  01743 252422 or email:martin.sutton@shropshire.gov.uk 

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THE BIG TREE PLANT FOR SHROPSHIRE

  You may have heard about the government's national tree planting  campaign - The Big Tree Plant ( http://thebigtreeplant.direct.gov.uk/index.html ). Shropshire Council, in partnership with Shrewsbury Town Council, is running one of only three projects in the west midlands area to have received Big Tree Plant funds. We have been awarded up to £32,500 for our four year project, subject to successful delivery in the first year.

  The money is to be used to supply and plant larger 'standard' size trees in streets and public open space, within the urban environment. We also aim to create small areas of community woodland (half a hectare maximum size), for example in parks, wildlife sites and school grounds.

  The first year of the project (2011 - March 2012) is focussing on Shrewsbury, but the following three years (April 2012 - March 2015) we want to extend the project across all Shropshire's market towns. Over the next four years we aim to plant a total of 550 large street trees and create a total of 10ha of community woodlands.

  The purpose of this letter is to bring our Big Tree Plant project to your attention and to invite you to take part. We are looking for local council partners across Shropshire who would like to join in and plant some trees. Please contact me for more details and to discuss how we might be able to make your town a little bit greener. I can be reached by telephone on 01743 252422 or email: martin.sutton@shropshire.gov.uk
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