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Condover Parish Council Chairman - Tony Tudor's Annual report:
Chairman's Annual Report 2012-2013 (101.68KB)

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  PUBLIC MEETING AT RYTON VILLAGE HALL

A Public Meeting it to be held at Ryton Village Hall on Friday 7th June 2013 at 6.00 pm

A presentation by ABC Care Limited is to be made at the meeting on its proposed use of the property; The Square, Ryton. This will include a background of its operations in this field of care i.e. caring for young people.

A public open session is to be held enabling residents to ask relevant questions and find out more.

To find out more and vie the poster detailing tis event please view the document below:
Public Meeting 7th June 2013 Ryton Village Hall (170.21KB)

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PARISH NEWSLETTER

The Latest edition of our Parish Newsletter has been compiled. Recently councillors have been finding it increasingly difficult to deliver your edition of the Newsletter to your door, especially with vacancies in the Condover Ward. To be sure to receive it electronically, please send an email to the editor: laurenhackett@yahoo.com from the address you wish it to be sent to stating that you would like an electronic copy of the newsletter.  Paper copies will also be made available in Condover & Dorrington Post Offices. Alternatively you can simply download the .PDF version of it from this website: Condover Parish Newsletter - Summer 2013 (865.35KB)

Also available online for anyone in the Parish, although it will be more appealing to residents of Ryton, is the Spring 2013 Ryton Newsletter: Ryton Newsletter #59 (1533.41KB) 

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DORRINGTON VILLAGE HALL COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNINGS

Dorington Village Hall will be hosting a Community Coffee morning on Friday 24th May 2013 from 9am - 11am where anyone is welcome to come along for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat with friends. The coffee mornings are something which happen throughout the year, to see a list of subsequent coffee morning dates you may be interested in attending you can open the following document:
Community Coffee Morning Calendar 2013 (198.71KB)

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CONDOVER CRICKET CLUB JUNIOR COACHING PROGRAM 2013

During this summer there will be a series of different activity sessions held at Condover Cricket Club for young people in the Parish to get involved in. Some of which are free and some cost. To vie the full poster please click the document below to find out information.

Junior Cricket Program 2013 (682.42KB)

Numbers are limited for each session so to ensure availability and to find out more please contact one of the representatives (contact details are provided on the poster)

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The newest version of the action plan for the Parish Plan is now available on the website:Action Plan Update April 2013 (434.15KB)

The 2012 and past versions of the action plan are available on the website on the Parish Plan page if residents wanted to view them.

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RURAL HEATH SURVEY 2013

Do you live in a small rural community or out in the sticks?

If you live in a small rural community or out in the sticks, make a difference and take part in Shropshire's Rural Health Survey.

Representatives from GPs across Shropshire, the Council and other bodies representing rural interests, such as the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), are seeking views from people who live in rural areas in Shropshire to help to improve and develop the things that affect you. In particular, we want to hear about your quality of life and the things that have affected your quality of life.

The closing date for this survey is 31st July 2013 and the results will be used for further research and analysis to help to make a positive difference to the lives of people living in rural areas in Shropshire. To take part online, you can follow this link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/ShropshireRuralHealth

For more info or a paper copy contact: 01743 252594

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PUBLIC MEETING AT RYTON VILLAGE HALL (JANUARY 2013)

Results of the questionnaires completed at the above meeting were presented at the Parish Council's full council meeting on 5th February. Following this meeting, the results are available for on this website through the following link: Ryton Questionnaire Results Jan 2013 (433.54KB) 

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MARCHES ENERGY AGENCY HAS JOINED THE CHEAPER ENERGY TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP

We want you to spend less of your hard-earned money on energy:

Cheaper Energy Together helps householders get a better energy deal through the power of acting collectively. Cheaper Energy Together combines bulk buying with shopping around to give people a great deal. By grouping thousands of households together, it's possible to negotiate much lower energy deals than if an individual was changing supplier on their own.

Everybody who signs up to the scheme will be offered the deal so they can see how much they stand to save compared to their existing energy deal. Find out more and sign up at www.CheaperEnergyTogether.org or call 0800 888 6611.

You can also follow the project on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thePeoplesPower and Facebook at www.facebook.com/thePeoplesPower. 

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The annual Shropshire Council Outdoor Recreation User survey on park and sites and rights of way has now gone live on the Council Website at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Outdoorrecreation2013

 

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The West Mercia Spring 2013 report on keeping yourself, your neighbours, your posessions and the parish as a whole a safer place to live can be found  here: Police Newsletter - Spring (1181.56KB)

 

Also of interest to people in the parish who want to protect their proerty further, is the South Shropshire Crime Reductions Campaign document, attached below. It contains a list of devices you can purchase to protect your home and details here you can purchase them from.
 Crime Reduction Campaign in South Shropshire (317.46KB)

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SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL'S  SAMDEV CONSULTATION

The  Parish Council wish to make to make the following responses to the consultation:

Dorington -  The Parish Council proposes amendment to pages 30 and 32 to reflect their ammended village design statement and village development boundary. These have arisen as a result of the public consultation event held on 9th June 2012.

Condover - The Parish Council (PC) support Shropshire Council's SAMDev Draft (Feb 2012) as is and (are pleased to see that phasing of development is well covered on pages 28, 31 & 32). 

Ryton - The Parish Council support the Shropshire Council's SAMDev Draft (Feb 2012) as is which identifies Ryton as countryside.

Stapleton - The Parish Council support Shropshire Council's SAMDev Draft (Feb 2012) as is.

SAMDev Minerals Allocation - Preferred Site Salop Sand & Gravel.

Whilst the Parish Council (PC) is not against expansion of the quarry, it does not support the scale of the quarry development included in Shropshire Council's SAMDev Draft (Feb 2012).

The PC objects to the quarry development North of the blue line (AA) being included (see plan Appendix A):-

1) The extraction is too close to the Village of Condover.
2) The extraction is too close to the Cound Brook.
3) The inclusion of this section as a "preferred option" may lead to planners "tending in favour" if a full planning application is received along these lines.

The PC object to the quarry development South of the blue line (BB) being included (see plan Appendix A):-

1) The extraction is too close to the Village of Ryton.
2) The inclusion of this section as a "preferred option" may lead to planners "tending in favour" if a full planning application is received along these lines.

The PC will not support the proposed new quarry access to the A49 without first seeing a full and comprehensive traffic study carried out, therefore does not support its inclusion as a "preferred option" as planners may "tend in favour" if a full planning application is received along these lines. Note that the PC are specifically concerned that this new quarry access to the A49 may lead to Grange Lane, Condover becoming a "rat run" for traffic into/through the village. 

Once the quarrying is finished, the PC expect the subsequent landscaping to include new public footpaths and a new bridal way providing local residents with full public rights of way across the quarry site (note the PC are not looking for any form of closed nature reserve or "permissive" access). After all of the years of traffic related to mineral extraction that the village's have/will have gone through the PC consider it entirely reasonable that the residents get this full access.

As with new housing development, the PC trust that the PC will receive a levy in relation to new mineral extraction. Please advise what will be the value of this levy per tonne. 

Appendix A can be found and downloaded here.

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You can report incidents of dog fouling by completing the Shropshire Council Online Report Form  or by contacting Shropshire Council Customer Service Centre on 0345 678 9006 

Dog owners are required by law to clean up after their dog; failure to do so can result in a fixed penalty notice being issued or possible prosecution.

Dog waste should be disposed of in the appropriate manner, either by utilising the Shropshire Council dog or litter bins or by taking it home and disposing of it in your general refuse bin.

The Shropshire Council online form can be found here.

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ISSUES WITH ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE PARISH 

As Clerk I have witnessed that the Parish Council is frequently approached about matters over which they have no jurisdiction or powers. Shropshire's Safer Stronger Communities Partnership believes that all residents and tenants have the right to live peacefully within their home and communities and is committed to tackling anti-social behaviour.

Anti-social behaviour can take many forms, including playing loud music in the early hours of the morning, graffiti and vandalism, offensive and threatening behaviour, harassment and intimidation, fly-tipping and fly-posting. 

The Partnership is reminding residents that there is now a single reporting number for people to report incidents of anti-social behaviour. If you have experienced or witnessed anti-social behaviour, you shouldn't suffer in silence, please tell them about it by calling: 0345 678 9020

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HOW TO REPORT A POTHOLE, FAULTY STREETLIGHT OR TRAFFIC LIGHT, DAMAGED BRIDGE, OR DAMAGED ROAD SIGN

With over 5,000 kilometres of roads, cycleways, footpaths and verges in Shropshire, it is not possible for the council to inspect all of the network all of the time. You can help us by reporting any maintenance problems you see. It is important to provide accurate details of the problem, including; what the problem is, where it is located, when you noticed the problem and your name and contact details. You can report a problem by following this link to the Shropshire Council Website

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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.

Enhancement of Broadband in Shropshire: Please find in the following document a update by Shropshire Council received 12/3/2012: March Broadband Update (60.95KB)

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Dorrington C of E (Aided) Primary School have a new Website. Check it out and browse the 'gallery' and 'Kid's work' sections on the page and read our newsletters.

www.dorringtonprimaryschool.co.uk

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SAM Dev Information

 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.

Please go to this website for details of the Shropshire Council's Preferred Options Site Allocations Managemnet Development Consultation relating to your Parish & Shrewsbury

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Find out more about the Condover Community Website, it won't work without your participation, just click on the link below:

http://www.portway.org.uk/condovervillage/