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Over 160 people attended the public meeting in Colehill on 18th October
2006 and strongly endorsed the need for a Parish Plan. Eleven people
volunteered to form a Steering Group, which held its first meeting in
November. One of the first tasks was to analyse the very large
number of issues recorded on the Post-It notes and the returned forms to
identify the key elements that should drive the Parish Plan.
Further information is being gleaned about the District Local Plan and
evidence is being taken from the Chairman of the Friends of Colehill
Library which, as many will know, is again under threat of closure.
Application has been made to the Dorset Community Partnership at County
and to the Colehill Parish Council for funds to draw up the Plan, and they
have agreed to provide £4,750 and £600 respectively. Most of this will be
spent on engaging the public into its formulation.
As we near our goal more and more residents of Colehill will be drawn into
the work. If you have not already indicated your desire to become
part of the team please give your name and telephone number to the Clerk
to the Colehill Parish Council on 01202-887786. |
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Members of the Council met with representatives of Dorset Eastern Area
Highways to discuss damage to the fringes of The Triangle opposite
St. Michael's Middle School. Kerbing or an earth bank
are possibilities. |
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Members of the Council attended the installation of a Speed Indicator Display (SID) on Middlehill Road.
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November 2003
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The Parish Council met with the riders and constructors of the BMX
Trails in the woodland behind the vicarage to establish a dialogue about
RoSPA recommendations and future development of the site.
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October 2003
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Members of the Council met with Bill Pitcher of Dorset County Council
Traffic department to discuss safety improvements at the traffic junction
of Long Lane and Smugglers Lane.
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March 2003
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Colehill Parish Council are pleased to announce that they have been
able to keep their Precept for 2003/04 down to £41,802. The Parish
contribution for a Band D property in Colehill will be £14.14, this
represents an 11% decrease from the previous year.
This compares to the 15% increase of Dorset County Council, 19% increase
for Dorset Police and the 3.9% increase of East Dorset District Council.
Cllr John Bell
Chairman |
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February 2003
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REMOVAL OF BT TELEPHONE BOXES IN COLEHILL Colehill Parish
Council was most concerned to read in the Daily Echo dated 21 January of
British Telecom's proposed withdrawal of 172 telephone kiosks in the
Region. These proposals included two locations in Colehill.
The Parish Council has received no prior notification from BT let alone
been invited to comment or consult on the proposals.
This sense of outrage was compounded by the removal of the telephone
apparatus three days later and substitution of a notice dated 23 January
invites anyone wishing to object to this fait accompli to contact BT
within 28 days.
The Parish Council objects most strongly to loss of the kiosk at the
junction of Middlehill and Olivers Road (Ref. SR 01202 - 884066) outside
Colehill Memorial Hall. There is no telephone at the Hall and the
kiosk was a lifeline in the event of an emergency to those using this
public building. It was also the advertised emergency phone for the
Olivers Park play area off Middlehill Road and well used by passing trades
people who are unable to stop at the Post Office or at One-Stop, Canford
Bottom, due to traffic congestion. The box at the junction of Lonnen
Road and Sandy Lane was a valuable emergency resource for residents in the
Pilford area, the nearest public call box is at Post Office Crossroads an
up-hill walk of almost half a mile.
The Parish Council objects in the strongest terms to this lapse in
consultation and demands the reinstatement of telephone services at these
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January 2003
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Surface Dressing on Middlehill Road. The Parish Council has
been very active in negotiating with Dorset County Council over the
deterioration of the road surface on Middlehill Road. We now
have assurances from the Eastern Area Highways Department that the area
between the Post Office and Colehill First School will be properly
resurfaced in February. |
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