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NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
The next meeting of the parish council will be on Wednesday 20th October 2021 at 7:30 pm.
That meeting will be held in person at the Methodist's Hall.
The agenda for the meeting will be published here shortly before the meeting.
MINUTES FROM THE MOST RECENT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING - 8th September 2021
Draft minutes from the recent meeting of the full parish council can be found here.
RECENT POP-UP STREET SURGERY IN CHITTLEHAMPTON WITH NORTH DEVON'S MP
On Wednesday 18th August North Devon's MP Selaine Saxby held a pop-up street surgery outside The Bell Inn at Chittlehampton. This provided parishioners with an opportunity to speak to her in person about matters of concern to them.
Selaine says: "It was great to be in Chittlehampton recently to speak to some residents about planning, highways and broadband issues. There has been some good news on one of these fronts, where I have liaised with Openreach to get Umberleigh Academy’s broadband upgraded and I know the community is now also working on a Community Fibre Partnership. Cllr Jenkins was able to join me and discussed some of the work he had been doing with the village. Separately, we also had some good news from County Councillor, Paul Henderson, that the A377 is finally receiving some of the long overdue treatment it so desperately needs. Next time I am doing a surgery in Chittlehampton I will make sure that it is when The Bell Inn is open, the one thing missing from my most enjoyable visit was coffee!"
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
SECTION 14
THE COUNTY OF DEVON (TEMPORARY RESTRICTION) (ROAD FROM FOUR WHITE GATES CROSS TO EAST PUGSLEY CROSS, CHITTLEHAMPTON) NOTICE 2021
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF THROUGH TRAFFIC
DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL hereby give NOTICE that:
From MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2021 for a maximum of 5 days
Until WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2021 (both dates inclusive)
Between the hours of 09:30 and 15:30
No person shall cause or permit any vehicle to proceed on the sections of Affected Roads.
Roads affected -
ROAD FROM FOUR WHITE GATES CROSS TO EAST PUGSLEY CROSS, CHITTLEHAMPTON (FROM THE B3227 JUNCTION TO JUST NORTH OF GREENDOWN FARM)
The alternative, signed, route for vehicles will be via - ROAD FROM FOUR WHITE GATES CROSS TO EAST PUGSLEY CROSS TO ROAD FROM EAST PUGSLEY
CROSS TO HILLTOWN CROSS TO ROAD FROM SWING GATE CROSS TO FIRE BEACON CROSS TO ROAD FROM WEST PUGSLEY CROSS TO SWING GATE
CROSS TO ROAD FROM BROADMOOR CROSS TO HOMEDOWN CROSS TO ROAD FROM HOMEDOWN CROSS TO WINSON CROSS TO ROAD FROM WINSON CROSS
TO FOUR WHITE GATES CROSS TO ROAD FROM FOUR WHITE GATES CROSS TO EAST PUGSLEY CROSS AND VICE VERSA.
This temporary restriction is considered necessary to enable - RESTORATION OF PERMANENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
For additional information contact: SUNBELT RENTALS UK Telephone: 03700 500972
Dated: MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2021
Meg Booth Chief Officer of Highways, Infrastructure Development & Waste Devon Highways Devon County Council County Hall Exeter EX2 4QD
Ref: TTRO2141910
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Play Area
As much as the Parish Council would love to renew the whole of the play equipment and the surfacing of the play area the costs are so great that we feel even with grants the chances of managing to achieve this are more or less impossible. However we are endeavouring to resolve the difficulties with the existing equipment. One of the main problems is complying with the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act 1995) part of the Equality Act 2010 which raises many issues with the whole area within the fencing and the access from the village hall car park. We are seeking advice on how to resolve these as much as we need to so that the area can re-open and then replace items as the finance becomes available. Again we apologise for any inconvenience caused but our main priority is the safety of the children.
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Pesky Potholes!
Did you realise that you can also report potholes that you find yourself? This can be done via the following Devon County Council website:
https://www.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/report-a-problem/report-a-pothole.
Alternatively you can just Google "Devon potholes" and follow the first suggested link.
You can then report the pothole by clicking on its location on an interactive map. There is even an opportunity to upload a photograph of the pothole to show how bad it is and help identify the one you are reporting.
However, not all potholes qualify for a repair. In order to be repaired a pothole must:
1. be over 40mm deep
and
2. be wider than 300mm
and
3. have a vertical rather than a shallow edge.
Once you have registered your pothole, DCC aim to have it investigated within 3 days. If the investigation confirms that it qualifies for repair, it will be added to their list of repair work to be undertaken.
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Air Ambulance Landing Lights.
The Parish Council jointly with Devon Air Ambulance have installed lighting on the playing field behind the village hall to enable the air ambulance to land during the hours of darkness. They are now flying until 2 O'Clock in the morning and this is likely to be extended even further. The lights are turned on by mobile telephone signal should a landing be required. Due to the remoteness of the village this could be life saving or in case of a serious incident could be used to take patients to a distant specialist hospital. The funding for this project has come from money given to the air ambulance by the UK Treasury from the LIBOR Bank Fines, council grants from Councillor Richard Edgell, Councillor Walter White and a very kind donation from Grenville Buckingham. Just to prove it was money well spent, the site was used in earnest less than two months after being completed and commissioned on the evening of Sunday 17th. March to take a patient to a specialist burns unit.
See pictures below.
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