August 2010 Bulletin

Safety First

The Community Projects Team at Hampshire County Council operates a series of electric blanket safety checks throughout Hampshire.  This is a free service and residents are encouraged to make an appointment and take their blanket to a central location for testing.

Like all electrical equipment, electric blankets have a limited life and have faults which are not always obvious.  In 2009, the Team failed 60% of all blankets inspected.  A voucher giving a discount on a replacement blanket is available for all failures.

The telephone number for appointments or advice is 01962 833358

 

M27 Sound Barriers

Residents of Cadnam have been waiting patiently for some time for the Highways Agency to erect sound barriers alongside the M27 to reduce the impact of traffic noise.  The acoustic barriers were planned for the section between junctions 1 and 2 and installation should have taken place this year.  

 

However, the Highways Agency has told Dr Julian Lewis MP that the scheme has become a victim of proposed spending cuts.  The project had already been classified as low priority but the budget economies have reduced its chances of implementation even further.  All planned highways expenditure is being reviewed shortly and an announcement will be made in the autumn.

 

Launch of New Forest Citizens Advice Bureau

The popular Citizens Advice Bureau in the New Forest has been restructured and was officially launched as one organisation last month.  The New Forest CAB, incorporating the Fordingbridge, Hythe, Lymington, New Milton, Ringwood and Totton offices received the official seal of approval at a Beaulieu reception on 16 July.

The charity has also welcomed its new patron, Mrs Ailsa Montagu.  The chief executive officer, Peter Wales, is keen to assure local people that the new organisation will continue to work hard within the forest’s many communities as well as improving access to advice and support.

 

Wireless internet at the Parish Hall

Residents are reminded that the Parish Council has recently installed a wireless broadband facility at Copythorne Parish Hall.  It is available for use by regular users of the Hall with the use of an access code.  Anyone wishing to use the connection is asked to contact the Clerk to the Council for details.

 

Local Policing

The local Safer Neighbourhood Team covers the parish of Copythorne as well as Tatchbury, Bramshaw, Brook, Fritham and Minstead.  There were 79 reported crime incidents in June, including the following of note:

Criminal damage -  telephone cables in Romsey Road cut through overnight on 3 June

Theft of motor vehicle -  a vehicle parked outside a local garage overnight on 1 June was stolen and later recovered in Staffordshire

Dwelling burglary -  one incident in Cadnam resulting in jewellery being stolen.  Entry to the property was not forced.

Non-dwelling burglary -  a disc cutter was removed from a garage in Cadnam.  The gas works at Ower was entered on two consecutive nights (24 and 25 June) and batteries and WD40 were stolen. 

Theft -  Two electric fencing units and hay were stolen from the Newbridge area in June.  Diesel was stolen was a tank at a local golf club overnight on 26 June.

The local beat office, PC Dee Faulkner, continues to hold beat surgeries on the first Wednesday of the month at the following locations:

Minstead Village Shop  10.30 am – 11.30 am
Bartley Stores  12 noon – 1 pm
Bramshaw Village Store   2 pm – 3 pm

There is also a beat surgery on every fourth Friday of the month at the Trusty Servant pub in Minstead at 6 pm

 

Parish Council

The Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 pm in the Copythorne Parish Hall (rear extension). Members of the public are very welcome to attend the meetings and speak on any matter of concern during the first five minutes of the meeting.

 

Local planning applications are discussed at both full Council and Planning meetings, and the Council welcomes the views of both applicants and neighbours to help formulate a response to the planning authority.  Details of applications to be discussed at forthcoming meetings can now be found on the parish web site at www.copythorne.org.uk.  Just click on ‘Planning’ on the top menu. 

 

The dates of the next few meetings are:

                                

10 August 2010	Planning
Tuesday 24 August 2010	Planning
Tuesday 14 September 2010	Planning
Tuesday 28 September 2010	Council

 

Please note there is no full Council meeting in August

 

The Clerk to the Council (Mike Derrick) can be contacted at

3 Chichester Close,

East Wellow,

Romsey

SO51 6EY.

Telephone and fax 01794 322080,

e-mail copythornepc@tiscali.co.uk.

Web site: www.copythorne.org.uk

 

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