News from around your district 16-01-09
Stories from the villages of Bawtry, Everton, Mattersey, Misterton and West Stockwith for the week ending 16th January 2009.
BAWTRY
Residents urged to contact local councillors over plans to increase night flights:
At a meeting called by Finningley Airport Network (FAN) and Doncaster Council Watch at Bawtry New Hall last week, to discuss Robin Hood Airport's application to relax regulations banning the night take off of freight flights by Jumbo jets, residents of Bawtry were urged to contact parish and district councillors to register their objections.
At the meeting Bawtry town councillor Mike Summers spoke in favour of the airport and said that it was preferable to having quarrying on the land. Residents were urged to attend en masse at the next Bawtry Town Council meeting to make councillors aware of their views.
Peel Holdings, the airport's operators, say that they are unable to operate freight flights unless the restrictions, which were imposed after the Planning Enquiry, are lifted.
Peel claims that freight business has gone to Manchester because there is no facility to allow the larger and noisier aircraft to take off at night, but the same restrictions are in place at Manchester Airport as well as the three London Airports.
Critics of the proposal say that Peel is attempting to gain a commercial advantage, but East Midlands Airport does not operate the ban and runs a busy freight schedule.
Peel says that the number of night flights is likely to be limited to 86 movements a year and claims that the overall noise level will not be much more than is already in place.
However, Peel also operates Liverpool Airport and has said that the drop in cargo and mail flights from Liverpool "led to changes in the type of aircraft that used the airport at night, which had a positive knock on effect of reducing environmental noise." Residents were also advised to write objections to the proposal to Doncaster Borough Council, which is consulting on the application until 31st January.
Some of the banned flights have already taken place at the airport, but Doncaster Council, which was informed in advance, has said that it does not consider that any action is necessary.
Best Dressed Window winners:
For the second year running, Bawtry Health Shop in High Street, Bawtry, were the winners of the Excel Trophy for the Best Dressed Christmas Window. Limited 2 Animals were runners-up, and Bawtry Shoes and The Barbers Shop were commended. Presentation of the trophy and certificates will be later in the year.
Whist winners:
Bawtry Whist Club is back in full swing after the holiday break and Anne Wilkinson, Maureen Corey and Vi Brown were the Ladies Section winners. Bill Hollinshead, Dennis Mellow and Jo Foote took the prizes for the Gents, with Anne Fox and Alma Beresford having to settle for the low score awards. Dorothy Taylor, Ray Fox and Geoff Brown took away raffle prizes.
EVERTON
Village signs go ahead:
Several designs for signs at the entrances to Everton have been produced by Parish Councillor David Bardsley, and after studying them councillors agreed to seek further information from manufacturers with a view to making a bid for funding from Notts County Council to finance the project.
Precept will not rise:
The amount that Everton residents will be asked to contribute to their Parish Council in Council Tax will not rise from the level set last year.
Parish councillors, at their meeting last week, agreed that the precept would remain at the same level and that the contribution to Everton cemetery would also remain at the same level.
However, councillors agreed that the parish council was effectively subsidising the cemetery, which had fees considerably lower than those elsewhere, and decided that cemetery fees would rise by five per cent.
MATTERSEY
Villagers shun pub ownership:
A suggestion by Mattersey Parish Council that the village should take over the ownership and running of the Barley Mow public house in Main Street, Mattersey, has received a luke warm reception by residents.
The Barley Mow has been put up for sale and its closure would mean that the village would be without a public house, but parish councillors have suggested that it could become a village hub, not only catering for drinkers, but offering services such as a library, pharmaceutical and health services, meeting and events venue, youth and education facilities and IT centre, a crche and other community services.
The parish council proposed that the venture should be run as a co-operative with a company formed and capital raised by selling shares to local residents.
The asking price for the pub is around 295,000, and councillors have suggested that an offer of 250,000 could be accepted, which together with working capital of 50,000, would mean that 300,000 would have to be raised by a mortgage of 200,000 and 200 shares of 500 each.
Professional staff would be employed to run the company and business. To gauge the level of interest the council issued a questionnaire shortly before Christmas, but at its latest meeting only nine responses had been received, eight of which were in favour of the idea and five offering to buy shares.
Coun Tony Roberts suggested that many residents had misunderstood the nature of the venture and now the council has decided to leaflet every home in Mattersey and Mattersey Thorpe and make the proposal the subject of a special meeting later in the year.
Anti social behaviour on the increase:
Local community constable Paul Pilsworth has said that although crime generally has decreased, the incidence of antisocial behaviour is rising.
Pc Pilsworth told Mattersey Parish Council that the youth of Mattersey were not as bad as some in other parts of the Bassetlaw area but education and involvement were the keys to beating anti social behaviour.
Pc Pilsworth said that as in other areas a common complaint by young people was that they had nothing to do and that he did have some sympathy with that view in Mattersey.
He urged a community group to work with local youth to access funding to provide a youth shelter and a BMX track which they had identified as priorities.
Crime in the last month continued to be relatively low, but Pc Pilsworth issued a warning about leaving car keys easily accessible after a burglary in Retford Road, Mattersey where car keys were taken and a car stolen from the drive of the house.
"It is good housekeeping to lock your doors on an evening and don't leave car keys on display or on a key ring on the inside of the door," said PC Pilsworth.
Council Tax reduction for Mattersey:
Mattersey Parish Council chairman, Gordon Brown urged fellow councillors to set a prudent budget in the coming year when the council discussed next year's precept last week.
"I think it's not unreasonable to reduce costs to residents given what's going on in the world at the moment and council reserves are satisfactory even allowing for identified risks," he said.
After some discussion about the level of reduction councillors agreed to set the precept at 5,585 a reduction of 23 per cent.
Village clock silenced:
The clock at Mattersey Parish Church, which also serves as the village's war memorial, has fallen silent after the striking mechanism failed.
The clock was renovated and changed to automatic movement about five years ago after the Parish Council found it difficult to recruit a clock winder, but now the new mechanism has failed and although experts have been out to fix it the clock refuses to go.
A specialist firm of clock repairers has now been called in to try and rectify the problem in order to keep Mattersey ticking over.
MISTERTON
Senior Citizens party:
The annual tea and entertainment for Misterton's senior citizens is on Saturday 31st January at 4.15pm in Misterton Methodist Church Hall.
Invitations have been sent out but anyone who thinks they qualify and have not yet had an invitation should telephone Zo on 01427 891605 as soon as possible.
Night Flights over Misterton
Misterton residents have been urged to study consultation documents on the proposed relaxation of night flying by Doncaster Airport which are available at The Misterton Centre.
The consultation on the proposal by Robin Hood Airport to relax conditions, which at present ban the night take off of the noisier Quota Count 4 freight aircraft, continues until 31st January.
Bassetlaw District Council is not to be included in the consultation and objections will have to be raised by individual residents.
Chairman of Misterton Parish Council said, "If Doncaster Council is happy with the proposal, it can vary the existing agreement without a planning application. However, Everton and Misterton parish councils have been made aware of the consultation and the noise footprints for Boeing 747s and Airbus A300s taking off, which will impact on villages in north Nottinghamshire."
Road Closure
The main A161 road through Misterton will be closed from its junction with Gringley Road towards Beckingham until midnight on Sunday 22nd January.
Diversions have been signposted and further details and information on bus routes and times are available from Clive Greyson on 0115 934 0734.
Bus timetables are also available in The Misterton Centre.
Local policing under review
Members of the North East Bassetlaw Forum, which consists of parish and district councillors, will discuss the Safer Neighbourhood schemes and policing across the rural villages of Bassetlaw at its meeting on Tuesday 20th January, at 7.00pm in the Recreation Room, Beckingham.
Several Parish Councils including Misterton and Everton have criticized the role of the Safer Neighbourhood Groups and the perceived lack of policing in rural villages.
WEST STOCKWITH
Panto time
Full dress rehearsals for West Stockwith's annual panto, which this year will be Jack and the Beanstalk, get under way this weekend.
The pantomime will be produced at West Stockwith Village Hall on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th January at 7pm.
Tickets for each performance cost 3.50 for adults and 2 for children and can be obtained from Pearl Richardson at Main Street, West Stockwith or Auriol Bird on 01427 891488.
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