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Colton Parish Council NEWS
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The Lake District National Park's "Local Development Framework (LDF) - Core Strategy" has been published for consultation and your Parish Council will be responding. Broadly, the LDF divides the National Park into five 'distinctive' areas based on socio-economic and environmental criteria; Colton falls in the 'South Lakes' designation along with Coniston, Broughton and Hawkshead. There are proposals to relax some planning restrictions in cases where need, e.g. for affordable housing, can be demonstrated, using local information (e.g. housing needs surveys such as that already undertaken for Colton). The LDF recognises that development needs to be linked to employment and services. See www.lake-district.gov.uk/ldf for more details. Your Council has sent in comments on the Stribers Wind Farm scoping study, explaining that it is likely to object to the planning application on the basis of visual amenity (preservation of which ranked 5th of 15 priority issues in the recent Parish questionnaire). Many of Colton's fine views look south-east over the Ellerside ridge and the wind-farm would be highly visible. SLDC has granted permission for a wind monitoring mast on the ridge. The next meeting will be held on Monday 8th Sept, 7.30pm. in Rusland Reading Room. Monthly News: July 2008 The recent Parish Plan questionnaire identified the priority issues as: increased traffic & state of highways, affordable housing, preservation of the local environment and cost of council tax. In response to a suggestion that there should be ‘surgery sessions’, the chairman has agreed to arrive at each meeting at least half an hour earlier and would be pleased to have a chat with anyone who has something to discuss. The next meeting will be held on Monday 28 July, 7.30pm. in Bouth Village Hall.
The Council is increasingly concerned at the damage done to our
lanes and fellsides by off-road vehicles. The Cumbria Highways
Authority says that it does not have the funds for repair. The
Council has written again with accompanying maps and photographs;
these are also viewable on the website: Incidents, good & bad, should be reported to Tony Hill who will log them on to the Trails Register. Contact: 015397 24555 or tony.hill@lake-district.gov.uk, copy to HQ@lake-district.gov.uk . Monthly News: June 2008 With regret, we say goodbye to Sally Baxter and Tony Atkinson who have resigned from the Council, and thank them for their hard work and helpful contributions. We welcome two new Councillors: Mrs Brenda Fishwick from Nibthwaite (for West Ward) and Mr Ken Dean from Bouth (for East Ward) who have been co-opted following the recent elections. The Community Board have approved part-funding for our Lengthsman, Mr Slater, this financial year. He is now at work and will collaborate the County's new Highway Steward (recruitment pending). Cllr Penny Lovegrove (Bouth, tel: 01229 861091) will be the point of contact for both parties. The Mitre Housing Association hopes to start work later this year on the construction of seven houses & flats on the site of the former Satterthwaite School. All the residences will be subject to local occupancy clauses which will extend to surrounding parishes. Further information from the Association Tel: 01768 861 400, Email: enquiry@edenha.org.uk Our next meeting will be held on Monday 23rd June at Colton Church Hall at 7.30pm.
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