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The next
meeting of the Parish Council will be on Wednesday September
8th. We apologise for any
confusion in the report of
the meeting on July 5th on the possible
Bridleway through Problems have been
reported of local dogs fouling the roadside verges,
etc. in Ingestre & Tixall. Please can owners remove any dog dirt.
Plastic
bags are available at Ingestre New Stables, The Parish Council has
made representations on the
planning applications for additional
The works
to repair and move the Stone Seat nearest Tixall have been completed with the
exception of
erecting a post and rail fence and replanting the hedge along the field
boundary behind the seat, and grassing over the excavated areas. Thanks
are
again given to the Parrott Family of Brancote Farm for allowing this. The Parish Council is
planning to conduct a survey of local residents
covering a
variety of topics including use of broadband, and how you would like to
see
Ingestre & Tixall in the future in the Autumn. The last survey was
carried
out in 1997. The working group is currently drawing up the
questionnaire. The
next visits of the Lorry Skip will be on August
14th and October 9th 9-10am at Ingestre Home
Farm
corner, and 10.15 – 11.15am at the Village Hall car-park in Tixall. Cannock Chase Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will be
carrying out a visitor survey at 12
locations, with about 4 visits to each location at different times of
the day
and the year to look at the number of visitors, the length of their
stay, the
frequency, how they travelled to the site and what they intend to do
whilst
they are there. This data will be analysed to see how visitor numbers
have
changed since the last survey in 2000, identify any potential threats
to the
AONB and future management to mitigate this. They are looking
for local volunteers to spend a couple of hours collecting
this information at one location, on one or more occasions. They are
holding an
initial meeting in mid-September to discuss the methodology. Please
contact
Emma Beaman Tel: 01889 882613; Email : emma.beaman@staffordshire.gov.uk
for further information. The AONB will also be
holding a Litter Pick at Shugborough Hall on
Sept 23rd at 10am; a Farm
Walk at Beaudesert Park farm on October 4th 10am – 12md
followed by
a packed lunch and a Shugborough Awareness Visit on Nov 23rd
at
10am. Tel; 01889 882613 for further details.
Staffordshire
County Council have warned of bogus
charity collections by Air Ambulance Service (Trading Co.) Ltd and Sky TV subscribers receiving phone
calls purporting to offer a reduction on their monthly subscription and
asking
for their bank card details.
The District Auditor has
satisfactorily completed the Annual External Audit of the Parish
Council
Accounts. The results of the Best Kept Village Competition were announced on August 2nd.
Tixall was 3rd in the small
villages class and Ingestre was Highly Commended. Our section was
won by
Salt with Church Eaton second. Thanks To Mrs E.Cleary and Mrs
K.Greatholder for
attending the prize giving. The
Anne
Andrews (Parish Clerk) Tel: 01785 246101
INGESTRE
ORANGERY
Ingestre
Orangery is a Grade II Listed Building which is in urgent need of
repair and
restoration, along with the surrounding gardens including the Long Walk. A
meeting of
local residents was held on July 19th 2010 at Ingestre
&
Tixall Village Hall to discuss the future of the Orangery. Mrs
Broadbent now
had an offer of a 25 year lease at a peppercorn rent from Sandwell MDC,
with
various conditions attached regarding the Orangery, which seem
reasonable ones.
The Parish Council has agreed that it was vital that the future use of
the
Orangery by the local community and the type of activities there, are
agreed
with those living adjacent to the Orangery.
The
Community
Council of Staffordshire working through the Leader project
have
offered limited funds for a feasibility study to provide some of the
information needed to help decide the best way forward. They are also
hoping to
put the project in contact with a solicitor to give free advice on
setting up a
charitable trust. The meeting on July 19th agreed that we should
await the outcome of the feasibility study before making any further
decisions
on the potential restoration and use of the building.
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