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The next
meeting of the Parish Council will be on
Wednesday March 14th. The public
consultation on the proposed
wind turbines at The planning
applications to allow vehicles to more
easily enter the site at Blackheath
Covert Forestry; for a garage at Hoo Mill; and to replace an extant planning permission
(S.08/09/437 MW) for the
construction of drilling site together with
access to drill an exploratory coal
bed methane borehole at Brancote Sewage Works
have been permitted. Representations
have been sent on an application for a Greenhouse
at St Thomas Mill Farm. A grant from the
AONB
has been agreed for two maps showing the extent of
the Cannock Chase AONB in
Tixall, one to be attached to the wall of the
Village Hall at Tixall and one by
the canal bridge at A free
secondhand
bench from The Parish
Council has
once again agreed to maintain the current
Parish Precept at £1000 each
for both Ingestre & Tixall, despite an
increase in costs. The deficit would
be met from reserves. The increasing
problem of long term mooring
on the Staffordshire & Worcester and the Thanks are
expressed to Mrs Elaine Cleary
for her long service at Ingestre in delivering the
Newsheet around the
Village as far as Lion Lodges. Gt Haywood is
considering applying for a grant for a Community
Transport Scheme. Please
contact the Clerk if you have had, or are likely
to have problems in getting to
places due to lack of car transport. Support Grants have been
given for
Churchyard Maintenance of £170
for Tixall and £394.64 for Ingestre, and
£120 for the maintenance of A consultation
is in progress until February 1st for year
12 students from September 2012. It is
proposed that only low income and special need
students will have supported transport. See
www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transportconsultation for further information.
We had
received a request
for pieces of unused
land within our area for family allotment plots,
with support from the
Borough Council. Contact Amanda Knight 01785
619555 for further information. The
Welcome Pack for New Residents:
If you are
new to the area or know of any other newcomers,
who have not already received a
pack, please contact the Parish Clerk. Anne Andrews (Parish Clerk) Tel: 01785 246101 Email: Tixandrews@hotmail.co.uk INGESTRE
CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL Ingestre
residents are being asked
to complete a simple, one page questionnaire on
what makes Ingestre special to
them by the end of February, in order to update
the current Ingestre
Conservation Area Document. Questionnaires will be
distributed from
The
Ingestre Conservation Area designation document in
1967 comprises 12 sides of
A4. In comparison, other current draft
Conservation Area documents cover over
60 pages and are well illustrated with numerous
photographs.
This 2012
appraisal aims to give local people the
opportunity to record what makes
Ingestre special to them, and to help to protect
this in the future. It will
enable outsiders, including the Local Planning
Authority, to have a better
understanding of the unique characteristics of
Ingestre. These can then be
taken into account when decisions are made in the
future. The
current Conservation document is
open to challenge by developers on the grounds
that it is out of date,
especially when they appeal against planning
decisions. In the
current political climate
with the proposal to relax planning regulations
and to give priority to
economic development, an up to date Conservation
document is very important. The
survey will be anonymous, and it
is hoped that many Ingestre residents will
participate, showing their support
for the future of Ingestre as a very special
place. We want people to consider
the broad picture: ·
which
buildings are particularly special to the
character or history of Ingestre ·
architectural
details
such as windows, brickwork, roof tiles which
should be included in
future additions. ·
property
boundaries
e.g. brick walls, hedges and fences ·
views
of the conservation area within and from outside
its boundary As
views may vary when the leaves
are on the trees, an additional survey will be
carried out in the summer to
note any differences. Trees
and wildlife can be important
in establishing the special character of Ingestre,
e.g. when approaching
Ingestre past Lion Lodges, along Trent Drive and
the avenue planted to mark
Lord Shrewsbury’s coming of age, now on the Golf
Course. The
Church, Hall, Riding Stables,
and Farm also make their own contributions to the
local character, e.g. with
coaches taking children to the Hall, horses &
tractors on the road. People
also need to consider how the
character of Ingestre changes with shadows during
daylight and darkness at
night. Following
completion of a survey by
as many local residents as possible, a draft
document will be produced. This
will then be subject to consultation by local
residents and others, before it
can be officially adopted by the Local Planning
Authority (Stafford Borough
Council). Anne
Andrews (Parish Clerk)
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