Grampound Community Fund launched

The first meeting of the advisory panel set up to advise on the distribution of funds from the Garlenick Wind Turbines met on Friday 10th January. The five elected members (Brian Coode, Peter Hardacre, Geoff Hodgson, Roger Paynter, Jane Sloan), the County Councillor (Bob Egerton), and the Parish Council representative (Dean Jenkins) met to agree the terms of reference for the group, considered the criteria for the two available funds this forthcoming year, the likely timetable for applications, and the name of the fund.

Geoff Hodgson was elected chair of the group and the name of the fund was decided as "Grampound Community Fund". Bob Egerton was elected as administrator to the group to liaise with Grantscape the charity chosen by Airvolution to administer the fund. It was agreed that an information notice will be delivered to all residents of Grampound with Creed in coming weeks. Drop-in sessions will be scheduled to help explain the different criteria and the application process.

Flood advice and contact information

For advice call the Floodline on 0845 988 1188 and use quickdial number 160003 (for Grampound with Creed) or 160058 (more generally).

The Environment Agency website contains details of river level and flooding information and can be accessed at www.environment-agency.gov.uk


Or log onto Floodline Warnings Direct at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/floodline

Cornwall Council’s advice is also as follows:

If you wish to report a flooding incident please call it through to 03001234 100 (general) or 0300 1234 222 (highways) and it will be directed to the appropriate service.  If the matter is very urgent and involves threat to life etc please us 999.

Also you can consult our Community Flood Plan (PDF) http://www.grampound.org.uk/parish_council/Community-Flood-Plan-GwC-20130612.pdf 

Public Consultation on Post Office

The Post Office have started a 6 week public consultation on the service re-opening of Grampound Post Office. The hosted service will be at the Town Hall, Fore Street, Grampound, TR2 4RR. The opening hours will be 10:00 - 13:30, Tuesdays and Fridays.

"regrettably, due to circumstances beyond our control the above branch will close temporarily at 17:30 on Monday 23 December 2013"

says Colin Pound, Field Change Advisor for Post Office Limited. He goes on to say,

"We're now starting a 6 week public consultation and would like you to tell us what you think about the suitability of the proposed new location of the service. Before we finalise our plans, we would really like to hear your views on this proposal particularly on the following areas:

• How suitable you think the new location and premises are?

• Do you have any comments on the proposed days and opening hours?

• How easy is it to get there?

• Are the new premises easy for you to get into and is the inside easily accessible?

• Do you have any concerns about the new location?

• If so, do you have any suggestions that could help us make it better for you?

• Are there any local community issues which you think could be affected by the proposed move?

• Is there anything you particularly like about the proposed change?

If you have any comments or questions, please email or write to me via our Communication and Consultation team"

The consultation ends on 7th February 2014 and the proposed month of opening the new Post Office is March 2014.

Please feel free to send you comments. The details Colin gives are:

email: consultation@postoffice.co.uk

mail: FREEPOST PO Consultation

(Please note this is the full address and needs no further address details)

telephone: Customer helpline 08457 22 33 44, Textphone 08457 22 33 55

web: www.postoffice.co.uk

Village Hall Christmas Fayre success

The Village Hall & Church Xmas Fayre raised around £1000 (one thousand) on Saturday for the Church, the Hall and other local charities. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came and supported the event. The people who were there, either organising, selling or buying all appeared to have a lot of fun and many people were seen 'catching up' with each other.

Many of the stall holders will be at the markets and other events in 2014 so we hope to see you again soon.

Happy Christmas,

Jane Sloan (Chair) and the Trustees.

Closure of Bosillion Lane 16th - 30th January 07:30 - 18:00 hrs

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.14: Temporary Prohibition of Traffic

CORMAC have requested to close the following road to carry out works to their apparatus.

If you have any queries regarding these works please contact the Utility direct on the number below.  Any responses to this email received by Street Works will be forwarded to the Utility for them to respond. Please respond within 7 days of receiving this email if you have any queries.

Please note that this is only an Intention Notice and as of yet an Order has not been Issued

Location:         Bosillion Lane, Grampound
Timing:            16th to 30th January 2014 (0730 to 1800 hours weekends included)
Reason:           CORMAC Solutions Ltd - Carriageway Repair Works
Contact:          A Wood, CORMAC Solutions, Tel: 0300 1234 222

The area affected is indicated on the map below in black.

Repairs to the Fal River footpath

The Fal River footpath has a few muddy patches as I'm sure you know.

On the morning of December 3rd a few volunteers are going to clear the mud and trim the trees. Then Bob Egerton will request a lorry-load of road planings. Trewithen Estate has been informed and have not objected to the plans.

Would you be able to help? Please get in touch with Bob Egerton (07785748844) or Dean Jenkins (07977000091) for more details.

Garlenick Wind Turbines Community Advisory Panel election results

The results of the advisory panel election are now available.

Congratulations to the first members of the panel who will have the important role of judging the community benefit of applications in coming years.

Elected members:

Geoff Hodgson
Peter Hardacre
Roger Paynter
Jane Sloan
Bryan Coode

Thanks also to those candidates who put themselves forward but were not elected on this occasion. Compared to many elections this one looks pretty close with all candidates receiving a good number of votes.

The advisory panel will be made up of five elected members, one parish councillor nominated by the parish council, and the county councillor. It will meet when needed to decide how to prioritise funds from the Garlenick Wind Turbines community benefit fund. This amounts to £15,000 per year. Also, in the first year there is an additional £50,000 available. These funds will bring significant community investments.