Wellow Parish Post w/c 14th November 2016

Dear Wellow Parishioners,

Wellow Parish Post w/c 14th November 2016

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Wellow Christmas Bazaar THIS SATURDAY 11am to 2pm
Wellow Horticultural Society - AGM
Shoscombe Rock'n'Roll Night
Diary Dates for Wellow Village Hall
Broadband and Important Opportunity
Wellow Representative Requested on SOBA
Sulis Down Update
Flower Rota at St. Julian's Church
Final call for 2016 Safari Supper
Wellow Parish Council Meeting Agenda for 21st November 2016

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Wellow Christmas Bazzar
THIS SATURDAY

all proceeds shared between

and

St. Julian's Church, Wellow

Wellow Horticutural Society AGM

Will take place on Thursday 24^th November 7.30 in the Village Hall

An Opportunity for members of the Society to come along and see how the Society is hoping to move forward.
A short meeting will take place including the election of a New Committee.
This will be followed by nibbles and drinks and a chance to socialise.

All members welcome and if you are not a member- Please come along and see how the Society is run
And you may wish to join.

The Society has one important position to fill a Treasurer so if you have any skills with finance
And would like to join the committee then contact. The Chairman Janet Plater 837944 /Secretary Bridget Woollen 835024

Wellow Hort. Soc. Committee

SHOSCOMBE ROCK'n'ROLL NIGHT

SHOSCOMBE ROCK’N’ROLL NIGHT

SHOSCOMBE VILLAGE HALL

With Bath Band Palaeontology

Saturday 19^th November 7.30 – 11.30

Tickets £6.00 from:

Chris Paul Stony Littleton 01373834321

Proceeds towards a Digital Projector for the Village

Remember bring your own booze and Nibbles.

“Be there or be square”

Diary Dates for Wellow Village Hall

BRAINS OF WELLOW QUIZ

DATE: FRIDAY 25^th NOVEMBER
TIME: 7.30 pm for eyes down at 8.pm
VENUE: WELLOW VILLAGE HALL
COST: £3 per Person – Teams of 4 per Table

Nibbles will be provided and there will also be a RAFFLE

Please bring your own favourite Tipple – soft drinks will be available to buy

To enter your team please contact
Shirley Betts s.a.betts@talktalk.net /833683 or Vicky Hammerton canndu@live.com/835840

ALL PROCEEDS TOWARDS A NEW HEATING SYSTEM FOR THE VILLAGE HALL.

FILM EVENING

FRIDAY 9^th DECEMBER VILLAGE HALL 8.pm

Watch this space next week for the Film Title and further information

Wellow Village Hall Committee

Broadband an Important Opportunity

An opportunity to bring low-cost Superfast broadband to the Wellow/Shoscombe area. Most of us in the villages are only able to receive the BT service which operates through the dilapidated telephone lines which are not going to be updated for the foreseeable future. This service is substandard.

As I understand it, the Devon and Somerset Community voucher scheme has identified a commercial provider (Voneus) who are willing to provide a satellite-based service at a very competitive rate - cheaper than BT

I have reviewed the details and if they provide the service described, this will be a significant improvement both in terms of price and service to many households and will increase the value of properties.

Go to www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk for further details

There is a time constraint in that the service provider requires submissions of intent before Nov 30th.

I confirm that I have no vested interest in this proposal.

Best
Bruce

Bruce Hood, PhD (Cantab), FRI, FBPsS, FRSB, FAPS
Chair of Developmental Psychology in Society, University of Bristol.
Founder of Speakezee.org

Wellow Representative Requested on SOBA

Following our SOBA meeting on Wednesday I am requesting on behalf of the group help to enlist a representative from Wellow. Wellow village is on the Western side of the proposed Sulis Down development and SOBA believe it will be significantly affected by the building of a new estate on the plateau with regards to additional traffic.

We would like a representative who is willing to attend our meetings (next one planned for January 2017), join our email list & be our link into the village & contact point for the group.

I collate the Sulis Meadows Neighbourhood Watch newsletter & I am one of the founding members of SOBA & live on the Sulis Meadows estate with my family.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Debbie Bensley
19, Sulis Manor Road,
Sulis Meadows,
Bath,
BA2 2AL
Email: sulismeadowsnews@gmail.com

SOBA comprises local residents’ groups and parish councils who originally opposed the building of any homes on the South Stoke Plateau but who now want to ensure that the developers—the Hignett Family Trust (HFT) and Bloor Homes—create the best possible living environment for both existing residents and those moving into the new homes.

SULIS DOWN UPDATE

We are writing to invite you to participate in the consultation that is in progress in respect of a proposed Masterplan and a proposed planning application for 180 homes in the first phase of the development at Sulis Down, on the Southstoke Plateau.

If you missed the public exhibition on 1^st November there is still an opportunity to

view the proposals on the developers’ website sulisdown.com under News and Updates. You can make your comments by email to yourviews@sulisdown.com. All feedback is requested by 14 November.

The Core Strategy requires as one of the Placemaking Principles:

Preparation of a comprehensive Masterplan, through public consultation, and to be agreed by the Council, reflecting best practice as embodied in ‘By Design’ (or successor guidance), ensuring that it is well integrated with neighbouring areas.

The Masterplan shows that the site will be developed in 4 different phases and that it will produce a total of 450 homes. We are concerned that the Masterplan does not include any proposals by the owners of the Sulis Manor site, so that it is not a comprehensive Masterplan for the entire site and that the planning application is being put forward before the Masterplan has been considered and agreed by the Council.

The number of homes proposed in the Masterplan represents an increase of 50% on top of the figure of 300 homes originally proposed for the whole site. Any proposal to deliver more than 300 dwellings on the site has to be supported by evidence to show that this can be achieved within the Council’s established ‘Placemaking Principles’. No evidence to support this has yet been made public.

The Core Strategy also requires the development to:

Protect the tree belt on the southern edge of the site and enhance with additional planting to ensure visual screening of the site from views to the south
Avoid or minimise detrimental impacts on (and provide enhancements to important landscape features and significant views)
Protect the Cotswolds AONB • South Stoke Conservation area and its setting
Protect the character of the Cam Brook valley and Sulis Manor Plateau
Protect the character of South Stoke and Combe Hay Lanes, Midford Road and the Cross Keys junction including maintaining open rural views over the plateau
Protect the Wansdyke Scheduled Monument
Protect Medium and long distance views such as Upper Twinhoe and Baggridge Hill.

The layout for the 180 homes in the proposed planning application indicates that some will be sited inside the zone defined as having ‘high negative impact’ on the World Heritage Site and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

For all of these reasons we do not consider that the proposed Masterplan and the proposed planning application comply with the Adopted Core Strategy. There may be other aspects of proposals which specifically affect you, such as:

The increase in the number of homes will also significantly increase the potential traffic congestion and other demands on the local infrastructure.

Road access to phase 1 of the development is proposed through a field [Derrymans] which remains in the Green Belt.

The Sulis Down website claims that HFT's "overriding objective" is "to ensure that new development is well integrated with neighbouring areas". The only connection between Stage 1 and Sulis Meadows is one (already existing) footpath.

There is no community focus within this area. The lack of such a place ( eg shop, village hall, community centre) was a criticism made about the past Sulis Meadows estate.

Please take this chance to make your views known to the developers. It could make a huge difference.

SOBA comprises local residents’ groups and parish councils who originally opposed the building of any homes on the South Stoke Plateau but who now want to ensure that the developers—the Hignett Family Trust (HFT) and Bloor Homes—create the best possible living environment for both existing residents and those moving into the new homes.
For further information, contact southofbathalliance@gmail.com

Flower Rota at St. Julian’s Church

As an aide memoire for those who have kindly agreed to be on the Flower Rota for St. Julian’s Church we will publish a weekly reminder for the coming week’s named Flower arranger.

Flower arranger for Sunday 20th November – JANE PHILIPS

Many thanks,
Torsie Fairbairn

Final call for 2016 Safari Supper

We have had a great response and have a few places left. First come, first served!

Safari Supper

2016

We are delighted to announce that this year’s Safari Supper will be raising funds for the Wellow Community Chest Fund!

Please put Saturday 3 December in your diaries!

Once again, we will be starting our evening at 6.45pm at our wonderful church, St Julian’s, where we will have a festive glass of mulled wine before setting off on Safari for starters and main courses. We will all reconvene at St Julian’s for puddings and a “toast to our hosts”.

To join us please email either Beth or Sarah by THIS Friday 18 November, letting us know if you are happy to host either a starter or main course in your home, make a pudding or just go on Safari! Please also let us know of any dietary requirements.

This year we are looking for a maximum of 8/10 Starter hosts, 8/10 Main Course hosts, and 8 Pudding Makers and we are aiming to keep the numbers to tables of 8 people maximum. First come, first served!

£5 a head for Main Course Hosts/£10 a head for Starter Hosts/£15 a head for pudding makers/£20 a head for all other participants plus a bottle of fizz.

Any questions or to book your place, contact either

Beth Jackson beth.jackson@me.com Tel 830473 or

Sarah Hartigan mshartigan@hotmail.com Tel 949477

Wellow Parish Council Meeting Agenda for 21st November 2016

If you missed the public exhibition on 1st November there is still an opportunity to

view the proposals on the developers’ website sulisdown.com under News and Updates. You can make your comments by email to yourviews@sulisdown.com. All feedback is requested by 14 November.

If you missed the public exhibition on 1^st November there is still an opportunity to