Crudwell Neighbourhood Plan & Ridgeway Farm Development

Written by Parish Clerk on December 12th, 2017December 12th, 2017.

December 2017 here follows an update from Crudwell Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group. The Crudwell Neighbourhood Plan has its own web page and you can find it at the link below:

Neighbourhood Plan

Dear Parishioners, YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOU! As you will all be aware, the Parish Council (PC) together with the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) Steering Committee (SC) are facilitating the production of a NP for Crudwell Parish. Once adopted or ‘made’ the vision for how our community develops over time as set out in the NP becomes the blue print against which all planning applications will judged, to ensure they address the priorities of our area. It has to be written with the full engagement of the local community. Without full engagement, it will carry light weight.

By getting comment cards in before the 22nd December. Nearly 1,000 leaflets were personally delivered to Residents, Local business/employers, Parents at School / Pre-school and other Stakeholders in Crudwell Parish 3-4 weeks ago. To date we have received just 20 comment cards so please complete as soon as possible. By giving permission to add your e-mail addresses to the NP e-mail list, so that we can keep you informed and invite you to the policy workshops / focus groups we will be running early in the New Year. Your contact details will remain confidential and will only be used to keep you updated on the Crudwell Neighbourhood Plan. We had over 250 Parishioners signed up on the Crudwell Voice distribution list, we would love for all of you to agree to that information being transferred to the NP e-mail list. If you are able to offer a bit more time to the NP process, we would be hugely grateful so please do let us know if you can and wil contact you to discuss options. Spread the word! Talk to local friends, family, neighbours and employers about it and urge them to get comment cards in.

It is really important that we SHOW that we are passionate about our community. We can do this in the following ways: You may have noticed in the local paper last week (follow link below) that the Developers at Ridgeway Farm are ploughing ahead with plans for a further 40 houses. According to that article published in Tuesday’s Gazette & Herald they have submitted a planning application for the additional houses, constituting phase 2. Although we understand from our local Councillor, no plans have been submitted to date. http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/15703215.New-housing-development-to-come-to-Crudwell/

Without a NP in place, we are wide open to speculative development so PLEASE ACT NOW AND COMPLETE THE COMMENTS CARD. We will not be successful in getting a NP unless we can demonstrate local community engagement at every stage!

Yours Faithfully Mike Credicott, Crudwell Parish Councillor Sian Burke-Murphy, Chairman, Crudwell Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee

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News from Malmesbury Primary Care Centre

Written by Parish Clerk on December 12th, 2017.

News from Malmesbury Primary Care Centre – In the New Year the surgery plans to promote Patients on Line system which will enable patients to make appointments, order their repeat medication, view their medical information held by the practice. Patients have to contact the surgery (complete a simple form) to request a username and password to access the system. Unless the patient is known to the staff, proof of ID will be required before access to the system can be granted. The Reception team can help and advise patients how to set up, access and get the most benefit from the system and if you are already registered, there are more modules added recently which you can request access to. Full info in the Minutes below.

PPG Dec 2017 Minutes

Barberry bushes available to help the endangered moths

Written by Parish Clerk on December 12th, 2017.

Are any residents or community groups interested in receiving a Barberry bush?

To help the species thrive, the Crudwell area has been selected to receive Barberry bushes. The plants like… areas that are not waterlogged too much in the winter and partial shade. In the past Barberry was a persecuted plant as it was found to be an intermediary host for a wheat rust fungus. This is not currently a concern as rust-resistant crop varieties were developed. However, we do not know if this situation will change in the future with climate change and for that reason we are not planting closer than 20 metres away from cereal crops.

We are looking for suitable locations in Crudwell, towards Hankerton, Long Newnton and Ashley. The bushes can over time grow to about 7 foot tall but are slow-growing and can be pruned back in late autumn. They typically fit well in hedgerows and have attractive berries that are great for birds and small mammals, but also have spines! School gardens, churchyards and village halls with gardens are all good locations too. More info below:-

Barberry Moths information