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LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION – Sunday, 14th Sept. 2-4pm

Following Dorset Council’s consultation event at Bridport Town Hall earlier this week, a follow-up discussion for our Grouped Parish will be held this Sunday at The Comrades Hall from 2pm – 4pm.

This is a chance for us to come together, look at the draft Local Plan in more detail, and talk through what it could mean for our community. Parish Councillors will be on hand to chat to and listen to your comments.

Why is the Local Plan important?
The Government requires every council to prepare a Local Plan. The Local Plan will guide how Dorset develops over the next 17 years, setting out where new homes, jobs, services and infrastructure should go, and how our countryside and environment will be protected. Once adopted, it will be the key document used to decide planning applications—shaping the future of our towns, villages and rural areas.

Examples of how the Plan may affect our community:
Although the Plan covers more than housing, it does include major housing targets across Dorset, with a proposal for 89 new homes on the edge of Broadwindsor. The Plan also identifies some areas of the Grouped Parish as suitable for small wind turbines and medium and small scale solar. Disappointingly, no new employment sites are being proposed locally.

Get Involved:
Dorset Council wants our input and has launched a consultation which runs until 13th October 2025. You can view the consultation information in different ways.

PLEASE DO JOIN IN, GET INVOLVED.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT OUR VIEWS ARE HEARD.

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Electricity Restored After Over 48hrs!

Broadwindsor residents were able to flick their kettles on to make their morning cuppa this morning following the power cut caused by Storm Darragh on Saturday, 7th December.

Thankfully, power was restored yesterday afternoon despite being warned it could be off until midday today, Tuesday, 9th.

One of the the brightest lights throughout the cold and darkness was Fullers resident, Kimball Garcia who opened up the Magna Community Hall, which did have power, welcoming others to have a hot drink, fill flasks and hot water bottles and to charge their ‘phones and other devices 🙂  It was very well attended and very much appreciated. (Look out for a mention in the Bridport News!)

Equally, thanks to Kerry & Clive, on their day off, opened The White Lion Community Pub at 11am offering free hot drinks and delicious vegetable soup until 3pm to warm up those without power 🙂

All local businesses are now up and running.

You will be due compensation:

You’ll get £85 if the power was off for 24 hours. If it was a severe storm, you’ll get £85 if the power was off for 48 hours.

You’ll get £40 for each extra 6 hours where you don’t have electricity – up to a maximum of £2,000.

Your electricity network operator should pay you in a reasonable amount of time. If you haven’t been paid within 4 weeks of the power being back on, you should contact them to make a claim.

You must claim within 3 months for an unplanned cut unless you are on the Priority Services Register where there is no time limit. Your electricity network operator will transfer the money into your bank account or send you a cheque. (They might need to contact you first to make sure they have the right details).

Complete your claim form HERE.

Broadwindsor – Where Community Matters!

 

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Solar Panels For Fullers Magna Residents?

Broadwindsor Group Parish Council have announced that a planning application, P/FUL/2024/06675, has been submitted by Magna Housing Group for the installation of solar panels and external wall insulation on their properties in Fullers.

Comments may be left on the website up until 10th December – click HERE.

The application will be on the agenda for the Parish Council’s next meeting in December.

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At Last! A New Speed Limit On Clanden Hill

Not before time – a new reduced speed limit of 40mph comes into effect on this Friday, 1st November.

Statement of Reasons
• For avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the roads, or any other road,
and for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
• To provide a safer environment for parents and children
• To help reduce the amount of pollution that school children are exposed to
outside schools

As shown below, the section of road on the B3163 will be reduced from 60mph to 40mph approaching the 20mph in our village.


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Say What Matters To You! – Saturday, 16th Nov.

This in Drimpton is the first of several opportunities organised by Broadwindsor Group Parish Council, there will be one in Broadwindsor, and possibly Blackdown too.

From 10.30am – 3.30pm, with refreshments available – make your views count or perhaps just find out more and make enquiries as to how our council are approaching the Climate & Ecological Emergency we are facing in our own environment.

Scan the QR code for further information or please direct your questions to the Parish clerk at hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk.


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Local Funding Available To Community Groups & Organisations

Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT is now in receipt of a small amount of land rent from their housing association partner Abri for the site at Northcombe Lea.
The CLT has set up a BGP CLT Community Fund so that they can share some of these monies with community groups and organisations across all the communities of the Broadwindsor Group Parish area.
Applications for the first funding round should be submitted between 1st September – 31st December 2024.

Notes on eligibility, conditions of funding and the application process:

1. Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust (BGP CLT) invites applications to the CLT Community Fund between 1 September and 31 December each year.
2. The application must be on behalf of a charity, a community enterprise or a community self-­‐help or voluntary group constituted with a committee and a bank account.
3. BGP CLT annual funding pot will be dependent on the surplus of income available after BGP CLT’s annual running costs have been taken into account. The amount available for each application will be between £50 -­‐ £500. BGP CLT reserves the right to offer less than the funding applied for.
4. Applicants must be able to identify how the grant would be used to develop services or facilities in a way that would benefit people within Broadwindsor Group Parish area (the communities of Broadwindsor, Burstock, Hursey, Drimpton, Netherhay,
Greenham, Kittwhistle, Blackdown, Seaborough).
5. If an organisation submits an application after all the monies available for the year have been committed, they may opt to have their application carried over to the following year.
6. Where successful, it will be understood that by accepting the funds awarded, the receiving organisation undertakes to provide a short written report to the BGP CLT Board setting out the amount actually spent and the extent to which the planned outcomes or impact of the funded activity or purchase have been achieved.

Examples of what applications could be used for:

• Capital costs eg equipment
• Running costs eg transport and administrative costs
• Addressing a specific community issue, and projects that include environmental /nature-­‐based concerns
• Training/support for volunteers

Should you require additional information or assistance, please contact BGP CLT Secretary, Sheila Hawkins, on 11esgh528@gmail.com.


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Comrades Hall’s Recycling Bins Being Removed End Of This Month

Due to the new decision by Dorset Council to include tetrapaks and foil, the recycling bins by The Comrades Hall will be removed at the end of September.  There will be a notice in the area to inform people of the change.
This is marvellous news for Sara Dyke and her team who have been maintaing the bins for some considerable time! Our thanks to them all for their  hard work and commitment 🙂

Please make sure items are completely empty, flatten them, and pop the lids back on (if possible) before placing in your recycling bin.

For more information or to leave a comment – please visit Dorset Council HERE.

Note: You still cannot put in Blister packs as the plastic/foil combination means they can’t currently be separated by their facilities. Any branch of Superdrug will accept them for recycling.

 

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Margery Hookings Launches Born & Bred, Broadwindsor In October

A new community project aimed at capturing the memories of local people takes place in Broadwindsor from October 2024 to March 2024.

It is being led by Margery Hookings for Windrose Rural Media Trust, a registered charity whose purpose is to use the media to undertake educational, archival and creative work in rural communities. For many years, it has concentrated on Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

There are several strands to this latest project, which is called Born & Bred and is a follow up to Windrose’s The Place I Love project (2021-2022), which was funded by Dorset Council, Dorset AONB and Broadwindsor Group Parish Council.

That project compiled the village’s field names and included two events incorporating local folk songs, an art exhibition by local artists inspired by the landscape, poetry workshops at the village primary school and a short film.  (Film by James Harrison can be viewed HERE).

It culminated in the unveiling of an illustrative village map (above) created by a local artist, Megan Edwards.  It is now displayed in Broadwindsor Square. [Prints of this map should be available for sale in October to pre-order, more details to follow.]

Born & Bred, which will take place over six months, comprises:

  • The compilation of oral histories of people aged 55 or over who were born and/or bred in the village
  • The creation of a book about their memories
  • An artwork inspired by the witty sayings of Dr Thomas Fuller, a vicar of Broadwindsor in the 17th century
  • A short film
  • An exhibition and final event

Since the pandemic, new families have moved into Broadwindsor and there is renewed interest in the village’s history. The project aims to give local people a voice by collecting their memories of how the village use to be, and also bring to light the extraordinary sayings of Thomas Fuller, a prolific author and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen. His many sayings are very much relevant today, including ‘we never know the value of water until the well is dry’ and ‘charity begins at home – but it should not end there’.

The material gathered from interviews will be made available on Broadwindsor.Org, the parish council and Windrose websites, with links to local press and social media. The project has received partial funding from Dorset Council’s culture and community fund and is seeking funding from Broadwindsor Group Parish Council at their meeting tomorrow night (Mon. 9th)

If there is anyone who is aged 55 or older and was born and bred in the village or nearby and who would like to be involved, please contact Margery Hookings on 07807 705457 or by email at margery.hookings@gmail.com


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Reduced Speed Limit Finally Approved

The Parish Council has for many years petitioned Dorset Council to reduce the speed limit on the B3163 past Broadwindsor Cricket Club and to the base of Clan Hill, which is currently 60 mph, reducing abruptly to 20 mph and introduce a transitional limit of 40 mph to ensure greater safety for all road users.

Last night, the Parish Council were delighted to report that this request has now been approved by Dorset Council.

The poor state of our roads and signage was raised as a matter to be discussed at their next meeting and they will be reviewing signs across the Grouped Parish over the coming months.

If you do see a sign which is not in good working order or have concerns about a particular part of the highway, please do get in contact: hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk.

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Monday, 9th September, 7.30pm at Drimpton Village Hall.  All are welcome.

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5 New Dwellings & Formation Of Access On Drimpton Road?

Our Parish Council promote themselves by stating:
Broadwindsor Group Parish Council represents the views of local people, negotiates and influences the decisions which directly affect the community and delivers important services to improve the quality of life for everyone living and working in the area.

The Neighbourhood Plan became a statutory part of the development plan for the area and carries significant weight in how planning applications are decided. You can read the October 2018 Submission Draft Neighbourhood Plan, in full HERE. (The Editor could not find the approved plan on the Dorset Council website.)

The next meeting of Broadwindsor Group Parish Council will be held at Drimpton Village Hall on Monday, 12th February at 7.30pm.  All are invited to attend.

The full agenda is not yet published but one planning application in particular, which has a deadline of 15th February for comments, has received much attention on social media… Councillor Steve Chubb commented as below:

The following application P/FUL/2022/05832 has been received from Dorset Council and will be discussed at our next meeting on 12 February. A Case Officer was only appointed at the end of last week and an extension to the deadline for comments has been requested in order that the Parish Council can discuss collectively and seek the views of those living close by. Members of the public can make comments to the Parish Council or comment directly to Dorset Council online. The deadline is 15 February.In November 2022 Chapman Lily Planning Ltd attended a Parish Council meeting to discuss the proposal prior to submission to Dorset Council. The published minute of that item is below (main image).
https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx…
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Let YOUR voice be heard:
  • You can comment now directly on the application on Dorset Council’s website HERE, up until Thursday, 15th February.
  • You can voice your comments to the local councillors by attending their meeting on Monday, 12th February.
  • You can email the parish clerk: hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk
  • You can telephone the parish clerk: 01308 488440
  • For more details on Broadwindsor’s Neighbourhood Plan – please visit HERE.
  • For more information on Chapman Lily Planning Ltd – please visit HERE.
Broadwindsor Group Parish Council
There are 15 elected Councillors who represent the five wards of Blackdown, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Drimpton and Seaborough.
Do you know who your parish councillors are?
They can be viewed HERE.

 

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