Tag: #HurseyCommon

Hursey Common Access

If you require the gate to be opened – please contact Dave Chumbley, Broadwindsor Group Parish Council and he will do his best to help you.
TeL.: 01308 868286 or 07805 421888
or email:drchumbley@yahoo.com.

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Nature Art In Hursey Common

There’s some lovely nature art appearing in the fence posts around Hursey Common playing field 🙂

Is it faeries at work? Perhaps, but we like to believe that they are appearing to honour the spirit of David Leader and his work making Hursey Common so beautiful.

Thank you to Simon Emmerson for the photoraphs.

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Hursey Common Now Clear

The sheep grazing at the sports field in Hursey Common have now left.  It is now safe for dog walkers to allow their dogs to run inside.  Please remember to pick up any mess your dog may deposit 🙂

Please also share this information with other dog owners you know/see as not everyone uses the internet and/or social media.

Thank you.

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Hursey Common Planning – P/TRT/2021/03836

Prior to BWGPC being formed, Hursey Common fell under the jurisdiction of the parish of Burstock.  At last week’s Group Parish Council meeting an objection was raised by Hursey resident, James Brooke re: planning application, P/TRT/2021/03836, submitted by Andrew Shute of Burstock.

On the map shown above,  Andrew’s field runs alongside Hursey Common and he proposes to erect a stock proof fence in his field alongside the hedgerow.  The purpose of this fence is to prevent livestock escaping through the gaps in the hedgerow and dogs from Hursey Common accessing his field and livestock. It has become necessary to erect a fence by neighbouring properties, enabling livestock to be secured in that field.

James Brooke‘s initial objection was that no consultees had been listed and furthermore, that Andrew was not the owner of the trees. The field has been passed down to Andrew through three generations, Andrew Shute’s grandfather purchasing it in 1973. Mrs. Shute produced the deeds to the property, which clearly states their ownership of the land and indeed, the water that flows through it.

On visiting Mr. Shute’s field, the old fence can be seen as shown in the photograph above: the right arrow pointing to the old concrete post and the arrows on the left pointing to the wires. He intends to erect the new fence on his side of the old fence.

Mr. Brooke and others have expressed concern about trees being felled but the majority of tree work is in fact to remove protruding limbs to enable him to erect the fence.  Any removal of trees is as shown in the photo above.  The ash trees to be coppiced do have ash dieback.  The area where the old fruit cage is was left in its current state by a former tenant.

The response date to this application has been extended to 2nd November 2021.

Mr. Shute has another application, P/PABA/2021/3639 to erect an agricultural building at the opposite side of and further up his field.  His closest neighbour to the proposed site has no objection.

As this post will also be published on Broadwindsor’s social media – any inflammatory comments will be hidden &/or deleted.

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Sheep Grazing At Hursey Common’s Sport Field

**Attention Dog Owners & Walkers**

This summer there has been terrible trouble with the mower and it is currently not working. As a consequence the grass at Hursey Common has got too long to be cut, in order to reduce the grass length sheep are grazing the field and will stay there until it is eaten down in a few days.

Please share this information with other dog owners you know/see as not everyone uses the internet and/or social media.

Thank you.

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Invasive Plants Cleared At Hursey

The weather was glorious and a lot was accomplished on Saturday when volunteers helped clear invasive plants from the wildflower meadow at Hursey…

Sheila Hawkins.

Many thanks to volunteers from Dorset Wildlife Trust.


Read the original post from Nick Gray, West Dorset Conservation Officer HERE.

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Conservation Volunteers Meet At Hursey Common – Thursday, 15th July

Very recently confirmed, Nick Gray, Conservation Officer for West Dorset’s Wildlife Trust will be at Hursey Common tomorrow (St. Swithin’s Day), July 15th and is calling out for local volunteers to join in…

“Dear All,
I hope this finds you well and relishing sunny prospects. We meet this week on St Swithin’s Day, July 15th, a day steeped in folklore and hay-making tradition… appropriately enough, as it turns out, because we’ll be swinging scythes and raking up arisings from a couple of species-rich patches at Hursey Common, near Broadwindsor.
You might think it’s a bit early to be cutting wildflowers off at the knees but I don’t have to tell you guys there’s always a balance with the more boisterous species, and cutting some areas slightly earlier will prevent weed species seeding and, as our aim is only to cut between a third and half of the target areas, begin a rotational cutting pattern that will tempt the flowering season to continue well into the autumn. Justification enough, I hope, and I’ll look forward to seeing you for a bit of mowing or raking or both.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you can make it so I can keep an eye on numbers as there may be a few local volunteers along to join us too. And, with apologies for another truncated day, we’ll be finishing around lunchtime again this week. But, in the sunshine’s honour, some of us can start a bit earlier too…

Please meet at Hursey Common – as on the map, or grid ref ST434026. There is a parking area on Hursey Common where there’s plenty of room. There are two patches to tackle, one next to the car park and one down the road, so if anyone who’s keen to do some mowing can arrive a bit earlier than usual at 9am, we can get a head start before rakers arrive at normal time of 10am… When you reply, if you could let me know your preference, I can manage tools too. If anyone has a rake or pitchfork they can bring along, that would be brilliant. And don’t forget gloves for the attendant nettles and thistles.

Also below is the Coronavirus Consent form that you may know about by now. Anyone who hasn’t already done so, please fill it in and email back to me, or if that’s tricky, I’ll bring along some paper copies. But please do have a look at it before the day. (Anyone who HAS already filled one in, I’ll bring your form along so you can just sign and date for this week…)

Don’t forget your drinks and snacks as I fear we still can’t share just yet.

Very many thanks as always, I’ll look forward to seeing you there.

Best wishes,
Nick”

Nick Gray
West Dorset Conservation Officer

The Kingcombe Centre
Toller Porcorum
Dorchester
DT2 0EQ

Tel: 07824 438974

*If you would like to be involved with the limited volunteer activities going ahead – please download and complete the Coronavirus Consent form HERE.

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