Yealand Conyers Parish Council
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Yealand Conyers Parish Council
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The Yealands Parish Plan
Website © 2008 Abbey Web Services Early last year, every household in the Yealands was given a copy of the ‘Parish Plan’. Copies were also given to interested parties, e.g. Lancaster City Council Planning Department and the AONB office at Arnside. You can also read it by downloading it here (this is an Adobe pdf file - if you don't have Adobe Reader, click here). The next move was to decide how to tackle the action plans formulated in each section of the document. To this end, a public meeting was held on the 17th November 2004 to gauge the general feelings of villagers on how the plan could be taken forward. The meeting was only sparsely attended, but there were sufficient numbers, including representatives from both of your parish councils, to consider the following plan as being acceptable to residents of the Yealands.
The Plan identifies five areas
where residents consider action is warranted: It was decided to set up small working parties for each section apart from the Village Hall which already has a committee that is actively pursuing the actions in the Plan (see below). Each of the other sections now have a contact name that interested people can get in touch with to establish a working group and a suitable time for their first meeting. It should be noted that those nominated would not necessarily be the lead person of each group. That sort of detail would be a priority for the inaugural meeting. So, appended below are the contact names with telephone numbers and addresses for each section, plus a brief résumé of the actions associated with each of the sections. Village Hall Architects have been commissioned to produce a grant-funded feasibility study for the general refurbishment / extension of the hall. On 26th January, their first report is due to be presented to the management committee. The management committee is also applying for grants of £10,000 to provide new equipment for the kitchen, to meet higher standards for hygiene and efficiency.
The Environment Actions: · Reduction in numbers of large/heavy vehicles using village roads and damaging the environment. · Improve environmental education of village children. · Encourage greater involvement of AONB staff in village environmental issues. · Production of an information pamphlet/map to enable residents and visitors to appreciate and respect the local environment.
Actions: · Investigate speeding. · Investigate traffic calming measures. · Investigate possibility of footpath linking villages. · Reduce traffic speed between the villages.
Actions: · Planning application publicity. · Investigate production of ‘Village Design’ statement. · Conservation of open spaces. · Investigate restrictions on housing development.
Actions: · Support anticrime measures. · Investigate possibility of youth activities. · Investigate the possibility of setting up community shop. · Consider public computer access for residents. All of the groups will be reporting back to the parish councils, who will keep in touch with each other, so that information can be disseminated to villagers from the same ‘hymn sheet’ as it were. If you feel that you have expertise to offer or would just like to be involved in any of the above groups please get in touch. Remember, it is YOUR plan and any actions might affect YOU! Initial responses to contact names by the middle of February please.
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