An Extraordinary meeting of Poynings Parish Council is to be held in the Village Hall on Wednesday 2^nd June 2021 at 7pm.

Agenda

• Apologies for Absence
• Minutes
• Planning
  New planning applications
  1. SDNP/21/02630/HOUS | Exterior Oil Boiler as replacement for internal oil cooker/boiler | Glebe Cottage The Street Poynings Brighton West Sussex BN45 7AQ
  https://planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QSZR4OTUI4Q00&activeTab=summary 
  2.  SDNP/20/05773/FUL | Part demolition of light industrial building, formation of a new east facing elevation and the erection of 3 dwellings, access, car-parking and landscaping alterations | Aviation House The Street Poynings BN45 7AQ
  https://planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QLP7Z9TULHZ00&activeTab=summary

Social Distancing to be observed.

Mr John Digby
Chair of the Council

You are invited to join with the Parish Council and the Church for a brief celebration of VE Day at Cora’s Corner

It is the anniversary of VE Day on Saturday May 8^th (Victory in Europe Day).
VE Day celebrates the Allied Forces accepting the German unconditional surrender from World War 2. The final document was signed on May 8^th 1945. The war was not yet fully over, as Japan had yet to surrender – which they did on Sept 2^nd 1945.
For many people, VE Day signalled an end. It gave millions of people a glimpse of a future not entirely governed by global war. And for families who were lucky enough to be reunited with loved ones, it was a day worth celebrating.

2.45pm. Gather at Cora’s Corner, subject to Covid restrictions, by our “Two Tommies” from Royal British Legion Industries.

Welcome from Tim Harford the Vicar

3pm.  2 minutes silence, giving us the chance to remember the sacrifice made by those who lost their lives, and to reflect on the unimaginable pain and suffering caused by the war.

Poem: Flanders Field (John McCrae)  – read by Rene Reynolds

Moonlight Serenade – played by James Bell

Poem  for VE Day, Victory in Europe (John Carter Brown) – read by Rob Delacour

Last Post – played by Nick Andrews

3.30.  End of programme.

Bell Ringers – led by Keith Chittenden, with Alice Day, Sophia and Emelia Miarkowska

Tea and cakes will be served  – donations welcome.

POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting of Poynings Parish Council to be held online using Zoom software on Wednesday 5th May 2020 at 7pm.

Please email clerk at cl***@*******************il.com for Login details, which will be emailed prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
   
2. Outgoing chairman’s report
   
3. Apologies for absence
   
4. Minutes
   
5. Matters Arising
   
6. MSDC and WSDC
   
7. Public Participation
   
8. Expenditure for Mar 2021 and Apr 2021
9. Planning applications
   a) SDNP/21/02207/FUL | Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of single replacement 3 bed dwelling. Replacement of existing detached garages and workshop and consolidation into a single garage and home office building | Orchard Cottage Dyke Lane Poynings BN45 7AA
   https://planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QRUQOATUHJO00&activeTab=summary
   

   b) SDNP/21/01631/TCA | Common Ash tree REF: 09MN – Section fell down to close to ground level. Tree canopy appears to be at least 50% dead. Ivy removal from around stem base revealed bark coming away with ease. | Holy Trinity Church Poynings Road Poynings West Sussex
   https://planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QQD46VTUGL600&activeTab=summary

10. Insurance
11. Financial report.
12. Virtual Meetings
13.  Volunteers
14. Co-opting councillor
15. VE Day
16. Chairman’s Allowance
17. Item’s for next month’s Agenda
18. Dates of Next month’s MeetingMr Colin Warburton
    Clerk to the Council

    Hideaway Cottage
    6 Poynings Road
    Poynings
    BN45 7AP
    Tel: 01273 857024
    
    

– including when it comes to tackling age-old issues, such as potholes.

Highways officers and staff from contractors Balfour Beatty have seen the JCB Pothole Pro in action, repairing both potholes and larger damaged areas in roads in Rogate and Goring. The one machine tackles all the stages leading up to the new surface being laid. It:

Cuts out the repair area,

Crops the area, to ensure a stable surface…. and then

Cleans, ready for the laying of the new surface material.

A West Sussex Highways spokesperson said: “The Pothole Pro can be used for both pothole repairs and larger areas of patching.

“We were able to see first-hand its precision, speed and efficiency in tackling the tasks. It’s one of the innovations we have been trialling and will be assessing the results.”

Caption: Montage picture: from top left: cutting, cropping (bottom left to right) and cleaning/ removing old surface material

Roads are not permanent structures and deteriorate over time from constant use, the weight of vehicles using them and the effects of weather.

Repairing defects, such as potholes, is done on a priority basis, dependent on size and depth.

More than 20,500 potholes were repaired by West Sussex Highways in 2020 – that’s the equivalent of about 390 a week and compares to 16,000 pothole repairs in 2019.

If a pothole is a significant and immediate risk to public safety, phone 01243 642105.

Mid Sussex District Council is reminding residents that rubbish and recycling collections remain the same throughout the Easter holiday period.

Over Easter – Good Friday 2 April to the Bank Holiday on Easter Monday 5 April – refuse and recycling collection days remain unchanged. If the usual collection day is a Friday or Monday, it will remain on Friday or Monday. The Council’s optional garden waste collection service also remains unchanged.

Mid Sussex District Council keeps the service consistent as much as possible. This enables residents to plan for the service with minimal inconvenience.

Residents are asked to ensure that bins are at the edge of properties at the point nearest the highway by 7am on the day of collection. Bin lids should be fully closed to enable safe collection.

For more information please call 01444 477440, email wa**********@***********ov.uk or visit www.midsussex.gov.uk/recycling.

Census Day was on Sunday (21st March)  though many people had already completed their forms, online and on paper, across the country, and many more did so over the weekend.  I don’t know precisely how many, nor the split between online and paper, and won’t get that level of detail but overall I’m confident it’s going well.

The Census Field Officers have now started working. They will be calling at people’s homes from whom we have not received a completed census.  That should avoid anyone who completed theirs online on Census Day and if one is still in the post the officer will annotate the record and not call back until time has passed for that form to be received and processed.  They will not be completing forms there and then with householders – I’ve previously mentioned that they will observe social distancing and never enter a house – but will be able to offer a wide range of support and advice, including arranging for replacement unique access codes, paper forms if they are needed and answering specific questions.  They will also be able to point householders towards sources of help to actually complete the census with people who are struggling to do so themselves.

For those who need help and support there are a range of resources:-

• There’s the Census contact centre which can be contacted on 0800 141 2021 (or text via 86677) or 0800 587 2021 for those who need language support, Both are freephone numbers.
• There’s a lot of information at https://census.gov.uk/.  There isn’t a search function but it is logically arranged and the guidance is very clear.  I’ve been able to find answers to almost all my questions there.
• Text relay service: (08001) 0800 141 2021
• Census Support Centres. There are number situated in libraries within Adur, Worthing, Chichester and Arun districts, as well as one in Crawley, all currently operating on a booking system. Unfortunately there are none in either Horsham or Mid Sussex. You can  find you nearest one via the Census website or by calling 0800 141 2021

And for those who aren’t sure why or how  the Census is of benefit to all: