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Thursday 17th November 2011 at 8pm, Calver Village Hall Please visit our website.  Contact us by email: info@peakparkwatch.org.uk or 01433 631436 “Peak ParkWatch are an independent organisation, and the opinions expressed on their website do not necessarily represent the opinions of the PARWICH.ORG blog team.”

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The planning application from Robert Gosling at Hill Top Farm has been registered with Peak District National Park. Application number: NP/DDD/0911/0933 Proposal: Erection of a single wind turbine and stone build plant rooms. All the planning documents can been seen on the National Park website or by visiting the Peak Park at Bakewell.

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Keith P writes: Half the houses for sale in Parwich are currently registered with the online estate agent Housesimple. One has already sold, subject to contract. Nowadays, 80 to 90 per cent of houses are viewed by buyers online through portals such as Rightmove, Primelocation, Fish4homes, Zoopla and others, and this is changing the face [...]

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John H writes: Just to let you all know the Derbyshire Dales District Council has started (as of Wed Jan 5) to repair the section of footpath 21 from Croft Avenue to the squeeze stile by the electicity sub-station, between Croft Avenue and Church Walk. Wednesday morning’s work involved four men, two lorries, a trailer, [...]

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Memorial Hall use

Many people in the village will have received a flier advertising an event in the small meeting room at the Memorial Hall on Monday afternoon.  This has prompted the following email from Keith Parsons.  This email does not reflect the views of the Blog Team, who request potential commentors to confine their remarks to the issues. BAN [...]

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Does Parwich Have A Road Safety Problem?

We have received the following message from Sue H: I sit in our kitchen and listen to the whoosh of cars or the great clanking of tractors that are simply going too fast. (For the most part lorries and vans approach at a much more acceptable speed). I can’t say whether vehicles are actually breaking [...]

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Summer Recess Update from our MEP

Bill Newton Dunn our MEP has emailed in his report for work carried out in the European Parliament. As any of us may not be aware of what our MEP’s do, you might like to read on. Just to let you know that the European Parliament stops work at the end of this week. It [...]

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Thursday 18 MARCH 2010 TISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL  7.30pm There will be the Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Governance Meeting. Everyone is welcome from all Tissington, Parwich, Bradbourne, Thorpe, Fenny Bentley & Kniveton. It is a chance to air your views and it is an opportunity to speak to the team, including Sgt Steve EDWARDS and PCSO Kate CLEVELEY.

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In celebration of village life

Thank you Patti for the following: Whilst I was writing the post ‘In celebration of a village wedding’ to thank the lovely people whose help towards the wedding was so greatly appreciated, it made me reflect on how lucky we all are to live in our wonderful village and I would like to share my [...]

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Local Roads

Local roads have been feature in both yesterday’s Stunner and our local Police newsletter. Are the problems on the A515 and the B5056 related? The Stunner: Series of crashes sparks new wave of safety worries – a string of crashes along the A515 between Ashbourne and Alsop-en-le-Dale has led to more calls for safety improvements. [...]

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To Bean or not to Bean – Broadly Speaking!

Apologies for the title of the post and my personal use of the blog but… I’ve recently experienced a strange craving for broad beans (I’m not pregnant by the way). As it’s not bean season, I was wondering if anyone knew of a source of good quality, small, tasty and tender frozen broad beans, ideally [...]

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Sandra S has contacted us with the following thoughts on the current state of the B5056 between Fenny Bentley and the Parwich turn-off, with particular reference to the so-called “temporary” traffic lights: 1. Traffic lights. Whilst searching for information on another subject, I noticed that the B5056 used to be the A524. How much sooner [...]

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For those of you who may have missed yesterday’s Politics Show on BBC1, here’s a chance to catch up with the segment of the programme which featured Parwich residents (Lynette, Peter, Chris, Ray and Karen) expressing their desire to see greater democratic accountability within the Peak District National Park Authority. Well done to all of [...]

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Last Friday the Peak District National Park Authority debated the Government initiated consultation on whether there should be direct elections to National Park Boards. They came to the conclusion that given the majority of members come from elected bodies there is no need for any change, however they are keen to encourage local debate on [...]

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Outstanding Osteopathy

After a long time with a pretty severe back problem and lots of money spent trying to cure it, I have found an ace!  Stephen Marshall at Peak Osteopathy (Alport near Youlgreave) Tel 01629 636997.  He has straightened me out and I fell as right as rain at last. Thank you to Don for giving [...]

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Thank you to Chris Elton for drawing the following to our attention. Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has issued a consultation document on the idea of setting up direct elections to National Park Authorities. The Defra website says: Consultation on Direct Elections to English National Park and Broads Authorities This consultation invites [...]

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Thank you to Chris Elton for pointing out a press release on the Communities and Local Government website. Hazel Blears, Communities Secretary, speaking to the National Association of Local Councils in Eastbourne on 21st May praised Parish Councils, saying: We are seeing a new era of modern ‘parish power’. It’s high time we got away [...]

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A living working community

The Environment Group (Parwich Village Action Group) supplied the following: Having argued for more public debate on the Peak District National Park Authority’s Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal we want to make our contribution available, so please click here to read the Environment Group’s comments on the draft consultation paper. Although we felt the Authority had done [...]

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I have been driving up and down the A515 most weekdays for around 12 years. From 1995 when we lived in Doveridge, near Uttoxeter to work in Buxton, and from 2002 when we moved to Parwich. The past month, I have witnessed more dangerous driving incidents than most of those 12 years put together. What [...]

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The following was supplied by ‘a bemused Peak dweller’ (otherwise Peter T): The commendable success of PARWICH.ORG, I feel, relates to the strength of our community and to neighbourliness. I had thought up to March of this year that I had understood the word ‘neighbour’, but, having been in correspondence with the Peak District National [...]

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