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Peak ParkWatch – next meeting
Posted in Environment, Opinion, Peak Park on Monday November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hill Top Farm – Wind Turbine Planning Application
Posted in Environment, Farming, Opinion, Peak Park, People, Planning, Sustainability on Tuesday September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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.
Selling your property: a cheaper alternative?
Posted in Housing, Opinion on Sunday August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
More Urbanisation and Waste of Money
Posted in Local government, Opinion, Roads, Services on Thursday January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Memorial Hall use
Posted in Memorial hall, Opinion on Sunday October 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
Does Parwich Have A Road Safety Problem?
Posted in Opinion, Roads on Saturday September 25, 2010 | 9 Comments »
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 [...]
Summer Recess Update from our MEP
Posted in Opinion on Thursday July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Meeting – Tomorrow
Posted in Opinion, Police on Wednesday March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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.
In celebration of village life
Posted in Opinion on Thursday October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Local Roads
Posted in Opinion, Roads on Thursday April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
To Bean or not to Bean – Broadly Speaking!
Posted in Opinion on Tuesday February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
The not so temporary traffic lights – further thoughts.
Posted in Opinion, Roads on Monday December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Parwich residents on BBC1′s Politics Show.
Posted in News, Opinion, Parish Council, Peak Park, People, Services on Monday December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
More democracy in the Peak Park?
Posted in Opinion, Parish Council, Peak Park on Tuesday October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Outstanding Osteopathy
Posted in Classified adverts, Opinion, People on Saturday October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Government considers elections to National Park Authorities
Posted in News, Opinion, Parish Council, Peak Park on Thursday September 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
New Powers for Parish Councils
Posted in News, Opinion, Parish Council on Thursday May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
A living working community
Posted in Opinion, Peak Park, Planning on Monday May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
How to make a road unsafe by reducing the speed limit – a personal view by Bob.
Posted in Opinion, Roads, Transport on Sunday April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
When is a neighbour not a neighbour?
Posted in Opinion, Planning, Services on Monday April 14, 2008 | 24 Comments »
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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