Posted in Environment, Parish Council on Saturday November 22, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Environment, Peak Park on Friday November 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
The Peak District National Park Authority are looking for new members for the independant Local Access Forum which advises on ways of improving access to the countryside for recreational purposes. If you are interested contact the forum secretary Mike Rhodes on 01629 816289 or email mike.rhodes@peakdistrict.gov.uk.
Posted in Environment, Parish Council on Friday November 21, 2008| 3 Comments »
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Posted in Environment, Parish Council on Sunday November 16, 2008| 2 Comments »
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Posted in Environment, Events, Parish Council on Friday November 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Environment, Gardens, School on Tuesday November 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School recently submitted a bid to provide funding that would enable them to improve our school grounds in a sustainable ‘green’ project.
Congratulations to the School; they have been awarded £7000, which along with the Morrisons’ ‘Let’s Grow’ vouchers (you can still leave any vouchers at the School) and the support of the local Park Rangers means they can begin to develop areas around school.
They have a plan, but now need volunteers to help make this a reality. If you or anyone within our community would like to be part of this project, please hand your name and contact details in to Mrs Rodgers (headteacher@parwich.derbyshire.sch.uk) at the School. The idea is that staff, children, parents and our community will work together.
Also, the Parwich & District Horticultural Society will be discussing how they can support this project at their AGM on Friday. So, members of the Society: have a think for Friday on how you help.
Posted in Environment, Peak Park on Thursday October 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Conference on Living Upland Landscapes on 24th and 25th November at Loosehill Hall. For more details see the Moors for the Future website or (more…)
Posted in 2008, Environment, Peak Park, Planning, Posts of Note on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Since our previous post on Tuesday, the final draft of the Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal is now available on-line.
This draft is to be presented to next Friday’s PDNPA Planning Committee Meeting(10am Fri 17th October at Aldern House, Bakewell). You can see the draft on the following links:
Members of the public may arrange to speak to the Committee by contacting Democratic Services by telephone on 01629 816362 or 01629 816382 or email democraticservices@peakdistrict.gov.uk by midday on Wednesday 15th October.
For those not online Parwich Village Action Group has left a print out of the draft at the Sycamore Inn. Do leave your comments below.
Posted in Environment, Peak Park, Planning on Tuesday October 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Sue Adam of the Peak Park for letting us know that the draft Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal is to be submitted to the Peak District National Park Authority’s Planning Committee for approval on Friday 17th October.
The final draft is not yet available on the Peak Park Website but it should be on-line by the end of this week with the Agenda & Reports for this meeting. Presumably it will be much as previously circulated with the amendments outlined in our earlier post of 8th August.
Do add your thoughts and comments below. Once the Committee adopt it, it will be taken into account for future planning recommendations and policy decisions. Members of the public may arrange to speak to the Committee by contacting Democratic Services by telephone on 01629 816362 or 01629 816382 or email democraticservices@peakdistrict.gov.uk by midday on Wednesday 15th October.
If you want the Parwich Village Action Group to speak at the meeting leave a comment below or contact Peter T on tel. 287. The village’s biggest concern so far has been that the Officers strongly oppose extending the Area to include all the village.
Posted in 2008, Environment, Farming, Peak Park, Posts of Note, Services on Monday October 6, 2008| 1 Comment »
Many thanks for the following information from Lynn Burrows, the Peak District National Park Ranger for our area:
The Peak District National Park Authority’s Area Team in the Parwich, Ballidon and Alsop en le Dale area
The Peak District National Park Authority’s Ranger Service provides a crucial link between the authority and the local community – relaying information, complaints and compliments. We also carry out much of the work on the ground in local communities for the National Park Authority.
The Peak District National Park Authority has two main jobs:
This is supported by a third aim which is to help sustain the communities that live within the Peak District.
As rangers this means that we are involved in a wide variety of activities and in the recent past I have carried out the following type of work in your area: (more…)
Posted in Environment, Out & About, Peak Park, Transport on Wednesday October 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Bruce the Bus
There is a new leaflet encouraging people to explore the Peak Park by public transport:
Children can help plan days out across the Peak District with a new family-friendly leaflet featuring
Tess the Train
Bruce the bus and Tess the train. The “Hop on and Explore” leaflet is part of a Peak Connections campaign to encourage families with younger children to use public transport when visiting the area.
Click here to down load the leaflet as a pdf. (more…)
Posted in Environment, News, Planning on Thursday September 18, 2008| 12 Comments »
Thank you to Gareth Butterfield of the Ashbourne News Telegraph for alerting us to this item. Although outside our immediate area it may be of interest to our readers and could have future implications for within the Park.
Yesterday the Planning Inspectorate over turned Derbyshire Dales District Council’s refusal of a commercial wind farm on Carsington Pastures overlooking Carsington Water. West Coast Energy now have the go ahead to build four large wind turbines. Details of the appeal can be seen at the District Council Website and the Planning Inspector’s decision can be see at their website (with a bit of searching).
It is perhaps surprising that this got the go ahead in such a conspicuous and archaeologically important site, though the Government is working to facilitate the planning process for alternative energy installations. Just outside the National Park’s boundary it is interesting to speculate how this will impact on the PDNPA’s reluctance to allow even small domestic wind turbines.
Posted in Environment, Peak Park on Tuesday September 16, 2008| 1 Comment »
The Peak Park Authority are holding a number of workshops ‘across‘ the National Park for residents to have their say in the planning and management of the National Park. These workshops will ask the questions:
• What makes our area’s landscape special for us?
• Whether the authority’s understanding of our area’s landscape and the current land use is accurate?
• Our suggestions for future planning and management of the landscape?
The ‘nearest‘ two to us are:
• Wednesday 15 October, 7pm to 9pm – Warslow Village Hall, Cheadle Road, Warslow
• Saturday 18 October, 10am to 1pm – Peak District National Park Authority offices, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell
The Authority’s full Press Release is below: (more…)
Posted in Environment, Peak Park, Planning on Thursday August 14, 2008| 2 Comments »
Sue Adam of the Peak Park has supplied further information on the response to local comments on the draft Conservation Area Appraisal. Click here to see this.
We have also up dated our previous post in the light of Sue’s information.
Posted in 2008, Environment, Planning, Posts of Note on Friday August 8, 2008| 3 Comments »
Thank you to Peter Trewhitt for supplying the following. This post has been up-dated 14th August in the light of Sue Adam’s comment below. The Environment Sub-Group of Parwich Village Action Group has had a response to our letter commenting on the draft Conservation Area Appraisal (see our earlier post ‘A living working community’).
The response consisted of three documents:
The letter focused on three main issues; the purpose of the Conservation Area Appraisal, which is “to define and analyse the specific historic character and appearance that justified the designation of the area“; the Consultation Process that has been followed, that the Officers feel is in line with English Heritage guidelines, is appropriate and cost effective; and the Conservation Area Boundary which the Officers recommend be unchanged. (more…)
Posted in Environment on Saturday July 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
One of the best things about living in Parwich is the wildlife that surrounds us. The village becomes a hive of activity from early Spring and sometimes the chorus of birdsong can be almost deafening. During the month of June, a family of Chiffchaffs (or maybe Willow Warblers) decided to make a nest in a climbing rose on a nearby Parwich wall. The nest is right by the road so this poor family had milk lorries, dust carts and even the Oddfellows Parade passing within yards of them!
By early June, Mum was on the nest, looking out suspiciously and hoping nobody noticed her:
Posted in Environment, Planning on Thursday July 3, 2008| 1 Comment »
Provided by Parwich Village Action Group:
This post is just to say ‘No news yet’. At the open consultation meeting on the 6th May, the Officers suggested the final draft might be submitted to the July Planning Committee meeting, however the agenda for this meeting has gone on-line today and we are not included. Do let us know if anyone has had any feedback from the Authority on their letters or comments.
Posted in Environment on Saturday June 14, 2008| 2 Comments »
Can we learn from what is happening in neighbouring communities?
Youlgrave has made massive steps forward in exploring renewable energy sources through Sustainable Youlgrave:
Sustainable Youlgrave began early in 2006 when a group of likeminded villagers in the Youlgrave area came together to discuss ways in which, by thinking globally but acting locally, we could do our bit to preserve this fragile planet and at the same time make our rural community fully sustainable. We are exploring a range of initiatives which cover specific renewable energy schemes, educational and energy-saving projects, plus related themes such as promoting local shops and services.
As well as various energy saving approaches, they are investigating the possibility of using an old watermill site in Bradford Dale to generate hydro-electricity. Interestingly an application in for a wind turbine at Middleton by Youlgrave was due for consideration at yesterday’s Planning Committee Meeting, (more…)
Posted in Church, Classified adverts, Environment on Saturday May 24, 2008| 6 Comments »
Graham Johnson writes:
We are looking for a few more public-spirited grass enthusiasts to help with mowing the grass in the church yard.
At the moment, we are struggling to keep the grass under control, and a couple more willing helping hands would really make a difference.
Anybody willing to help out of a regular (but not onerous) basis, please contact Stuart on 336 or Graham on 344.
Any help will guarantee an invitation to the Parwich social event of the year: “The Mower’s Ball”.
Posted in 2008, Environment, Photography, Posts of Note on Friday May 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Environment, Planning on Friday May 23, 2008| 2 Comments »
If you have any comments on the Peak District National Park Authority’s draft Appraisal of Parwich Conservation Area, you must get them in today (by 5pm Friday 23rd May). The Appraisal process draws on guidelines from English Heritage, which can be seen at their website. You can see the draft itself at the Peak Park’s website, and should email any questions or comments to Sue Adam (sue.adam@peakdistrict.gov.uk) today.
If you want to share any responses you get to your comments on the draft Appraisal we will be happy to post them here (just email them to parwich@hotmail.co.uk). The Environment Group in particular feels strongly that we should all have some idea what the local consensus is and how the Authority has responded.
At present we understand the Authority plan to consider the Draft (with any amendments from the Consultation) at the July Planning Committee Meeting (click here for details). The final draft will posted as an attachment to the Planning Committee Agenda in the week or so leading up to the Meeting. It may be that the only way to see the amended draft will be on the Authority’s website or by visiting Aldern House. When accepted by the Planning Committee the Appraisal will then be part of the Authority’s planning policy and will be taken into account for any local planning applications.
We also understand it is intended that the Appraisal will be used to create a Conservation Area management plan in the future, but that no timescale for this has been set.
Posted in Environment, Events, Planning on Monday May 5, 2008| 2 Comments »
The Peak District National Park Authority’s open consultation meeting on Parwich Conservation Area is
4pm to 7-30pm Tuesday 6th May
at Parwich Memorial Hall (unless we hear anything different)
Go along to ask your questions and have your say. We will only have the results that reflect our views if we find out about the proposals and let the Authority know what we want. Go along and take a friend or two.
To find out more about the Peak Park’s plans for the Conservation Area go to http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/parwich-appraisal/
Posted in Environment, Events, Planning on Wednesday April 30, 2008| 1 Comment »
Don’t forget about the Peak District National Park Authority’s Open Meeting next week, 4pm to 7-30pm Tuesday 6th May at the Memorial Hall. The Environment Group are currently preparing their comments on the Authority’s draft Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal, but they copied to us the following email sent to Sue Adam (sue.adam@peakdistrict.gov.uk):
To Sue Adam (Peak District National Park Authority)
The Environment Sub-Group of the Parwich Village Action Group have asked me to contact you. As a group we have looked in detail at the draft Conservation Area Appraisal document. Overall we felt it is a well researched and positive document. We have some comments which are currently being circulated amongst our members for any corrections/editing/etc, but we hope to get them to you next week.
In relation to the Public Meeting next week we wondered if there was to be included any presentation to villagers as a group rather than only informal chat to individuals. (more…)
Posted in Environment on Friday April 25, 2008| 1 Comment »
Several parents of young children have asked us to do a post on ‘doggie doo’ on the Green around the children’s play area in Parwich. On several occasions recently young children have had their play interrupted because they had to be taken home to be bathed and have their clothes washed. Parents have cleared the area of the offending material, but it reappears.
We understand that the doggie bins are placed inconveniently out of the reach of most dogs, but they are not out of the reach of most owners. Where are your ‘pooper scoopers’?
Posted in Environment, Societies on Tuesday April 22, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Peter Trewhitt supplied the following:
For an hour or so we took over the front bar at the Sycamore, so the casual drinkers participated in the meeting whether they wanted too or not. Some 12 people participated in the discussions on the Conservation Area appraisal with ideas from two other people not present being included. Despite the demands the Memorial Hall redevelopment will place on people’s time we strongly felt the Environment Group should continue, with some five people so far committing to the Group.
Overall the feeling about the National Park Authority’s consultation document on the Parwich Conservation Area was positive. It was recognised that a lot of work had gone into producing a good description of village. Individuals had some comments on the detail of the appraisal document, though it was recognised that it was impossible for everyone to agree on all of the detail. However it is hoped that people will raise some of these points directly with Sue Adam and the Peak Park Authority’s conservation team.
What we felt was important was the overall characterisation of the village. It is important that we conserve the village as a mixed living working community and not just a set of buildings. A letter to the Authority will be prepared from the group looking at the following:
Posted in Environment, Events, Planning on Sunday April 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Monday – Don’t forget the Village Action Group – Monday
are holding an Open Meeting to discuss
our Environment and the PDNPA Conservation Area Appraisal
8pm Monday 21st April
Sycamore Inn
All welcome!
Posted in Environment, Planning, Societies on Friday April 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Monday – Don’t forget the Village Action Group – Monday
are holding an Open Meeting to discuss
our Environment and the PDNPA Conservation Area Appraisal
8pm Monday 21st April
Sycamore Inn
All welcome!
Posted in Environment, Events, News, Planning on Friday April 11, 2008| 3 Comments »
Residents of Parwich should have received notification today of the details of the review of the Conservation Area.
The Peak District National Park Authority’s draft appraisal of Parwich Conservation Area is now available on-line at http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/parwich-appraisal/. Copies are also available for public viewing at the Authority’s Offices at Aldern House in Bakewell, in the Sycamore Inn Parwich or through Parwich Parish Council.
The consultation period on this document runs from Monday 14th April to Friday 23rd May 2008. If you want to comment to the Peak Park Authority either email sue.adam@peakdistrict.gov.uk, or write to the Historic Buildings Team at the Peak District National Park Authority’s headquarters, or attend the public meeting at 4-00pm to 7-30pm on Tuesday 6th May in Parwich Memorial Hall. All comments must be sent in by 5-00pm on Friday 23rd May 2008. If you have any questions about this review phone the Historic Buildings Team on 01629 816200.
Parwich Village Action Group urges as many people as possible to look at the draft appraisal and to attend the public meeting. They also feel it is important for us all to share our views with each other, which you can do either by commenting here on PARWICH.ORG or by coming along to the informal Environment Group meeting at 8pm on Monday 21st April at the Sycamore Inn. It is vital that we are happy with the appraisal as we will have to live with its implementation over the next twenty or so years.
Posted in Church, Environment on Tuesday April 8, 2008| 6 Comments »
My sources have informed me that illicit dumping of garden rubbish etc has been taking place in St. Peter’s churchyard. The scale of this is probably very small, and I would not be surprised if the items concerned have merged seamlessly with the pile of authentic churchyard rubbish. Nevertheless, I am wondering whether we should display a good-humoured notice warning those concerned that they have been seen and gently saying that we would like them to stop.
Any suggestions for suitable wording?
Posted in Environment, Housing, Services on Monday March 31, 2008| 5 Comments »
This evening the coordinating committee of the Village Action Group met. Chair, Peter Trewhitt said “Despite our previous achievements, over the last year we have been in danger of being seen as the Village Inaction Group. However that is to change“. The committee have organised the following:
8pm Monday 21st of April
Sycamore Inn
A meeting of the Environment Group
This is an open meeting for all to discuss how we want to see the village environment be maintained and protected, also to specifically discuss our response to the Peak District National Park Authority’s appraisal of the Parwich Conservation Area
8pm Wednesday 21st May
Sycamore Inn
A meeting of the Affordable Housing Group
The movement to provided more affordable housing serving Parwich and the neighbouring hamlets has lost momentum. If you need or may need in the future affordable housing or if you are interested in helping the cause, come along and have your say.
Posted in Environment on Wednesday March 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The Derbyshire Wild Life Trust are busy recruiting new members in our area. Do check out their website and have a think about joining?
Posted in Environment, History on Monday March 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I was chatting with a neighbour about bees, and we were wondering how much is known about the history of local bee keeping and honey production.
The Domesday Survey of 1086 mentions the Royal Estate’s income from Parwich before 1066 as having been “£32 and 6½ sesters of honey“, suggesting that in Saxon times Parwich was a net exporter of honey. However by the time of the survey the income is recorded as being worth “£40 of pure silver“, making no mention of honey. There is a place name ‘honeylands’, located below Hawkeslow, suggesting this was associated with bee keeping. Before the Enclosures of the late eighteenth century and land improvement that would have eradicated heather here, this is likely to have been somewhere where the hives would have been taken in summer to take advantage of the heather blossom.
Posted in Environment, Events, Planning on Saturday March 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich was designated as a Conservation Area in 1986. Then the Peak District National Park Authority were setting up Conservation Areas through out the Park and it was always intended to undertake a more detailed analysis of each Area separately. The PDNPA has been looking at the Parwich Conservation Area over the last ten months or so and are about to enter into public consultation on their findings. All residents will be informed about the consultation period, running for six weeks from 14th April to 23rd May 2008) and there will be an open meeting.
PDNPA Open Meeting
to Review Parwich Conservation Area
4-00 to 7-30pm Tuesday 6th May
Parwich Memorial Hall
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