Archive for the ‘Local government’ Category

European Parliament 2014 election results

Posted in Local government on Sunday May 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The results in the East Midlands region for the European Parliament elections are as follows:

UKIP 32.90%
Conservative 25.99%
Labour 24.93%
Green 5.98%
Liberal Democrats 5.42%
An Independence from Europe Party 1.91%
BNP 1.64%
English Democrats 1.04%
Harmony Party 0.20%

UKIP and Labour have increased their percentage of the vote, with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and BNP all having a reduced percentage of the vote.

The following five candidates will now represent our Region in the European Parliament:

UKIP Roger Helmer
UKIP Margot Parker
Conservative Emma McClarkin
Conservative Andrew Lewer
Labour Glenis Willmott

Added 26th May: the turnout of registered voters in our region was 32.6%, slightly poorer than the national turnout of 34.19%. Take into account that not all eligible to vote are registered to vote ….

Nationally UKIP are now the largest UK MEP political group, with the Liberal Democrats so far in fifth place below the Greens, with the Scottish and Northern Ireland results still to be included. The BNP have lost all the seats they had. See the BBC website for full information.

Read Full Post »

Still time to vote

Posted in Local government on Thursday May 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

There is still time to vote in today’s European Parliament election, the
Polling Stations are open until 10pm this evening. On your ballot paper your vote for one political party, then the parties are awarded seats on the basis of their proportion of the vote, so every vote counts. Click here for the nine parties running in the East Midlands, and their candidate lists.

The Returning Officer for the Westminster parliamentary constituency of Kettering is serving as Returning Officer for the East Midlands region in today’s European Elections. The results will be declared on Sunday 25th May.

Read Full Post »

Euro-elections tomorrow

Posted in Local government on Wednesday May 21, 2014| 1 Comment »

Tomorrow (Thursday 22nd May) sees the elections for the European Parliament. Local polling is in the Meeting Room at the Memorial Hall from 7am to 10pm. On our ballot paper we cast a single vote for our preferred political party. The nine parties contesting our region are:

  • Labour
  • Conservative
  • Liberal Democrat
  • UKIP
  • Green Party
  • BNP
  • English Democrats
  • An Independence from Europe
  • Harmony


Our region returns five MEPs. Parties are allocated seats on a quota basis on the basis of their proportion of the total vote (see About My Vote). A party’s first seat goes to the first candidate on their list, a second seat to their second candidate and so on. The candidate list for each of the parties standing in the East Midlands region are as follows: (more…)

Read Full Post »

Sale of Parish Council Land in the Square

Posted in Environment, Gardens, History, Local government, Parish Council on Monday May 12, 2014| 28 Comments »

This post has been created at the request of a reader who was concerned the Parish Council land making up part of The Square off Pump Hill in the centre of Parwich village is to be sold without any public consultation. At the March Parwich Parish Council meeting Item 14 “it was agreed to sell Pump Hill back to the previous owner for the sum of £1“. (This “previous owner” is not named in the minutes, but it is presumed this reference in the minutes is an error as the previous owners have no current connection to the village, see below.) The minutes make no mention of any conditions as to the future use of this land being specified as part of the sale.

This land, in front of Parwich Hall, was originally part of the Parwich Estate. Some time around the 1820s it was made into allotments for use by villagers. The 1843 Tithe Map refers to it as ‘gardens’. The estate was bought by Sir John Crompton-Inglefield in the 1930s. After World War II the allotments went out of use, and Lady Crompton-Inglefield had trees planted here to hide the separately owned garden at the south end of the land, in front of the former Shop, which was then being used to cure deer hides amongst other things.

After the sale of the bulk of the Parwich Estate in the 1970s, this land remained in the hands of Sir John’s heirs, one suspects on the speculation that restrictions on building here might someday be removed. Over a number of years Dorothy L gardened this land on a voluntary basis, and created a very attractive woodland garden, much enhancing this part of the village.

When it came up for auction in the early 2000s, the Village Action Group raised buying it with the then Parish Council. There was strong local support for protecting this land in the heart of the village against any future development. In the light of this a number of potential buyers agreed not to bid at the auction and the land was purchased by the Parish Council.

A number of options then were considered for this land, but local opinion was strongly in favour of Dorothy continuing to garden it for as long as she wished. She has now left the village.

What are your views on the future of this land?

Read Full Post »

Elections to the European Parliament

Posted in Events, Local government, Out & About on Monday May 12, 2014| 2 Comments »

I guess it is telling that, although I reported the previous elections here at parwich.org, in starting to draft this post I could not remember how many Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are sent from the East Midlands, nor the names of any of them. So here is a recap of the sitting MEPs and the PR method used to elect them, as well as the candidates for the up coming May 22nd election.

Peter T

Our sitting MEPs are:

We vote as part of the East Midlands region, which returns five MEPs by closed party list proportional representation. Each party submits a list of up to five candidates indicating their order of preference. Voters then choose political parties, rather than individual candidates. Voters indicate a single preference and parties are allocated seats on a quota system in relation to the proportion of the votes they receive (see About My Vote). A party’s first seat goes to the first candidate on their list, a second seat to their second candidate and so on.

Four of the sitting MEPs are standing again, including Roger Helmer, who in 2012 defected from the Conservatives to UKIP. Here are the parties’ candidate lists, together with links to their websites, where we have been able to identify them:   (more…)

Read Full Post »

Easter Rubbish Collections

Posted in About this site, Environment, Local government, Services on Monday April 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Derbyshire Dales District Council have issued the following update about Easter rubbish and recycling collections:

Easter waste and recycling collection changes

Derbyshire Dales residents are being warned to expect changes to their usual waste and recycling collections over Easter.

The District Council’s contractor Serco will work as normal on Good Friday (18 April), but there will be no collections on Easter Monday (21 April).

It means collections that week will be one day later than usual and will include a Saturday collection on 26 April.

Looking further ahead, the same applies in the weeks beginning with Monday 5 May and Monday 26 May, both of which are also Bank Holidays.

The District Council is urging residents to use the online search at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/waste to see which containers to put out and download a collection calendar.

Local people can also sign up for a free e-newsletter at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/enewsreg to be kept informed of any changes to bin collections.

This means that our Grey bin and food caddy collection this week is on Wednesday as normal, but that next week’s recycling (Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy) collections are a day later on Thursday 26th April. Local collection days are shown on our Diary page here at parwich.org.

Read Full Post »

Tomorrow (Tuesday) – Public Meeting on Flood Risk

Posted in Environment, Local government, Parish Council, Weather on Monday February 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Public meeting

Read Full Post »

Update on a central recycling point in Parwich.

Posted in Environment, Local government, Parish Council, Services, Sustainability on Tuesday February 11, 2014| 1 Comment »

Somewhat belatedly here is an update on the situation re. the ‘bring’ recycling point at the Sycamore Inn. The general recycling here has now been removed.

Following a reader request we ran an on-line poll here at parwich.org on this ‘bring’ recycling point, to which some 78 individuals responded, with a large minority (45%) in favour of retaining some form of central recycling point in Parwich (click here to see our report in pdf format). This report was sent to the Parish Council, who were supportive of the need to retain some form of central recycling point in Parwich (click here to see their response posted here at parwich.org).

We also forwarded it to our District Council, Sir Richard FitzHerbert, along with a request for further discussion of what action could be taken to enable some central recycling to continue in Parwich. He passed the information on to Heidi McDougall (Head of Environmental Services) asking her to respond on his behalf. She has sent a full email (the text of her response is reproduced at the end of this post), explaining reasons why it would not be possible to retain the then existing service at the Sycamore. The District Council is strongly stating that any problems residents have must be dealt with on a house by house basis. Residents can contact the waste helpline on 01629 761122 to discuss their own particular situation.

(more…)

Read Full Post »

Part-night Street Lighting vote now!

Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday February 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The review of part-night street lighting in Parwich by parwich.org is ending shortly. So if you have not had your say vote now by clicking on this link.

So far, despite the strong views last spring, there is no consensus on individual street lights with only small numbers voting, however on the overall poll there has been 39 votes with strong support for the idea of part night lighting (77%), with making all lights part night the most popular option (31%). Do continue to vote!

Read Full Post »

Street Lighting Review So Far

Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads on Thursday January 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

In the review of part-night street lighting here at parwich.org there continues to be strong support, with, at the time of writing, 77% in favour of some form of part night lighting, the most popular option (30%) being to extend the scheme to all Parwich’s street lights.

However, so far, in the polls on individual lights only a few people have voted, making any conclusions difficult. This is surprising given the strength of feeling in the original polls last March, where the Creamery Lane lights in particular raised a very strong response.

You can still vote in all the current street light polls below:

Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
(click on image to enlarge)

street light plan

(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night.  This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)

Continue reading to have your say on:

(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Christmas Tree Recycling

Posted in Local government, Services on Friday January 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Derbyshire Dales District Council have issued these instructions on the recycling of Christmas trees:

You can recycle your real Christmas tree by:

  • Placing it at the edge of your property on your green/recycling day collection (between 2 – 31 January). Trees should be no longer than 5 feet in length so it may be necessary to break/saw the tree into a manageable size. Please remove the decorations and plant pot.
  • Taking it to your nearest household waste recycling centre. It will then be composted along with other garden materials.

The next recycling collection for Parwich is Wednesday January 15th.

Read Full Post »

Part Night Street Lighting Review

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Friday December 27, 2013| 1 Comment »

It is now over 6 months since part night street lighting has been introduced to Parwich village, with almost 60% of our street lights being turned off between midnight and 5.30am. So it seems an opportune time to review the situation here on the Blog. Use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences of part night lighting in the village.

Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
(click on image to enlarge)

street light plan

(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night.  This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)

In our previous polls in March 2013 there was strong support for the idea of some part night street lights in the village, what do you think now? Should the County Council backtrack on part night lighting or should it be extended?

Our previous polls indicated a split between the prime access route of Main Street (including Nether Green and Chestnut and Sycamore Cottages) and Shaw Lane, where people wanted some lights kept on all night, and the rest of the village where people wanted all the lights part night. Does this split still apply?

Continue reading to have your say on:

(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Recycling at the Sycamore

Posted in 2013, Environment, Local government, Posts of Note on Saturday December 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

So far there has been a very good response to the poll about the future of the recycling bins in the Sycamore Inn car park. Thank you to all who have participated so far. At the time of writing this some 57 people/households have voted, with 65% feeling the bins are no longer required, but with a significant minority of 35% saying they are still required.

Here at parwich.org we would argue that although the majority do not use this ‘bring’ recycling point, a significant minority still do, and that it should be retained as it is used on a regular basis with the 3 bins requiring emptying at least once a week. Despite the fortnightly domestic collections this central collect point continues to be used because:

  • Not every household in the village has domestic recycling bins and some people use these bins every week
  • The domestic recycling bins are not always sufficient to hold all that accumulates between collections, if a household misses putting out the bins one week there will be then a month’s gap between collections, so some use this recycling point on an ad hoc basis
  • At times the fortnightly collection may not be enough for an individual household (e.g. a party or accumulated packing) and the Sycamore bins are used for the excess
  • Not everyone who uses these recycling bins has a car to take their recycling to Ashbourne
  • Holiday makers staying locally, visitors and walkers regularly use these bins

Derbyshire Dales District Council are considering closing this recycling point and we will pass this information on to them in early January, however there is still time to have your say by voting in the poll or by adding comments to this post.

Read Full Post »

Christmas and New Year waste collections

Posted in Local government, Services on Monday December 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Grey bins and food caddies will be emptied a day earlier on Christmas week (Tuesday December 24th), and recycling bins/food caddies will be emptied a day later on the following week (Thursday January 2nd).

Read Full Post »

Sycamore Inn recycling site to close?

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Services on Friday December 6, 2013| 2 Comments »

Success of the household recycling collections means that Derbyshire Dales District Council are considering reducing the number of ‘bring’ recycling points. The sites under consideration for closure includes the one at the Sycamore Inn.

A council spokesman says:

Derbyshire Dales can probably now boast the top home recycling figure in the county thanks to local people recycling 8% more than at this time last year. Everything that can be recycled at bring sites can now be recycled at home.

We always anticipated the convenience of the household scheme would impact on our bring sites – that’s why we agreed to annually review the contract with H W Martin. To ensure the contract continues at no cost to Dales Council Tax payers it makes sense to close sites that require long travel distances or currently produce very low recycling yields.

We will of course clean and remove any screening from the sites that are scheduled to close and monitor each site to identify any potential fly-tipping issues.

To find out more go to the Derbyshire Dales District Council’s news update on their website.

What do you think about this in relation to the Parwich ‘bring’ recycling point at the Sycamore Inn? Do you still take any recycling to the containers at the pub? Do complete the poll below and add comments to this post.

Read Full Post »

Part-night Street Lighting so far

Posted in Environment, Local government, Roads, Services on Tuesday December 3, 2013| 1 Comment »

In March of this year we undertook a poll of our readers’ views on the planned introduction of part-night street lighting (click here to see the poll results). In May part-night street lighting was implemented in Parwich village. Many of our poll’s recommendations were implemented, but some were not (click here to see what was not implemented).

How have you been effected by part-night street lighting so far? At the time, our Councillor, Simon Spencer, expressed a strong commitment to responding to any changes we felt were needed once we had experience of part-night street lighting. After Christmas, here at parwich.org, we will be offering readers a chance to have their say again. This will include polls on individual lights where our readers’ wishes were previously over ruled, and any other street lights that our readers have subsequently raised.

Let us know, using the comments facility with this post, about any street lights that you want to ask Derbyshire County Council to reconsider (be it part-night lights you feel should be on all night, or all night lights you feel only need to be on part-night) and we will include them in our review.

Read Full Post »

Christmas Parking

Posted in Local government, Transport on Monday November 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Another free parking boost for Dales shoppers and traders this Christmas

For the sixth year in a row, Derbyshire Dales District Council is encouraging people to shop locally this Christmas by introducing free parking across the district from 1st December.

In a scheme designed to boost trade, it’s free to park in any District Council car park after 2pm throughout December.

The free parking initiative was introduced by the District Council in 2008 to help local residents and businesses during the economic recession. Over the Christmas period, Dales residents have free parking for before 11am and after 2pm.

Free parking extends to midnight each day and motorists are reminded not to leave anything valuable in their vehicles as the lead up to Christmas can also be a choice time for thieves.

Read Full Post »

Shale Gas in the Peak District?

Posted in 2013, Environment, Local government, Posts of Note on Monday October 14, 2013| 2 Comments »

imageThe Government has listed areas with potential for shale gas extraction. The website wrongmove, set up by Greenpeace has a facility to identify from your postcode whether your house is in an area potentially included.

Unsurprisingly with shale beneath us, the site, in response to our local postcodes, suggests we are in one of these areas. However this does not necessarily mean that there will be any shale gas extraction and associated fracking here. For any new extraction sites there would have to be a long process of identifying commercial viability, getting agreement from landowners and/or the holders of mineral rights and obtaining necessary planning consents.

So there are no concrete plans for our area, and nothing could happen quickly, however Greenpeace consider it worthwhile for objectors to register their objections sooner rather than later.

Read Full Post »

Back route to Hartington – road closure

Posted in Local government, Roads on Monday October 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The back route to Hartington via Biggin will be closed in High Cross above Hartington Youth Hostel between the 21st and 22nd October. Click here for more details.

Read Full Post »

Temporary Speed Restrictions start today

Posted in Local government, Roads on Monday September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

From the 16th to the 25th September there are temporary speed limits on the Via Gellia between the Newhaven junction of the A515 and the Holly Bush at Grangemill, because of road works. For more details:  (more…)

Read Full Post »

Opportunities for Local Tradespeople

Posted in Local government on Friday September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Opportunities still available on major new building schemes

Opportunities are still available for local tradespeople to get involved in the construction of two new community care centres following a successful information event.

Work is due to start shortly on the two £8 million Derbyshire County Council community care centres − one in Market Place, Heanor and the other adjacent to the Whitworth Hospital in Darley Dale, near Matlock. (more…)

Read Full Post »

More on Snow Warden Scheme

Posted in Local government, Parish Council, Roads, Weather on Friday September 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Could you help your local community?

Parwich Parish Council is looking for volunteers to participate in clearing snow and ice from pavements and footways within Parwich during periods of wintery weather.

Derbyshire County Council’s Winter Service Scheme for 2012/13 proved successful with volunteers from 88 town/parish councils, 29 schools and 7 of the 8 district/borough councils in Derbyshire helping to keep Derbyshire’s footpaths and pavements clear during heavy snowfall; 58 local farmer/contractors used their vehicles to grit and clear the County’s roads.

In return for our help, Derbyshire County Council will provide us with:

  • A free delivery of up to a tonne of paletted 20kg bags of salt
  • Training for up to two representatives
  • Regular updates of when routes within our area have been gritted
  • A website facility to report snow clearing activities in our community and to notify the Council of any problems/issues in our local area
  • Refills of council-owned grit bins twice a year, where requested; once in September and again in January. This will be at the cost of the parish council but will guarantee grit bins are filled and ready for use when bad weather arrives

If you are interested in helping out or would like further information please contact any member of Parwich Parish Council.

Read Full Post »

Temporary Speed Limits

Posted in Local government, Roads on Wednesday September 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

From the 16th to the 25th September there are temporary speed limits on the Via Gellia between the Newhaven junction of the A515 and the Holly Bush at Grangemill, because of road works. For more details:  (more…)

Read Full Post »

DDDC Car Parks Review Update

Posted in Local government, Uncategorized on Tuesday September 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Car parks review process gathers pace

Several early provisional ideas have been dropped in response to public opinion as the process gathers pace to introduce a new car parks policy for the Derbyshire Dales by 1 January next year.

Derbyshire Dales District Council has now scrutinised extensive feedback from local residents, visitors, stakeholder groups and the trading community in a review process, including extensive public consultation, which began at the start of this year. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Small Arts Grants

Posted in Arts, Local government on Thursday August 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »

With the number of people interested in various forms of art in the village, maybe someone has a project in mind and is looking for some funding?

Community groups to benefit from Derbyshire County Council Small Arts Grants

Eight groups will share £7,230 to develop plans they have to work with communities in their area.

Each group had the chance to secure up to £1,000 towards projects which will:
Develop new audiences and participants in arts activity
Support arts work with disabled people
Support art work in rural areas
Support the creative economy

DDC’s Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Communities Councillor Ellie Wilcox said:
“The grants are a great way of encouraging creativity and development in local communities − bringing people together who before might have felt isolated.This money contributes to groups working with so many different people, whether they’re troubled families, young people, older or disabled residents − they’re all diverse projects which aim to improve ability and wellbeing.”

The council awards Small Arts Grants three times a year. Applications are still open for the third round in October and should be submitted by Monday 23 September.
For more information and to download an application form visit http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/arts (opens in a new window) or contact the council’s head of arts Ann Wright on ann.wright@derbyshire.gov.uk or 01773 832497.

The following eight groups are to receive funding in the current round: (more…)

Read Full Post »

Parwich’s first snow warden

Posted in Farming, Local government, Weather on Sunday August 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Under the new scheme, Parwich’s first snow warden checks up on salt supplies ready for winter:

snow warden

Photo by David G.

Read Full Post »

Hole in the road

Posted in Local government, Parish Council, Roads on Saturday July 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

20130720-135708.jpg

There has been an area of subsidence in Main Street by the entrance to the Memorial Hall (sorry it is not very obvious in the photo), possibly along the line of the stream in a culvet under the road. The Parish Council has informed Highways about this:

Please would you put a notice on the blog to say that the hole that has just appeared outside the Memorial Hall has been reported to the Council

Many thanks
Caroline Healy

Read Full Post »

Council updates

Posted in About this site, Events, Local government, Services, Sport on Friday July 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »

We get a lot of information and press releases from the County and District Councils and the Peak Park Authority. Many are not of specific interest to our immediate area or are too general for parwich.org. However today there are few that may be of tangential interest to some of our readers, not enough to warrant separate posts, but perhaps worth a brief listing here:

Read Full Post »

Part Night Street Lighting So Far

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Tuesday June 4, 2013| 4 Comments »

Part night steeet lighting has now been implemented, that is some of our street lights are turned off between midnight and 5-30am. We will give our readers opportunity to review this more fully at the end of the year when we have had chance to experience it during darker nights, however in the meantime you can use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences so far  (good or bad).

The pattern of Parwich street lighting
the County Council planned to implement last month
(click on image to enlarge)

street light plan

Do let us know if there are any lights not as planned.

Read Full Post »

New waste collection calendar available for download

Posted in Local government, Services on Saturday May 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Derbyshire Dales District Council have made their new waste collection calendar available for download. This covers the period from May 30th to December 18th 2013.

Please click here to view it.

You can also find a link to this document on our INFO page, on the SITE MAP, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section of the sidebar to your right. Weekly details are also published on our DIARY page, and on the weekly “What’s On” posts.

Read Full Post »

Residents Parking Permit is Saved

Posted in Local government on Monday May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Public urged to have their say on final list of parking recommendations

Derbyshire Dales District Council has rejected suggestions for a charge to be imposed on its popular residents’ parking permit. Charging for the permit, which is sent out free annually to all 33,000 households in the Dales, is not among the recommendations as a new round of public consultation starts this week (21 May) on proposed car parking changes in the district.

But local people can have their say on whether a charge of £100 should be introduced for anyone wanting to buy a second permit or replace a lost permit.

Meeting last week, the Environment Committee decided on the options local people will be asked to comment on online from 21 May at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/parkingreview and via questionnaires available from the reception desks at MatlockTown Hall, Bakewell Agricultural Business Centre and the District Council’s leisure centres in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock and Wirksworth.

The recommendations are:

* Introduce the option of a half hour charge within short stay car parks

* Designate specific town centre car parks as short stay only

* Introduce a flat rate charge for evening / overnight parking from 6.00pm to 6.00am

* Increase parking charges to help keep pace with inflation

* Bring additional car parks into charge

* Offer, at a charge, a second or replacement residents’ free parking permit  (more…)

Read Full Post »

Yearly Supply of Caddy Liners Imminent

Posted in Local government, Services on Monday May 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Free caddy liners distributed across the Derbyshire Dales

The distribution of free compostable caddy liners to all 33,000 households across the Derbyshire Dales is set to be completed this week.

An annual supply of liners for residents’ kitchen food caddies was part of the agreement between Derbyshire Dales District Council and contractor Serco when a new recycling service was launched last autumn.Residents received an initial supply of the liners with their new recycling containers from October last year. From now on they will receive a free annual supply of 52 liners each year.

Additional liners can be bought online at www.caddyliners.com or from the District Council’s reception desks at the Town Hall in Matlock, Bakewell Agricultural Centre and the leisure centres in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock and Wirksworth.

A District Council spokesperson said: “Local people might notice their annual supply of caddy liners differs from the initial supply as these have no printing on them, but they do comply with the strict compostable standards set by the recycling company.It’s important that only liners approved by the District Council are used to transfer food waste from kitchen caddies to kerbside caddies for the weekly collection. Alternatively, our message to residents is don’t use a liner at all; simply wash out your kitchen caddy after use.”

A wealth of information about waste and recycling in the Derbyshire Dales is available online at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/waste

Read Full Post »

Congratulations to our returning Councillors

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note on Friday May 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The Derbyshire County Council election results are now in for the two local divisions, with Simon Spencer retaining his seat and Irene Ratcliffe regaining her’s after a four-year gap:

Dovedale Division: including Parwich, Alsop & most of Pikehall

Dovedale

Wirksworth Division: including Ballidon and the rest of Pikehall

Wirksworth

The Conservatives have lost control of the County Council, with Labour achieving a substantial overall majority (taking 43 of the 64 seats). The average turnout rate for the County as a whole was 34.9%.

(Added 4th May: Overall for the County the political split in voting was Labour 43%, Conservatives 29%, UKIP 18.5%, Liberal Democrat 7.5% and Others 2%. Interestingly the BNP vote of nearly 11,000 in 2009 has evaporated, but the UKIP vote of under 2,000 in 2009 has risen to 3 votes shy of  38,000. The Liberal Democrats won three seats, but UKIP won none; does this mean that they also will be arguing for PR? What might this mean for next year’s elections to the European Parliament where there is PR?)

Read Full Post »

Car Parking Proposals

Posted in Local government, Transport on Friday May 3, 2013| 4 Comments »

Derbyshire Dales car parking review moves to next stage

The first detailed policy review in 10 years of public car parks across the Derbyshire Dales is moving to another stage of public consultation. Derbyshire Dales District Council – which operates 33 pay and display car parks throughout the Dales – has put together a set of initial recommendations after inviting local people and traders to give their views on the way ahead over the past two months.

Recommendations drawn up by a special sub-committee carrying out the review are to be considered by the District Council’s Environment Committee on 16 May.

Once formally identified, the options will go forward for a further round of public consultation. The consultation programme to date has included community forums, focus groups with traders, residents, disabled users, town and parish councils and tourism and stakeholder organisations. Feedback has also been available by post and online – and local people will again be encouraged to have their say on the options during May and June ahead of final policy recommendations early in July. A new car parking policy will be adopted by a full meeting of the District Council on 25 July, with implementation set for 1 October this year.  (more…)

Read Full Post »

Voting Today

Posted in Local government on Thursday May 2, 2013| 1 Comment »

Derbyshire County Council elections take place today
Thursday 2nd May 2013
Polling Stations are open from 7am to 10pm
(Check your Poll Card for your Polling Station)

Votes will be counted tomorrow, Friday 3rd, and the results will be posted on Derbyshire County Council’s website, on their Twitter account @Derbyshirecc and on their Facebook page.

Read Full Post »

What’s Important in the County Council Elections?

Posted in Local government on Monday April 29, 2013| 4 Comments »

In Thursday’s County Council elections the following are standing in the Dovedale division:

(Ballidon and the rest of Pikehall are in the Wirksworth division, click here for the list of candidates for the Wirksworth division)

What is important to you in these elections?  (more…)

Read Full Post »

Up coming County Council Elections

Posted in Local government on Wednesday April 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The 2013 elections for Derbyshire County Council are to take place on Thursday 2nd May.

The candidates for the Dovedale division, including Alsop, Parwich and part of Pikehall, are:

(The links above provide varying degrees of information, so we will update them if we find better ones.)

Simon Spencer, the current County Councillor for the Dovedale division, has been a long-term supporter of the Blog; Colin Swindell with family in Parwich will be very well known to some of our readers; and some will know of John Youatt’s work with Sustainable Youlgrave. However the other candidates may be less well known in our villages.

We hope to invite the candidates to comment on the issues important to our readers. What subjects do you want to know their views on? Please say what local government issues are important to you by adding a comment below or emailing parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

Ballidon and the rest of Pikehall are in the Wirksworth division, so have different candidates (click here for the list of candidates for the Wirksworth division).

Read Full Post »

County Council’s final street lighting plan

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Thursday April 4, 2013| 1 Comment »

The County Council’s final plan for which lights in Parwich are to be part night can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking on the image below:

street light plan

Their time scale and plans for review are:

The implementation of part night lighting for Parwich is planned to take place in May 2013 and we will review accident and crime statistics in approximately twelve months time.

Note: Our poll results disagreed with the County Council’s initial proposals for 16 of the 33 street lights in Parwich. As a result of these poll results the County Council altered their plans for 9 of those 16 lights.

Read Full Post »

Street Light update

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads on Wednesday April 3, 2013| 19 Comments »

The results of the polls here at parwich.org produced a clear pattern of recommendations on part night street lighting: supporting the general principle of some lights being on all night along the prime access route of Shaw Lane and Main Street (including Nether Green and Sycamore and Chestnut Cottages), but the rest of the village being part night (including the Kiln Lane lights, proposed by the Council to be permanently switched off).

The County Council have responded positively to these poll results in general with three exceptions:

  1. That the light (065359) at the end of Croft Avenue be all night, because it covers a turning area at the end of a cul-de-sac
  2. That the three Smithy Close lights remain on all night, because it houses “vulnerable people“
  3. That the three Creamery Lane lights remain on all night as Parwich Parish Council recommends this (see their comment below)

They did however offered us chance to comment further. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Street Light Polls Results

Posted in 2013, Local government, Posts of Note, Roads, Services on Monday April 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The final results for our Street Light polls have now been counted. It may be possible to still vote for several days, but these votes will not be included in the information sent to Derbyshire County Council (DCC).

You can still comment on
the County Council’s own website until Tuesday (2nd April 2013)

Our full poll results and workings out can be down loaded as a pdf by clicking here, and will be forwarded to the County Council. However here is a summary:

PARWICH.ORG readers supported the general principle of ‘part night lighting with decisions being made on a light by light basis’. The poll results agreed with DCC’s proposals for 16 lights, did not reach any consensus for one light, and disagreed with the proposals for 16 lights.

There is a clear recommendation that more lights be part night than the County Council proposes,  (more…)

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »