Parish Council Newsletter No.28

Welcome to our October 2020 newsletter. We hope you are keeping safe and well. The following news items have been posted on our website recently and we would like to bring them to your attention here:

A Circle of Lights

Staveley

This Christmas, organisations in Staveley are working together to create a Circle of Light around the village to celebrate the community spirit, support and friendships which have sustained us during the pandemic.

Please join in and help make this happen by decorating your front hedge/fence with fairy lights and meet up with your neighbours’ where possible. The School, Village Hall, All Saints Church and the Parish Council will be helping to complete the circle in the public areas. You could also help by becoming a Christmas ‘buddy’ if you have spare lights to loan or could help neighbours with their decorations.

As social distancing is likely still to be in place, this collective effort should ensure that front gardens become the grandstand seats for your ‘Bubble’ . The church bell will ring at 6pm each evening to invite participation in:-

‘Ring and Sing’ Carol singing in front gardens at 6pm on 21st -24th December

Father Christmas will travel to each corner of the village in his ‘Santamobile” after which he will collect children’s ‘Dear Santa’ letters and entries for the Quiz from the special letter box at the Village Hall.

Copgrove

This Christmas, Copgrove residents will be working together to create a Circle of Light around the village to celebrate the community spirit, support and friendships which have sustained us during the pandemic.

Please join in and help make this happen by decorating your front hedge/fence with fairy lights and meet up with your neighbours’ where possible. You could also help by becoming a Christmas ‘buddy’ if you have spare lights to loan or could help neighbours with their decorations.

As social distancing is likely still to be in place, this collective effort should ensure that front gardens become the grandstand seats for your ‘Bubble’ to participate in the Carol singing and the other Christmas events in our village, further details will be announced in next months newsletter

Jubilee Recreation Field

The work to clear the dead wood and weeds from a large section of the hedge will be undertaken shortly. Once the work is complete the perimeter of the play field will look rather bare in parts and the very sad looking fencing will be on show. Ideally we hope we do not need to spend money on replacing the fence given it will only be on show during the time it takes for the new hedge to grow, so please don’t worry about it appearing a little scruffy for a while, this is a long term plan to improve both the appearance of the play area and the opportunities for wildlife.

Planting of the replacement hedging will be undertaken by volunteers on 21st and 22nd November, if you can help please let Helen North know by email helen.north@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk.

There have been a number of reports of people parking too close to junctions and therefore restricting visibility for other road users, and causing obstruction to buses and other large vehicles. Please can you consider this when parking on the road.

COVID-19 Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme

Extra financial help is available if you are on a low income, cannot work from home and are required to self-isolate after a positive coronavirus test result, or, because you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.Further information and the online application is available on the Harrogate Borough Council website at www.harrogate.gov.uk/benefits
Applications can also be made over the phone with Customer Services on 01423 500600.A payment of £500 may be made to people who have been asked to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace on or after 28 September 2020.

TV licensing Scam Support

Vision Support Harrogate District has been helping visually impaired members with understanding the TV Licensing changes and the practicalities of responding to the licensing letters. If anyone in the district is living with sight loss and finding this difficult (or seeking any other support/advice), the Vision Support team are here to help.

The Vision Support telephone befriending and support services are also available for anyone with sight loss who would like someone to talk or who needs a little extra support.
Call 01423 565915 or email enquiries@vshd.org.uk

The TV Licensing handy guide warns people what to look out for covering emails, letters, phone calls, text messages, home visits and how to report a scam.

Councils in North Yorkshire have been given the opportunity to put forward proposals on restructuring to set up single tier unitary councils in the area.

Read the following posts on the Community First Yorkshire website

Richard Flinton, Chief Executive of North Yorkshire County Council, shares his thoughts on building communities and working with voluntary and community organisations in a new model of local government for North Yorkshire

Wallace Sampson, Chief Executive of Harrogate Borough Council, discusses growing partnerships and healthy communities as part of the seven North Yorkshire district councils proposal for local government reorganisation.

October Half-Term Activities in Harrogate District

North Yorkshire Sport have created a directory of activity providers this October half-term. Visit the website to find out what activities are available.

Coronavirus Community Support in Harrogate District – still here to help people self isolating

6 community support organisations (CSOs) are the point of contact for those who are alone and isolated by the pandemic and who have no other local support available. They provide: shopping for food and essential items, collecting prescriptions, a friendly listening ear, information & signposting to online activities or someone who can help, if they can’t.

People who have additional needs can contact the County Council’s customer service centre on 01609 780780 (every day between 8am and 5:30pm). There is also information about the help and support available on the NYCC website

Food support services meet local needs and are listed in our HADCA Where To Turn Directory – chooose ‘Food Parcels and Meals’ as the search theme and add ‘coronavirus’ as keyword for current providers.

Planning Applications

The following planning applications within the Parish are awaiting a decision by Harrogate Borough Council:

20/02479/FUL Hope Cottage Main Street Staveley Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9LD. Erection of single storey extension including rebuilding of outbuildings to form garden room.

20/03180/LB Hope Cottage Main Street Staveley Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 9LD. Erection of single storey extension including rebuilding of outbuildings to form garden room.

20/02992/FULBlessingbourne 1 Pinfold Green Staveley HG5 9LR. Erection of utility room extension and alterations to existing rear extension to form flat roof.

20/02303/FUL Jubilee Court, Abacus House, Wath Lane, Copgrove HG3 3TB. Retrospective application for the relocation of existing pallet store.

20/03116/LB Tanner Beck House Main Street Staveley HG5 9LD. Erection of single storey rear extension infill and replacement windows in existing extension

20/03115/FUL Tanner Beck House Main Street Staveley HG5 9LD. Erection of single storey rear extension infill and replacement windows in existing extension

20/02412/FUL Little Acres Bedlam Lane Staveley North Yorkshire. Conversion of domestic storage building to residential use (holiday let) and external alterations including formation of new pitched roof and wall cladding.

You can track all planning applications within the Parish from 2018 onwards, including any Parish Council comments, on our website here.

Parish Council Meeting

The next Parish Council meeting is being held on 8th December 2020 at 7pm via Zoom.

The Agenda can be found on the noticeboard and website three clear days before the meeting.

The draft minutes of the meeting held on 8th September 2020 are available on our website here.

Staveley & Copgrove Parish Council