Staveley & Copgrove Parish Council
Newsletter No. 27

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Welcome to our September 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:

Hedge Improvement

Following on from the maintenance work that took place within the Jubilee Recreation Field Staveley and around the pinfold it is now time to improve the hedge along the roadside and infill further areas around the boundaries.
Currently the hedge is full of dead wood and ivy, this needs to be removed ahead of planting the new saplings we are being given by the Woodland Trust.
Please can you help? On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October we would like a working party to help prepare for planting.
Full social distancing will be in place (hence the two day approach), and all equipment used will need to be provided by the volunteer themselves.
Anyone willing and able to help in any way, from grubbing out, cutting, carrying or keeping an eye to ensure social distancing please get in touch. It should only be a couple of hours at the most (based on more than just me doing the work), in order to keep a log of attendees and contact details I will need to know in advance who is coming.
Looking forward to seeing you then
Helen North 340650
Helen.north@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk

Village Benches

Through all the ups and downs of the last few months it has been lovely to see people out and about enjoying our wonderful location or simply watching the world go quietly by whilst sitting on one of our benches. Through the next week or so, subject to weather, all the benches in our villages will be given a refurbishment so please bare with us in the meantime as we are sure once complete they will look splendid again.

Buddy Scheme

Prior to the start of the pandemic affecting all our lives we, in Staveley, were able to establish a buddy scheme. The scheme is designed to offer assistance to any household within the community.

Although we are no longer in lockdown there are still households in need and there are still volunteers ready and willing to help with shopping, medicine collection, company and general support.

If you are a household which would benefit from support please get in touch with Helen North either via email at helen.north@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk or call 01423 340650

Harrogate Borough Council are offering an Autumn Plant Sale

A horticultural nursery shop is now open for autumn and winter plant sales until 24 December: Monday to Thursday 9am to 3pm, Friday 9am to 12 noon.

It is not a garden centre but Harrogate Borough Council want to help you in your garden by offering you the very same plants that go into the award-winning floral beds located throughout the Harrogate district. They offer you the chance to buy high quality plants at great prices. You can choose from a good selection of wallflowers, pansies, violas, polyanthus, primula and bellis daisies. They also have a selection of gardening accessories, such as planters, containers and compost. Christmas plants will be available in December.

Please note they only accept credit/debit card payments, including contactless. 
You can pre-order your plants before you visit using our click and collect service by visiting the website.

You’ll find them on Nursery Lane East, off Harlow Moor Road in Harrogate. Use the postcode HG2 0FH in your sat nav. For more information please call 01423 841145 or email horticulturalnursery@harrogate.gov.uk.

Have your say about our Horticultural Nursery
Harrogate Borough Council would also like to hear your feedback whether you’ve visited their nursery recently or in the past. They want to understand more about who their customers are, why you visit the Horticultural Nursery and what improvements you might like to see there in the future. Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey.

HADCA

The Loneliness Campaign North Yorkshire – Be Social, Be Well

You can now read the Harrogate district framework ‘Be Social, Be Well in the Harrogate District’ here
It contains key questions to reflect on and partners at the Public Services Leadership Board have agreed to do this in their own organisations.

NHS Test and Trace App


The NHS Test and Trace app will be launched on 24 September. The app will help the NHS understand where and how quickly the virus is spreading, so it can respond quickly and effectively. There is information and resources for organisations and venues here

Devolution and Local Government Changes


On 9 September 2020 NYCC broadcast a live seminar for voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises on their  developing proposals. You can read a summary of questions and the presentation and find out more here

You can take part in the district councils’ consultation here

Planning Applications

The following planning applications within the Parish have recently been submitted to Harrogate Borough Council:

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.

The following planning applications within the Parish have recently been decided by Harrogate Borough Council:

20/01607/FUL West View Barn, Bedlam Lane, Staveley HG5 9JU. Erection of conservatory and car port/store and extension of domestic curtilage. Permitted 1st September 2020

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.

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.

You can read all of our past newsletters here.