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Ravenshead Parish Council News

Parish precept trees was also fined £150, a £50 victim
surcharge and £200 prosecution costs.
In last month's newsletter article, I briefly wrote Residents will also be aware of another
about where your Parish precept is spent. Residents
have contacted me to ask about plans to replace sections of the development within the village that was LINK TO WEBSITE
skate park that were removed due to vandalism and wear and built incorrectly, where enforcement action
tear. This of will course cost a great deal of money to replace, in was taken to ensure that the approved plans were followed.
the region of £30-40,000. The Parish Council is also Reporting issues within the village
anticipating needing to spend over £20,000 to replace some of
the ageing and rotting play park equipment at the Leisure The Parish Council is always keen to engage with residents and
Centre. Regular users of the indoor facilities at the Leisure a number of you do contact us with issues and concerns. Our
Centre are well aware that money needs spending on the Parish Clerks, Belinda and Amanda can be contacted on 01623
facilities to bring them up to date, particularly the changing 490035 or office@ravensheadpc.org.uk . They can often help
rooms and the small sports hall. We are currently compiling a with enquires about the most common concerns, which
list of quotes, and looking into any available grants, to help us usually relate to Highways, a Nottinghamshire County
determine where and how to spend the money. As soon as we Council responsibility, or waste bins, a Gedling BC
have news to share, we will ask residents for their views. responsibility. Monthly Parish Council meeting are held at the
Leisure Centre on the third Monday of the month at 7.00pm.
In line will all local authorities, the Parish Council has been The public are always welcome to attend, with a short section
looking at setting its budget for the next financial year. The
vast majority of your rates goes to Nottinghamshire County at 8.00pm available to allow residents to address the
councillors. The agendas for both the full council meeting and
Council, with Gedling Borough Council, Nottinghamshire
for the planning committee, are displayed on the website and
Police and Nottinghamshire Fire Authority also taking a on the precinct and Leisure Centre noticeboards.
proportion. The Parish precept forms a small part of the
st
charge, this is being increased from April 1 by £2.08 a year, to Road Safety
£53.10 for a typical band D property, a 4.08 % rise. With
inflation running considerably higher, particularly for utility Recent changes to the Highway
bills, this was considered by Parish Councillors to be a necessary Code have made it even more
increase. As mentioned previously, no financial support from important when crossing roads
Gedling is given towards the cost of providing facilities within within the village to be aware of
traffic turning into side roads.
Ravenshead, this has to be found from the precept.
This equally applies to car
Planning issues drivers when turning into a side
road, who should give priority
One of the most commonly asked questions received by the to pedestrians and allow those
Parish Council is in relation to planning issues. The council's
planning committee meets monthly under the Chairmanship who are on the edge of the
pavement, to cross. The
of Cllr Stuart Bestwick. We are a statutory consultee when
Highway Code: 8 changes you
planning applications are received by Gedling BC and the need to know from 29 January 2022 - GOV.UK
committee will typically comment on around 1-12 (www.gov.uk)
applications per month. These can range from fairly
straightforward house extensions to more complex and larger The updated code clarifies that:
developments, including those in the greenbelt. Our aim is to • when people are crossing or waiting to cross at a
restrict the erosion of the greenbelt and prevent the urban junction, other traffic should give way;
spread. We also look to maintain the open character of the • if people have started crossing and traffic wants to turn
village, and the large residential gardens. These aims into the road, the people crossing have priority and the
unfortunately are not always met. Despite our objections to a traffic should give way; and
number of developments, Gedling planners will usually have • people driving, riding a motorcycle or cycling must give
the final say. We do comment to Gedling on breaches of way to people on a zebra crossing and people walking
planning rules, particularly when trees which are protected in and cycling on a parallel crossing.
law, are removed. An example of this, is a case of trees being The imminent marking of double yellow lines around the
felled in a garden without permission, resulting in the owner junctions off Swinton Rise, will at least give greater visibility
receiving a fine of £2,700, a £100 victim surcharge and £375 for pedestrians and road users alike.
prosecution costs. In addition, the person who took down the
Martin Smith - Chairman Ravenshead Parish Council

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