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October 2020 Parish Council Meeting
Link for tonight’s meeting via Zoom.
Start: Oct 13, 2020 07:30 PM London
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Adoption Lancashire
From https://adoptionlancashireblackpool.org.uk/
We’re delighted you’re thinking about adopting a child with Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool. We understand that it is a big life-changing decision for you and we’re here to help you every step of the way.
We’re a new service bringing together experts from Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council to help children waiting to be adopted find their family and support you through the adoption process.
Anybody can adopt and we welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life. If you think you can offer a child a safe and happy home we’d love to hear from you.
Summary
From 0800 hours on Saturday 24th
October 2020 until 1700 hours on Sunday 1st November 2020
Downholland from X6616 Plumb Court, Downholland
for a distance of 35m in a Westerly direction (outside the Moor Farm Development)
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(C104 SCHOOL LANE, DOWNHOLLAND, WEST LANCASHIRE BOROUGH)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF THROUGH TRAFFIC) ORDER 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lancashire County Council intend to make an
Order under Section 14(1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as
amended, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit traffic on the roads
set out in this notice.
1. No person shall cause any motor vehicle to proceed over that length of
C104 School Lane, Downholland from X6616 Plumb Court, Downholland
for a distance of 35m in a Westerly direction.
2. Nothing in this order shall apply to persons engaged in the carrying out of
the works.
3. The prohibition will be operative from 0800 hours on Saturday 24th
October 2020 until 1700 hours on Sunday 1st November 2020 or until
completion of the works within this period.
4. An alternative route for vehicular traffic affected by the closure is via:-
C104 School Lane, Downholland – C105 School Lane, Downholland –
C105 Black-A-Moor Lane, Downholland – B5195 Black-A-Moor Lane,
Downholland – A5147 Delf Lane, Downholland – C104 School Lane,
Downholland and vice versa.
The temporary prohibition is necessary to allow the installation of two new
manholes in the carriageway and a new sewer connection to be carried out under
a S50 licence by Oakwood Construction Ltd.
Authority given for this Order to be made:
Peter Bell
Regulation and Enforcement Manager
Highways and Transport
0300 123 6780
[Ref: HRiT/25650/EW]
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“In The Know” Information Service
From Lancashire Constabulary.
Dear Residents,
We would like to introduce a Lancashire Talking Community tool through our In The Know messaging system. We have over 45,000 residents in Lancashire who subscribe to the system and Neighbourhood Policing Teams use the system to send police messages to streets, wards or districts. In The Know is supported by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and Lancashire County Council.
Lancashire Talking is a community tool and we are inviting residents to answer a few questions to identify their top 5 community issues, so their local Neighbourhood Police Team can prioritise problems in their neighbourhood on the issues that matter most to the local community.
The system can be considered a modern day digital version of our traditional Neighbourhood Watch Schemes and PACT meetings to identifying community concerns, but is more effective as we can involve thousands of residents in setting priorities and we can provide residents with instant updates.
Let us know what matters to you most in your area by answering a few short questions here:
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Bins in Park
To help protect our employees the Parish Council has stopped emptying the bins on the park and ask all residents to help us out and take your rubbish home.
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Play Area Closure
Following direction from West Lancashire Borough Council and Government advice the children’s play area on Haskayne Jubilee Fields Park has been closed.
The rest of the park remains open for now but please exercise common sense, observe social distancing guidelines and avoid crowds.
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SLOW DOWN sign on Delf Lane
Over the last few years the Parish Council has undertaken a program of addressing resident’s concerns regarding speeding. To this end we worked with Lancashire County Council (LCC) and identified seven locations for the placement of a Speed Indicator Sign (SPID).
Consequently, the Parish Council purchased a moveable, battery powered sign and LCC put up six brackets for us. We move the sign round and swap the battery over every 10 days or so. The statistics from the sign show that they do slow drivers down and the average speed has fallen as a result. It’s not perfect but it’s something.
The seventh location is on the bridge on Delf Lane near the Kings Arms, but LCC won’t allow us to have such a sign in that location due to safety concerns, and the volume of traffic would drain the batteries in a few hours.
There is however, an unused sign post poll, with an electricity supply, just over the bridge. So how about using that supply…
1. Apply for permission to erect a permanent electric sign.
2. Find out the power consumption of the sign, per activation.
3. Find out from LCC that the average number of activations (i.e. vehicles speeding) is 3000 per day!
4. Work with LCC engineers to establish verified unmetered power consumption (a few pounds a year)
5. Apply to SP Energy for a supply number with unmetered supply data.
6. Try and get the hedge cut back sufficiently to expose the hidden sign post.
7. Find an energy supplier… No one wants such a small supply contract.
8. Repeat step 6 and 7 until all will to live is lost.
Update
Turns out there are Steps 9, 10, 11 and 12 involving electricians, cables and hedges (again)……
So after 300 emails and 2 years….
Downholland Parish Council is delighted to announce that Haskayne Jubilee Fields Play Park has won “Best Playing Field in Lancashire”, in this year’s Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition.
Mike Wainwright, Chairman of Downholland Parish Council said
“The award is a testament to the hard work put into by the Parish Council, Fran
Dean who keeps the park clean and tidy, and to Rawsthorne Landscapes who
maintain the grounds to a very high standard. The “Orchard & Wild Flower
Garden” was also 3rd in the Public Gardens category.
Elsewhere in the Parish, a concerted effort by the Residence Association, doing litter picks and tidy ups in Haskayne also resulted in a “Highly Commended” in the Small Villages category.
And not to be outdone, the Downholland Community Association won “Highly Commended” in the Public Buildings Category for Haskayne Village Hall.
All round it goes to show that community involvement and hard work can pay dividends, and I pay tribute to all involved.”
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Buses back on
I’ve just been in touch with Gerry O’Leary, the MD of Arriva Northwest to find when the buses will be back on now that there’s a traffic light system through the emergency sewer works in Lydiate and his reply was “We are sending our buses through from now”..
Mike Wainwright
Chair, Downholland Parish Council