PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR 2010/11

Please click here to read the report 

ELECTRICITY CUTS IN BARWICK

Barwick residents may have noticed recent power cuts, in some cases the power continually "tripping" on and off over a period of time. We are advised that this is due to tree branches fouling the overhead lines and causing a brief outage before the sub-station trips in again. The telephone number to report these faults to is 0800-375675 and the more people that ring up to complain will hopefully convince CE Electric to provide a permanent solution. More information can be found on  

 http://www.ce-electricuk.com/page/powercuts/index.cfm     

PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER

The December 2011 edition of the Parish Council newsletter has now been distributed to all houses. Click here to view:

SCHOLES LODGE FARM

Scholes Lodge Farm is now in the ownership of the Parish Council and is the triangle of land situated by the junction of Main Street and Leeds Road. Read here for more information

LEEDS FESTIVAL TICKETS

Following the recent festival, Festival Republic have kindly agreed to allow Barwick and Scholes PC 150 reduced price tickets for the 2012 Festival. By comparison, this year we had 54 tickets. The funds raised from the sale of these tickets will be used to fund local community projects. In addition they have made a donation of £1500 towards good causes and this is being used by Scholes Primary School for the purchase of much needed percussion instruments for their music department.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS  

Monday 6th February 2012 - Barwick Methodist Schoolroom

Monday 5th March 2012 - Scholes Methodist Schoolroom

PARISH PLAN AND VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT

Parishioners will recall receiving a Questionnaire Survey, which was the start of the exercise of producing a revised Parish Plan and Village Design Statement. The information received from these questionnaires, together with the results of various surveys carried out with different groups of residents (including school children) is now being collated. The Parish Plan will be collated from these results and this in turn will form the basis of the Village Design Statement. 

Work will continue over the coming weeks and months producing these documents, please feel free to contact the Parish Council with any questions or suggestions. 

The Village Design Statement may be defined as a document that describes the qualities and characteristics local people value in their community, and one which sets out clear and simple guidance for the design of all development in the Parish and recommend actions for improvement. It will be a guidance document that we aim to have adopted by Leeds City Council as a Supplementary Planning Document, giving it some legal clout in considering development proposals by the local authority, government departments, developers and individual property owners wishing to carry out alterations. 

Click here to see the recently published  Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan for Barwick in Elmet.

SCHOLES CONSERVATION AREA

Click here to see the area covered by the proposals for the Scholes Conservation Area. This is being finalised and will be going out to consultation early in the New Year. 

QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Please refer to the following link to see details of the proposals by Barwick and Scholes to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee on Monday 4th June 2012.

DOG OWNERS

Please clear up after your dog and use the black waste bins around the village or take it home and use your own black bin. Wardens have issued fixed penalty notices - Beware and ensure your dog has a name tag.

CRIME REPORT

The most recent CRIME REPORT for the parish is available here. In addition the annual CRIME REPORT for Barwick and Scholes is here. For security advice or to report suspicious activity - 0845 6060606 or 0113 2855374   

In addition please see the following link for advice from the Wetherby Crime Panel, entitled "WHO'S CALLING AT YOUR DOOR?" Also refer to the following link regarding information from the National Neighbourhood Watch Network, about "metal theft".

ARE YOU RE-CYCLING YOUR WASTE - please use your green and brown waste bins and place glass in the bottle banks at the Gascoigne Pub.

PARISH PLAN : any residents who are new to the Parish and who would like a copy of the Parish Plan published in 2006 should click here

DOGS BANNED FROM JACK HEAPS FIELD  - due to the irresponsible behaviour of dog owners who fail to clear up after their dogs the Parish Council has unanimously decided that dogs will be banned from this area in future.

 

The land was donated to the Parish by Jack Heaps and was intended as a play area for young children. It is therefore unacceptable that dog mess is left as a danger to children. It is regretted that responsible dog owners who do use the dog bin provided will find this ban of some inconvenience but the welfare of the children is of primary importance. Leeds City dog wardens will be keeping a close watch on the situation. There is general concern throughout the Parish at irresponsible dog owners who do not clear up after their dogs and efforts will be made to prosecute if appropriate. Dog owners are advised that it is now permissible to place plastic dog poo bags in the weekly rubbish bins.