THREAPWOOD PARISH COUNCIL Annual Report May 2016 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - 2016 During 2015 -2016 the Parish Council (PC) has continued its business, making decisions on behalf of the community and listening to concerns and ideas. Bye and large the year has seen a settled and quiet period, building upon past initiatives, such as monitoring the effectiveness of the Speed Limit and reinforcing pedestrian links between Upper and Lower Threapwood. Nevertheless, there has been some change. Our temporary Parish Clerk (Richard Salmon) has decided to join us on a permanent basis. One new Parish Councillors has been co-opted onto the PC, Helen Groves. The PC Website has been re-established and a new Facebook Site introduced The PC agreed to start a process to achieve Quality Status. In 2015 -16, Cheshire West and Chester have continued to take into account the Parish Council's comments and responses on behalf of their parishioners. These include:- Planning Matters We have received the following application in Threapwood in the past 12 months: The Hollies Back Lane(Loop Road) Threapwood Malpas Cheshire SY14 7AT Single storey extension, garage, front and rear dormer windows and internal alterations. The Hollies, off Back Lane - single storey extension. This was approved in March 2016 for garage single storey extension bay windows and alteration to interior. This is the only planning application which was received in the parish in the currency of the past 12 months. Decisions: In addition to the approved decision of the application above, there was an additional application carrying over from the previous year and this was approved in November 2015 as follows: The Hollies Back Lane (loop Road) Threapwood Malpas Cheshire SY14 7AT This decision relates to the same property address as the above application, but was for a separate matter. The application read: “Conversion of Agricultural Building with link to Former Cottage to Create a Single Dwelling, Erection of a Two Bay Open Fronted Garage and Conversion of Milking Parlour to Create an Annex” This essentially was to bring a former cottage back into residential use together with the extension into a former agricultural building by a link to create satisfactory modern day size of accommodation. This was approved on Monday 23rd November 2015 Speed Limits Review. Following complaints by residents about speeding traffic, the Parish Council has requested the Police visit Threapwood with their speed monitoring equipment. They have attended on several occasions and have checked the speed of traffic in different locations within Threapwood
THREAPWOOD PARISH COUNCIL Annual Report May 2016 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - 2016 During 2015 -2016 the Parish Council (PC) has continued its business, making decisions on behalf of the community and listening to concerns and ideas. Bye and large the year has seen a settled and quiet period, building upon past initiatives, such as monitoring the effectiveness of the Speed Limit and reinforcing pedestrian links between Upper and Lower Threapwood. Nevertheless, there has been some change. Our temporary Parish Clerk (Richard Salmon) has decided to join us on a permanent basis. One new Parish Councillors has been co-opted onto the PC, Helen Groves. The PC Website has been re-established and a new Facebook Site introduced The PC agreed to start a process to achieve Quality Status. In 2015 -16, Cheshire West and Chester have continued to take into account the Parish Council's comments and responses on behalf of their parishioners. These include:- Planning Matters We have received the following application in Threapwood in the past 12 months: The Hollies Back Lane(Loop Road) Threapwood Malpas Cheshire SY14 7AT Single storey extension, garage, front and rear dormer windows and internal alterations. The Hollies, off Back Lane - single storey extension. This was approved in March 2016 for garage single storey extension bay windows and alteration to interior. This is the only planning application which was received in the parish in the currency of the past 12 months. Decisions: In addition to the approved decision of the application above, there was an additional application carrying over from the previous year and this was approved in November 2015 as follows: The Hollies Back Lane (loop Road) Threapwood Malpas Cheshire SY14 7AT This decision relates to the same property address as the above application, but was for a separate matter. The application read: “Conversion of Agricultural Building with link to Former Cottage to Create a Single Dwelling, Erection of a Two Bay Open Fronted Garage and Conversion of Milking Parlour to Create an Annex” This essentially was to bring a former cottage back into residential use together with the extension into a former agricultural building by a link to create satisfactory modern day size of accommodation. This was approved on Monday 23rd November 2015 Speed Limits Review. Following complaints by residents about speeding traffic, the Parish Council has requested the Police visit Threapwood with their speed monitoring equipment. They have attended on several occasions and have checked the speed of traffic in different locations within Threapwood
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