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Eastrea news for July 2011; reports lack of progress with Cambridgeshire Highways Dept, prints road layout plans, planning permission sought for village pub, announces student grants for residents, and other news.
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Published by Rothay House, Mayfield Road, Eastrea.
EastreaEastreaEastrea Village NewsVillage NewsVillage News
No 26: July 2011
MORE GRANT PROBLEMS FOR THE TRUST TO SOLVE! In America there is no prob-
lem with deadlines, because
they pay money into Escrow
(which is a neutral account
where the funds rest until
needed). The Trust proposes
this is introduced in the UK.
WE HAVE very little
progress to report
from all the planning
departments. The Village Hall Trust has
been ready to build since last autumn, and
— so far as the Trust is concerned — the
Eastrea Centre should have been opened
by Easter this year. Here are the final
plans for everyone to see. The road will
have turning points for cars, and also for
vehicles delivering supplies to the Eastrea
Centre itself. Our car park will be gravel.
This will all help
to keep our costs
down. The road
has been redesigned in order to reduce the
‘pinch points’ where buildings come close
to the pavement. The design of the drains
has been complex — nobody knows who
owns one of the main drainpipes into which
waste water will flow! — and this called for
extra work on the part of Rose Homes, our
developers. After five months of silence,
Cambridgeshire are now on the case.
Planning Progress?
But another one is exactly the
opposite — they say that the
building should be finished
before they will release any
of our funds. A total of
£50,000 is now hanging on
this delicate balance.
The council delays have now
caused difficulties with our
funders. Two of them have
contradictory policies! One
says that everything must be
agreed and contracts signed
before any work begins.
Contact by telephone: 350888 Email: [email protected]
Page 2
Nag’s Head News THE STORERS STUDENT GRANTS
Village Hall Training Courses
Eastrea Village Hall Trust regularly sends selected committee members on training courses so that they are kept completely up-to-date with the latest developments. Subjects have ranged from the best way to manage and develop people and effective leadership management to the implications for our village hall of the government’s ‘Big Society’ proposals. The Trust is grateful to Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service and the Cambridgeshire office of Action for Rural Communities in England (Cambs ACRE) for arranging these courses.
COLLEGE STUDENTS (of any age) who reside in Eastrea are invited
to submit applications for the 2011 Storers’ Student Grants. As a rule,
the trustees award one major Storers’ Bursary and a Storers’ Student
Grant. They can change this — sometimes, several grants have been
awarded, and in exceptional circumstances the trustees can award
more than one Bursary. Since the money is given as an award it is a
gift and it is not subject to income tax.
Previous award winners have ranged from school leavers to the
retired; they have been going to study at institutions including colleges
of further education to universities. The grants have proved to be very
important in the provision of course materials, books, and set-up costs.
The trustees require the following from every applicant:
1) Full details of name address, age and residence.
2) Scanned copies of all examination results and predictions.
3) A full financial statement of the applicant’s current position.
4) Letter of support from tutor, head teacher, or similar person.
5) A c.v. from the student, with a list of attainments and activities.
6) Details of an external referee whom the Trustees can telephone.
The final announcements are made after the A-level results are
announced in August. Questions of eligibility, and any other enquiries
can be made by phone to Peterborough 350888 sent by email to
[email protected] (not storers.org, which is a baggage company!).
The owners of the Nag’s Head are once again applying for planning permission to develop the premises for residential purposes. This new application is for a change of use of the public house to two 2-bedroom properties. The current application is reference no: F/YR11/0407/F and it can now be accessed on-line on the Fenland web site at this internet address: www.fenland.gov.uk/publicaccess and it is also on show at Unit 3, Causeway Centre, Whittlesey all day (with early closing on Wednesday and Saturday). Objections must be sent to Fenland District Council, County Road, March PE15 8NQ by 15 July. The Village Hall Trust have stated to the owners that they regard the pub as an essential part of the social fab-ric of our village. The two facilities have been seen as giving a complete infrastructure for village activities. In the new economic climate the Trust believes that this is vitally important. The good news is that the owners say that, even if permission for the redevelopment is granted by the Fenland District Council, they will NOT be closing the pub if it remains financially viable. They have also agreed that they will NEVER allow the pub to be closed until the Eastrea Centre has been built, and is fully open and operational. Meanwhile, villagers are invited to raise any objections they may have. Further information can be obtained from Fenland by email. The person concerned is Shanna Penney in the Development Services office. Email: [email protected] or phone 01354–622326.