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Parish Council meeting February 21st 2023


South Hill Parish Council, the meeting held on 21st February 2023 included the following topics:

THE VACANCY on the parish council has been filled by the co-option of Mr Jim Gale, who lives in Trevigro. Jim was a councillor for several years then stood down in 2020. Jim has valuable business skills and now has more time. Although he was the only candidate and councillors didn’t have to fill the role, they were very pleased to welcome Jim back onto the council.  

PLANNING APPLICATION PA22/09010 to convert stables at Taylors Shop to 3 holiday lets was supported but the council had serious concerns about road safety and the location of the proposed access onto the B3257.

RECREATION FIELD : Quotations were received for the tree surgery required to make the trees in the recreation field and play area safe. A local contractor was chosen with the proviso that the work is soon completed..

A proposal to manage the Recreation Field differently with more thought given to wildlife was received from local resident Andrew Price. There were some interesting ideas which the Council will follow up, and have a site meeting in the field.

CHEESEWRING CRICKET CLUB is still interested in using the Field. There is work to do on the risk assessment, insurance and bookings before the agreement can be finalised.

FOOTPATHS: The footpath at Woodland House, Maders is still obstructed, and the council has not had a reply to the letter sent to the landowner. The obstruction will be reported to the Countryside Access Team at Cornwall Council.

Notices have been posted on the track from near Jenant to Kelly Bray, the track which joins this one from Maders AND Water Lane, Mornick. The Parish Council have not been consulted on these applications to change the status of these tracks so will make enquiries.

THE NEW REPLACEMENT DEFIBRILLATOR has been fitted, at the Parish Hall, Golberdon, the cabinet is not locked. As before, if you find someone having a heart attack, start CPR, ring 999 and get someone to fetch the defibrillator. Turn it on and follow the instructions. Some sessions are being planned so that anyone interested can familiarise themselves with the equipment. This is NOT First Aid training. To ensure the defibrillator is always available for use, a few simple weekly checks are required. If you are near the Hall regularly and could do this, sharing this task with others, please contact the Council.

THE HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY has been slightly delayed. It is expected that the survey will be live by the time you read this! Letters will be sent to all residents containing a link to the survey. The survey is intended to run for 6 weeks after which the Affordable Housing Team will analyse the data and produce a report on South Hill parish housing needs.

ALLOTMENTS:   Two allotments are available to rent in the new allotments, next to the Jubilee Orchard. If you are interested in an allotment please contact Cllr. Carol Samuel 07777 695 870.   

GRANITE TROUGH:  There was some useful feedback on possible sites to re-locate the trough. The consensus was to keep it as near as possible to its original site near Lamberts Well. It was agreed to contact CORMAC in order to find out if recessing the trough further into the bank, so that it didn’t project into the road, would conform to their requirements. If this is possible, the landowner is supportive provided the stability of the hedge is not affected.

CORMAC will be asked to return the trough to the parish for safe keeping until the exact location is agreed.

PARKING CHARGES in Car Parks throughout Cornwall are changing. The Free Parking on Sundays is due to end, but parking everyday will be free after 4pm. In Callington, the free first hour was being paid by the COOP. Callington Town Councillor Andrew Long is working with Cornwall Council to have this re-instated. The Parish Council is supporting Cllr. Long as this will benefit businesses in Callington and those of us who use them.

UPDATE FROM: Cllr David Skelton. For fully accurate information as to council meetings, readers should consult the minutes of council meetings at http://www.south-hill-pc.gov.uk/

All communication should be directed to Jenny Hoskin (Parish Clerk) Telephone 07810 234417,  email southhillpcclerk@gmail.com or write to Branston Farm, Bodmin Road, Bodmin PL30 4BB

NEXT meeting March 21st, starting at 7:30pm at the Parish Hall. All Welcome.

Easter 2023


For sale:

Jewellery, Jams and chutneys, Handcrafted goods, Sweets, Pebble pictures, Plants, Haberdashery supplies, Books, Cakes & more

Raffle Prizes Welcome. Money raised for the Turkey and Syria earthquake fund.

EASTER EGG HUNT

Trailer Rides, Painting, Fun & Mayhem

Starts from the hall 2 – 3pm

FUN Old And Proud Show 1st April 2023


Yn Poynt Da are putting on their ‘Old and Proud’ sketch show at The Parish Hall in Golberdon on Sat 1st April, doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7.30pm. Be ready for a selection of fun and silly sketches as this local theatre group show us all how they are all ‘old and proud’ OAPs!!! 

Tickets are only £5 on the door, you can bring your own drinks and nibbles to enjoy during the show or purchase tea, coffee and cake at the interval. Raffle tickets at £1 per strip will also be available with great prizes up for grabs on the night. All funds raised go to the Bray Shop Community Projects Fund.

SHARE Breaking News, February 2023


On Saturday Feb 11th, SHARE had an open meeting in the Parish Hall, where we were able to unveil our next project, and the plans we have going forward. We realised not everyone could make it; this is intended to put everyone in the picture.

What’s the news? We are delighted to announce that we have secured an Option on about four acres of land just outside Trevigro. This gives us first refusal and a fixed price for two adjacent fields down by the stream opposite the South West Water works. The space is big enough that we can use it for several things simultaneously, and we have a whole range of options open to us.

For the last few years, SHARE has done well across a number of projects, including firewood, recycling, solar power, tree planting and the Orchard, all of which are dependent on the generosity of members or other people – by donating materials, or by allowing us to use their premises to conduct our activities.  Now SHARE can have a place for itself, where it can run a number of projects literally on its own turf.

Why would we do that? There’s room for planting some coppicing trees, such as Hazel, which would bolster our firewood supplies. Without planting, sooner or later we’ll run out. It’s a lovely spot, which we can manage for a more biodiverse environment with selected planting of native species. There’s a wet area, where willow for harvest would do well, and plenty of room for south facing ground mounted solar if we wish, and recreational space for all to enjoy by the stream. Access is good, as the public footpath from Trevigro to Haye Mill runs alongside the fields, as shown in pink on the map.

Having the option means that we have a year to decide whether to complete the purchase, and if so, raise the funding to do so. The land would be owned by SHARE, forever.

How would it be paid for? There’s a whole range of options available to us, depending on how much we feel we should tap into SHARE’s reserves. A mix of reserves / loans / interest is up to us to balance, in exactly the same way as SHARE funded the Church Park installation. Likewise, the interest on the loans is already secure, as the revenue from wood sales and the Solar PV already covers it.

So what next? There’s a timeline in the chart below. Firstly we need to understand the range of options for what we’d do with the land, and how it’d be paid for. By midsummer, we will be publishing a Prospectus which describes all we could do, and how it could be funded. We need your views – both now in thinking of the usage and later in response to the prospectus. Then, at the AGM, we’ll put a simple straightforward question to the vote: do we go ahead or not? With a Yes answer, we then have the remainder of the year to secure the funding, make investment offers so that the sale can be completed before the option expires in February 2024.

If you have ideas about how the space should be used, what we could do, how we could fund it or even whether we should grow SHARE like this, please let us know by getting touch via email to share@south-hill.co.uk