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Dear
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May 2009 #1
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Long time no speak! Apologies for
the recent silence, but don't worry your Community
Association is still alive. Not a lot has been
happening lately and committee members have been
concentrating on other things leaving our hard working
councillors to handle local issues, and then lots all at
once.
In case you hadn't heard,
our councillor Pauline Searle is mayor for this year.
Click
HERE for details including projects in which the
mayor has an interest.
Please print off a few
copies of this newsletter and give to your neighbours.
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Neighbourhood Panel Meeting ~ Weds
20th
May
7.30pm
at Emmanuel Church
Drugs and Alcohol
Abuse
Have you
concerns?
Are you
a parent and would like advice?
Would
you recognise the signs?
Would
you recognise drugs if you found
them?
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An
informative presentation given by a
police drugs officer and a member of
SADAS ( Surrey Alcohol and Drugs
Abuse Service)
Followed by a short update by the
local police team on neighbourhood
issues. You can influence the way
Stoughton is policed. Do come along
and support the meeting.
Would
you like to know when police are
deployed after your call to report
an incident or how shops are able to
obtain an alcohol licence?
Come
along and listen to the
presentations and ask all those
burning questions.
Also Are
you fed up with anti social
behaviour etc? Come along and let
your views be known. You can
influence how we police the area
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Do
come and support the meeting. Your
Stoughton neighbourhood team look
forward to welcoming you.
For
more details contact PCSO Sheila
Willis.
Tel: 01483 630103
Email:
wsguildfordsnt4@surrey.pnn.police.uk
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(Note: there is also a panel meeting
for Westborough at the Park Barn
Centre, 7pm on Thurs 16th July where
the air support unit will be
discussed)
>> CLICK HERE
- for more information about
Community Safety on the SCA web-site
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If
anyone is interested in starting a Neighbourhood
Watch scheme in their road or area, please
contact PCSO Sheila Willis for details.
The Neighbourhood
Watch appeals in the Somertons Close, Peak Road,
White Court, Thorpes Close, Mandeville Close,
John Russell Close, Lynchmere Place and
Thorntons Close have all been very successful
with lots of people wanting to join the scheme.
PCSO Sheila
Willis and team will soon be canvassing the
Keens Park area, so keep a look out.
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Greening Stoughton Launch
You
are invited to join the launch of the greening
campaign to help Stoughton reduce it’s carbon
footprint!
Come along and help choose the ideas to be used
in the campaign. Everyone is welcome.
Where: Emmanuel church
When: Thursday 28th may 2009
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 |
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Fund raising in
aid of Multiple Sclerosis Therapy
Thursday 14th May - all day
- Jan
Cook's home 144 Stoughton Road Handmade card and
Craft sale
Saturday 15th August -
Fun Night at the Aggie Club by the Red Rose
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fun night will be filled with auctions and some
famous people, we have
Wayne
Dobson who himself has ms and others very
likely to include Paul Daniels. There will
be auctions and singing by local people, and all
the usual stuff. Tickets will be on sale
for £20. More details will be provided in
future newsletters.
Money raised at the sale and
fun night will be for the
Guildford Waterside Centre. Donations may also
be made online. |
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The Aggie Club is run
by the Stoke and district Horticultural Society.
There is a licensed bar,
Salsa dancing classes on most Mondays, and
Arizona Line dancing on most Tuesdays. |
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Grange Road
Consultation
You will remember that
Surrey County Council Highways Department carried out a
survey of the problems in Grange Road by consulting with
over 3,000 residents between December and January.
About 8% responded.
Highways then submitted a
report to the Surrey County Council Local Committee for
Guildford who met in March, where the results were
discussed and a recommended option agreed on.
The majority of the
surveys returned showed a clear preference for parking
restrictions at the southern end of Grange Road (option
1). The actual scheme has yet to be designed and
there have been no decisions made about what type of
restrictions may be implemented despite what you may
have read in the local press. There will be further
consultation with residents who would be directly
affected.
Below are extracts from
the Highways report.
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[The report] recommends
promotion of a new Monday to
Friday 8.00am to 6.00pm
waiting restriction in
Grange Road. This would
remove parking at times when
the problem is most widely
perceived to occur, while
allowing residents to park
at other times. This option
would minimise impact on the
local community. It is
recommended to review the
problem again one year
following implementation,
with a view to extending the
restriction to at-any-time
if necessary.
It further recommends
working closely with GBC’s
parking team to ensure
targeted and sustain
enforcement is applied to
the new parking
restrictions. This would
ensure that the new
restrictions have the
desired effect, and also
provide reassurance to local
residents.
Finally, it recommends that
the suggestion for a new
one-way system be ruled out
formally. The impact on the
26/27 bus service, the
displaced traffic onto
Johnston Walk, Tylehost and
Railton Road, and the length
of the diversion for
residents, would all have a
detrimental impact on the
quality of life for many
residents of Stoughton.
What Happens Next?
The scheme will be developed
in detail, and if required
further local consultation
will take place.
Major maintenance of Grange
Road was deferred from
2008/09 to 2009/10, partly
to enable the feasibility of
this project to be
considered, and partly
because of the gas main
replacement in the area.
If this project proceeds to
implementation, the
intention would be to carry
out the maintenance and
improvement elements
simultaneously to minimise
disruption. |
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Any scheme will have a
direct effect on some residents. Our Councillors
have told SCA they wish to reassure residents they will
be working closely with Highways to ensure any planned
changes will take any concerns and views into account
before a final decision on any changes are made.
If you have any questions
or concerns, please contact your
councillors or
traffic@stoughtonca.org
>> CLICK HERE - for further
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Stoughton
Community Facility
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The building is nearing
completion. The above picture is of the building
next door to Budgens in QE Park, superimposed over an
original drawing from one of the
developers newsletters back in March 2003!
The current developers
are marketing the ground floor as retails units and the
top two floors for community use. SCA understands
that Guildford Borough Council has asked the developers
to advertise for community groups to run the facility,
but as usual no one knows if or when this may happen. In the meantime
SCA would like to hear from anyone who is interested in
working with us.
SCA still have concerns
whether it can be a viable and continue to ask for
details on a lease, sound proofing, estimated running
costs etc. The developers want to finish
construction before they do anything else, and we fear
they will waste money by finishing the interior.
We would prefer they wait until the tenants have been
decided or agree a sum of money for the tenants to use.
>> CLICK HERE - for further
details |
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Contact
Mark Havler - 07968 832505 or see
the web site for details of events
taking place this summer. See
www.surreywildlifetrust.co.uk or
www.surreycc.gov.uk/walksandevents
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Habitat Management - North Area Site 9.10am - 3pm
Thursday
21st May
&
Reed planting/protection - Brittens
Pond 9.10am - 3pm
Tuesday
26th May |
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If you are not
already a registered volunteer, or
need more information, please call
Anna on 01483 795464 or email
volunteers@surreywt.org.uk to
join. Please let us know if you
would like to attend so we can
estimate numbers and tools required. Meet at:
Pirbright office at 9.10am (or later
on site - call for details) |
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To Littlefield and Beyond 10.30am -
1pm Sunday 14th June |
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Littlefield is one of the smaller
commons in Worplesdon, but it has
been the focus of a lot of work over
the past year thanks to money from
Breathing Places. Come along and see
what we have been doing and find out
more about its future. Afterwards we
will also visit Broadstreet Common.
Meet at: Fairlands Centre car park,
Brocks Drive, Guildford, GU3 3NA
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