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Archive - Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec 2009 |
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Added: 23rd
December 2009 |
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We hope
all the visitors to Cowlingweb both past
and present have a Wonderful Christmas
and a Very Happy New Year! |
| From today we are
taking a break and will be back with
updates in the New Year. We will be
welcoming a new member to the Cowlingweb
team on our return. |
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Added: 12th
December 2009 |
MIDDLETON MUMMERS
9th ‘Sunday before Christmas’ South
Craven Tour |
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MIDDLETON MUMMERS
9th ‘Sunday before Christmas’ South
Craven Tour
To Perform a traditional folk play
where good overcomes evil to ensure a
bright New Year.
Sunday December 20th
3.00 pm Middleton, Cowling
5.15 pm Dry St. Café, Cowling
6.00 pm Bay Horse, Cowling
6.45 pm Bay Horse, Sutton
7.30 pm King’s Arms, Sutton
8.30 pm Old White Bear, X Hills
See St George fight for England.
What is the devil responsible for this
year?
Be amazed at the doctor’s wonder cures.
Guest appearances from ‘celebs’ of
today.
IT’S FREE,
IT’S SHORT, (15-20 minutes)
IT’S FUN, and…
IT CONTAINS (just a little) VIOLENCE!
For more information phone: 01535 637352 |
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Christmas Revue
A GREAT NIGHT OF SEASONAL
FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING LOCAL TALENT
Cowling Village Hall
Friday 11th December 7:30pm 'til late
Performances from:
Cowling Youth Club
dancing to: Michael Jackson's Thriller
Street Dancing Rock n Roll
Cowling School Singers
and Featuring
The story of Albert the Lion Carol
Singing lead by Cowling Companions and
Youth Club
Admission Includes
Christmas Supper
Licensed Bar
Tickets: Adults £5 Kids £2.50 Family
Ticket (2+2) £12.50 In advance from:
Baines' Shop, OR Richard Price at 21
Mill Croft (637699)
N.B. bar will not serve during
performances, Cowling Village Hall
operate a "Challenge 25" policy on the
bar |
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Added: 29th
November 2009 |
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November 2009 |
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Added: 12th
November 2009 |
Pin
Prod - Panto - Hansel and Gretel - St
Andrews Hall - 4th & 5th December.
Tickets Available Now!
Supplied By:
Angela Scott
- Received: Via Email. |
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Its
nearly panto time for the inhabitants of
Cowling and we would like you to let
everyone know that rehearsals are well
under way, with an even bigger cast that
last year and we are looking forward to
the enthusiatic audiences that came to
see us last year.
Tickets can be purchased from the BAY
HORSE, ANY MEMBER OF PIN PROD OR BY
CALLING 01535 634936.
This year the panto is Hansel and Gretel
which is at St Andrews Hall on 4th & 5th
December 2009. (Performances are friday
night, saturday matinee and saturday
night) |
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Added: 11th
November 2009 |
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It’s
been a fun and very rewarding journey to
get Cowlingweb to where is it today and
along the way we have met some really
nice people some who have become really
good friends.
But time moves on and time is something
we are finding ourselves with less and
less these days so we need help to keep
the website running on a day to day
basis.
We are looking for someone to admin the
message board and also people to admin
and moderate a forum that has been in
the background of the site for over a
year now but was never implemented into
the website.
So if you feel you can spare a couple of
hours a week and want to help keep the
website moving forward we would like to
hear from you.
Email us:
mail@cowlingweb.co.uk
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Mill Bridge, Cowling - Cost |
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I'm
dismayed how long it is taking to repair
this bridge & how much it will cost.
In September I walked a section of the
long distance walking path, E5, from
Germany, through Austria into N. Italy.
Given the proposed cost of the Ridge
Mill Bridge I was interested to see
bridges on this route.
See photos below.
It is hard to imagine
even the most elaborate of these bridges
costing a tenth of the proposed cost of
the Ridge Mill Bridge. Bear in mind also
that this route carries many thousands
of walkers in the summer, falling off
some of these bridges could have severe
consequences if the streams were in
spate & as they are all in the EU they
are presumably all subject to the same
Health & Safety Regulations. Not one of
them carried a warning that you were
crossing at your own risk
Why does our bridge have to cost so much
& why the long wait?
Alan Henson,
Middleton, Cowling
Received Via Email |
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SPORTS
QUIZ III
RAISING FUNDS FOR COWLING FC
PRIZES FOR WINNING TEAMS
ENTRY £1.00 PER PERSON TEAMS OF UP TO
FIVE PEOPLE
SPORTS PICTURES + KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
RAFFLE & SUPPER
8.00pm THURSDAY 29th OCTOBER
THE BAY HORSE PUB |
Rubbish – Recycling – and Ridge Mill
Bridge
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
On Monday November the
2nd the Parish Council will be having an
extended public participation part of
their normal council meeting. Lasting
for one hour, this is YOUR chance to ask
council officers from Craven and North
Yorkshire any queries concerning these
important matters, and also to make your
views known.
District and County councillors have
been requested to attend also, and
hopefully will be able to answer any
points you might make.
On a dreary day in
October, all Parish Councillors checked
Ridge Mill Bridge and others along with
NYCC’s Rights of Way officer, Brian
Mullins. Work on two other bridges with
problems has already been agreed to be
started, but we do need the people of
Cowling to turn up to this meeting and
make their feelings known.
Please do turn up and have a hand in
deciding the future of your village.
Christmas
Lights Competition.
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
Unfortunately we cannot
have Christmas lights on the posts again
this year. NYCC are changing the lamp
posts, and this will be done in the
financial year 2010-2011. As this
financial year ends in April 2011 we
cannot guarantee having lights on post
next year.
For those who will be having their own
Christmas lighting display the council
is offering a prize, or rather two
prizes, of hampers to the value of £100
each for the best lighting displays from
householders and businesses.
If you’re in an out of the way spot,
such as a farm, please let us know if
you’d like the judging team to see your
display, but we will try to see all we
can.
Village
Hall
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
The Parish Council met
with Craven District Council earlier
this month to try to find out what is
happening with regard to Cowling’s new
village hall.
We were informed that the hall is now
overdue and that the developer of Acre
Mill would be given three months to
complete the new hall or enforcement
would ensue.
This was good news for Cowling as the
village had agreed to let the developer
build houses on the Acre Mill site in
return for a new hall. Most of the
houses on that site are now built, and
many sold, and it appeared from the
meeting that Cowling was going to
receive its “side of the bargain” within
a few months.
However, Craven District Council has now
informed the Parish Council that
“sensitive negotiations are in
progress.”
The Parish Council is now trying to find
out what these negotiations are about
and we will keep the village informed as
this saga progresses.
Cowling
Football Club
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
The Parish Council is
always willing to listen to pleas for
funding from any organisation working
for what it sees as the good of the
village, and at the last meeting the
Football Club did exactly that, request
for funding.
However before they did that they told
the young footballers that they should
first of all help themselves by fund
raising as much as they could unaided,
and this is exactly what they did. They
put in lots of effort, even to running
sponsored half marathons, and raised
just under £9,000.
They then asked if the Parish Council
would consider funding half the cost of
re-turfing, the total being £2,300
Although well outside of our normal
donations, the Council was so impressed
by the fund raising of these youngsters
and their trainers that we refused their
request for some £1,150 and instead
awarded them £1,500
We applaud the efforts of all who work
for Cowling, and were very glad, on this
occasion, to take note of their
magnificent efforts in trying to
raise funds for themselves before asking
others to help. Well done to all
concerned at Cowling Football Club!
Planning
in Cowling – a bouquet!
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
A member of the Parish
Council's Planning and Environment
Working Group attended the Craven branch
meeting of the Yorkshire Local Councils’
Association; the Parish Council had
asked them to discuss the issue of
getting proper meaningful planning
consultation through CDC.
It would appear that nearly all parish
councils are having difficulty in one
form or another and it was agreed that
this topic needed to be raised at a YLCA
liaison meeting. Planning training has
been requested by the parish council
and promised by CDC. All the parish
councils felt that this would assist
them in giving better advice to members
of the public as well as being able to
put forward relevant questions. The next
meeting of the YLCA is November where
all North Yorkshire representatives come
together. Hopefully a level playing
field can be found where villagers
concerns about applications can be
discussed openly and taken more
seriously.
At that meeting the work that the
'Cowling Parish Council Planning and
Environment Working Group' is doing had
a special mention by the vice chair. He
said that Cowling was working very hard
to safeguard its environment; and that
the Parish Council are seen as being
forward thinkers who have pioneered a
number of initiatives and also take part
in others that link to the welfare of
the village.'
Doggie
Bins
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
It is noticed that many
more doggie bins are needed in the
village. Whilst councillors have noted
some places, if you have any in mind,
then please let the council know. Please
note that they must be accessible via
car, for the dog warden to empty them! |
Cowling Cricket Club 2009 End Of Season!
Supplied By: Bob Richardson (Cricket
Club Secretary) - Received: Via Email. |
Cowling Cricket Club
have just finished the 2009 season. We
are already looking forward to next
season and hope that we can attract new
players to play with Cowling,
particularly players from the local
area. We are proud of our facilities,
and feel we are a welcoming and friendly
club. If there is anybody who enjoys
playing cricket, adult or junior,who
would like to join us, please do contact
our chairman, Mr. David Nicholson (tel.
01535634730).
We also need some help with the junior
teams next season. If you would like to
help, please do contact us.
Thanks,
Bob Richardson (Secretary) |
Cowling Parish Council - Village Hall
Statement (agreed 5th October 2009)
Supplied By: Cowling Parish
Council - Received: Via Email. |
Following a meeting
with CDC on 28th September 2009, the
Parish Council make the following points
regarding the new and old village halls:
The New Hall
1. This building is currently unfinished
and owned by Skipton Properties. It is
the subject of a S106 undertaking by
Skipton Properties to CDC in return for
planning permission on the Carr Mill
site. It was due for completion in
August 2009.
2. Ian Swain (enforcement officer) is to
be instructed to pursue the undertaking
via legal enforcement action. Skipton
Properties can still apply for an
extension to the deadline. Any financial
information to support the extension
will be scrutinised by CDC. CDC do not
have to agree to the extension if the
information is not substantial.
3. The parish council intend to write to
CDC to request that the new hall be
delivered as per the S106 undertaking,
as they are the recipients. Upon
completion to specification, the new
hall will be handed over to the Parish
Council as owners. The VHMC will not
receive the new hall or be responsible
for the management of it unless agreed
by the Parish Council.
4. Ultimately Skipton Properties has to
come back to CDC if alterations to the
undertaking are proposed, and CDC say
that they will check with the Parish
Council to make sure that the Parish
Council are happy with these
alterations.
5. The VHMC has not been given
negotiating powers regarding the new
hall, such is strictly the province of
CDC.
6. The district councillor has also not
been given negotiating powers and should
not be having “one to one” meetings with
the developer.
The Existing Hall
7. The existing hall is managed by the
VHMC.
8. To date, despite repeated requests,
the Parish Council has not been shown
any legally-binding agreement which
states that it has to give the existing
hall to Skipton Properties. If such an
agreement is provided, the Parish
Council will have no option but to
follow the legal course given in the
agreement. If none is provided, the
existing hall remains the property of
the village. |
Craven District Council Statement (Wendy
Gudger 30th September 2009)
Following on from my meeting with a
group from Cowling Parish Council
the following is what I have advised:-
•Given the current impasse with Skipton
Properties who now want to deliver the
hall in its current state, I have
requested that enforcement proceedings
are commenced. That process in itself
may be quite protracted but in the
circumstances it is best to draw matters
to a head. As part of the process we
will now write to Skipton Properties
requesting the hall be completed within
the next three months or enforcement
action will be commenced. This is
necessary as we must give them the
opportunity to complete the hall now
that we are proposing enforcement
action. There is however nothing to stop
Skipton Properties from formally
applying to vary the terms of the
agreement and extend the period for
delivery of the hall. The Council cannot
be unreasonable about that but they will
need to make a convincing case. Now that
I have more information in that the
majority of houses have now been built
and are occupied as opposed to six
months ago I am not so certain that
there would be a convincing case to be
made.
•What state the hall will be in when it
is delivered to the parish council will
be dependent on the outcome of any
enforcement action and whether there
would be any resultant prosecutions in
court if agreed action is not complied
with. The S.106 Agreement sets out an
agreed specification and if the Parish
Council were to agree a reduced spec
then it would be unlikely that the
Council would have an issue with that.
•There isn’t really an issue with who is
able to negotiate a variation to the
agreement. However at the end of the day
it is for this Council to agree to vary
the terms of the agreement following a
request from Skipton Properties. That
would need to be reported to Planning
Committee for their approval. This
Council though would want some
comfort that Cowling Parish Council who
are to receive the hall (that’s what the
agreement specifies) would be satisfied
with what is proposed. Ultimately if any
variation is proposed then a judgement
needs to be made as to whether this
would be acceptable.
•The village hall is constructed
entirely within the red line of the
approved application and is not outside
the curtilage of the approved
permission.
Ian will now write to Skipton Properties
to request completion of the hall and
giving three months for this to happen.
After that and if the hall is not
completed in accordance with the spec
then formal action will be started. |
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Added: 29th
September
2009 |
NORTH
YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF LANE ENDS LANE,
COWLING
NOTICE NO 435
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION
14(2) (AS AMENDED)
Supplied By: Cowling Parish
Council - Received: Via Email. |
North Yorkshire
County Council hereby gives notice that
from 5 October 2009 until 9 October 2009
inclusive, no person shall cause any
vehicle to proceed along Lane Ends Lane,
Cowling, from its junction with the
A6068 Colne Road to Lane Ends Farm
access in the District of Craven due to
tree trimming works.
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Read More < |
Money
money money!
And it’s FREE!
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
Just as Cowling Parish
Council is keen to back anything which
could be good for the village, so too is
North Yorkshire County Council. They
also have a grant scheme, with amounts
up to £1,000 available.
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Read More <
More free
stuff!!!
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
How would the village
like its own Tardis?
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Developments in Cowling.
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
The Acre Mill site
received planning permission for 14
houses earlier this year. It also had
permission granted earlier for 22
houses, so you might wonder why apply
for fewer.
If permission is granted for 15 or more,
then usually some of these have to be
‘affordable’ homes, for 14 or fewer,
then Craven District Council do not
insist on this, although they could.
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Read More <
The
Village Hall – Current State of Play.
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
In 2006 Skipton
Properties undertook to provide a new
village hall for the parishioners of
Cowling in return for planning
permission to develop the Acre Mill
site.
This Section 106 undertaking by Skipton
Properties to Craven District Council
indicates that the new hall should be
finished to the specification laid down
in that S106, and handed over to the
final recipients, Cowling Parish
Council, by a due date.
That date was, we believe, 25th July
2009
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More
Rubbish! And more free money!
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
Cowling residents do not
appear to be universally in favour of
fortnightly rubbish collections, and as
one person calculated, the proud parents
of twins in nappies had better not
forget any collections, for if they do
then somewhere around 320 nappies will
be waiting for the next!
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No Cold
Calling Areas.
Supplied By: Cowling Parish Council -
Received: Via Email.
Springwell Close and
Victoria Road have been singled out by
North Yorkshire County Council for a ‘No
Cold Calling Initiative.’
Quite simply this means that if the
residents wish it, then an official
Police notice will be posted, and
householders have a special telephone
number to report any infringements.
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Read More < |
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September
2009 |
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Cowling Village Hall Committee - CEILIDH
- Friday 25th Sept |
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Cowling Village Hall Committee -
CEILIDH - Cowling Village Hall
Friday 25th Sept
Tickets available from Bain shop,
Woodlands Street B & B and Committee
Members.
Starts at 7:30pm
Also pig race with cash prizes. |
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Added: 12th
September
2009 |
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Cowlingweb Poll - Fortnightly bin
collections in Cowling? Result. |
For The Idea.
19.9%
Against The Idea. 80.1%
136 votes total |
The result of the
above poll have to question why the
district councillor for Cowling Cllr
Adrian Green voted in favour of
fortnightly bin collections without even
consulting the people of Cowling?
Cowling Parish Council who voted against
the fortnightly collections are holding
a public meeting for the people of
Cowling to have their say on Monday 2nd
November and Cllr Green has been invited
to attend to explain why he voted in
favour of something that the people of
Cowling are clearly against.
Full details of the Parish Council
public meeting will be posted on the
website nearer to the date of the
meeting. |
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Added: 8th
September
2009 |
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The Messenger - Churches
Together in Cowling Newsletter
September, October, November
Added to:
The Messenger Page |
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Added: 4th
September
2009 |
CAST REQUIRED
Hansel & Gretel Pantomime - 4th & 5th
December 2009
By popular demand and after last year's
huge success, Pinnacle Productions are
going to present a Pantomime again this
Christmas.
In particular, we are looking for the
male lead, Tommy. Ideally, the role
would suit a ‘young man’.
Rehearsals will take place, Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, starting
w/c: 5th October.
Also required, children – aged 8
upwards.
Children are required to rehearse one
night per week, from 7.30pm – 9.00pm.
Auditions for the pantomime will take
place on Tuesday, 8th September at
7.30pm
Bancroft Room, St. Andrews Church,
Cowling
If anyone is interested please come
along, or get in touch with Julia
Benfield – 01535 631444 / 07918 940 540 |
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September
2009 |
GARAGE SALE and GARDEN PARTY - Saturday
- August 15th
Supplied By:
Richard Price. Received
Via Email |
Saturday, August
15th. 2.30p.m.-4.30p.m.
GARAGE SALE and GARDEN PARTY at 21, Mill
Croft
All proceeds in aid of Cowling new
village hall.
£1 entrance covers light refreshments.
All good-condition, saleable items
gratefully received:- e.g. ornaments,
jewellery, pictures, books, jig-saw
puzzles, CDs, DVDs, toys, etc. please
hand to any member of the village hall
committee. Also cake stall, preserves
stall, plant stall. |
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All students welcome from
beginners to A level and beyond.
Reasonable rates and lessons
tailored to the individual
needs.
Contact Details
Tel: 01535 633411
Mob: 07958 208454
Email:
janet.hyde4@btinternet.com
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