Trevor Carbin

Staverton Litterpick – help wanted

trevorcarbin — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:08:05 +0000

The Staverton Waterside annual litterpick and community clear-up is taking place on Sunday May 27th at 10.30am. This year it’s a joint operation between Wiltshire Council and the local church. If you have any particular areas you’d like to see cleaned up, or if you’d like to join in, please send an email to trevor.carbin@wiltshire.gov.uk or call 01225 762032.

Jubilee event for Stavertonians

trevorcarbin — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:06 +0000

Residents of Staverton are being invited to a Street Party on June 4th at Foxglove Drive in Hilperton. The event is being organised by the ‘One Love Community Group’ , which covers the Hilperton and Staverton sides of the canal.

One Love have received funding for the party from both Hilperton Parish Council and the Bradford Area Board.

Holt Manor – sign the petition

trevorcarbin — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:56:46 +0000

“We the undersigned petition the council to use its powers to defend the rights of walkers and drivers on the footpaths and the highways in the vicinity of Holt Manor, and to require the removal of obstructions to the highway, and of misleading signage.”

If you agree sign here (Wiltshire Council e-petition – select Holt Manor)

The petition has already cleared the 100 signatures mark – latest count (May 16th) is 140.

A hedge for Thestfield Drive?

trevorcarbin — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:43:09 +0000

The ‘post and rail’ fence along the raised part of Thestfield Drive is continually getting damaged and having to be repaired. Staverton Parish Council have asked if it could be replaced by planting, which would be less easily damaged and would discourage people from taking short cuts down the slopes on either side of the road.

Wiltshire Council have suggested planting a beech hedge. The parish would have to pay for the removal of the wooden fence and planting of the hedge at a quoted cost of £1,400. Wiltshire Council would then maintain the hedge.

Councillor Surgeries

trevorcarbin — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:07:28 +0000

If you live in Holt and have any problems or concerns you’d like to discuss please come to my surgery on the first Thursday of the month from 6 to 7pm in the village hall surgery room. Next one July 5th. (No surgery in June).

In Staverton you can catch me at the mobile library visit to The Slipway – that’s 3.25 to 3.40 on alternate Fridays – next one May 25th.

New bus routes for Staverton

trevorcarbin — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:01:56 +0000

Cottles Barton has some nice new bus stops and bus shelters, but currently has no buses. The service that will go round there is the existing service 68 town minibus which runs from Staverton to Trowbridge approximately once per hour.

Introduction of the new bus service has been delayed because one of the operators of service 68 has pulled out. WC is currently in the process of securing a replacement operator to continue the service from 2^nd July. The replacement service will commence on 2^nd July operating via Cottles Barton along with the other trips currently operated on bus 68 by Libra Travel.

It is also possible that at the same time, the Bath shoppers bus services X88 and 64 will go through the Waterside estate as well, provided this doesn’t inconvenience anyone who currently boards the bus at the Kings Arms.

The 64 bus is Fridays only. It picks up from the Old Bear at 09:24 arriving in Bath at 10:00. The return leaves Bath at 12:40.

The X88 runs on Wednesdays: Thestfield Drive at 10:01 and The Old Bear at 10:03. It arrives in Bath at 10:35 and returns at 13:35.

Details of all timetables are at: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/parkingtransportandstreets/publictransport/transporttimetableinformation/bustimetableswest.htm

Road works

trevorcarbin — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:11:19 +0000

Southern Electricity will be digging up Melksham Road in Holt from May 23rd to June 7th. There will be two-way traffic lights. They’ll also be in Staverton from 22nd to 24th May, this time using stop/go boards to control the traffic.

Consultation begins on speed limit changes

trevorcarbin — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:19:25 +0000

Following the speed limit review on A and B roads in the County Wiltshire Council is now going ahead with a £500,000 programme of implementing the changes, most of which involve reductions in legal limits.

In our area the advertisements and legal processes begin with publication of the notices in the Wiltshire Times next week (Friday 18th). The consultation closes on June 11th. If all goes well, implementation will be in September.

The roads covered by the consultation are the B3106 Tollgate to Nestle’s road, which will have a 40mph limit, and the B3109 in South Wraxall, where the existing 50mph limit will be extended northwards to cover the two South Wraxall junctions.

Changes to the B3105 from Forewoods Common to Staverton (50mph), and the B3107 Bradford to Holt (50), are due to go through the process at a later date, probably beginning in June.

South Wraxall planning applications and decisions

trevorcarbin — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:02:39 +0000

W/12/00509/FUL 19/3/12 – Cumberwell Park Golf Club – Extension to existing clubhouse with associated landscaping and groundworks – permitted.

W/12/00393/FUL 5/3/12 – Ellbridge Farm - Erection of livestock and farm storage shed and relocation of existing loose boxes – permitted.

W/12/00396/FUL 5/3/12 – Ellbridge Farm - Retrospective application for a temporary agricultural workers dwelling.

W/12/00371/CLP – Turnpike Cottage 76 Upper South Wraxall – Proposed two storey rear extension – refused.

W/12/00115/FUL 23/1/12 – Land South Of The Plough Inn – new field entrance and installation of field gate – withdrawn.

W/12/00103/AGD – Land North Of 80A Upper South Wraxall – Erection of new agricultural building – permitted.

W/11/02977/FUL 10/11/11 – 66 Upper South Wraxall - Erection of garage – permitted.

W/11/02709/FUL 11/10/11 – 90 Bradford Leigh - Single storey side and rear extension – permitted.

W/11/02299/LBC 10/8/11 – Court Farm – demolition of existing modern garden wall and removal of modern hedge, construction of new bath stone rubble garden wall with gate – permitted.

W/11/02216/FUL 8/8/11 – Upper Farm – alterations to bring about the change of use of two redundant agricultural buildings to form 2 dewllinghouses and associated works – permitted.

W/11/02032/DDD – 62B Upper South Wraxall – Remove one dangerous Willow tree – permitted.

W/11/01989/FUL 8/7/11 – 35 Lower South Wraxall – Demolition of an existing post-war single storey extension. Erection of a new two-storey extension faced in rubble stone to match existing. New front porch to replace existing. New access via re-landscaped gardens – permitted.

W/11/01946/TCA 4/7/11 – 27 Ivy Lane – Trim and thin cherry tree – permitted.

W/11/01889/TCA 24/6/11 – South Wraxall Lodge – Fell Alder Tree – permitted.

Monkton Farleigh Planning Applications

trevorcarbin — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:58:24 +0000

Recent planning applications and decisions in Monkton Farleigh

W/12/00776/FUL 26/4/12 – 17 Dry Arch Bath Road Farleigh Wick - Rear extension to provide new Kitchen Dining room.

W/11/03227/FUL 8/12/11 – 30 Pinckney Green - Demolition of single storey extension and construction of two storey pitched roof extension – permitted.

W/11/02962/FUL 2/11/11 – Church Farm – Conversion of redundant farm building to holiday accommodation – permitted.

W/11/02585/FUL and W/11/02624/LBC 22/9/11 – 67 Monkton Farleigh – Alterations and demolition of rear addition to bring about the conversion of village shop and Post Office facility to form ancillary residential accommodation directly associated to host residential property to create one planning unit.

W/11/01941/FUL 5/7/11 – 22 Pinckney Green - Two storey side extension – permitted.

W/11/01674/LBC 2/6/11 Browns Folly – Removal of existing metal sheet door and blocking up the door entrance using sand-coloured concrete blocks – permitted.