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Swavesey
Parish Council News
Litterpick Day
Let's make the village look nice. Volunteer litter-pickers needed to clear up a few eyesore areas in our village. Many other villages do this, either an annual Litterpick Day, or a few small groups of residents looking after their own areas of the village. Please contact the Parish Clerk if interested.
Constable's Rood
It's been said that the parish council are doing "nothing" to get this site at junction of Mow Fen Drove and Taylors Lane cleared of rubbish. Well we set the wheels in motion originally by ending the existing tenancy and asking for ideas from the community which resulted in Glyn, Geoff and friends launching a project to restore it for community use. However, currently all our hands are tied by the County Council who visited the site and said words to the effect of "All this rubbish, particularly the sheets of corrugated metal and the piles of rubble, could be providing ideal breeding conditions for Great Crested Newts so please don't touch this site until we've carried out a full survey over the summer..."
Planning Objections
The parish council can "make comments" on planning applications but have no power to grant or stop them - that is South Cambs District Council's remit. In making our comments, we rely on input from our residents. So if you wish to object to a planning application, you must ensure we receive your comments well in time of our next parish council meeting before the SCDC closing date for comments. Other- wise, as has happened in a couple of cases recently, we cannot add your views once the closing date has passed for us to reply.
Youngsters' facilities
A few of us have spoken to some of the youngsters in the village, also to Swavesey Village College. SVC are hoping to re-open their Youth Centre very soon, maybe even by the time you read this. Some of the youngsters have ideas for things they'd like to see in the vilage. Please come forward and let's get together at the Memorial Hall on a date to suit us all where you can discuss your ideas and we can see how best to help you get them off the ground and source funding. The village's bemoaned "lack of facilities" can be changed but it needs input from you all.
Car racing
The young driver of the silver hatchback who raced along lower Swan Pond Road towards Over one early evening in June, causing a driver exitting Middle Fen Drove to emergency brake, and the driver of the red Vauxhall Corsa who thought it clever to race along Middle Watch again early one evening, cross the white line and School Lane roundabout the WRONG WAY round and and continue along the wrong side of the High Street, with a sharp braking turn into into Turnbridge Court on the left, you were were both spotted and we are watching you. Continue driving in that manner and further action will be taken and your registration numbers will be noted and passed on. Your passengers may have been impressed but nobody else was.
Guided Bus
Nothing to add at the moment. We are awaiting the Public Inquiry in autumn.
Traffic Calming
Again, nothing to add. We keep reporting the non-working speed indicator in Boxworth End..., and are waiting for the rest of the work to begin.
Middle Fen Drove
We are chasing South Cambs District Council as work to regrade this drove's surface, putting a camber on it so water can drain off sides inside of creating potholes, was due for "early summer" which is now long past.
SVC Prom Celebration Night
Thanks to village handyman Trevor and also Denise and other residents who did stirling work in volunteering their time on the morning of Sunday 27 June to clear up the broken glass and other debris left on the recreation green and other areas by prom celebrators of the previous night.
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