Goldshaw Booth Parish Council
Village Cleaning, Speeding, CCTV, History Boards...
The promise of Spring has kept many of us going this last month and at our February meeting we were heartened to discuss two village clean up dates and projects to tackle. The dates are Sunday 8th March and Sunday 12th April, between 11am and 1pm, meeting at the Pavillion at the top of the playing field in Newchurch.
We’d be delighted to see as many residents as possible joining the Parish Council for these events, and depending on numbers, the projects will include collecting tree guards from Sparable Wood (these will be recycled through a collection point in Skipton), clearing the creeping edges on the tarmac on the path from Gorrell Close to the school, and weeding the long bed which borders the path by the side of the top playing field. Plus there’s plenty of roadside weeding, general tidying and litter picking. Electricity North West will also be out in the Parish over the next few weeks, felling and pruning some trees which are too close to the power lines.
It was great to have PCSO Alan Fielding attend our February meeting to discuss a range of new initiatives to help reduce vehicle speeding incidents. He is hoping to get local school children involved in a project to monitor the speeds of vehicles passing the school, and will be asking them to design an anti-speeding poster for the roadsides. If you are interested in participating, look out for a forthcoming appeal for speed volunteers – further information to follow.
Continuing on the theme of safety, the broken CCTV camera in Sabden Fold is currently being replaced and we are seeking funding to upgrade all of the Goldshaw Booth cameras with vehicle registration recognition software. If you need to view any CCTV footage, please request this from clerk@goldshawbooth.org.uk and be aware that requests need to be made within two weeks of the period to be viewed, as footage is over-written every 30 days.
We have recently applied for some funding to update and replace the information board in Newchurch, and to produce new information boards for Spenbrook and Sabden Fold. The content of the boards will be produced by Pendle Forest History Group and as part of this project, a speaker from the Group will be delivering a local history talk on Wednesday 25th March at 7pm in St Mary’s Church in Newchurch. It’s a free event and everyone is welcome, with tea, coffee and cakes served.
Finally a brief update on Spenbrook Mill. Despite the developers having recently been found guilty and fined for a breach of planning conditions, a number of significant issues remain outstanding on the site, including landscaping, relocation of the electricity substation, rebuilding of a stone perimeter wall, refurbishment of the old Spenbrook Mill gates and erection of road signs. Therefore the Parish Council, on behalf of the residents, will be asking Pendle Borough Council to consider alternative enforcement strategies, such as forced compliance and/or a confiscation order.