This meeting is open to the public and is an opportunity for residents to ehar about the events that have taken place over the past twelve months and what is planned for 2013. County councillor Helyn Clack will be attending with a representative from Surrey Highways to give up to date information on project Horizon, Surrey County Council’s new five year approach to road maintenance planning, and how it will be implemented for our local roads.
Jackie Coke, Clerk to the Council 01306-712447
The Mole Valley District Council is under pressure from central government to find areas withing the Green Belt for building new homes, in order to meet stringent targets. About 75% of the Mole Valley is within the Green Belt which surrrounds London, its aim to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently free from developent. The Mole Valley District Council is reviewing the Green Belt boundary, as there has to be enough land available for 3,760 new homes in the period of 2006-2026. Around 1500 of these have already been built, almost entirely within the Mole Valley’s towns and larger villages. There is no longer enough land available within these areas to accommodate the remaining homes that have to be built. The only available land is currently in the Green Belt and capel is on its very southern edge. What will be the result in Capel and in Beare Green if the Green Belt boundary is moved northwards?
The Parish Council will be discussing the situation at its meeting on March 18th. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting. There will be a 10-minute slot for questions at the Beginning. The Parish Council will prepare a written reponse for the Mole Valley District Council by March 18th, unlikley to be in time for the April issue of the Magazine.
The Mole Valley’s Green Blet boundary review document is available to view and comment on by visiting www.molevalley.gov.uk/localplans, or visiting the Council Offices in Dorking or Dorking Library. You can also contact Mole Valley (01306 88501) or email planning.policy@molevalley.gov.uk.
Three 10ft disease-resistant Elm trees have been planted in the Parish in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – one in Capel on Misbrooks Green, one on the Beare Green close the Pavilion Car Park and one in Coldharbour opposite the Plough Inn.
The Parish Council is very grateful to the Surrey County Council Local Committee for giving a grant of £250 wotards the cost of the trees and their planting. Appropriate tree labels will be attached in due course.
Jackie Coke, Clerk to the Council 01306 712447
This sign was demolished some years ago and although attempts have been made to get it replaced these have not been successful. However. Highways have ordered a new sign which will be delivered and put in place early in the new financial year.
Jackie Coke – Clerk to the Council 01306-712447
As anyone living in or travelling through Cape! village will know the cable laying works which started in January 2012 with an end date of March 2012 are still on-going. The lack of communication about what is happening and when the works will be complete is extremely frustrating for everyone particularly for those people living near the two current areas of digging.
I have recently spoken to Biffa regarding the matter and I am waiting for them to give me an end date to what they are calling ‘making corrections to the pipe they have already laid’.
Jackie Coke – Clerk to the Council 01306-712447
The Annual General Meeting of the Society takes place on Tuesday 13th November at Capel Village Memorial Hall starting at 7pm.
It will start with a talk by Geoff Hawkins, followed by a break and then the AGM itself. This is your chance to hear about the Society and an opportunity to put forward any ideas you may have. The Officers and Committee are elected at this meeting, so if you would like to come and join the Committee please let us know and we will put your name forward. (Contact Jackie Coke, tel 01306711098, email: jackie.coke@btconnect.com
As from the beginning of September Mole Valley’s Kerbside collection service has been extended to include textiles and small electrical items. Textiles will be collected on recycling week, electrical items on refuse week. The items should be placed in a carrier bag, tied up tightly and placed beside the appropriate bin. Both materials are taken back to the Council’s Dorking depot and then sent onwards for processing and recycling.
Also, in addition to plastic bottles, plastic food trays pots and tubs can be placed directly into recycling bins (or sacks for properties using sacks) along with the existing mix of recycling (glass bottles/ jars, paper, card and metal tins and cans).
Textiles include paired shoes, curtains and bed sheets, clothes (in any condition) blankets and towels.
Recycling old or broken small eleectrical items including irons, kettles, toasters, and other small kitchen appliances and power tools. Hairdryers, hair clippers, hair straighteners, smoke detectors and thermostats. Radios, alarms, mini Hi-Fi’s CD/MP3 Players, clocks, calculators and torches. Mobile Phones, remote controls, cameras and charges. Small electronic toys (remote control cars), household batteries, mobile phone and laptop batteries are included. However No TV’s and monitors, No Large appliances and No fridges or freezers are accepted.
Jackie Coke, Parish Clerk – 01306 – 712447
The Parish Council understands that Capel Post Office will reopen as a Post Office Local Service on Tuesday 9th October 2012.
Gatwick Airport has recently started a consultation, which the Parish Council will be responding to, on the introduction of a new way of making sure aircraft follow as closely as possible the departure routes they are required to keep to after they take off from the airport.
The new system is called P-RNAV (Precision Area Navigation) This is a navigation system that enables a track of keeping accuracy of +/- 1 nautical mile compared with +/- 5 nautical miles which is the next best standard. P-RNAV will mean that the dispersion of departing aircraft will become more concentrate than before ( until they are at 4,000 feet and can be vectored by Air Traffic Control as is current operational practice) with the result that some residents will be overflown less, while others will be overflown more and therefore the noise impact will be redistributed. Members of the public can view documents and take part in the consultation on
The Parish Council has been informed that the result of the Inquiry will be announced on Monday 15th October.