The Parish Council understands that Capel Post Office will reopen as a Post Office Local Service on Tuesday 9th October 2012.
Category Archives: Capel Parish Council Notes
Gatwick Airport
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
Europa Oil Inquiry, Bury Hill Woods, (Coldharbour)
The Parish Council has been informed that the result of the Inquiry will be announced on Monday 15th October.
Capel Post Office
At the time of writing we understand that the Capel Post Office will be signing an agreement with the Post Office to change to the new Post Office Local service as from the beginning of October. It is hoped that in the interim some arrangement can be reached which keeps the Post Office open in its current premises.
Post Office Local is a new concept for delivering post Office services from premises of an established outlet. The service will operate from a newly formatted open plan counter that will offer a wide range of Post Office services alongside retail transactions. The Carters store will offer a large selection of convenience products and Post Office customers will benefit from extended opening hours including Saturday afternoon and earlier opening times throughout the week (Monday to Saturday 7:00am to 7:00pm) The Post Office will close on Sundays.
Highways Matters
The Parish Council is dismayed at the lack of facilities that Surrey Highways has access to in terms of keeping the parish road gullies in working order. Many of the gullies in The Street and Vicarage Lane, Capel and elsewhere in the Parish, are blocked and have been so for several months despite having been logged several times on the SCC Call Centre and website. The Parish Council has written to the Surrey County Council Local committee asking for funds to be made available for further investment in gully emptying and Jetta equipment to stop the continuous streams of water flooding down our roads.
Jackie Coke – 01306 712447
Europa Oil Inquiry, Bury Hill Woods, (Coldharbour)
Capel Parish Council submitted strong Statements on highways and transport matters and a Statement relating to Planning Matters to the Europa Oil inquiry held during July. The Council was cross-examined regarding the highways and transport matters (which largely related to the effects the installation of an oil platform would have on Coldharbour Lane and Knoll Road in Dorking). The result of the Inquiry will not be known for several weeks.
Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC)
A recent Press Release from GACC states that Business organisations and the national press have castigated the Government for the delay in putting forward ideas on where new runways should be built or how the UK can maintain its hub airport status. According to GACC there are currently plenty of slots available at Gatwick and Stansted, and the London airports will not be full until 2030, or well beyond then if the recession continues or oil prices rise. GACC has said that there is no space for a new runway – or at least not one that could operate efficiently – let alone space for a large hub airport and that the company owning Gatwick has expressed doubts about investing in a multi-billion pound runway project with an uncertain commercial return. Please see www.gacc.org.uk for the full statement.
Jackie Coke – 01306 712447
Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
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The Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign have just released a press release about the Master Plan for the Gatwick Runway and also a document about the Economics of future Gatwick Airport development.
The following documents can be downloaded below.
Click Here To Download – Press Release – Master Plan July 2012
Street Signs
Mole Valley engineers have agreed to repaint the wording and background on the Mortimer Road street name plates. It seems this is common practice now as new plates are too expensive and of poorer quality. The existing plates will shortly be removed and temporary signs installed during the repainting.
Jackie Coke – 01306 712447
Highways matters – Speed reductions.
Surrey County Council has issued a notice to that it intends to reduce the existing maximum speed limit of 60MPH imposed in 1996 to a 50MPH maximum speed limit on that length of Dorking Road (A24) Holmwood which extends from its junction with the Holmwood roundabout to the Beare Green roundabout, including the entire length of the circulatory carriageway comprise in the Beare Green roundabout.
SCC intend to impose a 50 MPH maximum speed limit on that length of Bognor Road/ Ockley Road (A29), Beare Green which extends from its junction at the Beare Green Roundabout south-westwards and then southwards to a point 123 metres south-west and then south of the westernmost edge of the carriageway of Henhurst Cross Lane (D297) (at its junction with Bognor Road/ Ockley Road A29.)
A copy of the proposed Speed Limit Order together with plans showing the roads to which the order relates are available for viewing at the Help Desk in Mole Valley District Council’s offices at Pipbrook in Dorking. The objection period expires on Friday 29th June.
Jackie Coke – 01306 712447