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Planning Meeting

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Broadreeds
You are cordially invited to an online Extraordinary Meeting of Fulking Parish Council, on Thursday 1st October 2020 at 7.00pm via Microsoft Teams, the meeting will consider the items set out below. 

Miles Firth – Chairman  

AGENDA 

Public Participation: There will be a period of 15 minutes set aside at the beginning of the meeting for the public to ask questions or make comments on items on the Agenda. Comments on items not appearing on the agenda can be made at the chairman’s discretion.  

20/064/PM.          Apologies for Absence. 

20/065/PM.          Declaration of Members’ Interests. 

20/066/PM.          Planning matters 

Planning Application:  SDNP/20/03810/HOUS  Location: Broadreeds The Street Fulking BN5 9LU

Proposal: Rear extension (demolish existing orangery) 

20/067/PM.         Planning Matters 

Planning Application: SDNP/20/03696/FUL Location: 1 Paythorne Farm Cottages Edburton Road Fulking BN5 9LP

Proposal: Change of Use to Holiday Let. 

If you would like to join the online meeting, then please email Trevor Parsons, our Clerk at parishclerk@fulking.net and he will email you the link and invite.

Date of the next Ordinary Meeting: Thursday 8th October 2020 via Microsoft Teams. 

Planning Meeting – Perching Sands Farmhouse

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Perching Sands Farmhouse
You are cordially invited to an online Extraordinary Meeting of Fulking Parish Council, on Tuesday 15th September 2020 at 7.00pm, the meeting will consider only the items set out below. If you would like to attend please contact Trevor Parsons, Parish Clerk email: parishclerk@fulking.net.

Miles Firth – Chairman  

 AGENDA 

Public Participation: There will be a period of 15 minutes set aside at the beginning of the meeting for the public to ask questions or make comments on items on the Agenda. Comments on items not appearing on the agenda can be made at the chairman’s discretion.  

20/061/PM.          Apologies for Absence. 

20/062/PM.          Declaration of Members’ Interests. 

20/063/PM.          Planning matters

SDNP/20/03461/HOUS – Location: Perching Sands Farmhouse Fulking BN5 9LS Proposal: Replacement of ground floor bay and window alterations. Ground floor side extension and 2 storey addition 

Date of the next Ordinary Meeting: Thursday 8th October 2020 via Teams

Bobservation No. 72: Fame & COVID

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International Fame at Last!
I really never know whether any villager reads my monthly ramblings but it was a tremendous joy to be told by Becky Loveless that her colleague Hannah Clancy of Buffalo, NY, USA was a fan and indeed actually reads Bobservation each month. I have taken it upon myself to award the first International Honorary Fulking Villager to her. She was delighted to receive the honour and intends visiting Fulking when the Coronavirus eventually abates. It would be very interesting to know if any other supporters exist. Please let me know if you do. Subject to the most onerous investigations you may even qualify for a similar award!

Covid-19
This virus has pretty well put a stop to most social activities in the village. Observing distancing recommendations the ‘Whats app’ Quotation Friends and Community Skill Swap seem to have been successful. Some of us have got together 2 metres apart for a glass or two of wine simplified by the lack of rain and heatwave. In addition to these, yoga has continued in the North Town Field or via ‘Zoom’.  At present the possibility of holding a Christmas party looks remote. I have my fingers crossed for next year’s fair on Sunday 25 July. I notice the annual Henfield Fair is taking place but I cannot imagine how social distancing and wearing masks will be applied, as it happened the weather was terrible for the whole three days of the event! General opinion seems to be that another surge will happen in the autumn if not before and so I do implore all villagers not to let standards drop. Facemasks and social distancing do make a difference to the safety of our community.

Fulking Village Archives
The village archives have just received a programme of the Edburton and Fulking Garden Fete held on Wednesday June 26 1946. Lee Holden discovered it amongst some family papers, the connection being his grandmother who arranged ‘mimes and music’ by the Henfield players. The archives are currently in the care of Terry and Linda Harris who kindly look after them and are quite happy to make them available to villagers.

Alleged road closure

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cyclist injuries

Edburton Road, Fulking: Carriageway pothole repairs. Road Closure.
West Sussex Highways — September 2nd to September 3rd.

If you have ever wondered about the competence of government statisticians, then consider the plausibility and likely accuracy of the ‘Slight’ component of this graphic.

South Downs News, August issue

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South Downs Newsletter August 2020
Younger readers may recall Pan’s People. This issue leads with a page and a half on PANN (People and Nature Network). There’s a report, of course (reports are what the SDNPA does), and a plan to extend “green infrastructure” into the seedy urban areas — aka “coastal communities” — that straggle along the Hampshire and Sussex coast. A cute picture of a baby sand lizard advertises a family event in Petersfield. There are a couple of surveys and a couple of reports of institutional beneficiaries of John Major’s cunning plan to transfer resources from the poor to the not-so-poor (the National Lottery). The cultural material includes an interesting biographical item on the writer Eleanor Farjeon; an advert for a set of rather competent-looking wildlife art postcards by children (if you want a set, you’ll just have to drive to the South Downs Centre in Midhurst); notice of a September exhibition by Gordon Rushmer in Petworth; and news of a downloadable audio version of Sara Clifford’s Cherry Soup. Fewer virtual events but altogether too much material about Petersfield.

Bobservation No. 71: Summer At Furzefield

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The months of June and July have brought a quite exceptional display of growth in our garden at Furzefield.

We have, over the years, planted with bees and butterflies in mind and so far this summer we have recorded butterflies as follows: Brimstone, Comma, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Orange Tip, Painted Lady,  Peacock, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Small Copper, Small Heath, Small Skipper, Small Tort, Small White, Speckled wood, Silver washed Fritillary, and Wall Brown.

As for birds we average about 29 species each week and I expect many of you will have joined us in getting exciting views of the Red Kite which is fast becoming a regular.

We have found that our insect visitors have greatly increased as a result of letting lawn grow longer to encourage clover etc. It has been a great summer in the ‘veg patch’ but it was quite an effort to keep watering adequately. The downside is a very annoying Roe Deer that keeps eating our rose buds!