The community website of the village of Fulking, West Sussex
We should like to comment on Bobservation no. 2 – Preston Nomads, published in Pigeon Post at Christmas. The gist of it was that there had been a “mini-furore” over the recent licence application and that the club was architecturally attractive, wasn’t a nuisance and that we should “count our blessings and see if we cannot appreciate the club more”.
Parish CouncillorsElections for Parish councillors will be held, at the end of the four year term, on May 7th this year.
Parish councils are a chance for villagers to express their opinion on local matters through their elected representatives. The Parish Council has no political allegiance.
Fulking Parish Council normally has five councillors, which is the number expected to be elected next May and, so long as only five villagers put their names forward for election, they will become the Parish Council. If more than five villagers put their names forward there will be a ballot on the same day as the Parliamentary election. The councillors then elected will appoint a Chair and a Vice Chair of the Parish Council. Parish councillors are unpaid but the Parish Clerk who is appointed by the Parish Council is a paid employee. On the occasion of this election we will have a new Parish Clerk, Derek Blackhall, and the current Parish Clerk, Andrea Dickson, will be leaving us to take up another post.
Although very frustrating at times, the rewards are being involved with the democratic process at its primary level, learning a great deal about Fulking, getting to know many villagers, and deciding what is in the best interest of the parish. In my experience you will make many friends as well as a few enemies but the satisfaction is very real.
I do encourage you to think about it seriously. Nominations need to be made between March 30 and April 9 and details of how to apply will be on the village web-site.
Fulking deserves to be served by a sensible, dedicated Parish Council.
If you choose to stand you will not regret it.
A meeting will be held on Tuesday 3rd March at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, to discuss the handing over of the Lady Brook Spring project to the community. Planting and on-going maintenance of the area will also be discussed.
The PC was instrumental in obtaining a grant to improve Lady Brook Spring when there was a public outcry about the structure that highways had created. As the structural work has been completed by WSCC Community Volunteers and local residents it is now time think about planting and putting the finishing touches to the project.
Please contact Michael Trist at perching@btinternet.com if you are interested in becoming involved in this project.
The next Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th March 2015 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning applications will be discussed:-
SDNP/15/00563/LIS Customary Cottage The Street Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LU – Side extension
and
SDNP/15/00562/HOUS Customary Cottage The Street Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LU -Side extension
Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060
12 Turners Mill Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1NN
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com
Games evenings will be taking place from 7:30pm in the village hall on Friday February 27th and Friday March 20th. All welcome.
Residents of a techie disposition may find this interesting:
St. Andrew’s is the oldest building in the parish and the only one to be Grade I listed. Its history is also better documented than the farms and cottages that it has served. Over the following months there will be a series of posts about the history of the church and its rectors. We begin today with three that deal with the building itself: a report by F.A. Howe on the installation of the Keith Memorial Window written in 1951; an essay by Hugh B. Simeon (Rector of Edburton from 1928 until 1936) entitled Saxon Relics — Mass-Clocks (the church has four of these ancient time-keepers); and a very welcome guest post by John Allen, author and editor of Sussex Parish Churches which surveys the known Architectural History of the building.