The Department of Transport is giving the SDNPA more than £5 million to create a network of cycle routes into and around the South Downs National Park, including improvements to routes in Hampshire, extensions to routes in West Sussex, and the creation of new routes out of Brighton and around East Sussex. Routes that incorporate railway stations will get particular attention. Implementation is intended to take two years. Further details are due soon.
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Community Bus Service – The End?
We have just received this note from Peter Gibbons, Hurst & Hassocks Community Bus Association.
“I very much regret to have to tell you that we have had to cease all operations of our bus forthwith due to us being unable to obtain vehicle insurance on our bus. Our insurer has declined to offer to renewal terms and other specialist insurers have also declined to offer us insurance.
As a consequence of this we have had to cease all our operations.
Unfortunately the decision of our insurance company was outside our control but at this stage we can do nothing about it. If in the future a community bus service can be restored to the village, I will endeavour to let you know.
Please accept my sincere apologies for this on behalf of the Hurst & Hassocks Community Bus Association.
Regards
Peter Gibbons
Hurst & Hassocks Community Bus Association”
West Sussex Gazette report here.
“Old red telephone box .. converted into tourist information kiosk”
This former BT telephone kiosk was installed decades ago in .. a hamlet nestling in the South Downs .. For years it remained unused, .. It has now undergone months of restoration work and now displays a large-scale map of the area with details of local places of interest and local amenities. It would also dispense leaflets and brochures provided by the South Downs National Park Authority, various institutions and by businesses in the vicinity.
Small Dole Horticultural Society Summer Show
The show will be held on Saturday August 17th 2013 in the Mackley Sports Field. The show is open from 1.30pm, entry to the marquee commences at 2pm and the show will close at 5pm. There will be stalls from local charities and societies, childrens’ amusements, music from the Patcham Silver Band and refreshments. The marquee will hold the displays of local produce, handicrafts, photography and cooking that will be judged as part of the show’s events.
Back to the spring
9:20am: It looks as if Fulking has lost mains water again.
9:40am: Restored.
Village Action Plan Group meeting
The Village Action Plan Group will have its annual meeting on Thursday 15th August.
As the Plan is a living document, various actions are achieved throughout the year or are superseded by other developments and this meeting will review any progress and agree any new actions.
Please feel free to attend even if you haven’t been before.
The current plan can be found here on the village website in the section ‘About our Village’ or click here.
Kate Watson
Chair
Fulking Parish Council
More news from Fernhurst
Happy Jack
Your Voice – Your National Park
We are in the exciting final stages of creating a Partnership Management Plan for the South Downs, setting out the priorities for everyone who lives in, works in, and visits the National Park. This is an important strategic document containing policies to ensure that iconic landscapes and wildlife are enjoyed, valued and cared for, and that communities and the local economy thrive.
Many of you may already have been involved with helping us shape the Partnership Management Plan, either through surveys, workshops, sending us a ‘Postcard for the Future’, contributing to the on-line forum or talking to us at shows and events.
For others it may be the first time you are reading this material, and this will be a chance to see if you agree with the work that has gone before.
The final draft of the South Downs National Park Partnership Management Plan is now available for consultation and we are seeking your views on this document.
The public consultation, ‘Your Voice, Your National Park’ will run until 16 September 2013.
This is your chance to let us know if you think the Partnership Management Plan will take the National Park in the right direction, and also to tell us how you might be part of this journey.
To take a look at the plan, and give us your views please go to www.southdowns.gov.uk/managementplan
We are encouraging people to respond electronically if at all possible to save paper, but if you prefer to receive a copy of the Management Plan and survey by post, email your name and postal address to managementplan@southdowns.gov.uk or write to us at :-
Management Plan Consultation,
SDNPA,
Hatton House,
Bepton Road,
Midhurst,
West Sussex,
GU29 9LU
A different animal
