Richard Digby Day interviews Joan Plowright at 3:00pm on Saturday April 26th — click here to book for the event.
Latest News of Local Interest
Poynings Cricket Club
Although Fulking hosts a very serious cricket club with a superb pitch close to the centre of the village, there is no ‘Fulking Cricket Club’ as such. But Poynings does have a village club and they are actively looking for new players for league or social cricket. Their senior team starts outdoor training at the Poynings cricket field on 14th April. If you think you might be interested in joining the club, click the image above for more information and contact the club captain Gary Wallis-Tayler:
Rushfields Thirty Year Anniversary Weekend
Attractions include:
- 30% off all plants, along with discounts on various products across the store;
- A bee keeper with a hive of bees that can be viewed through a glass panel, he will be able to answer all questions relating to bee keeping and the many products that can be made from the honey;
- A chiropractor from Falcon Health to tell you how to treat or avoid pulls and strains caused by overdoing it in the garden;
- Free tastings of award winning products in the farm shop;
- Free face painting and glitter tattoos (for children);
- A raffle for the Martlets Hospice.
Fulking Parish Council – Planning Meeting
Fulking Parish Council will hold a Planning Meeting on Wednesday 16th April 2014 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall to consider the following planning applications:
SDNP/14/01601/FUL Timbers, Clappers Lane, Fulking, Henfield BN5 9NJ
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new 5 bedroom house.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park website — here.
SDNP/14/01350/TCA Shepherd and Dog Inn, The Street, Fulking, Henfield BN5 9LU
- Remove dead limbs and tidy up the two large ash trees in this section, because of risk to people sitting beneath and to improve the quality of this area. Coppice the hazel and lower shrubs along field bank to improve views across the South Downs. Clear the stream side border adjoining car park and replant with more suitable/inviting plants.
- Remove dead wood from large ash tree for safety reasons. Remove 50% of cherry saplings surrounding the base of said large ash.
- Lower trees/shrubs along the far bank of the stream to enhance the quality of the views of the South Downs and to generally tidy this whole area up. Thin the crowns of the trees surrounding the child’s play area to allow more natural light through.
- Would like to scrub clear this whole area and remove mixed tree saplings to allow some to become mature stand alone trees. This area is overgrown and not too pleasing to the eye in its surroundings.
- Would like to clear the front of the bank to the rear of the public house, some of the vegetation is starting to touch the roof of this grade two listed building and would like to remove it before it becomes more do an issue. These works would also improve access behind the building.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park website — here.
Members of the press and public are invited to attend. Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting for two minutes, by prior arrangement with the Clerk at least 1 hour before the meeting. No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Andrea Dickson, Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060 / andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com
Southwick Tunnel closures
Both carriageways of the A27 will be closed between the junctions with the A293 and the A270, due to roadworks, between 8:00pm and 5:00am, from 11th April 2014 to 13th April 2014. The A27 is also closed overnight in Worthing until the 13th April. Slightly more information here.
Cycling from Shoreham
As from the beginning of this month, mountain bikes can be hired in Shoreham as well as at Hassocks. A visitor to Fulking can arrive at Shoreham by train, walk to AOAC, hire a heavily subsidised mountain bike, cycle north on the Downs Link, then turn east on the South Downs Way. Such a route avoids the road system almost entirely.
Seedling Sunday – 11th May 2014
11th May 2014 — 11:00am till 3:00pm in the Village Hall
Come and buy or swap seedlings, vegetables and flowers and have tea and cakes.
Chris Gildersleeve, 552
Fulking Public Path 4f – Proposal to divert public footpath
Fulking Public Path 4f – Part Diversion Order is now being formally re-advertised during the period 27th March 2014 to 24th April 2014. Click the map above to download a four page PDF of the order. You can see the original advertisement here.
To make any comments or objections (by the deadline of 24th April 2014), email West Sussex Legal Services here or write to:
Legal Services (Reference CL/FP 4f)
County Hall
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RQ
Andrea Dickson, Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060 / andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com