Edburton residents may be interested in these two new weekly bus services that will stop at Burrells. SH1 runs on Wednesdays between Partridge Green and Chichester, starting 4th September, and SH2 runs on Fridays between Crawley and Henfield, starting 6th September.
You can always check the public transport page for these and other current local bus services.
Trevor Beattie admitted the wrong tiles had been used on the roof. .. He said: “The tiles used on the roof of Capron House were not those specified in the planning consent. We have therefore asked that the tiles are replaced with those we initially specified, as soon as possible, at no additional cost to the SDNPA and no delay to the project.”
The Independent reports:
Plans for future wind farms in Britain could be in jeopardy after a United Nations legal tribunal ruled that the UK Government acted illegally by denying the public decision-making powers over their approval and the “necessary information” over their benefits or adverse effects.
The new ruling, agreed by a United Nations committee in Geneva, calls into question the legal validity of any further planning consent for all future wind-farm developments based on current policy, both onshore and offshore.
But this news does not seem to have reached the SDNPA and WSCC who are in dispute over who should sign off on the plans. The SDNPA, in particular, seems reluctant to approve the current plans on the grounds that they will cause “irreversible damage”. The Argus reports:
Keith Read, deputy director of planning for the South Downs National Park, said: “The SDNPA has significant concerns regarding proposals to build up to 175 wind turbines off the Sussex Coast. The plans would result in up to 420,000m² of disturbance to the national park’s landscapes, including some very sensitive areas such as the Bronze Age monument at Tottington Mount. We have submitted our concerns to the Planning Inspectorate regarding the proposed construction methods for the 14km of cable that would go through the national park.”
[Updated 29th August 2013]
The Local reports:
German inventors unveiled a drone carrying a defibrillator on Friday which they hope will be able to save the lives of heart attack patients. .. [They] hope that a drone will be able to deliver a defibrillator to revive the patient quicker than an ambulance. .. It has been designed to reach patients in remote areas and is activated by the emergency services or members of the public through a mobile phone app .. which when activated would start the drone and bring the defibrillator to the GPS coordinates of the patient. The downside is that the drone relies on someone being with the heart attack victim and having the app downloaded on their phone. .. The drone on display on Friday had eight rotor blades, a diameter of one metre and a flying distance of 15 kilometres. With the defibrillator it weighs 4.7 kg and costs €20,000.
Tony Brooks writes:
I would like to update all those who sponsored or purchased my book [Anthony R. Brooks (2008) The Changing Times of Fulking & Edburton. Chichester: RPM Print & Design] how the proceeds of £3,800 have been spent by the Church.
Originally it was earmarked for a new door to be added to the church entrance. After much thought the PCC decided that as the Church is used during the winter months twice a month for a maximum of two hours, money spent on a new door would not be cost effective. So a compromise was agreed:
- A warm air unit would be fitted over the church door inside.
- The entrance path to the church has been reshaped to include a patio to give more standing area.
I am pleased to say both projects are now complete.
[from Pigeon Post, August 2013]
Country Life does the history:
Set in 149 acres of lakeside gardens and grounds, pasture, deer park and woodland, the house, first mentioned in records of 1339 and 1434, has evolved over time around the core of a late-medieval stone building, of which only one storey survives, with an early-17th-century, timber-framed first floor above it.
According to its listing, the south parlour was rebuilt in the early 1700s as part of a new five-bay range running eastwards, and the entire house was refaced in about 1920, and extended to the east, west and north, in the revived Sussex Vernacular style, par timber-framed and part tile-hung. The park, restocked with deer by the current owners, who bought Woodmancote Place in 2002, was established in the late 19th century; the gardens around the house were laid out by Cheals of Crawley in 1923. As the chief manor house of the village, Woodmancote Place has had its share of famous-and infamous-owners.
In 1530, Woodmancote passed to Catherine, wife of Sir Edward Seymour, later Earl of Hertford and 1st Duke of Somerset, who was executed for treason in 1552. In 1531, Seymour sold the manor to Richard Bellingham, whose widow married George Goring, described as lord of the manor in 1560. For 200 years from 1693, the estate was owned by the industrious Dennett family, who extended the house and increased the farmland to 402 acres by 1840.
