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Waste Collection Industrial Action

GMB Union members based at two Wealden depots have not agreed to a pay offer from WDC waste collection and street cleansing contractor Biffa.  WDC have been informed by Biffa, that members of their workforce belonging to the GMB union intend to take strike action from Monday 2nd May over pay.
Whilst Biffa continue to negotiate with the GMB union and the staff involved to reach a fair settlement, this action will inevitably impact on the waste collection and street cleansing services they are able to operate across the District.
WDC are continuing to work with Biffa’s management to reduce the impact on services and updates will be made to the Council’s website daily from Monday.
See Wealden District Council update:

https://www.wealden.gov.uk/waste-industrial-action/?fbclid=IwAR3boCnKd4RWRaHp5CpQDEXbYQNhLhZvV149K-UmryuGCfEgB5kw-37WWHU

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Grants to Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Organisations 2022/2023

Transparency

Grants to Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Organisations

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. This can be achieved by either:

  • Tagging and hence specifically identifying transactions which relate to voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations within published data on expenditure over £500 or published procurement information, or
  • By publishing a separate list or register

For each identified grant, the following information must be published as a minimum:

  • Date the grant was awarded
  • Time period for which the grant has been given
  • Local authority department which has awarded the grant
  • Beneficiary
  • Beneficiary’s registration number (where applicable)
  • Summary of the purpose of the grant
  • Amount

 

Name of Organisation Amount Awarded in 2022/2023
Kent, Sussex & Surrey Air Ambulance £100
Wealden Citizens Advice £150
Hadlow Down Parish Magazine £600
Hadlow Down Village Hall £200
Hadlow Down Playing Field Committee £1,820
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Dog Faeces in the Playing Field

If you are a dog owner are you worthy to be called a member of the Hadlow Down community!
Parents are advised to be vigilant when supervising their children in the play area of the Village Playing Field.  There have recently been a number of reports of dog fouling in the village amenity where a dog owner/s is committing an offence by not immediately picking up and taking away their dog’s faeces .
On Sunday the 17th. April a 4  year old child came into contact with a considerable amount of mess left in the play area.  The parents say that they would like to thank the people in the New Inn for helping to clean the child up and console him.
It is an offence under the the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 not to pick up dog faeces. and anyone witnessing the offence can report it to Wealden District Council.
If you see a dog owner allowing their dog to foul and not picking it up please note down as many details as you can that might help us to identify them.  The following information is needed to commence an investigation:

  • date and time of incident
  • location of incident
  • description of person in charge of the dog
  • description of the dog
  • name and/or address of person in charge of the dog

The current fixed penalty fine is £80. If a person refuses to pay they can be taken to the local Magistrates Court for the dog fouling offence and fined up to £1,000.

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St Mark’s Church News for May 2022

Well, spring seems to have arrived now, and St. Mark’s churchyard is resplendent with daffodils and primroses. They are such a welcoming sight as you walk through.  They are a reminder of the new life that Jesus came to bring us.

The Sussex Wildlife Trust has been taking an interest in the churchyard, because we have several special species of plants there, especially green winged orchids and wax caps.  Members of the organisation came and worked hard, one morning, clearing specific areas and giving us advice as to how to manage the churchyard and give the various plants the best opportunity to survive and flourish.   We will be following that advice now.
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H D Book Club Review – Anything is Possible

Anything is possible. No one understands how far you can push your body to the limit and I like to play with that’ (Walt Disney)

About three years ago we read My name is Lucy Barton  by Elizabeth Strout (2016), a novel about a now successful writer beginning to come to terms with her deprived and abusive childhood through conversations with her mother as Lucy lies severely ill in hospital. This month’s book Anything is Possible (2017) follows that novel, but is in the form of a series of interconnected stories about characters from Lucy’s rural hometown of Amgash Illinois.
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Notifications to be discussed at 3rd May 2022 HD Annual meeting

WD/2022/0611/FA – VALE FARM, DOG KENNEL LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4EL
Description: REMOVAL OF CONDITION 6 (AGRICULTURAL OCCUPANCY CONDITION) FROM WD/1984/3791/F (SINGLE PRIVATE DWELLING).
Link to documents on web: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d157216

WD/2022/0123/F – NORTH DOWN CHRISTMAS TREE PLANTATION, MAYFIELD ROAD, FIVE ASHES, TN20 6JG
Description:  proposed conversion of redundant barn to a single residential dwelling together with associated provision of residential curtilage, parking and landscaping.
Link to documents on web: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=156623

WD/2022/0521/F – BRICK KILN FARM, BRICK KILN LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4EJ
Description:  10m x 5m swimming pool, with a 3.5m x 2.5 m pool house, to house the pump room, with simple stone tile surrounds.
Link to documents on web: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d157103