Category: Notice

From Chair SPS – Planning Application

Planning Application: P/FUL/2022/06325, Bottom Road, Stourpaine.

Dear Resident,

Dorset Council Planning Department, have this week informed SPC that an application has been lodged to erect 14 dwellings on the site identified on land at Bottom Road. This would be affordable homes with vehicular access, parking and landscaping.

SPC will discuss this application at their next meeting on Tuesday 14th March at 7pm. Members of the public are warmly welcomed to hear councillors thoughts and take part in the discussions on the above subject.

Please review the application and reply to DC prior to the 27th March 2023.

Yours sincerely,
Scott Norman
Chair, Stourpaine Parish Council

Council approves a balanced budget which protects frontline services

Dorset Council’s budget of £348m for 2023-24 has been approved by councillors at the Full Council meeting on 14 February. This continues the council’s commitment to maintain frontline services, without the need for cuts to balance the budget. Dorset Council provides around 450 different services to just under 380,000 residents.
This year’s budget setting exercise took place against a national background of extreme pressures for councils. These pressures include the high level of inflation which affects the cost of delivering council services, and also the continued growth in need for social care services as a result of the ageing population.
Council tax will increase next year by just under 2% and the adult social care precept by 2%. This is less than the maximum 5% increase available to councils, as outlined in the Government’s Spending Review in December 2022. The increase is equivalent to £1.40 extra per week for a Band D property.
Cllr Gary Suttle, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Finance, Commercial and Capital Strategy, said:

“We have developed this balanced budget in a national context of significant financial challenge. Our overriding aim has been to protect the essential frontline council services on which local residents and businesses rely.
“The proposals do include a council tax increase; however, we have kept to it to the minimum possible despite the current high level of inflation. And we continue to provide a range of support for those residents hardest hit by the cost of living.
“Since becoming a unitary council in 2019, we have made efficiency savings of £76 million. This money has been reinvested to protect frontline services, including funding the growing need for adult social care with our ageing population. Our prudent budget management has meant that Dorset has not faced the same cuts to essential services as many other areas.
“However, we continue to lobby Government for fairer funding for Dorset so that we can reduce the burden on local taxpayers in future.”
Contact Information
Communications Team
comms@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
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Sylv’s Specs Open Day – Mon 17 October 2022

Sylv Fife is having an Open Day in her expanded shop at
Shaston House, Shaston Road,
Stourpaine,
Dorset DT11 8TA
next to the White Horse pub car park.

You are invited in to view her special offers on spectacles that day.

Also if you have the opportunity to pop in between 3 to 5 p.m., Sylv will be offering refreshments.

All Sylv needs is a heads up to get the catering right that you are coming and if you will be with any others. Email sylvsspecs@gmail.com or call 07912 425579 for an regular appointment or attendance at the Open Day.

www.sylvsspecs.com

#SaveSafely this winter

With living costs rising all the time, everyone is looking for ways to save some money, so Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is highlighting some areas where a saving could be a false economy – and a fire risk.

The Service is asking people to #SaveSafely, and there is a wealth of information about staying safe at home and on the roads at www.dwfire.org.uk/save-safely. This includes energy saving tips, cooking safely advice, how to stay warm safely, staying safe when cutting costs, cutting the costs of driving, and signposting to financial help.

Some top tips include:

  • Pulling something like electric heaters or electric blankets out of the loft, that haven’t been used for years, can be risky. Watch for signs of dangerous or loose wiring, such as scorch marks, hot plugs and sockets, fuses that often blow, or circuit breakers that trip for no obvious reasons.
  • If you’re drying clothes indoors rather than use a tumble dryer, keep them well away from the heat source so they can’t catch fire.
  • Air fryers and microwave ovens are great at saving energy when cooking, but please read the manufacturer’s instructions and keep them clean between uses.
  • Getting chimneys swept when you have a woodburner or open fire is essential to reduce the risk of chimney fires. Also be careful of what you burn; green (unseasoned) wood may seem cheap, but it doesn’t create much heat and it creates a residue that can easily catch alight within the chimney.
  • Get your boiler serviced – a well maintained boiler is more efficient and reduces the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • Only use the correct charger for mobile devices. Although it can be cheaper to buy imported and unofficial chargers, fake ones are often made with poor quality components that fail to meet UK safety regulations. This means they can cause injury, electric shocks and even fires.
  • Make sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions when using wheat bags – don’t heat them for too long, or at too high a temperature.

The Fire and Rescue Service offers free Safe & Well advice, which can include a home visit and the provision of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. To request this for yourself, a family member or a vulnerable person, please call 0800 038 2323 or visit www.dwfire.org.uk/safe-and-well-visits

Discount Code for Stourpaine Residents – Great Dorset Steam Fair

25 – 29 August 2022

The Great Dorset Steam Fair have given the Parish Council a 50% discount code that the first 260 applicants who apply for tickets online can use, the following rules apply.

Applicant must be a Stourpaine Resident
Maximum of 2 tickets per household

The discount code is: STOUR2022 and should be used at the discount code area at the checkout section on the site. Once the allotted number of tickets have been sold the code will become invalid and inaccessible as the allocation cap would have been reached. 

A link to the GDSF site  https://gdsf.ticketsrv.co.uk/content/84

I hope that you enjoy the show.

Regards
Jan Fairman
Stourpaine Parish Clerk

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Top up your Covid-19 Vaccination

Blandford Community Hospital is running a walk-in for Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday and Sunday, 18/19 June 2022. Please check if there are other dates arranged.

https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/our-services-hospitals/community-hospitals/blandford-community-hospital

The hospital details are;

 Address

Milldown Road
Blandford Forum
DT11 7DD

 Reception

01258 456541

 Matron

Helen Hunt

 Parking

Parking is available on-site and located at the rear of the hospital

The walk-in is signed from the side entrance going into the Out-Patients area.

Booking are also possible through the NHS Covid telephone number 119.

Planning application P/FUL/2022/02944

Planning Services
County Hall, Colliton Park
Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XJ
 01305 838336- Development Management
 01305 224289- Minerals & Waste
 www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

P – Stourpaine PC
Date: 18 May 2022
43 Portman Road
Pimperne
Dorset
DT11 8UJ

Ref: P/FUL/2022/02944
Support Officer: Amy Gould
Area: Northern
 01258 484244
 planningnorth@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Dear Sir/Madam

The above Full Planning Application has been received. You can view the application and any supporting documents here:
https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=387141
You will need to accept the terms and conditions to enter the online planning register
Any comments you wish to make should also be made through the website using the link: https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=387141
Using the link ensures your comments are processed efficiently.

If I do not hear from you by the 8 June 2022 the council will proceed to make a
recommendation. Our decision will be published on our website.

Yours sincerely
Amy Gould
Planning Technical Support Officer – Northern Team

Application No: P/FUL/2022/02944
Location: Land at Bottom Road Stourpaine Blandford DT11 8TF
Proposal: Erection of 9no. dwellings with garages & parking. Form
vehicular access & carry out highway works
Case Officer: To be allocated, please check the website for an update.

Storm Eunice – Friday 18 February 2022

DCC considers this information important:

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/emergencies-severe-weather/disrupted-services

As you may have seen, Storm Eunice is expected to hit Dorset this evening and into tomorrow.

The council has made the difficult decision to advise schools to close and has suspended many services tomorrow/on Friday as 100mph winds are predicted to hit the county from Thursday night into Friday morning and through to the evening.

To help keep yourselves and others safe, please consider the following:

  • Secure loose items in your garden, such as trampolines and furniture covers.
  • Consider whether you need to travel. If you don’t, it may be best to stay at home.
  • If you do have to travel, take extra care. Drive to the conditions and watch out for debris on the roads.
  • Spotted a tree down or another obstruction on the highway? Let us know using online.
  • For the latest weather forecast, please see the Met Office.
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