Category: Parish Council

Community Speed Watch

obookStourpaine Parish Council is currently considering taking part in the Community Speed Watch (CSW) initiative. This will be in partnership with Dorset Police aimed at raising awareness of road users and encouraging speed reduction.

The initiative allows trained volunteers to monitor the driving behaviour of motorists in their area, if necessary passing on details to the Police.

The Stourpaine Parish Plan highlights the concerns of residents over road safety in the village, in particular the speed of traffic passing through on the A350 Shaston Road.

After Police Assurance Checks have been completed, CSW Volunteers will receive full training in the use of equipment. As and when CSW Volunteers carry out speed checks they will record how many vehicles were checked and how many were observed exceeding the speed limit threshold. This information is then sent to the Volunteer Support Team (VST) at Dorchester Police Station.

On the first two occasions that a vehicle is seen exceeding the speed the registered keeper will receive a warning letter. If the vehicle is observed for a third time, details will be passed to the local Dorset Police Safer Neighbourhood Team for further attention.

If you would like to be involved in this village initiative, or would like any further information, please contact:

Paul Clark – Parish Clerk
Stourpaine Parish Council
Telephone – (01258) 860460 or 07583 12082
Email – stourpaine@dorset-aptc.gov.uk

Stourpaine Parish Council – Vacancy for a Parish Councillor

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There is currently a vacancy on the parish council and current members would like to co-opt a new councillor to join them.

  • Are you over 18?
  • Do you live within three miles of Stourpaine or work here?
  • Are you on the Electoral Roll?
  • Are you interested in helping to improve the quality of life of your community?
  • Do you want to be involved in making important decisions in your community?

If you can answer yes to these questions then Stourpaine needs you.

Please contact Paul Clark – Parish Clerk if you would like to be considered for the position or need more information.

Paul Clark

Parish Clerk – Stourpaine Parish Council
Keepers Cottage
Holloway Lane
Shillingstone
Dorset
DT11 0SY
Telephone – (01258) 860460
Email – stourpaine@dorset-aptc.gov.uk

DT11 Forum Community Partnership AGM

Julie Wigg Community Resource Worker DT11 Forum Community Partnership 5 Nightingale Court, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7ED Tel: 01258 489998 julie@dt11forum.org.uk Office days: Tues, Wed, Thurs

DT11 Forum Community Partnership AGM

Held on Wednesday 10th April 2013 at 7.00pm,

 Durweston Village Hall

Agenda

  1. Welcome (tea and coffee available from 6:30pm)
  2. Apologies
  3. Minutes from AGM, held at Blandford Parish Centre on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at Blandford Parish Centre
  4. Chairman’s Annual Review
  5. Financial Statement
  6. Constitution and membership form
  7. Presentation from Steve Adamson on the Broadband project
  8. Brief from Nic Nicol regarding the Blandford Transport Action Group
  9. Brief from Jo Rose regarding Sowing Seeds
  10. Priorities 2012-2013
    1. North Dorset Broadband Project
    2. DT11 Forum Community Resource Centre
    3. Blandford Transport Action Group
    4. The Trailway
    5. The Fording Point
  11. Election of Officers
  12. Thanks and close.  Date of next meeting – Tuesday 11 June at Blandford Parish Centre 6.30pm for 7pm

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stourpaine.info | Stourpaine Community Services

Stourpaine

We are pleased to announce a new website page stourpaine.info | Stourpaine Community Services listing a large number of service providers for our community.

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Dorset County Council’s Grasscutting Regime

Rural cuts

Accident blackspots in the rural areas will also be cut six times from April to October. Other rural verges, including dual carriageways, will be cut twice during the same period.

Additional cuts

Towns, parishes and communities can do additional cuts between our cuts but they should
contact us to ensure they comply with our safety guidelines and avoid overlap and wasting
resources. We are providing training to existing lengthsmen so that they can take on some of this work, as negotiated with individual parishes.

Conservation verges

As usual, we will implement special cutting regimes on verges the Dorset Wildlife Trust has identified as special.

Dorset Highways aims to eradicate Japanese Knotweed and to control Common Ragwort, but resources are limited for weed control so progress is necessarily slow.

For more information about the county council’s cutting regime, please phone/email Dorset Direct on T: 01305 22 1020.