West Parley Parish Council

There’s good news for residents living in East Dorset.  The  Millhams voucher scheme
has been extended to allow you increased access to the community recycling centre near
Kinson.
The expansion means new applicants will now be issued with 15 vouchers per year to
recycle household waste at the Millhams Community Recycling Centre, which is owned by
the borough council.
If you are an existing voucher holder you will automatically be sent nine additional
vouchers to enable you to access the facility more frequently.
If you are not an existing Voucher holder, you may apply for yours by contacting
Dorset County Council at the email address or phone numbers as below. 

Name: Waste Management Services
Email: waste@dorsetcc.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 225002
Fax: 01305 224961

See Planning Committee Agenda.

This is further to our announcement on 1 February 2010, that Tesco had confirmed their
intention of opening a Convenience Store in the near future.  When a definite opening
date is confirmed, this will be announced.

‘FOOTBALL FUSION’

This 3 day event is scheduled to be held at Bournemouth Sports Club, Chapelgate, on
6th, 7th & 8th August 2010.  It is a six-a-side knockout football competition, with
what is anticipated to be 300 teams participating. Organisers are expecting 12,000 -
15,000 visitors on each of the days and on-site camping facilities are to be made
available for up to 3,000 people. The event is to be promoted as ‘family
entertainment’, with other activities on site, including representation from the David
Beckham Football Academy. The football is to take place between 10am & 6pm daily,
followed by music in the evenings.

The Sports Club is, of course, situated within the domain of Christchurch Borough
Council, although East Dorset District Council, Environmental Section, have been made
aware of the proposed event.

The event could, of course, pass smoothly; However, as West Parley is situated within
‘spitting distance’ of the site, we will obviously have concerns – 2 issues that spring
immediately to mind are noise and traffic congestion.

Any comments/objections should be forwarded as soon as possible to:
The Licensing Officer
Christchurch Borough Council

LETTER OF OBJECTION FROM PARISH COUNCIL

W e s t  P a r l e y  P a r i s h  C o u n c i l
Chairman : Cllr. R Daw
Clerk to the Council:Mrs. S Starmer  
20 Gallows Drive
WestParley
Ferndown  						
Dorset
BH228RJ 						

Tel. 01202 579035

18th March 2010 

Dear Sir/Madam,

Bournemouth Sports Club
Proposed Event – ‘Football Fusion’ 6th, 7th & 8th August 2010 

We have recently been advised that Christchurch Borough Council is considering
granting a license for the above event. The Parish Council discussed this matter at
length last evening, and members have asked me to convey their strong objections.

Some 3,000+ residents of West Parley (and those of Hurn) are regularly forced to share
the entertainment at events held at Bournemouth Sports Club (ie. the Student’s Ball,
Rugby Sevens etc), with little recourse of redress. To be subjected to an onslaught of
some 15,000 additional visitors per day would undoubtedly bring the already congested
traffic situation at Parley Cross to a standstill. With this in mind we have major
concerns as to access to the site for emergency vehicles, should the need arise, and
more particularly to the airport, where unfettered access for such vehicles is of
paramount importance 24/7.

The Parish Council also expressed concerns regarding the safety of children, as no
doubt the nature of the event will attract unaccompanied young adults, particularly as
alcohol will be readily available.

We appreciate that this event will have minimal effect on the residents of
Christchurch Borough, but could have a major impact on residents of West Parley and the
surrounding area.

We are surprised that the site is being considered for this event, as there are far
more appropriate/suitable venues/facilities within the conurbation, ie. Canford Arena,
which is purpose built for such an event.

Please kindly advise me when the Hearing is scheduled to determine the application.

Yours faithfully,


Mrs S Starmer
Clerk to the Council						


The Licensing Officer
Christchurch Borough Council   	
The Civic Offices 						
Bridge Street
Christchurch
BH23 1AZ

The service will run hourly Monday to Saturday from 7am to 6pm. It will link
Bournemouth town centre and the railway station with Winton, Moordown, Parley, Ferndown
and West Moors.
Timetable may be easily accessed by clicking the Yellow Buses Link below.  The
complete route map is easily available on that same website.

The advanced notice of road improvement works signs were left in place in error.
Technical approval has not yet been obtained and the signs should be removed on the 1st
March. (today)
The latest estimate is that the road improvement works, including the technical layout
of the traffic lights, should now commence around the end of March.
The opening date of the new terminal should be June. Official opening date to be set.

Three access roads in east Dorset - Matchams Lane, Hurn Road and the B3073 Christchurch
Road in Hurn - will be resurfaced by Dorset County Council during March and April.

From Monday 1 March until Friday 19 March, Matchams Lane will be closed between 9am
and 5pm, Monday to Friday, to enable resurfacing to be carried out. A diversion route
will be signed via Boundary Lane, the A31 Ringwood Road, A348 Ringwood Road, A347 New
Road and B3073 Parley Lane.

The county council will maintain access to properties while the road is closed, with
staff positioned at each end of the closure, although vehicles may need to use the
diversion route via Boundary Lane for access.

Then, from Monday 22 March until Thursday 1 April, Hurn Road will be closed for
resurfacing between 9am and 5pm on weekdays. The signed diversion will be via Boundary
Lane and the A31.

Finally, between Monday 12 April and Friday 23 April, the B3073 Christchurch Road
between the Hurn mini-roundabout and the Blackwater Junction will be resurfaced. This
work will be carried out during the evening to keep disruption to a minimum. The road
will not be closed and traffic will be controlled using stop/go boards.

No work on these three roads will take place at the same time as the county council?s
preparatory verge clearance and reptile fencing works on the nearby A338 Bournemouth
Spur Road. Since last week, all work on the Spur Road requiring lane restrictions has
been done at night and will be completed by the end of this week. 

Matchams Lane and Hurn Road will not be signed by the county council as alternative
routes during the major renewal of the Spur Road, scheduled to start this autumn. A
decision by the Government on full funding for the £26m scheme is expected soon. 

Throughout these works, expected to take six months, one lane of each carriageway of
the Spur Road between Ashley Heath and Cooper Dean will remain open and the official
alternative route will be via the main ?A? 
roads. Christchurch Road will be one of the signed alternative routes for traffic to
Bournemouth International Airport. 

However, it is anticipated that Matchams Lane and Hurn Road will carry more traffic
than usual during the A338 works. The county council is taking this opportunity to
carry out these much-needed repairs to all three roads, which are currently in poor
condition. 

For more information on the Spur Road maintenance scheme, including details of signed
alternative routes, go to http://www.dorsetforyou.com/bournemouthspurroad

OBITUARY
(as recalled by Mrs Una Gilson, former Clerk to the Council)

Mr Norman King, Aged 88 years; passed away 12th February 2010 in Royal Bournemouth
Hospital, following a long illness. A funeral service will take place on Friday, 26th
February 2010, 2pm, at Poole Crematorium. Flowers welcome; donations, if desired, by
cheque only, payable to ‘Alzheimer’s Society’, c/o Co-Operative Funeral Care, 366
Ringwood Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH12 9LT.
Mr King, known as ‘Norman’ to many residents, was a familiar figure walking his dog
(in recent times, a black Labrador) for several hours, over several miles, daily around
West Parley, until he became ill in the latter part of 2009. Norman was friendly,
outgoing, always ready for a chat and willing to lend a hand, when possible, to anyone
experiencing problems.
Mr. King served on the Parish Council for approximately 15 years, retiring in 1991.
During his time on the Council, and for a long period afterwards, he undertook repairs
and maintenance of equipment in the Children’s Play Area, refurbishing parish seats
etc., all at a nominal cost to the Council. Mr and Mrs King also jointly undertook
responsibility for regular cleaning and interior maintenance of the Bus Shelter at
Parley Cross for several years after Norman’s retirement from the Council.
Norman was a font of information on activities within the Parish, both historical and
current, and kept a close eye on any new development and proposed projects,
particularly in the ‘village’ as he called it – ie. the area of the parish ‘Hurn side’
of Parley Cross.
From information available, Norman lived most of his life in the Kinson/West Parley
area, apart from time spent in H.M. Forces during the war years.  He married Hilda, who
was a Land Girl, over 60 years ago, and they had 3 sons.
Mr. King will be remembered by long standing members of St. Marks Church, having been
a member of the ‘Carpet Bowls Club’. In latter years, a source of great pride and joy
to Norman was his garden, which was always immaculate, and proved to be an enjoyable
and rewarding pastime throughout his retirement.
Norman was one of the oldest stalwarts in the parish and fiercely proud of ‘West
Parley’ – those who knew him well will miss his jovial laugh and the demonstrative
displays of exasperation should a decision be taken with which he disagreed!
West Parley has lost a true ally, who will be sadly missed.

Commencing Monday 22 February 2010, for approximately sixteen weeks, road works in
connection with imrovements to this busy junction are likely to affect traffic flow
between Parley Cross and Hurn Lane.

West Parley Memorial Hall - Interior of Main Hall

The next meeting of the Memorial Hall Management Committee will take place on 
THURSDAY, 4 FEBRUARY, 2010 - AT 7:30PM.
It will be held, as usual, in the Committee Room - to rear of building.

AGENDA
1 Apologies
2 Minutes
3 Matters arising
4 Correspondence
5 Treasurer's Report
6 Any other business