The bus service may cut out Dalton Piercy from its route if people do not make use of it, they are currently getting very few passengers from Dalton, and cannot justify running the service much longer without numbers improving. If you value the bus service use it or lose it.

If you would like to download a copy of the Village Green Draft Document, click here, or contact the Parish Council Clerk for a hard copy.

Village Consultation Meeting

Tuesday 4th – Village Hall at 7:30PM

DPPC Meeting

Thursday 13th – Village Hall at 7:30PM

Dalton Piercy Parish Council

A meeting of the council will be held on

Thursday 13^th March, 2014

 at 7.30 p.m.

in the Village Hall.

AGENDA

1 Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

3. To approve the minutes of the previous meeting

4. Public Participation

5. To consider any matters arising from those minutes

(i) Definitive Map (ii) Public Participation placement on agenda

6. Substantive Items

(i) Water on bridge (ii) Feedback from Village Improvement Consultation Group (March meeting) (iii) Easements (iv) Lease for village hall (v) May election applications (vi) grass cutting (vii) Batts/Teesside Wildlife Trust

7. Planning Applications

(i) Scoping opinion for residential development (South West Extension) comprising 2,780 residential units, retail (2, 499m2), public house/restaurant (500m2), petrol filling station, primary school (two form entry), medical centre (300m2) and associated infrastructure, landscape and ecological mitigation, public open space and access; Location: South West Hartlepool (ii) Screening opinion in respect of proposed residential development and local centre (1,200 to 2,250 dwellings); Location Land at High Tunstall south of Elwick Road, Hartlepool    

8. Financial Report

9. Correspondence

(i) Ken Holt application for allotment

10. New Agenda items

(i) John Proudlock letter to Wilpalm (ii) Paul’s Travel bus service (iii) Baxketh skip ordering

11. Any other Business

12. Date and Time of the next meeting

Thursday 10^th April, 2014 19:30pm

Signed:_________________________

Date:___________________

The McOrville Inn – Elwick

Thursday 13th  at 10.00AM – 12:00PM – Coffee Morning for World Kidney Awareness Day

Saturday 15th from 7:30PM – Live music, The Mad Haters to celebrate St. Patricks Day.

Sunday 30th March – Mothers day, reserve your table, mums receive a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink.

Elwick WI Hall Activities

Womens Institute – 1st Monday of the month 7-9:30pm.

Painting Class – Tuesdays 9:30am-12:30pm.

Young Farmers Club – Tuesdays fortnightly 7:30pm.

Craft morning – Wednesdays 10am-noon.

Whist – Wednesdays 7pm.

For Hall bookings please ring Mrs Sylvia Jobson: tel 01429 275340 or mob 07503 332927

This Limehawk Moth, more common in the South of England, has been spotted on a Village Green Lime Tree.

Lime Tree Pruning

Lime Trees are grown for their stature, foliage, and sweetly scented flowers. At maturity, many limes shed dead wood. They are very tolerant of pruning and training and are often pollarded. Limes produce large burrs, that give rise to a mass of upward growing epicormic shoots. These usually need removing as they can spoil the crown if allowed to develop.

Thank you to Steve Burroughs for removing these shoots on the Village Green Limes.

Before Pruning:After Pruning:

The Village Tidy Up was carried out on Sunday, which included a litter pick, the cleaning of signs and lamp posts, clearing debris around Christmas tree, and repairing the kids allotment gate. Thanks to Ellen, Lois, Lucia, William, Eddie, Jamie, Dave, Chris, Micheal, Steve, James, Mandie, Alan and Sharon for helping out – and Keith for disposing of the debris. Thank you to Helen and Rob for planting up the cart.

Christmas tree after tidy-up

Daffodil and crocus bulbs have been planted around the village + in the Batts. Thank you to Sharon Chapman, Mike Jackson, Alan Timothy and Steve Burroughs for their commitment and hard work in this project. DPPC welcome any help or suggestions for further improvements. If you are interested in volunteering for future projects please contact the Clerk of DPPC.

For more information please see February Events.

At the January Village Consultation Meeting the group proposed the replacement of the old planters along the green. The planters have now been renewed with a center piece, spring bedding and bulbs. Thanks to Steve and Amanda Burroughs from Amenity Landscape Services for sourcing materials and supplying their labour free of charge, for DPPC paying for materials and Stranton Nursery for donating the bulbs. Going forward the proposal is to plant up twice a year. Spring bedding at the end of October and Summer bedding at the end of May. If you would like to maintain a planter (be responsible for watering, weeding and dead heading) please contact Michael, the Dalton Piercy Parish Clerk.

Before:

After:

Please see our Photo Gallery for more pictures, if you would like to submit a photo, leave a comment on the Photo Gallery Page.

Tuesday 4th – Village Consultation Meeting 7:30 Village Hall

Friday 7th – Meeting with Wildlife Trust and Dalton Piercy Parish Council Representative to discuss future Batts management. Public are welcome, meet by boulders at entrance to the Batts at 13:00

Sunday 9th – At 10:30 Village Litter-Pick and General Tidy-Up, would welcome volunteers. Meet at the Christmas Tree

Thurday 13th – DPPC Meeting 7:30 Village Hall

Spotted Cow, Elwick 01429 266373

Every Wednesday Social Club at 2pm, bingo, tea, coffee, scones.

February Special – Fish and chips with mushy peas with 2 slices of bread and butter 12 noon until 4pm – £10 for two.

Friday 28th February – Ladies Night and Ann Summers Party £4 per ticket.

All February – Two grills with a carafe of wine – £25

Please be aware thieves/opportunists are working in this area. A number of cars and the village hall at Elwick have been broken into, and valuables have been taken. If you notice anyone or anything suspicions please contact the police immediately.

A big Christmas thank-you to: –

Frances for the delicious homemade soup, Dawn, Josh and Cara for decorating the Hall, Steve for wreath materials, Teressa and Dave for decorations, Clare, Steve and Dave for helping out with the wreath making, James and Teressa – the best DJs in Dalton. Chris, John, Erin and everyone else who helped tidy up, and also everyone for coming, especially Santa!

Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2014, see Wreath Party photos below – enjoy!