West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council - Telephone: 07368 964142

West Rainton Parish Council

West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council

Fatal Accident – Rainton Gate Junction A690 2 July

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The Parish Council was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the horrendous accident on Saturday evening. As I’m sure most residents know, this junction has a long history of accidents. The Parish Council supports the tireless ongoing work of our 2 county councillors to progress action to make this junction safe, for all users, by the installation of traffic lights and it continues to raise residents road safety concerns with Durham County Council (DCC) at every opportunity.
In response to this latest tragic incident, the joint letter below has today been sent to the Chief Executive of DCC from our MP, Mary Foy, urging the County Council to begin work to make this junction safe immediately.
The Parish Council also welcomes the initiative of residents in taking action to try and ensure change through the following petition which all residents are encouraged to sign to demonstrate the community need for urgent action.  Here is a link to the petition:

School Avenue Park Project

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Outdoor Gym – Community Consultation

As part of the Village Improvement Plan (VIP), the Parish Council would like to invest in a project to help improve residents’ health and wellbeing by developing the School Avenue Recreation Area to create a park that could be enjoyed by all ages of our community. This project was included in our improvement plans following comments made by residents, both informally and in response to previous community consultation exercises.

To supplement the existing young children’s play area, we are working with Durham County Council to develop plans to provide:

A family seating area, consisting of benches, picnic tables and a tree seat

An Adult Outdoor Gym with equipment designed for use by residents of all abilities and fitness.

The gym equipment would also be suitable for use by teenagers.

We are looking to fund as much of the project as possible from external funding sources and from a contribution from the Parish Council’s earmarked VIP reserve.

As the site is on DCC land and there is already an existing outdoor facility in place, DCC will sponsor the project, oversea its implementation and maintain the whole park going forward. Resources for the initial project investment will of course be limited and priorities will need to be determined.

Have Your Say

The choice of gym equipment is of particular importance given the wide range of equipment now available for outdoor use. DCC have provided advice on the type of equipment they recommend and will approve the project plan before progressing on our behalf. Your views are important to us, and DCC, to ensure that priority is given in the project plan to items of equipment that most potential users would prefer to use.

We would therefore appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts by completing a community consultation survey about the proposed Outdoor GYM.

This can be done online at: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/WestRaintonGym

If you don’t wish to complete the survey online, you can print off a copy (available here)Adult Gym Consultation and return as follows:

By hand to the Jubilee Hall

By post to the Parish Clerk, 62 Trevelyan Place, Peterlee, County Durham SR82NL

By email to westraintonparishcouncil@yahoo.co.uk

Please Note: If completing online only images of the individual items of equipment we would like your feedback on are shown. If you would like more information on each item shown before making your selection, a narrative description is given on the version available for download.

The Closing Date for the consultation is 31/8/2022

PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCIES

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West Rainton& Leamside Parish Council

Parish Councillor Vacancies 

West Rainton& Leamside Parish Council currently has vacancies for two Parish Councillors.
These vacancies will be filled through a co-option process.
Anyone interested in becoming a parish councillor can get more information from theParish Clerk, Mark Ramshaw.

Expressions of interest should be made to the Parish Clerk no later than:

5 September 2022

Contact for further details: Parish Clerk, West Rainton & Leamside Parish Council:
62 Trevelyan Place, Peterlee, SR8 2NL.

Information is also available at Item 5 of Council Policies, Procedures and Information.

Tel: 07368964142

Email: westraintonparishcouncil@yahoo.co.uk

PROPOSED FOOTBALL CENTRE – PIT HOUSE LANE -LEAMSIDE – PLANNING AMENDMENT

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An amendment to the proposed Football Centre at Pit House lane has been received by Durham County Council (DCC) Planning Department.   To view this on the Planning website please use this link: https://publicaccess.durham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=QRUNFZGDFJ600

The full letter from Planning is available here: ufm170_Amendments_14

If you have an opinion about this proposal please upload it to DCC as soon as possible.

Proposed Northeast Region Football Centre off Pithouse Lane – AMENDMENT TO PLANNING REQUEST.

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STOP PRESS

An amendment to the planning application has been received.   Objections to this amendment can be lodged on the County Council Web Site.   Please see the attached letter for details.  ufm37_Amendments_14

Comments need to be lodged by 21 January 2022.

Planning Application DM/21/014/04/FPA 

Address: Leamside Equestrian Limited Stud and Equestrian Centre, White House Farm, Pit House Lane, Leamside, Houghton the Spring.

Proposal: Engineering operations to create a football centre incorporating the creation of 20 no grass pitches (Use class F”), demolition of the existing stable block, creation of new building to provide changing facilities, creation of car parking and widening of existing access track.

The Parish Council has raised objections to this proposal and these are detailed here: Leasmside Football Centre – Final Response

Our address:

62 Trevelyan Place
Peterlee
SR8 2NL

T: 07368 964142
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