Please see the attached Notice of Vacancy posted by the Returning Officer. Responses, if requested, must be with the returning Officer by 22 July 2022. Notice of Vacancy – West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council dated 4 July 2022
School Avenue Park Project
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 31/7/2022
PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCIES
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:
8th July 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
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
A Calendar of Meetings is now available on the Meetings Diary of the web site. Please click the link to view the relevant page.
CO-OPTION NOTICE
The vacant position on the Parish Council will be filled by co-option. Please see the attached document for full details.
Co-option Notice May 2022
PROPOSED FOOTBALL CENTRE – PIT HOUSE LANE -LEAMSIDE – PLANNING AMENDMENT
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.
HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES
The County Council would like to hear the views of residents of County Durham about the provision of library services. Please click this link to visit the Council’s web site for further details.
SALT BINS
Winter is coming and if you need to report a salt bin that needs refilling please contact DCC.
PARISH COUNCIL ON FACEBOOK
The Parish Council is now on Facebook. If you are a user please have a look and send any feedback to the Parish Clerk.
Proposed Northeast Region Football Centre off Pithouse Lane – AMENDMENT TO PLANNING REQUEST.
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