Planning-Minutes-03-03-20-2
06
Mar
2020
Tim Prater
05
Mar
2020
Wet, Wet, Wet
In these soggy times, the following resources might be helpful to residents:
https://www.floodguidance.co.uk/
…and…
https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/files/publications/public/flooding/abi-guide-to-responding-to-major-floods.pdf – from the Association of British Insurers
There has also been the launch of a new code of practice about property flood resilience.
Property flood resilience (PFR) is an important part of the response to flood risk. PFR includes measures that reduce the risks to people and property enabling households and businesses to reduce flood damage, speed up recovery and reoccupation. PFR measures should reduce the amount of water entering buildings (known as resistance measures), or limit the damage caused if water does enter a building (known as recoverability measures).
This code of practice (CoP) is concerned with PFR measures that can be introduced to buildings at risk from flooding. Often these measures can be installed as part of the repair of buildings after they have been flooded. However, some property owners may wish to be proactive and fit measures in anticipation of a flood.
The CoP includes six standards that specify what should be achieved. These standards will be supported by comprehensive guidance on how the standards should be met by the following stages within the PFR delivery process. The guidance is provided in the CIRIA C790B Code of practice and guidance for property flood resilience.
Councillor Vannessa Reay
05
Mar
2020
Wet, Wet, Wet
In these soggy times, the following resources might be helpful to residents:
…and…
https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/files/publications/public/flooding/abi-guide-to-responding-to-major-floods.pdf – from the Association of British Insurers
There has also been the launch of a new code of practice about property flood resilience.
Property flood resilience (PFR) is an important part of the response to flood risk. PFR includes measures that reduce the risks to people and property enabling households and businesses to reduce flood damage, speed up recovery and reoccupation. PFR measures should reduce the amount of water entering buildings (known as resistance measures), or limit the damage caused if water does enter a building (known as recoverability measures).
This code of practice (CoP) is concerned with PFR measures that can be introduced to buildings at risk from flooding. Often these measures can be installed as part of the repair of buildings after they have been flooded. However, some property owners may wish to be proactive and fit measures in anticipation of a flood.
The CoP includes six standards that specify what should be achieved. These standards will be supported by comprehensive guidance on how the standards should be met by the following stages within the PFR delivery process. The guidance is provided in the CIRIA C790B Code of practice and guidance for property flood resilience.
Councillor Vannessa Reay
03
Mar
2020
Keeping Sandgate Tidy: Seagull Proof Sacks
Seagulls and bin bags don’t mix. Well, perhaps they do. Too well. For the seagull.
Following an approach by Sandgate Parish Council, Folkestone and Hythe District Council have agreed to make available ‘seagull proof’ bags for residents in Sandgate that have a purple sack rubbish collection (ie no wheely bin). This will help prevent your rubbish being attacked by seagulls on collection day (which should make Sandgate High Street on a Wednesday a slightly less rubbish-strewn area – we hope!).
Any household that normally has their waste collected in bin bags can collect a FREE seagull proof bag from:
- Sandgate Library (James Morris Court, Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone CT20 3RR) Friday 3rd April – 10am-12.30pm
- Sandgate Farmers Market (Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone CT20 3RR) Saturday 18th April – 10am-12.30pm
Sacks will also be available for collection from the Library from 3rd April. One per household – you will be asked to provide your residential address to collect a bag.
Please note that bags DO NOT replace purple sacks – you place your purple sacks IN the seagull proof bag.
How to use your seagull proof bag:
- Please secure your sack outside your property before 7am on collection day;
- Please place your purple bags inside your gull proof sack and make sure that the sack is securely closed to avoid the gulls attacking your waste;
- Our waste crews will remove the purple bags from your gull proof sack on collection day;
- Please take your bag in as soon as possible after collection, any gull proof sacks left out permanently will be removed and not replaced;
- You may wish to number your sack so that it can be recognised as yours.
03
Mar
2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) March Update
Despite just 39 reported cases of Coronavirus in the UK to date (10am, 3/3/2020), Kent County Council and other agencies are asking us to publish details on where to find more information on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- The most authoritative source nationally is the NHS website.
- If you think you, or a friend or relative, might have symptoms, there is the NHS 111 on line questionnaire page
- For updates on the position in Kent, you can read more on the Kent County Council website
03
Mar
2020
Keeping Sandgate Tidy: Seagull Proof Sacks
Seagulls and bin bags don’t mix. Well, perhaps they do. Too well. For the seagull.
Following an approach by Sandgate Parish Council, Folkestone and Hythe District Council have agreed to make available ‘seagull proof’ bags for residents in Sandgate that have a purple sack rubbish collection (ie no wheely bin). This will help prevent your rubbish being attacked by seagulls on collection day (which should make Sandgate High Street on a Wednesday a slightly less rubbish-strewn area – we hope!).
Any household that normally has their waste collected in bin bags can collect a FREE seagull proof bag from:
- Sandgate Library (James Morris Court, Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone CT20 3RR) Friday 3rd April – 10am-12.30pm
- Sandgate Farmers Market (Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Folkestone CT20 3RR) Saturday 18th April – 10am-12.30pm
Sacks will also be available for collection from the Library from 3rd April. One per household – you will be asked to provide your residential address to collect a bag.
Please note that bags DO NOT replace purple sacks – you place your purple sacks IN the seagull proof bag.
How to use your seagull proof bag:
- Please secure your sack outside your property before 7am on collection day;
- Please place your purple bags inside your gull proof sack and make sure that the sack is securely closed to avoid the gulls attacking your waste;
- Our waste crews will remove the purple bags from your gull proof sack on collection day;
- Please take your bag in as soon as possible after collection, any gull proof sacks left out permanently will be removed and not replaced;
- You may wish to number your sack so that it can be recognised as yours.
03
Mar
2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) March Update
Despite just 39 reported cases of Coronavirus in the UK to date (10am, 3/3/2020), Kent County Council and other agencies are asking us to publish details on where to find more information on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- The most authoritative source nationally is the NHS website.
- If you think you, or a friend or relative, might have symptoms, there is the NHS 111 on line questionnaire page
- For updates on the position in Kent, you can read more on the Kent County Council website
01
Mar
2020
Sandgate Community Garden: Update 1 March 2020
Far too much weather again this week, and how much we will appreciate warm sunny days when they eventually appear.
It is a long shot, but we are putting out an appeal to anybody reading this that might have a greenhouse and is willing to either look after our seedlings or allow us to look after them for just a few weeks until it is warm enough to be able to sow seeds outside. Once the seeds are sown, they can be put into any warm space like a cupboard, seed trays piled up on each other, just until germination; for most this is just two to three days. Then they can be brought out and placed in the light to grow on for another couple of weeks until planting. With these dull, rainy days, the seedlings on windowsills are becoming long and straggly, which is ok as they can be planted deeper, but it is not ideal, and a greenhouse will mean more light and stronger plants. If you can help with greenhouse space for just a few weeks, send us an email, or phone/text 07840138308.
Most of our seeds are to be started off in modules and then transplanted. It means a faster turnover of plants in the growing space, and you can keep a close eye on them. From now on, the only direct seed sowings will be of carrots and parsnips (because they have long tap roots) and garlic. Seed sowing itself is reasonably simple and so satisfying, when miraculous little shoots start to show above the compost, but such a big disappointment when nothing at all happens. The common thought is to blame yourself for not doing something right, but the fact is that seed companies push the boundaries of packaging and selling viable seed, and are often accused of releasing seed that is simply too old. As time goes on, seeds become less able to germinate successfully, numbers drop off until all the seed is dead. Many seed companies state the year the seed is packed, but are not required to say when the seed was collected, and so you never know just how old your seeds are. Seed companies and seed management are not regulated tightly enough, and there are many practices that need exposing. There is nothing worse than spending between 3 and 4 pounds for a packet of seeds that fail to germinate, or will never look like the picture on the packet; less painful to buy packets for 25p to £1 from Wilko or Lidl. So, if you are just looking for most common types of veg seed, do not be afraid to try the cheaper brands, they seem just as good.
Below are pictures of our seedlings, some are ready to be planted, with a fleece covering. Beetroot is sown 4 seeds per module, spring onions up to 10 seeds, peas for shoots up to 5, radishes up to 6.
What’s next?
- Sow even more seeds
- Plant out the radishes
- Continue with the compost cover and pathways
- Keep up the weeding
Seedlings in growing modules Seedlings in growing modules Seedlings in growing modules Seedlings in growing modules
25
Feb
2020
Resources Agenda 03/03/2020
25
Feb
2020