CRONTON PARISH COUNCIL
News LetterDecember 2006
VIEW FROM THE CHAIR – Will Cook
As reported in our last News Letter, a Local Action Plan called the Knowsley Partnership has been rolled out. Your Parish Council has ensured that we have a permanent representation on this board. This should ensure that the village has a voice on the Partnership Board and the best interests of the Village are represented.
To implement the decisions of the Partnership Board, Knowsley MBC has initiated the ‘Pride Teams’, and many of you attended a Visioning Event to put your concerns and wishes to members of that Pride Team. Some of you have said that feedback from these events and other Council initiatives in the Village had been poor. This Newsletter and follow-up initiatives are aimed at correcting this by including a Cronton Corner written by members of the Pride Team. Cronton is a small village and it should be possible for us all to interact. Recent evidence of this was the Referendum on a Golf Course at Pex Hill, in which 48% of the Village returned the voting forms and of those who voted 75% were in favour of outline planning permission being granted to the building of a Golf Course - Knowsley and Halton MP Councils subsequently granted this outline planning permission. We intend to ask your opinion on all important matters affecting the village and will also be seeking your views of how well you consider KMBC and your Parish Council is performing against its targets and your requirements. Your Parish Council has not yet decided on the best way for this interaction to proceed, but may take the form of Public Forums, leaflets, questionnaires, on-line initiatives or door to door questions.
Please fell free to talk to any of your local Parish Councillors, leave messages at the Parish Council Offices in Hampton Drive or come along to a Council Meeting. You can also e-mail us at council@cronton49.freeserve.co.uk
There is time allocated at each of our council meetings for villagers to put their point of view to us.
A list of the Parish Council Meeting dates and contact details is given on page 5 of this News Sheet
CRONTON CORNER
NEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY’S AREA PARTNERSHIP BOARD
As residents, some of you were involved in the ‘visioning’ events, which were sessions aimed at finding out what really matters to local people in their neighbourhood.
Cronton had a meeting held in the Holy Family Club which was very successful and many of you attended. Lots of issues were raised, the main ones are mentioned below with immediate actions or future plans detailed against them. Further work and plans are ongoing.
Partly as a result of that meeting there has now been a walkabout in and around Cronton, involving the Parish Council, Wardens, Police Community Support Officers, the Borough Council’s highways inspectors and members of the Pride team, together with a host of representatives from other organisations with an interest and presence in this area. The aim was to identify and look at issues raised at the visioning event and get an action plan together to tackle issues in the short and long term.
Recycling
Comments were very positive and some good suggestions made, including requests for green bins rather than boxes and a specific collection for plastic waste. These and other suggestions have been fed into the borough-wide review on waste and recycling for consideration.
Litter
There is now a weekly litter sweep every Thursday and of course at the weekend by Dave Rostance and his team. The Council use a specially designed machine for the purpose. This ensures that the streets are cleaned to the highest standard possible.
Fly tipping is not tolerated in Knowsley. If anyone sees fly tipping please report it to 443 2400.
Crime and anti-social behaviour
The Wardens and Police Community Support Officers are targeting specific hotspots now, following concerns raised by local people. Other interventions are also being used, such as ‘Children and Youth First’, who work with known troublemakers to try and improve their behaviour.
CRONTON CORNER
Highways issues
There will be a full street lighting inspection in response to resident’s concerns. This will ensure that all broken or damaged columns are recorded for programmed repair.
Some residents raised concerns about the parking issues around the primary schools when the school opens and closes, and also at the crossroads thoroughfare by Smithy Lane/Chapel Lane. Double yellow lines are being considered at key locations, discussions are on going with the Police.
A number of potholes were identified and reported. These are being repaired as part of a rolling programme.
Environmental
The Pride Environmental Team and the Grounds Maintenance team are carrying out a winter maintenance programme of cutting back overgrown shrubbery, pruning trees and clearing leaves and debris, and generally tidying the area.
In the medium to longer term, local people felt that facilities for all ages needed to be considered. Your Area Partnership Board will be looking into this.
CRONTON BACK ON TRACK - Marlene O’Neill
Good news at last ,Cronton Village seems to be back to its good old self.!
For a good while now, Cronton has seen a transformation – gone are the football games at the shops, and rowdy youth sitting in shop doorways. Peace has been restored (hopefully). Possibly the kids involved have grown up!
Unfortunately, what we have now have a group of seven and eight year olds who seem to think that playing at the shops is a good idea – please parents dissuade them from doing do, otherwise it starts all over again. Please remember the people who live at the shops and around would like it to stay as peaceful as it is now.
This is our beautiful village, lets look after it, and keep it as a much sought after place to live.
Village Carol Service
The village Ecumenical carol service will be held on Tuesday the 19th December.
We once again have a tree decorated with Christmas lights that is by the war memorial, and the Reverend Pauline will switch them on prior to the main carol service.
This will take place at 7:00PM.
After a small service with the tree lit up we will move on to The Holy Family church where the main carol service will take place at 7:30 PM
We expect this will last about an hour after which all are very welcome to join in a cup of tea and a cake at the Holy Family club nearby.
Curbing speeding through the village
The Parish council are proposing to seek speed and parking restrictions in the village of Cronton. Those who live in and around Smithy Lane/ Hall Lane have become increasingly concerned at the dangerous speeds of some of the vehicles that are driving through the village. Many have expressed the worry someone may be hurt as a direct result of the actions of a speeding driver.
Parking on Smithy Lane when the children are making their way both to and from the school is especially giving concern, as many vehicles double park, making it difficult to see the children who may be attempting to cross the road.
The Parish Council has made several approaches to Knowsley council regarding this issue without any real success.
In the near future we plan to leaflet the whole village asking you to support the imposition of some speed restriction, possibly sleeping policemen or other traffic calming measures.
The leaflet will have a tear off portion that you will be asked to complete and after expressing your opinion send to the department in Knowsley council dealing with the issue..
We hope we can count on your support in asking for these measures to be considered by Knowsley Council.
Local Contact Numbers
The Wardens and Police can be contacted on the following Telephone number:-
Cronton Wardens 0151 443-4692
Community Issues 0151 777 6346
Reporting Crime 0151 709 6010
Crime Stoppers 08005550111 (Free phone)
Parish Council e-mail address : council@cronton49.freeserve.co.uk
Telephone number 01514203072
Council Office address 7 Hampton Drive, Cronton
Councillors Name e-mail address Phone number
Will Cook - Chair will@wcook.co.uk 424 4612
Pat Green – Vice-chair 424 5109
Denis Bray 424 2908
Ron Flynn ronflynn2@hotmail.co.uk 07919287923
Ged McGann 424 0770
Marlene O’Neill 424 2532
G P Pentin 423 0038
Dave Rostance 424 4799
Ken Sumner 424 4811
Council and Committee meetings schedule 2007
Council Meetings Committees
January 8th 15th
February 12th 26th
March 26th ----
April ---- 16th
May 14th 21st
June 18th ----
July 30th 2nd
August ---- ----
September 3rd 17th
October 15th 29th
November 26th ----
December ---- 10th
All meetings start at 7:oopm
Members of the public and press welcome to attend
News LetterDecember 2006
VIEW FROM THE CHAIR – Will Cook
As reported in our last News Letter, a Local Action Plan called the Knowsley Partnership has been rolled out. Your Parish Council has ensured that we have a permanent representation on this board. This should ensure that the village has a voice on the Partnership Board and the best interests of the Village are represented.
To implement the decisions of the Partnership Board, Knowsley MBC has initiated the ‘Pride Teams’, and many of you attended a Visioning Event to put your concerns and wishes to members of that Pride Team. Some of you have said that feedback from these events and other Council initiatives in the Village had been poor. This Newsletter and follow-up initiatives are aimed at correcting this by including a Cronton Corner written by members of the Pride Team. Cronton is a small village and it should be possible for us all to interact. Recent evidence of this was the Referendum on a Golf Course at Pex Hill, in which 48% of the Village returned the voting forms and of those who voted 75% were in favour of outline planning permission being granted to the building of a Golf Course - Knowsley and Halton MP Councils subsequently granted this outline planning permission. We intend to ask your opinion on all important matters affecting the village and will also be seeking your views of how well you consider KMBC and your Parish Council is performing against its targets and your requirements. Your Parish Council has not yet decided on the best way for this interaction to proceed, but may take the form of Public Forums, leaflets, questionnaires, on-line initiatives or door to door questions.
Please fell free to talk to any of your local Parish Councillors, leave messages at the Parish Council Offices in Hampton Drive or come along to a Council Meeting. You can also e-mail us at council@cronton49.freeserve.co.uk
There is time allocated at each of our council meetings for villagers to put their point of view to us.
A list of the Parish Council Meeting dates and contact details is given on page 5 of this News Sheet
CRONTON CORNER
NEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY’S AREA PARTNERSHIP BOARD
As residents, some of you were involved in the ‘visioning’ events, which were sessions aimed at finding out what really matters to local people in their neighbourhood.
Cronton had a meeting held in the Holy Family Club which was very successful and many of you attended. Lots of issues were raised, the main ones are mentioned below with immediate actions or future plans detailed against them. Further work and plans are ongoing.
Partly as a result of that meeting there has now been a walkabout in and around Cronton, involving the Parish Council, Wardens, Police Community Support Officers, the Borough Council’s highways inspectors and members of the Pride team, together with a host of representatives from other organisations with an interest and presence in this area. The aim was to identify and look at issues raised at the visioning event and get an action plan together to tackle issues in the short and long term.
Recycling
Comments were very positive and some good suggestions made, including requests for green bins rather than boxes and a specific collection for plastic waste. These and other suggestions have been fed into the borough-wide review on waste and recycling for consideration.
Litter
There is now a weekly litter sweep every Thursday and of course at the weekend by Dave Rostance and his team. The Council use a specially designed machine for the purpose. This ensures that the streets are cleaned to the highest standard possible.
Fly tipping is not tolerated in Knowsley. If anyone sees fly tipping please report it to 443 2400.
Crime and anti-social behaviour
The Wardens and Police Community Support Officers are targeting specific hotspots now, following concerns raised by local people. Other interventions are also being used, such as ‘Children and Youth First’, who work with known troublemakers to try and improve their behaviour.
CRONTON CORNER
Highways issues
There will be a full street lighting inspection in response to resident’s concerns. This will ensure that all broken or damaged columns are recorded for programmed repair.
Some residents raised concerns about the parking issues around the primary schools when the school opens and closes, and also at the crossroads thoroughfare by Smithy Lane/Chapel Lane. Double yellow lines are being considered at key locations, discussions are on going with the Police.
A number of potholes were identified and reported. These are being repaired as part of a rolling programme.
Environmental
The Pride Environmental Team and the Grounds Maintenance team are carrying out a winter maintenance programme of cutting back overgrown shrubbery, pruning trees and clearing leaves and debris, and generally tidying the area.
In the medium to longer term, local people felt that facilities for all ages needed to be considered. Your Area Partnership Board will be looking into this.
CRONTON BACK ON TRACK - Marlene O’Neill
Good news at last ,Cronton Village seems to be back to its good old self.!
For a good while now, Cronton has seen a transformation – gone are the football games at the shops, and rowdy youth sitting in shop doorways. Peace has been restored (hopefully). Possibly the kids involved have grown up!
Unfortunately, what we have now have a group of seven and eight year olds who seem to think that playing at the shops is a good idea – please parents dissuade them from doing do, otherwise it starts all over again. Please remember the people who live at the shops and around would like it to stay as peaceful as it is now.
This is our beautiful village, lets look after it, and keep it as a much sought after place to live.
Village Carol Service
The village Ecumenical carol service will be held on Tuesday the 19th December.
We once again have a tree decorated with Christmas lights that is by the war memorial, and the Reverend Pauline will switch them on prior to the main carol service.
This will take place at 7:00PM.
After a small service with the tree lit up we will move on to The Holy Family church where the main carol service will take place at 7:30 PM
We expect this will last about an hour after which all are very welcome to join in a cup of tea and a cake at the Holy Family club nearby.
Curbing speeding through the village
The Parish council are proposing to seek speed and parking restrictions in the village of Cronton. Those who live in and around Smithy Lane/ Hall Lane have become increasingly concerned at the dangerous speeds of some of the vehicles that are driving through the village. Many have expressed the worry someone may be hurt as a direct result of the actions of a speeding driver.
Parking on Smithy Lane when the children are making their way both to and from the school is especially giving concern, as many vehicles double park, making it difficult to see the children who may be attempting to cross the road.
The Parish Council has made several approaches to Knowsley council regarding this issue without any real success.
In the near future we plan to leaflet the whole village asking you to support the imposition of some speed restriction, possibly sleeping policemen or other traffic calming measures.
The leaflet will have a tear off portion that you will be asked to complete and after expressing your opinion send to the department in Knowsley council dealing with the issue..
We hope we can count on your support in asking for these measures to be considered by Knowsley Council.
Local Contact Numbers
The Wardens and Police can be contacted on the following Telephone number:-
Cronton Wardens 0151 443-4692
Community Issues 0151 777 6346
Reporting Crime 0151 709 6010
Crime Stoppers 08005550111 (Free phone)
Parish Council e-mail address : council@cronton49.freeserve.co.uk
Telephone number 01514203072
Council Office address 7 Hampton Drive, Cronton
Councillors Name e-mail address Phone number
Will Cook - Chair will@wcook.co.uk 424 4612
Pat Green – Vice-chair 424 5109
Denis Bray 424 2908
Ron Flynn ronflynn2@hotmail.co.uk 07919287923
Ged McGann 424 0770
Marlene O’Neill 424 2532
G P Pentin 423 0038
Dave Rostance 424 4799
Ken Sumner 424 4811
Council and Committee meetings schedule 2007
Council Meetings Committees
January 8th 15th
February 12th 26th
March 26th ----
April ---- 16th
May 14th 21st
June 18th ----
July 30th 2nd
August ---- ----
September 3rd 17th
October 15th 29th
November 26th ----
December ---- 10th
All meetings start at 7:oopm
Members of the public and press welcome to attend
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