St Giles' Church Heritage OpenDay

St Giles's Church Heritage Open Days 

Just a reminder that St Giles's will take part in the Heritage Open Days Festival Saturday 19th September. This takes place all across Europe every September. 

Here there will be live background music, light refreshments and newspapers so you can sit and have a read or a chat. 

In addition, to raise funds, we will have a plant stall and a book and CD stall. For the green fingered amongst you, if you have any unwanted plants or are busy lifting and dividing, we would be grateful for donations. 

If you have any unwanted books and CDs these will also be gratefully received. 

Please contact me from Wed 16th at the Old School House and I can open the church to store any donations. 

We hope to see you during the day. 

Thanks in advance 

Susan Smith

Planning Applications

 Planning Applications

A couple of planning notices were sent this week,

• Planning Consultation for 26/01966/PLF; Erection of single storey extension, Sunnyside Cottage, 2 Main Street, Bielby, Link to application here 
• 26/01967/PLB Listed Building Consent for repair works to wing wall of lock and installation of replacement like for like wooden cill, Coats Lock Whitecarr Lane, Bielby Link to application here

 

Produce Show Winners 2026

Produce Winners 2026

Fruit & Veg Richard Coe 

Flowers - Judith Simpson

Flower arranging - Judith Simpson 

Cookery - Stoneleigh Home 

Produce - Val Bolton

Arts & crafts - Thomas Ridsdale

Photography - Chris Emptage

Children 5&under - Lucas Readman

6-12 - Georgina Lyth

Millennium - Sandra Johnson (produce)

Best children's entry - James Holloway

Village planter - Rachel Whitwell

Bucket of Spuds Competition

1st Geoff Coe  

2nd Dawn  Hanson 

3rd Alan Pilling

Thank you to everyone who entered, came along in the afternoon, helped put up the marquees & helped with the bucket of spuds comp and all the committee members. 

A big thank you once again to Dale, Roz and the team at Stoneleigh for hosting the produce show, what a super venue.

Churchyard Regulations

Hayton villagers have just completed a big tidying up of their churchyard. This matters to Bielby because quite a number of our former fellow villagers are buried there. There are no complaints about their graves, but even so, Bielby church must publish the relevant regulations, which are different from those governing council cemeteries.

So, please see a copy of the regulations sent, via Hayton, from the Vicar of Pocklington in the photo below. Thank you.

John Peel

Churchwarden

Bucket of Spuds Competition For The Produce Show

For the Bucket of Spuds Competition please bring your bucket without the tops to the show on Saturday by 11.30am with a carrier bag and a name tag, so we can give the spuds back to you after weighing. Weigh in will be from 2.30pm. Thank you.

Looking forward to seeing you all and good luck everyone!

Village news - Planning and show reminder

 Show Time!

Dont forget, its the annual Produce show a week on Saturday.

Sat 8th August is the show. Remember, Janet Readman will be taking your entry forms in at Ambleside between 6 and 8pm on Friday 7th. You can bring your forms on Saturday, but it helps us a lot to get your forms in on Friday, to ease the rush on Saturday morning. Entries close 11.00 a.m. prompt, Saturday morning.

Also, you may have seen me put a request on the Bielby Whatsapp group asking for volunteers to help erect the tents on Tursday 6th after 6pm for those feeling strong, not easy in the current heat, but it should only take an hour or so. We'll see you at the back of Stoneleigh. - Thanks - Graham Tew

Planning News

Appeal Notice received on 26th July;

Proposal: Erection of self-build dwelling with associated outbuildings, soft and hard landscaping including driveway with new access, and associated works.

Location: Land North Of Woodclose Farm , Main Street, Bielby, East Riding Of Yorkshire, YO42 4JL

Appellant Jane and Pete Geary

Appeal Start Date: 16 July 2026

An appeal has been submitted to the Secretary of State against a decision made on an application relating to the above proposal.

Copies of any representations made at application stage will be forwarded to the Planning

Inspectorate and to the appellant. These will be considered by the Planning Inspector when

determining the appeal. If you wish to make comments, or modify/withdraw your previous

representation this must be done by 20 August 2026. Please ensure any comments/documents submitted are GDPR compliant.

If you wish to make comments, or modify/withdraw your previous representation you can do so

online using this link (quoting their reference 6012465,), alternatively representations can be submitted by post to Planning Inspectorate, c/o QUADIENT, 69 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, SL1 4PN; ensuring

their reference number is quoted.

St Giles's Church hedge and Heritage Open Days

St Giles's Church hedge and Heritage Open Days (HODs) 

 Thank you very much from the Church Council to everyone who helped tidy the church hedge. This was a 'decade' rather than a 'seasonal' cut! 

 Some volunteers came by arrangement, others impromptu, cutting, tidying, offering spare brown bin space. It was a great team effort. Well done one and all. 

 Plans are now afoot to improve the gateway, making it more accessible. It may take a while, depending on grants. 

 Please make a note of Saturday 19th September, when St Giles's will take part in the Heritage Open Days Festival. This takes place all across Europe every September. Here there will be live background music, light refreshments and newspapers so you can sit and have a read or a chat. 

 More can be found on www.heritageopendays.org.uk You'll find on the website a summary of our event under 'Bielby'. Click on the blue summary heading for some more details if you wish. We'll send out a reminder nearer the time. Meanwhile, if you would like to know more, just contact john_peel@btopenworld.com