Allerthorpe Plant Sale

Allerthorpe Plant Sale - Online!

The annual Allerthorpe plant sale which is generously supported by the wider community is due to take place on the 6th June and whilst we are unable to confirm if this year’s outdoor plant sale can go ahead in the meantime we are offering a semi-online option.

Please go to The Allerthorpe Parish Council web site.

http://www.allerthorpe-pc.org.uk/notices

Under Notices you will find details of the plants.

Some are ready now and others will become ready during May or early June.

The list on the village website will be added to and updated regularly.

The plant sale is a key part of the church fund raising so please do support as much as you can.

Many Thanks!

Pilates and Yoga Cancelled This Week

Andrea has had a nasty fall and therefore no Pilates or Yoga classes at Allerthorpe Village Hall this week.

Allerthorpe Triathlon 16th September

Allerthorpe Park Triathlon.

Please be aware of this final event taking place between 12 noon and 8pm on Saturday September 16th. The organiser has advised that the area around Marketbridge Lane will be busy.  More details below.

Saturday 16^th September – Sundowner Triathlon and Sprint Triathlon

The main triathlon of the day is the long distance Sundowner Triathlon comprising a 1900m swim, 90km cycle and 21km run.

We also hold a Sprint distance race in the morning with a 750m swim, 20km cycle & 5km run format.

The Sprint distance triathlon follows exactly the same route as that described above for our Allerthorpe Sprint triathlon held in June. It will start at 8:30am and will be finished by 10:30am.

The long distance Sundowner starts with a 1900m lapped swim in the lake at Allerthorpe Lakeland Park. Competitors then head out on a 2 lap cycle route that initially follows the same route as the Classic triathlon (Melbourne, A163, Bubwith, Harlthorpe and Foggathorpe). Then instead of turning left towards Seaton Ross, riders continue to Holme upon Spalding Moor, then turn left onto the A614 and left again onto Harswell Lane towards Everingham. After Everingham, riders then turn right to Bielby and then continue along Crudhall Lane to Hayton before joining the A1079 (West bound). At the roundabout riders turn left and continue through Allerthorpe. Riders will then complete a second cycle lap to cover the full 90km cycle distance before turning left back into the Park.

The 3 lap run starts with a lap around the lake at the Park then turns left out of the Park and 1^st left onto Marketbridge Lane. This time the turn around point is approximately 200m before the Bielby end of Marketbridge Lane. Runners return to the Park back along Marketbridge Lane to complete each lap. This will be the busiest part of the triathlon and we will have safety marshals at each end of Marketbridge Lane to advise any motorists of what is happening and how to proceed. Every care will be taken to avoid inconvenience to any local residents.

The main Sundowner Triathlon will start at 12:00 noon and will be finished by 8:00pm at the very latest. Most runners will have completed their run well  before 7:00pm.

After the race we will be holding an awards presentation in our lakeside marquee at the Park.

We take great pride in organising safe enjoyable and memorable events, and we want to be a good neighbour to the local residents who live on or near the routes we use for our triathlons. We will do all we can to ensure this is the case at all of our Allerthorpe based triathlons. With all of our triathlon events, competitors must comply fully with the Highway Code, they must not ride in groups and they all must wear cycle helmets. We will have marshals at every turn point on the full cycle and run routes and will use NEG approved motorcycle referees (who are often police officers), who will patrol the race routes ensuring competitors are complying with the rules and riding safely.

Sunday 6th August - Allerthorpe Classic Triathlon and Super Sprint Triathlon

Sunday 6^th August - Allerthorpe Classic Triathlon and Super Sprint Triathlon

There will be two events this Sunday with competitors cycling and running through the village between approximately 8am and 1.30pm. For more details please see the blog item posted on 16th March 2017

Public Inquiry 14-16 March 2017 – Allerthorpe Caravan Park Appeal

PRESS RELEASE: ALLERTHORPE PARISH COUNCIL

Allerthorpe residents say ‘NO’ to huge Caravan Park

Local developer appeals East Riding Council’s double refusal to approve the creation of a 150-unit static caravan park on the site of their former Golf Course in the parish of Allerthorpe, York.

Local developer Mr. Jonathan Atkinson of Turnwalk Ltd in partnership with Park Leisure 2000 initially applied for a 225 Caravan Park on his former Golf Club site in Allerthorpe in 2013 This application was refused.

The Parish Council and the majority of residents of Allerthorpe village persuaded the Planning Committee of East Riding of Yorkshire Council to refuse this first Caravan application even though the Council’s officers had recommended approval. A similar, but smaller application for 150 units was presented on 10 March 2016 once again drawing huge opposition from the Parish Council and from the majority of the village residents. The Council’s Planning Committee again, unanimously refused this second application.

In its decision notice the Council stated that ’the size and scale’ of the development were inappropriate for its proposed location and contravened a number of the National and Local Planning Policies.

Subsequently, Turnwalk Ltd (Mr Jonathan Atkinson) and Park Leisure 2000 responded by lodging an appeal which will be heard on 14 - 16 March 2017 at a Public Inquiry to be held at the East Riding of Yorkshire Council offices in County Hall, Beverley.

The Parish Council supported by a majority of village residents has registered as a major objector at the Public Inquiry and will be staunchly opposing this Appeal alongside the East Riding Council’s own Planning Policy Team.

The Parish Council has instructed Freddie Humphreys QC, of Kings Chambers Manchester to represent them along with specialist Planning Consultant Mr. Killian Gallagher of Gallagher Planning Consultants

together with a team of Allerthorpe village residents and Ward Councillors to support their case - saying ‘NO’ to this proposed development.

Considerable sums have been raised by local residents to ensure they have the best legal counsel and advisors to fight their case.

Local village residents feel passionately that a development of this scope and scale would be ‘alien’ to its setting and have a materially destructive and irreversible impact on the community-centred lifestyle that is intrinsic to the tranquillity of this part of the Yorkshire Wolds. Moreover, it would not constitute sustainable development as required in guidelines to the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework.

The proposal to site 150 caravans on the doorstep of a Conservation village of only 68 dwellings will more than double the size of the current community and would mean the loss of almost 50% of the designated Green Space in the area.

Residents of Allerthorpe have consistently opposed the development since its conception. At the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Planning Committee hearing in 2016, 68 letters of objection were submitted, the elected Councillors wholeheartedly endorsed the concerns of the local residents and unanimously rejected the application; the Councillors listened and the concerns and wishes of local residents prevailed.

It is widely acknowledged and accepted that this type, size and scale of caravan site development is best situated in coastal locations where the local infrastructure, roads, economy and amenities can better sustain it.

Councillor Ken Macleod, Chair of Allerthorpe Parish Council said, “The strength of the village residents opposition is a clear demonstration of their feelings regarding this proposal and they have been willing to dig deep into their pockets to oppose it. Allerthorpe has always been a strong community and this proposal has only served to strengthen the villagers’ resolve to fight against insensitive development. Rarely does a community express their opposition to a planning proposal in such an organised and resolute manner. That they have chosen to do so in this way speaks not only for their concerns for the future of their own

community but also for the future implications of an approval of this size and scale for every other village community within the East Riding.

If passed, this proposal would result in an irreversible change to this beautiful part of the East Riding and establish a destructive principle that would threaten many of the communities in and around the tranquil setting of the Wolds.’

We would like to invite like-minded residents of other villages to demonstrate their support for our stance by attending the Public Inquiry on 14-16 March 2017.”

For Further enquiries contact:

Clerk to the Parish Council Jayne Summerbell Tel: 07710-037228 email: clerk.allerthorpe_pc@btinternet.com

Chairman of the Parish Council Ken Macleod Tel: 01759-306994 email: kfm.allerthorpe_pc@btinternet.com