Christmas Village Walk

The Christmas village walk is on Monday 28th December, meeting 11am at Mill Lane.

Thank You To Paul For Organising Village Meal

Thanks for organising the Village Christmas Meal Paul, everyone had a great time.

Onshore Oil & Gas Exploration

Paul has written to Mr Greg Knight MP asking him for his view and the fact we were told back in March 2014 that fracking was not planned at that time.

Please see the email below:

New Onshore Oil & Gas Exploration Licence

I am writing to you concerning the Government’s announcement today about the UK 14^th Round for onshore oil and gas exploration licences. As you may be aware my company, Cuadrilla Resources, along with its business partner GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd (part of the ENGIE group), have been offered a number of licences to explore for shale gas in the area of North Yorkshire and East Riding outlined in these maps part of which is within your parish. 

Cuadrilla Resources is a British company which aims to lead best practice for unconventional hydrocarbon exploration in Europe.  We take our responsibilities with regards to safety, environmental protection and working with local communities very seriously

We are pleased to be offered these new exploration licences which are in addition to the licence areas that were announced in August 2015. The blocks we have been offered today have been subject to assessment under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 in preparation for today’s announcement by the Government.

We welcome the potential for exploration in North Yorkshire and East Riding and the associated benefits of new jobs and economic growth we believe it will bring.  For the next year activity in this new licence area will largely centre on desktop studies and potentially acquiring some seismic data.  This will provide us with a detailed insight into the geology deep underneath the licence area and help in the assessment of locations for potential future exploration sites. 

Any future proposed exploration sites would be the subject of planning applications to the local authority, applications to the Environment Agency and HSE for regulatory approvals, an Environmental Impact Assessment where potential fracking is involved along with extensive public consultation and other community engagement.

On the matter of community benefit, the shale gas industry, through its representative body UK Onshore Oil & Gas (UKOOG) has agreed with Government to pay £100,000 to the community local to each exploration site where it has been granted full planning and regulatory permissions to hydraulically fracture an exploration well.

Our first priority will be to talk with the local communities and their elected representatives.  We would therefore welcome the opportunity to meet with you and discuss our plans in more detail.

We recognise that some members of the public will have concerns and we have a responsibility to communicate with the local community regularly and transparently about any proposed work and future operations and to reassure them that onshore exploration and fracking can and will be done safely, securely and in an environmentally responsible way.  A community helpline is already set up for people in Yorkshire who may have early questions about onshore oil and gas exploration.  The number is:  0800 1303 884.

 Yours sincerely

 Francis Egan

CEO

Cuadrilla Resources

Theft At Woodland Nurseries

From Lesley at Woodland Nurseries:

I have had some 'petty theft' from the nursery in the last few weeks. Three occasions taking total of

£15 cash, 2 gold Christmas pomander balls, a gold holly wreath, a bronze wreath, a box of Tesco Xmas cards, pair secateurs, pair of wire clippers. 

Please keep a look out and be alert.

Planning Application for Anaerobic Digester at Holme On Spalding Moor

The decision on the planning application for the Anaerobic Digester (AD) at Park Farm, Holme on Spalding Moor was deferred today at the planning committee meeting. 

This doesn't mean it will not go ahead but it gives local residents more time to investigate the proposal in more depth. Comments on the application will still be accepted.

Ron Pettifer - Clerk to Everingham and Harswell Parish Council

Community Policing - Update from Inspector Joanne Wood

Community Policing -  Update from Inspector Joanne Wood

Please read the attached document for information concerning our area.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1P5DEqM5L8YUk5tMlFqREw2NVJ3UC1JdjJEQ1lnSTc0NmhB/view?usp=sharing

East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group - NHS Prescribing Survey

East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group - NHS Prescribing Survey

"Like many NHS organisations across the country, we will struggle this year to keep within our annual prescribing budget of £55.9 million and we are predicting a £2 million overspend.  This is partly due to a recent national rise in the cost of prescription items to the NHS.  However, when compared with other parts of the country similar us, our overall spend on prescriptions is much higher than average.

 
We feel that making some relatively small changes to make savings on our prescribing budget over the next few months will free up funds to spend on other essential NHS services and we really need you to help us now so we can continue to help you in the future.  If you would like to find out more and help us by completing this survey, please visit our prescribing web page:"
 www.eastridingofyorkshireccg.nhs.uk/prescribing