I've heard people complaining about noise from the wind turbine at Charaton. I've been to visit the area to see how bad the noise is. I've been there in light winds but couldn't hear anything over the racket of the local blackbird. I've been back when it was blowing hard, but any noise was drowned out by the wind in the hedge. Some nearby people say they can hear the turbine from their homes, other locals say they don't know what the fuss is about. I've asked people to invite me to listen when it's noisy, without a response. I conclude that, like
the emperor's new clothes, the unacceptable noise just does not exist. I sympathize
with the horror of having a large object intruding into our much loved landscape,
although others have told me it is a thing of beauty. I think that wind turbines
are much better than coal power stations and necessary to replace fossil fuels
and stop global warming. What do you think? You can have your say in the Neighbourhood Development Plan survey which should be delivered with this newsletter. Your response to this survey will form the vision for the future of our parish, so it is very important. I and the working group will be hunting for completed surveys at as many parish events as we can get to.
By the time this goes out we will have had our Millennium House Forum inaugural meeting. These meetings are really important for the future of our community centre, so keep on coming along to have your say. You can also have your say on the parish website or parish Facebook page where the event is posted.
I'm really pleased that I've had approaches from people interested in volunteering with the youth club (which is now an official charity with a number and all that) and thanks very much for the kindly donated filing cabinet. It's surprising how much paperwork is created when we do things properly.
Don’t forget the parish website st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk
with council meeting agendas and minutes; also downloadable copies of the
Parish Pump. For those of you who do Facebook, our St Ive Parish Council page
is still being updated with parish news.
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