Dear resident
Please note there will not be a meeting of the Community Hall Committee on Thursday 10th August.
The date of the next meeting will be Thursday 14th September at 7pm
Thanks
Pauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish CouncilKerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Local NHS Hearing Aid Maintenance sessions are being held this week at:
Pett Village Hall between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday 2nd August
Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12noon on Friday, 4th August
If you have an NHS Hearing Aid come along to collect your free batteries and have your aids checked, cleaned and retubed
Hello Fairlight,
I have attached the form for the Activate Summer Activity Days which are open to ALL.
Children aged 5 and under must be accompanied by a parent/carer.’Cost is £2 per child and you are invited to bring a picnic each day.
The form says we will start at 11am but we will finish at 1.30pm NOT 2.30pm.
Forms available on the day or print the one attached to complete and bring with you.
It would be good to have a rough idea of how many children will be attending but not necessary.
Wendy Hatch
Dear resident
Please click here for the agenda for the Parish Council’s Finance and Administration Committee meeting to be held on Tuesday 1st August 2023 at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
All members of the Public are welcome to attend
ThanksPauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish CouncilKerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Dear resident
Southern Water Fairlight Pathfinder Project Update.
Friday marked the first full meeting of the Southern Water Fairlight Pathfinder Group of which we are founder members. The group is now chaired by Sally-Ann Hart MP who is fully engaged in this project.
Much interesting work and detail was covered and two new engineering members of the Southern Water team with direct responsibility for Fairlight were introduced.
Things that will hopefully slow the flow of wastewater in our sewer system resulting, hopefully, in a big reduction of contaminated water spillages, will happen soon now. You will also notice increased activity by Southern Water and their contractors around the village as a large number of wrongly connected drains have been discovered among other anomalies.
Now for the really exciting news.
Within the next four weeks every household in Fairlight will receive a leaflet through the post explaining fully about the “leaky waterbutts” program and how they work. Fairlight has been allocated up to 1,000 of these with all costs being borne by Southern Water.
Shortly after you receive these leaflets engineers from Southern Water and their contractors will be knocking on doors and asking if they could survey your rainwater downpipes to see which ones would be suitable for a “leaky waterbutt”. They will, hopefully, also give you the option of converting any waterbutts you may already have. Then, if you’re agreeable, an order will be placed for the installation on your property. The installations will take place fairly quickly after completion of the survey. Remember that there will be absolutely no charge for any of this.
NB: All these people will carry official identification so please be sure to check it before allowing them on your property.
So look out for the leaflet where all details of this project will be found.
In the meantime anyone feeling like reading our joint authored report published earlier this year can find it by clicking on this link.
https://www.southernwater.co.uk/media/7969/fairlight-pathfinder-technical-report-260123.pdf
Regards
Lower Waites Lane – Fairlight Cove – Maintenance Association
Dear resident
Please click here for the agenda for the next Parish Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 25th July at 7pm in the Village Hall.
All members of the Public are welcome to attend
Thanks
Pauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish CouncilKerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Dear resident
Please click here for the agenda for the next Parish Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 25th July at 7pm in the Village Hall.
All members of the Public are welcome to attend
ThanksPauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish CouncilKerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The bowls club are hosting a quiz for our charity TheCommunity First Responders and invite people from the village to make up the last few tables…..Details on the poster.
I report that Jeff Pyrah is now the executive in charge of the development of Rother District Council’s (RDC) new Local Plan.
I have written to Rother’s chief executive and others pointing out that most people in the Fairlight area, Pett Level and downstream, wish to see the de-allocation of housing on Wakeham’s Pond Field as well as this being in RDC’s and the environment’s best interest.
RDC have already consulted on their new Local Plan with Parish Councils (I am informed that Fairlight PC have advised that they are in favour of de-allocation) but are pushing the Public Consultation out from initially Jan 2023 then July 2023 to now Jan 2024.
This Consultation will be after Jeff Pyrah has conducted a review called “Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) when he will assess a large number of sites across the district for their ‘suitability’ and ‘availability’ under the Government set methodology which will include all of the current allocations.
He has confirmed he will consider my submission in his HELAA assessment that will be part of the draft Local Plan that goes before the Rother Planning Committee (who have already rejected unanimously the last Pond Field housing application) and onwards to be considered by a National Planning Inspector.
I am advised by my friend, a very experienced Local Planning Consultant, that the HELAA process involves a “call for sites” – that is, bids from landowners and developers for allocations – and all such bids are screened against a range of planning criteria. Although it is unusual that HELAA assessments de-allocate pre-existing allocations, in a situation like Wakeham’s Pond Field, with a National Planning Inspector ruling against the site only last year, it is possible that Jeff Pyrah may conclude that it would be a waste of time and RDC’s money to ask another National Planning Inspector to reconsider the issues all over again unless there is strong evidence that the reasons for refusal (upgrades to the system are required for the foul water flows from the development to be accommodated-para 49) have now been overcome, which everybody, including Southern Water, knows have not been.
So my advice to people is to be patient, leave this process to unfold rather than pestering Jeff Pyrah at this stage, while our elected councillors, Tim Grohne and Andrew Mier, who are both on the Rother planning committee with Andrew being its chairman, exercise their influence on our behalf.
Thank you for your support and do email or call me with any queries. Lorne.finegolf@gmail.com 07803434283.
Fairlight Open Gardens are delighted to announce an impressive £4248 was raised over the weekend earlier this month.
Over the next few days, 3 local charities, MOPP, Fairlight Playgroup & Nursery, and Community First Responders will each receive a cheque for £1400. The remaining £48 will be held to help start the 2025 Open Gardens project.
There are too many people to thank, but we must mention each and every one of the villagers who opened their gardens for this two-day event.
Special thanks, once again, to Ben and Sarah at Just Property, for their continued sponsorship and to Olivier and Henry at The Cove for their support this year.
However, the biggest thanks must go to everyone who bought tickets for this event. We hope you enjoyed visiting some of the great gardens that Fairlight has hidden away, and that you had a wonderful weekend.
Everyone at Fairlight Open Gardens looks forward to doing it all again, in 2025!
From Bob Scattergood
Fairlight Gardening Club Annual Show on Saturday 15th July 2023 – All welcome
Dear resident
Please find attached the Parish Council newsletter for July 2023
Thanks
Pauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish Council
Kerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Dear Resident,
A man has been seen acting suspiciously in Waites Lane.
He approached a resident claiming that there was a missing tile on the roof. While in the garden he was seen lifting stones as if searching for a concealed key.
The police have been informed, ref 1101 06 97 2023
The man is white, local accent, age about 35, height about 5’ 10” (180 cm).
He was driving a small white van with no markings, but with a ladder on the roof.
While there may be an innocent explanation please don’t deal with cold callers who shoukd be reported to the police. Keep an eye out for suspicious activity and report any you see to the police.
Best wishes,
Andrew Mier
Dear resident
Please find attached the agenda for the above meeting to be held on Thursday 13th July 2023 at 7pm in the Village Hall
All members of the public are welcome
Thanks
Pauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish Council
Kerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Dear Resident,
This Rother Voluntary Action event is aimed at groups that provide activities, information, advice, guidance and support to residents.
Date 14 July
Online or in Bexhill
Cost: Free
The Future of Community Networks in Rother Tickets, Fri 14 Jul 2023 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
Best wishes,
Andrew
Cllr Andrew Mier
Southern Rother Ward
(The villages of Fairlight, Guestling, Icklesham and Pett)
Mistral, Shepherds Way, Fairlight TN35 4BB
01424-814178
Dear Resident,
Rother is consulting on proposals for dog controls across the district. The deadline for comments is Monday 31 July.
One proposal which may prove controversial is –
We propose to ban dogs from sport and recreational facilities that are available in public open spaces, such as tennis courts, cricket, football and hockey pitches, gym equipment areas, BMX and skateboard areas in all of Rother. We have received complaints from football coaches that they have to “clean” football pitches before training or a match. Unfortunately, some dog owners don’t clean up after their dogs or don’t do so effectively. The exclusion would apply to football and cricket pitches when in use. The exclusion would only apply to the actual sports pitch or court and not the entire green area or ground. Dogs would continue to have the same permissions to use the rest of the green space.”
I am not sure how this would affect shared recreational spaces such as Wood Field in Fairlight.
At Pett Level it is proposed to remove the restrictions on dogs on the beach.
To take part in the consultation please follow the link –
Best wishes,
Andrew
Local NHS Hearing Aid Maintenance sessions are being held this week at:
Pett Village Hall between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday 5th July
Fairlight Village Hall between 10am and 12noon on Friday, 7th July
If you have an NHS Hearing Aid come along to collect your free batteries and have your aids checked, cleaned and retubed
Hi Fairlighters,
For those who did, or didn’t for that matter, get along to Fairfest’s Midsummer Party and Picnic on Saturday afternoon, here is a short video of the event. https://youtu.be/1QYrtt6AlUk
Chris
Please see attached notice of MOPP AGM to be held at Fairlight Village Hall onFriday 28th July 2023 at 11am:
Annette
Kind regards
Annette Holmes
Co-ordinator of Fairlight Friday Lunch Club
Marsham Older Peoples Project Charity
Mobile: 07703585329
email:mopps.fairlight@gmail.com
Our efforts to engage with Authorities regarding the former Market Garden Building Site.
Dear Residents – we are a network of neighbours who live next to the building site or on the Site Access Route.
As many of us are walkers we meet mostly outside or talk online via the ‘What’s Going On In Fairlight’ Facebook Page, where photos and videos of various concerns are posted: the badgers, wildlife area, stream, trees, inconsiderate parking, noise nuisance, reversing lorries, blocked driveways, etc. We’ve recently started a short monthly walkabout, where we view the Site and its impact from resident gardens to offer support.
In April 2023 we asked Rother District Council Planning Officers to provide an update to the high number of villagers who took the time to read the Construction Management Plan (CMP) and completed a Breach of Planning Condition Complaints Form. Rother Officers continue to receive “high levels of correspondence” about the Site. No written updates have been provided.
We also contacted the Neighbourhood Policing Team and were told that Officers had visited the Site in April. No updates have been provided. We’ve been informed Laura Harrison is the main PCSO contact for Fairlight Village. Her email is laura.harrison@sussex.pnn.police.uk
A lot of the Site issues fall under the banner of Community Safety. We sent a rep to the Fairlight Parish Council meeting in March and have visited the Drop-in Social Hub twice; however we are unclear as to how the Parish Council’s Five Year Plan regarding crime, neighbourhood watch or parking problems is being implemented.
It would be helpful for any Authorities who visit the Site to spend 15 minutes ‘face to face’ with residents. We’ve been contacted by residents in Fairlight Gardens, Broadway, Smugglers Way, Bramble Way, Lower Waites Lane, Shepherds Way and Waites Lane with issues about how the development impacts on their daily lives, e.g. noise levels, inability to use their gardens, and the resultant stress. We do not speak with one voice and have a wide range of different concerns.
Residents with concerns about the LWL stream, drainage or flooding issues can contact the Lower Waites Lane Road Maintenance Association Chairman
Residents with issues about the builders can contact Piers Cowley, the Site Manager for GemSelect, on formermarketgarden@gmail.com or you can also email Gino at futuresouthhomes.ltd@gmail.com
If you need help reporting any issues about the site you can contact our Southern Rother District Councillors: Cllr Andrew Mier Cllr.Andrew.Mier@rother.gov.uk or the newly elected rep Cllr Tim Grohne cllr.Tim.Grohne@rother.gov.uk
Best wishes, Paul Wilson-Patterson – ‘Village People’, Bramble Way, Fairlight Cove.
Continuing with the summer events in the village, next weekend sees the village residents opening their gardens for the ever-popular biannual Fairlight Open Gardens.For two days, Saturday and Sunday, July 1st & 2nd, between 11 am
and 4 pm, 13 gardens will be open to walk around, relax in, eat, drink, and be merry!
Refreshments, including tea, coffee, cakes, savory snacks, ploughman’s lunches, hot dogs, homemade ice cream, and cold beers and wines are available at various gardens.
Plus of course, The Cove Pub and Restaurant will be open on both days from midday, with live music on Sunday.
There’s also the opportunity to buy local artwork, handmade jewelry, and even Funky Hen clothes.
Tickets, valid for all gardens on both days, are now available from The Village Stores and Garden Gems, plus at any of the gardens on the day, £8 per person, children free.
This event, kindly sponsored by Just Property, hopes to raise much-needed funds for local charities, including MOPP, Fairlight Playgroup and Nursery, and Community First Responders
.Here’s hoping the lovely summer weather continues, for what promises to be a wonderful weekend.
Dear Residents,
Works are progressing well on site.
The timber frame to plots 14,15 and 16 is complete with plumbing and electrical 1st fix well underway. The facia and soffit is ongoing and looking to start the felt and batten next week.
The dry lining has commenced in plots 6,5 and 4. and the roofing nearing completion.
Plot 11 substructure is ongoing however the retaining wall is a slow process as we can only cavity fill a small amount at a time otherwise we risk the wall ‘blowing’. Once the sub structure is complete we will block and beam with a view to starting the timber frames to 9,10 and 11 in July.
Regards
Piers
St Michaels are pleased to be doing local collections next Tuesday 10am -12.
If you have things you would like to donate – just contact them on the number on the poster attached below to arrange a pick up slot and they will collect from your house.
Dear resident
Please click here for the agenda for the parish Council meeting on Tuesday 27th June 2023 at 7pm in the Village Hall
All members of the public are welcome to attend
Thanks
Pauline
Please see attached poster for the next Messy Church, Saturday 1st July.
Thanks and best wishes,
Sandi
Revd Sandi Wickens
Priest in Charge
Westfield, Guestling, and Fairlight
Telephone 07395 106514
Dear resident,
Please find attached the agenda for Parish Council Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 27th June 2023 at 6pm in the Village Hall.
All members of the public are welcome to attend.
Thanks
Pauline
Mrs P Collins
Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer
Fairlight Parish CouncilKerri, 35 Waites Lane, Fairlight, Hastings. TN35 4AX
Tel: 07487 822729 Email: fairlightparishcouncil@gmail.com
Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Hope you’d come along and support our effort to raise some financial help to Emmaus, a charity offering help to our local homeless !
It would definitely be a fun filled & fab afternoon 🎶💃🕺🤩😎
Thank you and look forward to your presence at this event.
We would also appreciate any donations, cakes etc and prizes for the raffle.
Christina
FAIRLIGHT OPEN GARDENS 2023 July 1st & 2nd
Tickets for this 2-day event are now on sale at Fairlight Village Stores and Garden Gems Garden Centres. They will also be available at all gardens on the day.
The tickets, including the village map, are £8 per person (children free) and are valid for both days and all gardens.
Refreshments, ranging from Tea/Coffee/Beers & Wines/Home Made Ice Cream/Ploughmans & Hot Dogs are available at various gardens.
Let’s hope the summer weather continues so we can all enjoy this wonderful weekend.
