Category: Community Council News
Local Suppliers To Help
Local Suppliers Help
We are very fortunate to have so many local suppliers who will help with the delivery of a wide range of essential goods, to make sure that people are not worried about going without.
Our special thanks to Glenys Tucker who has collated a list of suppliers with their telephone numbers. This can be found here List of local Suppliers who deliver
Community Council – Volunteers
Community Council – Volunteers
There are a number of other schemes which have started as well, particularly on social media. However, not everyone is online, and it is important that no-one is forgotten.
If anyone cannot get hold of a volunteer, ring the Community Centre (02920 591139) and leave a message on the answering machine, which will be checked as often as possible.
Neighbourhood Watch Team Proposals
The Neighbourhood Watch Team
The team are putting together a scheme where any Wenvoe resident can call for help with things like picking up shopping, collecting medicines, posting letters, or just a friendly phone chat. They will try to make a volunteer available anywhere in the village, who can be contacted easily. You should see a small form come through the door in the coming days with the name of a contact. Note that volunteers will not have medical skills, so in the event of sickness, please follow Government and NHS advice from the news.
The integrity of the Neighbourhood Watch cannot be underestimated and you are directed also to the message from Alan French on page 5.
If anyone is able to volunteer their services, please contact Jackie Gauci (07876 207843) or Alan French (02920 59 8092).
Coronavirus Grants for Vale of Glamorgan Businesses
New Bus Pass?
Do you have your new bus pass?
We have heard of a few applications that failed to register. From the 1st March the old passes will not be accepted.
You need to contact Transport for Wales to obtain a new pass who are encouraging people to apply on line at www.tfw.wales/travelcard or you can contact the help line at 0300 303 4240. Help is also available from the library
March Planning Updates
Planning updates for March
The following applications have received approval.
- 5, Old Port Road, Wenvoe. Pre-fabricated cabin to be sited in the rear garden.
- Dyffryn Gardens. A small extension to the recently completed compost bays
- 73, Picca Close. Infill porch to front of dwelling set below existing roof overhang
- Former ITV Studios, Culverhouse Cross. Construction of drainage ditch
The proposed level of charges for hall hire, allotments and cemetery fees for the forthcoming year were agreed
New proposed library building. The Council are still waiting for the Welsh government to approve our grant, almost four years after the money was first applied for. Our Assembly minister Jane Hutt has been asked to intervene to see if things can be progressed.
Playgrounds. The Twyn-yr-Odyn playground is now complete. Easy access for disabled persons is being investigated. Grange playing field redevelopment is progressing. The Redrow play area now has completed paths but still requires landscape work.
The VE Day celebrations public meeting was reasonably attended not withstanding the inclement weather, being St Valentine’s day etc. The project will be carried forward by interested parties. The Council has agreed to make limited funds available to cover agreed expenses.
A near accident was reported to have occurred on the steps from Tarrws Close due to the streetlight being obstructed by fencing. The matter will be pursued with the Vale. Indiscriminate parking in Old Market was reported on.
The Council has employed a specialist company to examine the safety of gravestones in the cemetery. A number of defects were recorded in their report. Owners of the listed plots will be contacted to have the faults rectified.
Discussion on the future of the Whitehall quarry and access road area are continuing.
Possible future use of a small area of unattended land in Dyffryn were discussed.
March Planning Applications
Planning applications fo March
• 10, St Andrews Road – Proposed Internal remodelling to include alterations to form a master bedroom with en-suite bathroom within the existing attic, plus roof alterations to include a rear dormer. No objections raised
• 34, Goldsland Walk, Wenvoe. Conversion of existing integral single garage into a living space. No objections
• Wenvoe Village Hall, Work to tree covered by TPO no. 4 of 1973 – Removal of Cypress tree facing Old Port Road – The council objected to the application on the grounds that there was insufficient justification to fell a protected tree.
• Brooklands Drive Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff. One single digital screen and one unit of three digital screens. Concern raised about any possible distraction to road users.
Neighbourhood Watch AGM
December Planning Updates
Planning updates
Valegate Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross. to install two rapid electric vehicle charging stations within the car park. Approved.
The budget has been discussed and approved for the forthcoming year. There will be a 3% rise in the local precept to cover forthcoming expenditure.
VE day celebrations by the community.( See VE Celebrations ). A letter has been sent to all local organisations inviting a representative to the meeting on Friday 14th February at 7.00pm in the Village Hall. Additional advertising of the meeting within the community was agreed. Ideas are already being suggested.
A quotation for renewal of the lighting and replacement of the present glass lamp shades in the Community Centre main hall has been accepted. A replacement is to be sought for the projection screen following the failure of the attachment brackets during the month.
The state of the footpath from Vennwood Close to the tunnel was discussed. There appears to be no registered owner of the land. The Vale are to be approached about possible remedial work to remove the tripping hazards posed by the uneven paving slabs.
Library It is with disappointment and frustration that we have to report that we still do not have a starting date for building the extension. Although the Welsh Government has now approved the necessary grant, they stipulate that the money has to be claimed by the end of March 2020, which would mean that a large part of the work would have to be complete at that time. It has taken so long to reach this stage that it is no longer possible to make this deadline, so we have asked that the deadline be delayed. This may or may not be possible, but we are now waiting for a response from the government.
A defective swing, noted on the final inspection, at the Twyn-yr-Odyn new playground has been rendered inoperable while awaiting repair/replacement. The old play equipment in the Grange playing field has been removed; the replacement work is expected to be completed by the end of February.
The Council members agreed to co-opt Mrs Ceinwen Frost as the replacement member following the resignation of Mr Trevor Case.