Have a look at our picture gallery of all the organisations, clubs & Societies that participated in Steyning Parish Council’s hugely successful Showcase Event on Saturday 25th February 2012. Throughout the day approx. 500/600 people attended the event which once again demonstrated how much Steyning has to offer residents of the Town and surrounding areas.
G E N E R O U S D O N A T I O N R E C E I V E D
The Parish Council wishes to thank the very generous Steyning pensioner who kindly donated £50 in cash anonymously towards the skateboard facility project following the public consultation meeting. We were extremely touched by this donation, thank you very much.
MEMORIAL PLAYING FIELD NOISE ASSESSMENT FOR
PROPOSED SKATEBOARD FACILITY
Steyning Parish Council is considering installing a small, below-ground, concrete skateboard park in the Memorial Playing Field (MPF) approximately where the existing tarmac basketball court is situated – the facility will be similar in length but a little wider.
The Parish Council wishes to ensure that the potential noise from such a skateboarding facility is within accepted guidelines, to minimise any impact on residents surrounding the MPF. We have therefore commissioned a sound survey which is attached.
In reading this you should be aware thattheresults shown are:
(a) predicted calculations based on a previous installation used as a reference by the consultants and,
(b) calculated without sound mitigation – to reduce the propagation of sound from a noise source, by means of earth bundings and/or sound barriers. (Earth bundings are mounds of earth covered in grass that absorb sound).
In addition to the noise assessment members of the Parish Council have visited and researched other skateboard parks. Following this research the Council believe that the noise resulting from a skateboard facility in the MPF could be significantly below those shown in the noise assessment survey and, well within accepted guidelines. This could be achieved through using the latest skateboarding surface technology and sound absorbing earth bundings.
The Council has undertaken its researches to ensure a fair balance between the perceived need for such a facility and its wish to respect the privacy and amenity of the houses surrounding MPF.
This noise assessment is only the first step in the process of assessments, planning and consultation that may result in the installation of a skateboard facility that will enhance the facilities for the youth of the Town and cause minimal effect to local residents.
Steyning Parish Council
Public Consultation meeting presentation 28th January 2012.
Steyning Parish Council apologise but the version of the presentation published on Tuesday 31st January 2012 was incorrect. The following PDF file has been corrected.
MPF Skateboard Park Presentation.28th Jan 2012.ppt Final
E.ON is developing a proposal for an offshore wind farm on a site 13-23km off the Sussex coast, capable of generating electricity for around 450,000 homes each year. Twelve exhibitions will be held in coastal towns and rural areas near the proposed cable route as part of a formal consultation from February to April 2012.
Visit E.ON’s public exhibitions at
The Steyning Centre (Coombe Court, Steyning)
from 12pm-8pm on Wednesday 29 February
Albourne Village Hall (The Street, Albourne)
from 10am-6pm on Saturday 17 March
Henfield Village Hall (Off High Street, Henfield)
from 11am-6.30pm on Tuesday 27 March.
See www.eon-uk.com/rampion for more information.
Cllr Gill Ness-Collins, Chairman Playing Fields committee and Richard Moore, Tennis Club attending the planting of one of the three new trees on Memorial Playing Field to replace the felled sycamore tree.
Steyning Housing Needs Survey 2011
Steyning Parish Council was delighted to receive the Housing Needs Survey report from Action in Rural Sussex and to learn that one third of the households in Steyning had replied to the survey which is a record.
The survey is in two parts focusing on general needs and secondly on older persons’ needs.
We have taken on board that there is an unmet need from local people, most of whom wish to stay in Steyning, for either family accommodation or older persons accommodation, in
circumstances where they are not able financially to enter the housing market and will therefore need support.
In consultation with the report’s author the Parish Council hopes to use this very valuable tool to endeavour to persuade Saxon Weald Housing Association to retain the ‘Brittons
Croft’ site in public ownership, and to provide accommodation in one form or another for local people, and we will be entering into discussions with them at
the earliest opportunity.
The Council will be making the report generally available to anyone interested and will be discussing it with their partner authorities. We are really delighted at the level of response from Steyning residents.
David Barling
Chairman Steyning Parish Council
Housing Needs Survey Report – Steyning – Older Persons – Final Draft
Housing Needs Survey Report – Steyning – Final draft
TREE HOUSE REMOVED At long last the very substantial structure referred to as a tree house which was hidden in the trees between the Bypass has been dismantled and the wood removed. This had been the subject of many complaints from local residents of possibly anti-social behaviour. After much pressure from local councillors, West Sussex county council workmen dismantled it recently. Over the last few months the police and wardens have been called on many occasions to double check the situation.
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