More Planning News

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/17870395.plans-build-almost-40-new-homes-penyffordd-resubmitted-despite-previously-thrown/

Speaking at September’s meeting, Penyffordd councillor Cindy Hinds said the houses being put forward at Vounog Hill did not meet the needs of people living in the area. She said: “Our village has had enough building to last a lifetime. “If you are building any more, people are asking for reasonable, rentable accommodation, something affordable they can buy and some bungalows, which are essential. “We as a county council should be making sure this happens. We are in our own buildings, but not in private developments. “There is not one bungalow on the Vounog site or any other site which has been passed by the authority or Welsh Government.”---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


If you have read in previous post what Andrew Farrow has to say one might wonder where this is going apart from in the bin.

The Energy Debate

It's all getting beyond a joke. I have the ability to lower my energy bill, a lot haven't.

Energy costs affect many services and most products for sale. Our elected government ( small g) seem happy to let the energy cartel extract the urine.

I've sent an email just to my elected MP Mark Tami telling him his boss Ed Miliband has done the right thing raising the stakes on this issue.

I had an email reply within 2 minutes from Mark thanking me for my comment.

Democracy at the speed of light.

As opposed to Penyffordd.................

Saying that Cllr Cindy Hinds is prompt with replies.

postscript: One for the global warmers
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100238047/global-warming-believers-are-feeling-the-heat/

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Note Cindy's new email address

Castell Alun Full Up !

Chairman of Flintshire Council, Carolyn Thomas, says the council’s planning and education departments are running the risk creating “fractured communities” by approving extensive housing projects but failing to expand schools.

A total of 400 new homes are being built in Penyffordd, near Mold, but there are fears that secondary schools in the area do not have the room to accommodate the expected influx of children.

Primary school children from Dobshill, who usually go on to attend Castell Alun High School in Hope, have been told they will be going to Hawarden High School from September.

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Cllrs Carolyn Thomas and Cindy Hinds making the waves that need to be made.

Full story The Leader

Cllr Cindy Hinds makes headway over Dobshill speed limits

Dirty Mile to be reduced from 50 to 40 mph.

PACA News as told by Cllr Cindy Hinds

Pen-y-ffordd Area Community Association - PACA have put in for funding for a scooter /skate area on the Millstone Playing field. This came about because two boys went to see Mrs Jess Thomas to see how they could go about fulfilling their wishes. Jess, the boys and two of their friends, parents of the boys and Sean Le Tissier, Chair of the Association, and myself went to see Mark Tami, M.P. and Carl Sargeant, A.M. at their surgery. This escalated in the boys getting a petition together and going back to the M.P.'s surgery to present the petition. PACA has now submitted a package to the Welsh Assembly Government for the funding (including the petitions from the boys and letters from both the M.P. and the A.M.). It was so good to see the enthusiasm these youngsters had. Any time now we should know whether we receive the funding or not.

Community Garden - The Community garden is looking better now after help from Bernard (Scout Leader) and Phil Lofthouse and all the residents who have allotments. A little more needs doing and the Association want it completed as soon as possible.

PACA is putting on a Christmas Fayre on the Red Lion Car Park on the 1st December starting at 11.30 am and finishing at 5 pm. All sorts of stalls, Father Christmas, Carol Singing etc. Please come out and support the Association as all the funds they raise are for facilities in the community. Unfortunately our Christmas Eve Carol Singing event will not be possible this year.

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The above is from Cllr Cindy Hinds' Newsletter

Flintshire County Council approves Penyffordd bungalow bid

PLANS for a new dwelling in Penyffordd received a cautious thumbs-up from Flintshire planners last week.
Applicant Dave Evans submitted a proposal for a new four-bedroom, two-bathroom bungalow on land at the side of Talossamme, Abbotts Lane.

read the full story here Flintshire Chronicle

Welsh Assembly Government Grant Money

for Penyffordd Post Office. Many thanks to Carl Sargeant AM Minister for Local Government for making this money available. The WAG recognises the need to keep village centres active. They are to be commended. I'm sure Cllr Cindy Hinds will have been in the mix making sure the grant was applied for, filling in the forms.

Full story in The Flintshire Chronicle.

Welsh Assembly Government Grant of £300,000

towards traffic calming for Chester and Hawarden Rd. This is very good news.
Neal Cockerton Head of Assets and Transportation said the vast majority of feed back was positive.

Many thanks to Dave Goodban of The Flintshire Chronicle for highlighting this issue.

Traffic Calming Consultation a Success

in terms of resident interest. It was difficult to get to the boards to see traffic calming layouts.
In fact I came away not seeing the proposals for Chester Rd !

It was good to see head highways honcho Neal Cockerton, Head of Transportation and Assets in attendance. His team did a very good job of explaining traffic calming to the attendant crowds.

Councillors from the village included County Cllrs Cindy Hinds and David Williams. Also Cllrs Tom Jones, Colin Bithell and Clive Weed.

I thanked Chairman Cllr Tom Jones for the backing of Penyffordd Community Council.

Introduced myself to Neal Cockerton and thanked him for making the consultation possible

Had a very good talk with Ian Jones Senior Highways Engineer about traffic calming techniques.

He also told me he travelled on one of the last trains on the railway line that used to route through the middle of the village.

Forms were available to fill in with regards traffic calming for Chester Rd and Hawarden Rd, for and against. Officers will now analyse feedback and responses to see what way forward ( or backwards) will be taken.

Possible Traffic Calming for Penyffordd in the Daily Post

The Daily Post and Flintshire County Council are to be congratulated for high lighting traffic issues in Penyffordd.

"Cllr Bernie Attridge, cabinet member for environment at Flintshire, said: “The proposed traffic calming measures for Penyffordd are welcomed, and will improve the safety of all road users in the village.

“The scheme has been assessed in accordance with Flintshire Council's traffic calming policy.

“I urge people to attend the consultation event, so they can see for themselves what we are proposing and their view can be taken into account in the development of the scheme.”

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Thank you Bernie, You're a Top Man !

I have been getting in a bit of a panic on over lack of lack of advertising of the consultation. Mary Post Office had a letter sent to her home address which is no where near Chester Rd or Hawarden Rd.

Mary has kindly photo copied it and put it in the Post Office window.

I don't know anyone else who has received the consultation letter off Neal Cockerton , Head of Transport Assets, FCC.

I will be out over the next day putting copies through interested residents letter boxes.

I hope both The Leader and Flintshire Chronicle will run the story.

Read full story here The Daily Post

Many thanks to Cllrs Cindy Hinds and David Williams and Penyffordd Community Cllrs for making traffic calming in Chester Rd a possibility.

Cllr Cindy Hinds Newsletter May 2012

NEWSLETTER MAY 2012

Dear Resident

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to vote on Thursday, 3^rd May 2012 in the local elections.  A special THANK YOU to those who voted and helped me to be re-elected to the County Council and Community Council.  Also elected to the County Council (2 member Ward_ was David Williams.  Colin Bithell was unfortunately the candidate to lose out.  Colin has been through such a hard time dealing with a serious illness and the loss of his wife, Faith, who had been very active member of the community.  I believe Colin is resilient and will continue to contribute to the Community Council and his work as a school governor.

Community Council – Eight members were re-elected to the Council.  Two new members also succeeded, Helen Jones and Clive Weed.  They will be an asset to the Council and wish them well in their term of office.  The candidate that failed was Colin Hughes but I am sure he will continue to monitor village activities and try again in five years time.

Two members of the Council retired, Jane Hopwood and Margaret Jones.  Jane has been a valuable member of the Council and I would like to thank her for her term of service and her friendship.  Like a lot of people in the community, work and family have to come first and I wish her well for the future.

Margaret Jones has been a long standing, diligent and well respected member of the Community Council  She has served this community for 27 years on so many different committees and governorships, always thinking how she can help make our community a better place.  I have been privileged to sit alongside her at Council and learnt a lot from the way she conducted herself and her contributions in debate.  Margaret has decided that she now wants to take more time to be with her husband, who is not too well and I think I can speak on behalf of the whole of the community in thanking her for the public service she has given us and wish both Margaret and Tecwyn all the best for the future.

Results -  County Council – Colin Bithell (362); David Williams (563) and Cindy Hinds (812).

Community Council – Stan Davies (341); Joe Bell (356); Clive Weed (384); Edwina Davies (429); Linda Vidamour (447); Colin Bithel (479); Helen Jones (484); Tom Jones (539); David Williams (601); Cindy Hinds (830).  Not elected Colin Hughes (230).

Local items -  Dove Cottage, Rhos Road, Pen-y-ffordd – On Sunday 5^th August 2012 Dove Cottage Gardens is open to the public between 2 – 5 pm.  £3 admission, children free.  There is a plant sale plus tea, coffee and home-made cakes.  I can recommend the scones with fresh cream and strawberries!!!  All monies go to the National Garden Scheme (mainly Cancer Charities).  Mr and Mrs Wallis have been awarded 5 stars by Visit Wales for their bed and breakfast establishment.

If you need Acupuncture or Holistic Therapies Mrs V Williams of Peacehaven, Terrace Lane is on your doorstep.  It is good that we have businesses in our village where we do not have to travel far.

British Legion – The Legion is seeking the support of all ex-service people in our community and asking them to come and view the refurbishment of the club.  They are also renewing their effort to find new members, especially those of the younger age group.  Bob Oldham is leading this campaign 01352 759426.

Police – Pen-y-ffordd District and Kinnerton have been allocated PSCO 2872 Rob Bainbridge.  I welcome this news as I felt over the past twelve months residents have lacked the presence of police in the Ward.  You can contact him on 07854 355040.  If the crime is serious then you must telephone 0845 6071002 or for anti-social behaviour 101. 

Pen-y-ffordd Area Community Association (PACA) – I have to THANK ALL WHO HELPED OUT AT THE ALL DAY BREAKFAST.  (We could not do without you) and to Jess Thomas who organized the event, which takes a lot of hard work.  A special Thank You to those who donated the food for the event and others who gave donations.  The Association make £1,143.00 towards village facilities.

Future Events – Jubilee – Pen-y-ffordd and Penymynydd Royal British Legion on the 4^th June at 2.00 pm is celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and invites you to join them for this special occasion.  During the day there are all sorts of entertainment and at night a family disco.

Carnival – Please support the Carnival on Saturday 16^th June between 1 – 4 pm.  If you can volunteer to help with these two particular events please contact the British Legion on 01244 550089 and Mrs D Week (Carnival) on 01244 547373.

Queen’s Jubilee – Mrs Jean Turner, a lady from our village, has been chosen to carry the torch for the Jubilee from Hickory’s right through the park in Chester.  She has raised thousands of pounds, along with friends from work, for different charities and deserves this honour.

Out of Hours Numbers for Residents – Housing Repairs and Homelessness – Galw Gofal 0845 373 3665:  Street Scene – daytime number 01352 701234 diverts to Galw Gofal out of hours:  Social Services Emergencies are dealt with by the Wrexham Emergency Duty Team 0845 053 3116.

For other matters please contact County Hall in the first instance 01352 702121.

Any vulnerable people who have Carers Cards, are Lone Workers or who have any form of Telecom Equipment may access the service directly – either through their call buttons, pull cords or the dedicated Flintshire number which they would be given when they register to receive the service.

Flintshire has an excellent website where you can make you complaints or access any information -  www.flintshire.gov.uk  

Mark Tami M.P. and Carl Sargeant’s A.M. Surgery is on the Friday 15^th June between 2 – 3 pm at the British Legion.  MP’s contact no. is 01244 819854 and AM’s is 01244 823547.

Printed, published and paid for by Mrs C Hinds, 38 Berwyn Avenue, Peny-y-ffordd. Nr. Chester. CH4 0HS.

Penyffordd in the scheme of Flintshire Politics

The Independents want a David Williams + Colin Bithell ticket
Labour want a Cindy Hinds + A N Other ticket

2008 - 2012 Flintshire controlled by an Independent, Cons, Lib Dem  Coalition

Pre 2008 Labour controlled

Penyffordd Civil War

You may have thought Oliver Cromwell was well gone but civil war still rages in Penyffordd.

Tom Jones who I think a Tory through and through hates Labour with a vengeance. This in turn is reciprocated by the Labour tribe within the village.

This is one of the contributing factors of why Penyffordd has fewer new facilities and grants compared with other Flintshire wards.

If you disagree please say why.
ie. You've seen Cindy Hinds and Dennis invited to Tom Jones' house for tea, etc

As a normal resident who is neither Tory or Labour I wouldn't know about any of the above. As a candidate in the 2008 elections the above became clear to me.

keywords: village dirty washing

Cindy Hinds quick off the mark

Election literature through the door. Labour do try hard.

Colin Bithell used to be a Labour councillor I'm told.

Penyffordd District 2012 Election Prediction - and yours ?

This is with regards to our county council places. Two out of three get seats at the county table.

1st. David Williams

2nd. Cindy Hinds

3rd. Colin Bithell

If anyone has different predictions please feel free to put them in the comments section. This blog will be referred to on the announcement of the county election whether that be the 3rd or 4th of May. If you put a reference number, letters or whatever to your comment we will be able to differentiate between you anons out there.

Penyffordd County Councillor Nominations as of April 4th.

Candidate's Surname Forename Party

BITHELL COLIN IND

HINDS CINDY LAB

WILLIAMS DAVID IND

No. of Candidates for the Area: 3

No. of Seats: 2

Link http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/f4fffc004ac2ea568dffaf2e70f399dd/list+of+candiidates+as+at+noon+4+april+2012+(County).pdf?MOD=AJPERES