Summer 2016

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Projects undertaken included:-

♦ Improvements to Cartmel Lane. The access strip from

Chapel Road has been tarmaced and drainage chan-

nels installed. Trees have been planted on both sides

of the road , interspersed with boulders to stop cars

being parked on the amenity land at Chapel Road

recreation ground. Funding for the trees came from

Yorkshire Bank Community Fund.

♦ The children’s playground at the HUB opened in April

2015 and has proved to be a great success and is well

used by many families.

♦ The planting and landscaping at the HUB has settled

in well and the plants and bulbs are looking good al-

ready.

♦ We have received another Award for all Grant to in-

stall curtains at the HUB this will help to improve the

acoustics in the big room.

The HUB is proving to be very popular and is in use most

days of the week, there have been lots of children’s parties

at weekends.

The Council commissioned a report into the feasibility of

improving the land at Keighley Road Recreation ground,

draining and levelling the area to make it useable. We an-

ticipate that the works proposed will cost in the region of

£30,000. We have applied to Bradford Council to release the

S106 money for play provision that has to be paid by Redrow

for the Manor Fields development off Thornhill Road. We

have spoken to Steeton Primary School to see what they

would like to use the area for and they are excited at the

prospect of having a useable outdoor area for games.

We have commissioned an arboricultural specialist to inves-

tigate the potential for the opening up of back memorial

wood. He has submitted a plan of what he proposes to

BMDC to allow them to comment. Once we have this infor-

mation we will then undertake a public consultation before

anything is done.

I am hoping that we will be able to contact the Department

for Transport with regard to the piece of land to the west of

Steeton Methodist Church. The Steeton Lights Group have

expressed an interest to put a Christmas tree on that piece

of land, I think this would be a good idea. It would make a

fantastic display if we were able to also plant this area up.

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Annual Report

Parish Council work in

2015-16

Cllr David Mullen,

Chairman

Steeton School Radio

Station Steeton Primary School obtained a grant from Steeton with

Eastburn Parish Council, towards the end of the last school

year, in order to help purchase Radio Station equipment.

Initially the Radio Station will play music, programmes and

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Council Contacts and Meetings All meetings of Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council are

open to the public, local residents are always welcome. De-

tails of times and meetings are advertised on notice boards

around the villages and on the Parish Council website. Meet-

ings are generally held on the first Wednesday of the month,

with a Community Hub Management Committee at 6.30pm

and Full Council at 7.30pm. All meetings are held in the Hub

at Steeton. At the start of each meeting there is a slot for

public participation when members of the public may ask

questions or raise issues with councillors. You can contact

the clerk to the Council, Rosie Sanderson by email at

clerk@steeton-with-eastburnparishcouncil.gov.uk ,by tele-

phone at 01729 825944, or write to 35 Kings Mill Lane, Set-

tle, North Yorks, BD24 9FD. The Council has a Facebook

page, search for Steeton with Eastburn and click like to re-

ceive regular updates on activities.

Councillors are:

Eastburn:

Gladys Emmott 653112

Tessa Mounsey 633128

Diane Danby 658285

Steeton:

Pam Blagden 652974

Christine Butcher 658979

David Mullen (Chairman) 654634

Roger Lambert 657060

Brian Southgate 07976307508

Su Thompson (Vice Chairman) 653070

Hilda Townend 654407

John Weller 0798 4633587

Bradford Ward Councillors

Andrew Mallinson 07971 274785

Adrian Naylor 07803 503643

Jack Rickard 07857 696057

MP:

Kris Hopkins 211152

Plans for 2016-17 In 2016-17 the Council expects to receive income of

£52,724, made up of a precept (Parish Council rates) of

£42,810, Council Tax support grant from Bradford Council of

£2,596 and income from hiring the HUB of £6,000. Any other

funding required will come from grant applications to exter-

nal organisations. The projects it plans to carry out during

the next year are:

♦ Obtain finance for the creation of a playing pitch

at Keighley Road Recreation Ground and com-

mence work

♦ Rebuild wall to southern side of Chapel road Rec-

reation ground once work to adjoining land has

been completed by the land owners

♦ Complete neighbourhood plan and public consul-

tation, submit to City of Bradford MDC

♦ Consult with neighbouring properties; obtain

quotations and planning permission for work to

add the Memorial Wood annex to the publicly

accessible area of the memorial gardens. Apply

for grant funding if applicable

♦ Apply for “Quality” level of Local Council Award

Scheme

♦ Agree and enact a community engagement strat-

egy

♦ Revamp and improve the Council’s website

Eastburn Playing Field The Council manages the Eastburn Playing Field as the cor-

porate trustee of the Eastburn Playing Fields Association,

which is a separate charity. Some 6 years ago extensive im-

provement works were carried out and a drainage system

installed. Unfortunately during the winter of 2015-16 this

drainage system has proved inadequate to cope with the

large volumes of rain. The council is investigating whether

improved drainage is a possibility, or if the pitch area could

be used for some other purpose if it can never be drained

sufficiently to be used as a playing pitch during the winter

months. A replacement picnic table is to be installed in the

play area during 2016-17. The bearing supporting the nest

swing has been found to be damaged; the swing has been

taken down for safety reasons whilst a replacement bearing

is obtained.

Flood Alerts Properties in Steeton and Eastburn which are deemed by the Environment Agency to be at risk of flooding can register for

automated flood warnings online by entering details at this link:

https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings

Areas not deemed to be at risk of flooding will not be able to enter their details for a flood warning, but can request a flood

alert, which is similar. For a flood alert contact the Environment Agency by email at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk and

provide a name, address, and phone number. Alerts can be supplied via phone, text, email, fax or pager.

news on a loop through our Internal Computer Server into

classrooms and around school. Children in all year groups

are beginning to have some basic training on the equipment

and are quickly learning the skills of broadcasting. As the

children become more proficient they will begin to broad-

cast live on a Friday afternoon. Eventually we will be in a

position to use the Radio Station in our class lessons to en-

hance the curriculum, allowing all our children to experience

the thrill of broadcasting. Children from Reception Class to

Year 6 have begun to use the equipment to produce pod-

casts, record their own stories and even write and record a

Radio Play. Examples of these can be heard by visiting the

Radio Station pages on our new and rapidly developing

school website - www.steeton.bradford.sch.uk

Next steps will be to provide an opportunity for the wider

community to become involved, whether that be community

groups making radio programmes, broadcasting live or pro-

motion of community events and services and the opportu-

nity for other local schools to make use of the School Radio

facility. We firmly believe that additional Benefits to Steeton

Primary School and the Local Community will be to

♦ Raise the profile of the Village School and the Local

Community in the wider area.

♦ To provide links between the local Community, fami-

lies and parents.

♦ A platform to reach out to the wider community to

inform and celebrate all that is good about our local-

ity.

In other exciting news the School is eagerly anticipating the

completion of a new, modern refurbished School Library.

We are also developing our old ICT Suite (which incorporates

the Radio Station) into a multimedia room with a ‘film stu-

dio’ and areas for design technology and art in order to com-

plement our Creative Curriculum.

The School won a national ICT award for an international

project. The Naace Impact Awards were announced at the

National Education Technology Conference in Leicester in

April. Steeton School’s ‘Christmas Truce’ eTwinning Project

won the Early Years and Primary Impact award. In the pro-

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Steeton School Radio Station

The area of rockery at the front Skipton Road edge of the

memorial garden - we have informed BMDC that following

consultation with residents regarding this area of land, we

no longer want them to do any planting here and that the

Parish Council will take over the upkeep of this area. We

have awarded a contract to our current garden handyman

and he will plant the area up with bedding plants and bulbs.

We have recently been informed that we are the first Coun-

cil in Yorkshire to be awarded Foundation Status of the Local

Council Awards Scheme, this means that we have been peer

assessed and are deemed to be operating at a high standard

and are meeting all the requirements that we are supposed

to. We have also been working in conjunction with the

Emergency Planning Officers at Bradford Metropolitan Dis-

trict Council to draw up a community resilience plan for the

parish. We are the pilot area for this plan within the Brad-

ford District.

FINANCE: Full accounts for the year 2015/2016 will be avail-

able on the Councils website in due course. After much de-

liberation the Council decided not to increase the precept

this financial year. We were able to do this in part because

Bradford Metropolitan District Council decided to pass on

the full amount of the rate support grant they received from

central Government.

CRIME: Crime remains low in Steeton and Eastburn but this

is no reason for residents to become complacent. Inconsid-

erate parking is still a problem, especially at the top of

Thornhill Road. We are still waiting for Bradford Metropoli-

tan District Council highways department to get the Traffic

Regulation Orders passed for this area. The other area

where parking is a serious problem is School Street and Mar-

ket Street near to the school. We have had meetings with

highways officers and the Ward Co-ordinators office to try to

come up with a solution and are still working towards this.

WEBSITE and NEWSLETTER: Publication of our newsletter

continues and delivery is being done by Worth Valley pub-

lishing. It would appear that things are working well and the

vast majority of residents are receiving their copies. The

HUB is now on Facebook and we have also set up a Face-

book page for the Parish Council as well as the Neighbour-

hood plan.

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANS: Following our submission to

Bradford Metropolitan District Council to be recognised as

the legal body allowed to produce a neighbourhood plan for

Steeton, Eastburn and Silsden we have been working hard

over the last year and are shortly to hold our formal consul-

tation with residents.

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Council Annual Report

ject, children in 10 countries used a number of IT tools to

communicate and collaborate. This included a video confer-

ence call with other schools around Europe, in commemora-

tion of the Christmas Truce of 1914. During this call, the

children sang Silent Night together in all the languages of

the project.

Monthly group for Carer’s Resource Workshops and Drop in

Newsletter Deliveries. Parish council newsletters are delivered by a leaflet distribution company. Copies are available in Steeton Newsagents

and Eastburn Stores and on the parish council website: www.steeton-with-eastburneastburnparishcouncil.gov.uk

The HUB provides ideal accommodation for events, meetings and children’s parties. The cost for voluntary and community

groups is £1 per user for a morning, afternoon, or evening session. There is a flat rate of £17.50 for children’s parties.

Business users are charged £20 per session. There's space for up to 125 visitors, comprising a large room which can be

divided into two by means of folding doors, a separate meeting room and a small kitchen. To book, please contact the

clerk: clerk@steeton-with-eastburnparishcouncil.gov.uk or 01729 825944. A calendar showing available slots, and a book-

ing form are on the Council's website (www.steeton-with-eastburnparishcouncil.gov.uk), in the community HUB section.

Time for Me (Carers’ Resource) Monthly group for carers and over 50s

Fun activities and friendly support

2nd Tuesdays 10 –12. Contact Carolyne Coyle 01274

449660 or email: ccoyle@carersresource.org

Booking the HUB

Breathe Easy Aire Valley BLF Respiratory Support Group

1st Wednesday each month 1.45 -3.45

Contact Ann Caden 07720810294

or anncaden@yahoo.co.uk

The HUB PatchersThe HUB PatchersThe HUB PatchersThe HUB Patchers

Patchwork and Quilting Every Thursday, 10.30 to 3pm , drop in anytime to see what we

are all about. Newcomers to the hobby welcomed. Contact Sylvia

on 01535662698 randomlodge@gmail.com

HandicraftsHandicraftsHandicraftsHandicrafts Mondays and Fridays

1.30 to 4.00 Call Penny on 01535656940

for more details Please join us

Modern and Mature

Special handicrafts, including fabric manipulation,

playing with textiles etc.

Mondays 10am to 12 noon. Contact Sally Edmondson

01535 211651 or sally@thejazzcompany.co.uk

What’s On at the HUB

Pilates Tuesday evenings 6-00-7:00 and 8.00-9.00

Friday mornings 9:30-10:30

Contact Tracy Bailey 07545226919 or

tracyjs@live.co.uk

Book Club

Every second Wednesday of the month 7.30 to 9.30

Contact Antony Horner on 01535 358096

or email antony@steetonandeastburnbookclub.org.uk

for more information

Search for The Hub Like to receive updates

Steeton Crown Green Bowling Club

Weekday evenings and Saturdays April to October.

Contact Martin238@live.co.uk

French Classes Intermediate to Advanced French Conversation

Mondays 7.15pm

Call Anneliese Haggett 01535 654361

BalletFIT Mondays 6-7pm, Wednesdays 9.30-10.30am

Dance inspired all body workout to improve posture, flexibility &

tone up. Suitable for all fitness levels.

Call Anneli Howes on 07523 322952 or

email annelihowes@hotmail.co.uk