Poolside Bar & Courtyard Music Nights 2022 March - June at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Jenny Giles - Upchurch River Valley Golf Course
Telephone: 01634 360626
Website: www.rivervalleygolf.co.uk

Win a Mother’s Day and Spring Garden Hamper at Upchurch’s Co-op - Raising Money for MIND

Upchurch’s Co-op is fundraising again for their chosen charity partner, MIND - the mental health and support charity.

Win a Mother’s Day Hamper 💝

Enter in store for 50p per raffle strip - Please ask a member of staff at the till.

The winner will be picked on Saturday the 26th of March.

To be collected upon winning.

Win a Spring Garden Hamper 👩🏻‍🌾

Enter in store for £1 per raffle strip - Please ask a member of staff at the till.

The winner will be picked on a date to be announced.

To be collected upon winning.

Good luck 🤞🏼

Read more about MIND at: www.mind.org.uk

Sally - Upchurch’s Co-op

Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee - AGM

Thursday 14th April 2022 at 7:30pm in the Main Hall

The Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee is a group of volunteers drawn from village organisations who give up their time to maintain and run the Village Hall on your behalf.

The time has come around again for the Committee’s Annual General Meeting, the time when village residents can hear what has been happening during the past year, plans for the future and show their appreciation of their work carried out by the Committee.

Please put the date in your diaries and try to attend.

Thank you

Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee

Great British Spring Clean - Upchurch

One Bag

Big Difference

Upchurch Parish Council is asking village groups and residents to volunteer as litter pickers once again and help clean up our village for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as part of this year's Great British Spring Clean.

Back for its seventh year, the Great British Spring Clean is the country’s largest mass-action environmental campaign and aims to bring together individuals, community organisations, businesses and councils to make a difference to the environment on our doorstep. The annual litter campaign organised by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy inspires 1,000’s of volunteers across the UK to get involved in their local Spring cleans.

The litter pick in Upchurch is always well supported, and the tremendous village effort each year results in around 70 sacks of litter being picked from our village spaces and the surrounding country lanes. The Parish Council hopes this will be the case again during this special Queen's Platinum Jubilee year.

To volunteer, please come along to The Recreation Ground Car Park in Oak Lane on Saturday the 2nd of April at 10:30am and help us all make a noticeable difference to our village together. The litter pick will follow the usual format lasting around 90 minutes.

The Parish Council has a limited amount of equipment, so please bring your Litter Pickers, Hoops, Gloves, Hi-Vis if you have them - thank you.

Contact the Parish Clerk Wendy Licence for further details: clerkupc@outlook.com

Thank you for your help and support.

To find out more, visit >> www.keepbritaintidy.org

#GBSpringClean #BigBagChallenge

Upchurch Matters

Residential Property Broken Into - Newington | Gate Damaged - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/46362/22

Between 15:00 and 15:54 on Wednesday the 9th of March, somebody broke into a residential property in Wickham Close, Newington.

Crime Number: 46/46869/22

Between 19:00 and 22:45 on Saturday the 12th of March, somebody damaged a gate in Iwade Road, Newington.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

Kent Community Messaging

Upchurch Parish Council Report - March 2022

Report of the Parish Council March 2022

Cllr Tyrone Ripley (Chairman), Cllr Pam Denny (Vice Chairman), Cllr Ernie Berntsen, Cllr Helen Boakes, Cllr John Bodycomb, Cllr Alan Horton, Cllr Gerry Lewin, Cllr Gary Rosewell and Cllr Neil Sheppard. Clerk Mrs Wendy Licence.

Great British Spring Clean

The Great British Spring Clean is on 25th March - 10th April 2022 and the Council will take part in the initiative again. Residents and groups are urged to help with the annual litter pick, please contact the Clerk for further details: clerkupc@outlook.com

 

Planning

i. Ref: 21/506474/FULL Address: Burntwick The Street Upchurch Sittingbourne ME9 7EU

Proposal: Erection of 2no. four bedroom detached dwellings and 2no. detached garages, with associated front canopy, fencing, gates, access and parking.

Councillors considered the comments raised and also those on the Planning Portal. It was noted that there were four neutral comments, one comment in support and fourteen objections to the proposal. It was agreed that the Council should bolster the elements of concern raised by residents regarding overlooking, loss of light and the ridge height.  

The Council has been informed that revised plans have been submitted.

 

ii. Ref: 21/506637/FULL Address: 16 Horsham Lane Upchurch Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7AN

Proposal: Erection of a first floor extension over existing converted garage and alterations to fenestration.

Application had been permitted.

 

iii. Ref: 22/500037/LAWPRO Address: 8 The Poles Upchurch Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7EX

Proposal: Lawful Development Certificate for a single storey side extension for a WC and wash basin. 

Councillors noted the application.

 

iv. Ref: 22/500648/SUB Address: Starborne Oak Lane Upchurch Sittingbourne ME9 7BB

Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 12 (External Lighting) of planning permission 20/503568/FULL.

Councillors noted the application.

 

v. Ref: 22/500658/TPOA Address: 18 Bradshaw Close Upchurch Sittingbourne ME9 7BW

Proposal: Works to Trees covered by a TPO T1 Oak - Reduce height to 12m - 15m and reduce canopy to 6m - 8m spread.

Councillors fully supported this application.

 

vi. Ref: 21/503136/ADV Appeal Ref: APP/V2255/Z/21/3282811 Address: Suzuki (Medway) Rainham, London Road, Rainham ME8 8PT

Proposal: Advertisement consent for 1no. internally illuminated folded aluminium freestanding double sided 'Suzuki' totem sign, 2no. internally illuminated folded aluminium 'Suzuki Medway' fascia signs, 1no. non illuminated folded aluminium freestanding single sided 'Welcome' totem sign, and 2no. non illuminated free standing directional signs.

Upchurch Parish Council objected to the application because it was not in the built-up area and Hartlip Parish Council objected on the grounds of light pollution in a rural area.

Councillors agreed to inform the Planning Inspector that they are fully supportive of the views of Hartlip Parish Council.

 

Finance

The Precept for a Band D property has decreased by 20.5%.

 

Recreation Ground and Paddock

The grant funding applications for a Woodland Trail in The Paddock has been successful. The first contribution for this project was from the Queenborough Fishery Trust and Swale Borough Council Western Area Committee has agreed to fund the balance. The Council is seeking funding for further equipment in The Paddock.

 

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 2022

The Council has been awarded £500 towards the cost of celebrations for the Jubilee. The Upchurch beacon will be lit on Thursday 2^nd June. There will be food and drinks stalls at the Recreation Ground during the evening. A piper will play at 9:35pm, a bugler will play a unique Bugle Call at 9:40pm and the beacon will be lit at 9:45pm. On Sunday 5^thJune, street parties are being encouraged and where residents are unable to have a party in their road, they will be permitted to use the Recreation Ground, please contact the Clerk for full details: clerkupc@outlook.com

Date of next meetings:

Full Council - Thursday 7^th April at 7:30pm in Upchurch Village Hall.

The Planning Committee and General Purposes Committee - Wednesday 20^th April at 7:30pm in the Small Hall of the Village Hall.

The Annual Parish Meeting will be on 28th April in Upchurch Village Hall.

 

All residents are welcome to attend the meetings and there is a time for members of the public to comment, raise concerns or ask questions.

 

To help keep loved ones safe, please DO NOT attend the meeting if you have had any known contact with COVID-19 in the previous 14 days or have experienced symptoms. Questions and comments can be sent to the Clerk to be raised at the meeting. 

Wendy Licence - Clerk to the Parish Council

Tel: 01622 739324
Email: clerkupc@outlook.com
Website: www.upchurchparishcouncil.gov.uk