Statement from the Parish Council

The Parish Council have agreed with the amended planning permission (orchard removed).

Due to the stream being moved back to its original position and encased in brick work, plant machinery is then unable to gain access to the top end of the garden, from the front of the property for landscaping. The Parish Council has agreed to allow a gap in the brambles on the Gibbs Amenity land to be cut, to allow access for plant machinery to carry out the landscaping work, which should be done in dry and fine conditions and using boards to protect the land. The applicant has agreed to inform the Parish Council when plant machinery is due onsite with all risk assessments done and recommendations carried out.

In respect to the orchard itself, the Gibbs land is not the property of the Parish Council (as per the agreement between E L Gibbs and the Parish Council 1988) and as such, the Parish Council cannot give permission for the orchard.

This was agreed unanimously at the Parish Council monthly meeting held on Tuesday 2nd November 2021.

Parish Clerk 3rd November 2021