Filby Parish Council

Summary of Minutes

Parish Meeting Tuesday 22^nd November 2011

• Highways report that the 2 non-functioning vehicle activated signs on the Main Road have now been repaired.
• Following increases in speed on re-surfaced section of the Main Road, Norfolk Road Traffic Policing report that more speed checks will be carried out on this stretch of road.
• Following a meeting with the Trustees of the Thrigby Road Unitarian Church site, it was agreed that consideration would be favourably given to the parking of garden plot tenant's cars on land next to the Church ruins.
• There is one vacant garden plot currently available, interested persons can apply in writing to the Clerk.
• The Chairman and Clerk will attend the newly formed Northern Parishes Area Committee meeting at Hemsby on 1^st December.
• The Clerk was requested to report to Highways Department a series of blocked gullies on Thrigby Road.
• There were no planning applications or decision notices to debate this month.
• Received confirmation from Anglian Water that new replacement rising main from Pound Lane will be routed through fields to the north and not through Main Road new surfacing.
• Received Broads Authority "Trinity Broads Management Plan" and "Broads Plan 2011".
• The Parish Precept of £8,600 was calculated and agreed so that expected expenditure would be balanced out of expected income. This is a small increase of £100 on last year to cover increased administrative costs.
• Received Police Crime Report - 9 calls received for minor incidents and 2 reported crimes of theft from properties, the offenders are currently in custody.

This summary is provided by the Parish Clerk:
Mr David G. Balls,
Manor House,
Church Lane,
Filby.
NR29 3HW
Tel 01493 368246.
email:- david.balls@zen.co.uk

Minutes of previous Meetings of the Parish Council are located here

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Other Bits:

Some continue to be written or revised.

Additions and Revisions
In 2010, to help you find the most recent information, we launched this page which contains direct links to new pages and those most recently revised.

Filby People Remembered

New for 2011. Following the success of our "Filby Weddings" and "Filby People" themed displays at the Church during "Open Gardens 2009 and 2010 respectively" go to this page to discover more about the 2011 display.

Filby Calendar 2012

Our 2012 calendar was launched at the Filby Reunion on September 25^th, the profits are again going to the New Community Centre Fund.
Having maintained the same price for three years, it has been necessary to be increase it to £7.50 to reflect the extra cost of materials. Any post and packing is extra.
As well as some 2011 calendars, earlier calendars for 2008, 2009 and 2010, are still available via this website by sending an email to the address below.
The price is £7.00 plus post and packaging.

Voices from the Past

On 20^th October 2009, we started publishing a weekly "Filby News" bulletin on the Village Voice page.
Then we got to wondering what our forebears considered worthy of record and what they were doing one hundred and twenty years ago. This page is the result. From in January 2010 we have published, month by month, the Victorian equivalent of Village Voice starting with January 1890.

New Community Centre

For some time much village fund raising has centred on this project. We have now reached a stage where things are starting to show visible progress. To help us bring this to completion please support local events and initiatives.

Clubroom

This building is a bit special as it is one of the last two 'clay lump' structures in the village.

Clubs & Groups

If you wish to publicise your club, or organisation, and it is based in Filby or relevant to our village, please email the webmaster.

F.E.P.O.W. Memorial Bed

Originally created in 2008, and further developed with permanent features in 2009.
The Far Eastern Prisoners of War Memorial Bed is our recognition of the deprivations they suffered.

Filby Community Orchard

Phase One 2008

Alright; so it was only 21 one year old maiden trees but it was a start. We still planted 50% more trees than we initially planned.
In Phase Two, 2009, 30 trees were bought and planted. The orchard area was greatly expanded and now features the 'wild life' garden.
For Phase Three, 2010, at its September meeting the Parish Council agreed to allocate additional land to the Community Orchard Project. We now had space for another 36 or so trees and these were planted in late February 2011 bring the total to 72.
Volunteers to help us are always welcome, contact the Potting Shed.

Rev. 24^th August 2011