Garden cuttings/hire of tools

Garden cuttings

Would whoever left pruned branches of laurel and beech on the bank opposite our kitchen window (Hickling Cottage) please not do it again? I'm trying to bring on some young shrubs and piles of dead wood don't help. Also they're not very pretty.

Hire of tools

I usually hire a chipper in the autumn to deal with prunings. Anyone like to share in this? If so let me know. Similarly I could do with hiring a petrol-driven extension hedge clipper: anyone else interested?

Jeremy Cushing

Hickling Cottage

Neighbourhood Watch

This message relates to Police Log No.1131 29/09/08.

There have been two incidents of a man visiting elderly people in the Exeter area claiming to be from the water authority and needing to check the water supply.  This claim is false.

Please warn people in properties around you not to allow anyone into their home they do not know and always check ID.

If you have any information please call 08452 777 444 quoting the log number and date above.

Focus on Liberal Democrats

Did you notice that one of the two things the Liberal Democrats seem to have achieved in Duryard since their last newsletter included getting an Untidy Site Notice issued about the Red Cow site?

Hum!!

Search this blog for Red Cow.  Is there a Sheila Holden or a Ben Noble anywhere here?  I'm not a Conservative voter, but Percy Prowse has been doing the job in a persistent, friendly and unassuming way.  That feels to me like local democracy.  He finds out what is going on and pulls any levers he can to sort it out.  

And if DCC takes over Exeter, do you really think a Roger Clotworthy is going to turn up in my dining room and hear what you are upset about, and climb up the bank behind Taddyforde House South's garage to look at the boundary with the Unite development?  Just read the Express & Echo about road maintenance in Exeter.

Sorry!  I'm a bit cross.

Neighbourhood Watch Site

This message relates to Police Log No. 295.

For your information there is now an official website for Neighbourhood Watch.  It is :

 http://www.mynhw.co.uk.

You can click on the title of this message to go there.

Boundary with Unite site

Peter Cobbold arranged for Exeter City Planning Officer, Roger Clotworthy, to visit Taddyforde today and look at the boundary with the development.  The Planning Office has to agree a landscaping plan with the developers, before they can go onto other projects.  A number of interested Taddyforde residents joined the lively debate!

It was finally agreed that our preference would be for the boundary fence to be a solid one and planted with climbing plants, on our side if necessary.

Because Keith and Todd are planning to have the old garage rebuilt, it was agreed that planting trees would not be sensible along the stretch of boundary between the two garages at the moment.  What we would like is for the council's tree specialist to assess the site and tell us how many trees, of what type and at what cost would be appropriate.  We would then ask the developers to provide a tree fund to provide for planting at a later date.

The Planning Officer then has to negotiate with the developers and see what he can get out of them.

We shall see....

RED COW LANE SITE

Jeremy has been sent a copy of the Planning Notice in respect of clearing this site.  It was issued on 22.08.08 and it takes effect on 02.10.08.  Within a month the owner of the site is required to:

1. Remove all litter, rubbish, waste material and waste items from the land.
2. Reduce the height of the vegetation to not more than 30 cm.
   

If it is not done the Council can take the owner to court, do the work themselves and charge the costs of doing so to the site owner.

Iris Responds

You may not have noticed Iris's comment below.  So here it is again:

Dear All

I am temporarily staying with my daughter in Kent (not living in a tent as the CAB consultant misheard when I phoned to explain my continued absence).  I am expecting to move into a flat on New North Road but at the moment this is proceeding very slowly.  I shall look forward to seeing you for coffee when this move has been successfully completed.  The Taddyforde folk have always been a supportive community and I have appreciated that very much.  I realise I should have arranged for a fanfare!

In the meantime I am sure you will welcome the new inhabitants of THS, Todd and Keith, who were most helpful to me with the move.  They really are very nice guys.

Best Wishes Iris.

Neighbourhood Watch - Bogus Collectors

This message relates to Police Log No. 444 05/09/08.

Two men have been collecting in the Exeter area for a children's charity.  They are using a bucket, and the charity has advised that these people are bogus.  Always check ID and that they are collecting with a sealed charity box.  If you have a call from these gentlemen please note any vehicle they are driving and contact:

08452 777 444, quoting police log 444 05/09/08.

Thank you.

Local Break-ins

Peter Cobbold has heard of a number of break-ins in Taddiford Road this week.  Electronic gear was stolen.

Please be extra careful about security.  Always lock doors and windows.