IT’S EASY – HONESTLY

I know it’s a council form but the bits you need to fill in:

question 1 – yes
question 5 – SAF6
question 6 – Residential
question 7 – Choose Other and write in The Hub

Name and date are straightforward.

Uttlesford Site Allocation Form to fill in

Once you have filled out your form you can email it to planningpolicy@uttlesford.gov.uk

If you are not able to attach the form to an email, the just copy and paste the entire contents of the form into an email and send that.

This is really important – please do it now and tell your friends!

If you would like to read the full Council write-up and download the forms direct, you can read all about it here: http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/developinguttlesford

Settlement Allocations Plan Draft_Jan_2012_revised – full document with maps (large)

Members of the Skate Group, presented their vision to a wide range of volunteers who had read about the Group’s plans in the local press just before Christmas.

Gill, who has a great deal of fund-raising experience, and was amongst those who attended the meeting said; “I am delighted to be able to lend my skills to such a high-energy, high-impact community based project.  There is a lot of enthusiasm and commitment which needs to be harnessed for the long-term success of the park, the events to be staged there and hopefully the realization of the new community/youth hub.”

There are a number of high-profile events planned at the park for the coming months including the SKOPERA on the 19th May and the Urban Games on 2nd September.

Beverley Young, Chairwoman commented: “We need lots of energy and enthusiasm not just from our skaters, but our Skate Mate volunteers too to make these a success.   We’re still looking for volunteers with a legal or financial background to get involved.”

If you are interested in becoming involved in this exciting creative community based project please call Beverley Young, Chairwoman, Saffron Walden Skate Park on 07922 028080 or email Beverley_y2000@yahoo.co.uk

This meeting was held in the shelter in minus 4 degrees !  so the topics discussed were discussed as quickly as possible.

1.  Shelter – we have been successful in getting a grant of £300 to cover the cost of the plastic to replace the front panel of the shelter.   It will cost a further £80 to install it.   It will be in three or four panels.    Jane has found a supplier of plastic sheets and it will be a great deal cheaper to use these instead of going back to the original shelter supplier.   We talked a lot about whether the non-skaters who used the shelter at night would respect it and not trash it.   There is the possibility of removing the front panel altogether until people can be trusted to look after it.   We decided to leave it until the next meeting to see how the taped area, which is acting as a temporary repair, survives.

2.  Urban Games  -  Jane and Martin had attended a meeting of the ECC Urban Games Committee in Chelmsford.   We are one of a group of towns putting on Urban Games throughout the summer.   The date we decided on is Sunday 2nd September.   This will be a massive Skate Jam with music and art.   The art will probably take the form of a board decorating competition.  We will need a marquee for the bands and art work if the weather is bad.  We will also have food stalls, ice cream etc:   Toilets will need to be hired and stewards will need to be recruited to supervise parking.   We must have First Aiders as well.   The Urban Games have a budget attached to them to pay for the things we are going to need but there should be some over for prizes etc:   There will be extensive radio and press publicity and possible TV interest.

3.   Under 10s – we are still getting some parents ignoring the under 10’s signs and they can be very difficult when asked to use the mini-park and rail area even when given the “important information for parents” leaflet.

At this point we abandoned the meeting as it was just too cold !

Agenda for next meeting.

1.  Funding
2.  Shelter
3.  Web-site
4.  Film
5.  Summer events, including the Urban Games
6.  Hub
7.  AOB

NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY 30TH JANUARY AT 7PM AT THE SKATEPARK – HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A BIT WARMER !

Who do you admire at the park for their skills at skating, blading, biking or scootering?

Email Jane and she will organise sending in the nominations.

Please help us find Uttlesford’s Sporting Heroes

I am writing to ask if One Minet Skateboarding Club would like to nominate a local sporting hero as part of our 2012 celebration of sporting activity across the district, especially the contribution made by dedicated people in their local club or community. As you may have seen in the press, the Museum is asking local residents and sports clubs throughout Uttlesford to nominate their local sporting heroes, past or present, and submit their nomination (with a digital image or photo if possible) for display at our big event ‘Sparks Will Fly at Walden Castle’ on Saturday 19 May. After 19 May, nominations can be viewed in the Museum’s Sporting Heroes exhibition until 1 July and a digital copy on CD will be deposited with museums and libraries in the district as a record of Uttlesford’s sporting life. This will include the information (max 100 words) which we are inviting clubs to submit about their own activities on the nomination form.

2012 is going to be a very exciting time for One Minet park but we desperately need more people to help with the current organisation of the park that we are so proud of.
We are particularly excited about ‘The Hub’ – an exciting new building for not only skate park users, but for the whole community.

A place where ideas and skills can be shared, where people can relax and socialise and the epicentre of a thrilling new extension to the existing skatepark.

Also in 2012 our skatepark is destined to host the finale of Saffron Walden’s olympic celebrations on May 19th as well as hosting some new events including a jubilee celebration and the Urban X Games!

All of this work falls to a very small number of volunteers who are desperately in need of more adult support, hopefully from you! You may not even realise that you have skills that we need and just a little of your time could make a real impact on our plans for this amazing site that your children and hopefully you enjoy to visit.

We are holding an open meeting in the leisure centre at 6pm on January 24th and would love to see you there. If you cant make it please do contact us via email and suggest any ways that you may be able to help.

If you have any questions please call Jane on : 07967 444321
or email: janempc@btinternet.com

For more info take a look at the Skate Mates page on the website

This is the reply from the Project Officer at Uttlesford District Council

As discussed on the telephone, as this new build would be a community use building, we would require in your Design and Access Statement some details regarding the provision of a lift.  Both Part M of the Building Regulations and BS8300:2010 sets out the requirements regarding provision and any architect or builder should be aware of this..  The provision of such a facility not only ensures that you capture an ageing population with mobility problems to use the facility and the demographic shift endorses this, but also families with prams and of course the movement of stock and furniture for any upper rooms.

Minimum car dimensions are 1100mm wide by 1400mm deep.  It is likely that you will have to contact a supplier to get a quote over the web or the telephone and at least this will give you a guide to what the cost will be.

NOTE A preliminary phone call to one supplier gave a quote of £17,000 for a lift capable of transporting people and goods from the ground floor to the first floor.    More quotes are being sought.

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