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has also finished upgrade works at Canterbury North and Richborough substations. NG now need to carry out additional small scale works across the new overhead line route over the next couple of years so they can remove UK Power Network’s existing 132kv line which is planned for 2020. From December, NG will be focusing on reinstating land used for temporary access roads, removing crane pads from pylon sites, carrying out drainage works and further ecological works, such as tree planting and wildlife surveys. These works will be completed by July 2019. New Planning Applications: Spires Academy: Proposed permanent location of a modular building to provide 2 classrooms, toilets & storage and application to move the position of the coach bay extension and to change the date of completion for the highway works. Notifications: Former Chislet Colliery; Land to the south of Island Road (A28): Outline application for development of 370 dwellings, local centre, open space, community ecological park, landscaping & infrastructure; access from a new roundabout on A28. GRANTED The Barn, Westbere Lane. Application for new rear porch and new timber door to front. GRANTED. Golden Hills Farm Lodge, Bushy Hill Road: Proposed two-storey detached dwelling following demolition of existing single-storey detached dwelling. GRANTED . Westbere Cottage, 20 Westbere Lane. Proposed installation of new boiler flue. GRANTED. Date of next meeting, February 19. Forthcoming Events: Tuesday February: Charity Lunch Club, 12.30pm, Yew Tree Inn. Friday February 15: Westbere Walkers. Meet 10.30am, car park at Victory Wood. Saturday March 2, Abba party evening, 7.30pm, village hall. Tuesday March 12: Charity lunch club, 12.30pm, Yew Tree Inn. Saturday March 30: Churchyard clearance. If you have an item concerning Whitstable, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Wickhambreaux, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Wincheap, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above.

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Correspondent: John Grand grandjp@talktalk.net Recreation Pavilion: The cricket club are currently looking for a treasurer, please contact via facebook or e-mail winghamrecclub@outlook. com Thanks to everyone who attended the race night to raise money for the club. The football club won their way to the semi-finals of The Canterbury Junior Charity Cup with a 3-2 win against Tankerton. Next week the boys have the quarter finals of the Faversham Junior cup against Charing. Womens Institute: The next meeting is Monday February 21, Miles Room, village hall,7.30pm. PARISH COUNCIL: At the Parish Council meeting on January 14 the financial statement for December and the quarterly review for October-december 2018 was approved. Costs for clerk phone line rental and expenses were approved and payments made for the clerk’s salary/pension, printer ink and the allotment water bill ratified. Councillors approved the following: Recruitment of a new Independent Internal Auditor; the 2019/20 Service Level Agreement and costs for WC maintenance in the village; a community grant application by the village hall; a property maintenance quote for 2019/20 at £2650; provision of a portaloo at the Play Area during May-sept 2019; and the precept demand for 2019/20 at £57177.91 - an annual decrease of 94p per Band D equivalent property. Reports were heard from our District Councillor, Parish Councillors and from the Planning Committee as follows: There were no new applications to be discussed; the following decision was ratified: 18/01313 5 Edmund Street, Erection of a single storey rear extension (existing conservatory and garage to be demolished. No objections; and the following decisions were received from DDC: 18/01129 2 Mill Rd. Cert. of Lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a new dormer roof extension. Refused; 18/01099 & 17/01100 The Old Butchers, 31 High St. Conversion into 2no. dwellings & cladding of existing garden stores. Both granted; 18/01165 3 Vicarage Grdns, High St. Erection of a single storey rear extension & front porch extension. Granted; 18/01218 Wingham Timber & Mouldings, Goodnestone Rd. Erection of a storage building (existing store to be demolished). Granted. The Planning Committee Terms of Reference were reviewed and amendments agreed. The recipients of this year’s Community Awards were agreed: Dave Ivatt will receive the Jack Jolly award and Pat Fletcher the KALC Community Award. These awards will be presented at the Annual Parish Assembly in April which will focus on Plastic Recycling this year. On the grounds that the development falls outside the village confines, Councillors opted to object to the planning application for The Old Railway Station in Canterbury Road: 18/01321 Erection of a detached dwelling, decking, detached car barn. It was agreed that residents will be asked via the Community Newsletter how they would like to see the Council’s Health & Wellbeing Fund spent to benefit our community. Following discussion of criminal incidents in the village over recent months, it was agreed to write to the Police & Crime Commissioner. Lloyds Mobile Bank: Visits Wingham Village Hall car park every Monday and Thursday, 1.30-2.45pm. Mobile Library: Visits Wingham, February 7 and February 21, 9.30-10.30am, St Marys Meadow. Friends of Church: Wine and Wisdom, Saturday February 23, 7.30pm, village hall. Please take you own food and drink. Tickets £6, contact Lynne Connolly 01227 722979, tables of 8. Wingham Surgery: The surgery will be closed on Mondays and Wednesdays. Open Tuesdays, 8am-6.30pm (doors close 6pm), Thursdays 8am to 2pm. Aylesham Medical Practice will be open 8am-6.30pm, Monday and Friday. After 6.30pm and weekends please call 111. SS Baby Group: Held every Wednesday during term time in the Miles Room village hall. Cost £1 for babies up to 2 years old, their parents/carers can enjoy tea/coffee and a chat watching children on play equipment and soft toys. Wingham WI: Contrary to the WI website, meeting will be held February 18, with speaker Dr Clive Nuttman entitled Madagascar an Enchanted Island.

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20 points for ‘Common Blue Butterfly’. Highly Commended certificates were awarded to Wendy Kennett for ‘Seventh Wave’, Sarah Vinall for ‘The Stray’ and Bill Grinney for ‘Ghost Flight’. February 13, local judge Darren Woolway will be given the task of judging the members print competition and the theme will be ‘Picture Postcard’. It is an ideal opportunity for new members to come along and see a variety of members work printed and displayed and hear the critique on each image. Members take on board the judges comments and work to improve their images either at the moment of capture or in their post processing. The group meet Wednesday evenings, Tyler Hill Memorial Hall. For more information please visit our website canterburyphotographicsociety. com or phone Wendy Kennett 07540 519182.

Elham Area Church News Sunday February 10, 4 Before Lent: 8am Holy Communion BCP – Elham; 9.30am Holy Communion - Acrise; 9.30am Café Church – Elham; 11.15am New Day Service - Denton. Knit and Natter, first Tuesday of each month in St. Mary’s Church Hall, 2-4pm. £2 per session, refreshments provided.

Herne Bay Photographic Club June Sharp ARPS was the judge for our annual Print Panel Competition, held this week. A panel can be described as a set of images that hold together with a unifying theme. We chose to have sets of three images, and members were allowed to enter up to two sets. It was an interesting and informative evening, with June offering a very full and indepth critique of all of the images, and of each complete panel. She also suggested looking at the work of a variety of professional photographers, that members may find it interesting looking at their techniques. At the end of the evening, June gave first place to Eileen Wilkinson ARPS, CPAGB, AFIAP, with her panel titled: “Street Life”. Second place went to Steve Roberts ARPS with “Curves, Colours and Automobiles”, and “Puddles” by Peter Riley was third. February 12 and 19, we will be having our Scavenger Hunt, a just-for-fun digital competition, with a prize at the end, provided by our judge Di Long LRPS CPAGB. February 26 we will be welcoming Isle of Thanet (IOT) Photographic Society for a friendly, inter-club competition. This will be the first time we will be meeting IOT, so we are really looking forward to it. The Club welcomes new members, young and not so young, experienced and newbies to the hobby. Come along and meet us on a Tuesday evening at the Beacon Centre, Sea Street, 8-10pm, doors open 7.45pm. £2 on the door. If you join, membership will be £25 (reduced from £35, for the Potterers Cycling Club Meet us for a lunchtime drink. This is not an organised cycle ride. We make our way to the pub individually. We have “Meets” Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12.30pm. Wednesday February 13, The Four Horseshoes, Graveney; Thursday 14, The Bell, St.nicholasAt-wade. For complete list see www.potterers.co.uk

Reculver Beacon W.I Reculver Beacon WI met for their first meeting of 2019 braving the cold weather, it went really well and it was lovely to see old and new members. Adapted Tai Chi with Vena was interesting and entertaining. With some spare time members got into groups discussing who had travelled the furthest, who had met someone famous, strangest thing you’d eaten, hobby, embarrassing moment. The Country file photo competition was won by June Kirk. Those ladies that like to knit donated knitted hats and well done to Lynn for knitting all those twiddles muffs which we will be giving to a local nursing home. Looking forward to the next meeting and to see the competition entries for the “show the love hearts” which are being made.

Royal Artillery Association, Canterbury Branch Meets 2nd Wednesday each month, January-november, 1.30pm, St Stephens Community Club, Tenterden Drive, Canterbury CT2 7BN. Membership is open to all serving and ex-artillery personnel and their partners. For further information contact Peter Hughes raa.cant@yahoo.com

Newsdesk: 01227 475985 www.kentonline.co.uk Thursday, February 7, 2019 Kentish Gazette (KG)