Category Archives: News

Huntingdonshire Local Development Scheme 2014 will be available for you to view between the following dates:

Start date: 19/05/14 09:00

End date: 28/11/14 16:30

Please select the following link to view this event:

http://consult.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/portal/pp/hlp2036/lds2014

If the link appears to be broken, please try copying the entire link into the address bar on your web browser.

A Burns night will be held in Abbots Ripton Village Hall on Saturday 08 February 2014 at 7pm for 7.30pm.

There will be a 3 course meal plus Whiskey on the table.

Cost is £15

To book or for more details please contact Brian Petre on 01487 773558 or Mike Wood on 01487 773078

Connecting Cambridgeshire update

Connecting Cambridgeshire is on track to deliver superfast broadband to over 90% of homes and businesses across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with better broadband of between 2Mbps and 24 Mbps for very nearly 100% of premises by the end of 2015.  Continue reading →

All Residents,

At the next Parish Council meeting Mr Dave McCandless will be attending to answer questions on ‘Speedwatch’ . Please come along to find out what’s happening and get more information.

The Council welcomes feedback from parishioners regarding any disturbance attributable to noise and uses the information to determine the success or otherwise of the event, and in liaison with SGP, to determine the noise management and noise control levels applicable to any future SGP.

I am sure you have already been notified of the SGP noise complaint hotline which is manned by SGP sound management. For completeness the SGP number is 0207 1952155. Any complaint to the Council can be made via 01480 388388 during office hours or 01480 434167 at any time the Council offices are closed. Council Environmental Health Officers will be monitoring the event and whilst the Council will not have a presence on or around site throughout the duration of the event, any complaint made will be referred to the on-rota officer.

Dear Residents,

Road Closure

This letter is to inform you of the temporary road closure to be put in place along the Kings Ripton Road, between the A141 and the B1090 past Jubilee Park, which will be effective from 09:30hrs until 22:30hrs on the morning of the 25^th July 2013. The road will remain open for local residents and emergency vehicles, it will only be closed to Secret Garden Party festival traffic.

This has been put into effect as The Secret Garden Party, (25^th July 2013 to the 28^th July), along with Cambridgeshire Constabulary, and Highways Department, feel that a temporary closure will reduce the congestion on the A141 specifically around the perimeter of Huntingdon to therefore ease the flow of traffic.

Each resident in the local area will receive a vehicle pass in the coming weeks that will need to be displayed inside the top right of their windscreen. The traffic marshalls positioned either end of the Kings Ripton Road will then allow access to vehicles with this pass. Continue reading →

 Notice of Vacancy in office of Parish Councillor on the KINGS RIPTON PARISH COUNCIL

Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 that due to the resignation of Councillor Evans there is a vacancy on the Kings Ripton Parish Council.

If, within 14 statutory days after the date of this notice, a request for an election to fill the vacancy is made in writing to the Returning Officer, Huntingdonshire District Council, Pathfinder House, Huntingdon PE29 3TN by ten electors of the town an election will be held.  If no such notice is given the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.

If any member of the Parish would like to be considered for co-option please contact the Parish Clerk.

Dated:                 13^th June 2013                    Signed       Claire Tunnicliffe                              

                                         Parish Clerk

Address:   2 Laxton Close, Eaton Ford, St Neots, Cambridgeshire,   PE19 7AR

Claire_tunnicliffe@yahoo.co.uk

Campaign to protect Rural Engalnd has produced a web-based transport toolkit which aims to improve local travel choices, particularly in rural areas.  Although it seeks to reduce the need to travel, particularly by car, it also shows how to reduce the costs and impacts of driving.  The toolkit also sets out how to protect the countryside from the negative impacts of transport, such as by reducing noise of motor traffic and signage clutter.

 The toolkit can be viewed at www.transporttoolkit.org.uk.

Kings Ripton Parish Council

Parish Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer

Kings Ripton Parish Council wishes to appoint a self-motivated, innovative Clerk. The position is home based for 10 hours per month. Hours may be worked flexibly; they will include evening meetings. Meetings are held on a Tuesday evening at 7.00pm, in Kings Ripton Village Hall, approximately every six weeks. Attendance at ad-hoc meetings may be required.

Good Financial, IT and Social Media Skills are required as well as personal qualities of tact and diplomacy.Ideally experience as a Parish Clerk would be useful.

Salary – £10.55 per hour.

Duties include:

• Producing Agendas in consultation with the Chairman
• Producing Minutes of the Meeting
• Monitoring Actions / Decisions of the Parish Council
• Dealing with E-mails and Correspondence
• Ensuring that Planning Applications are dealt with issued by Huntingdonshire District Council
• Contributing information for the monthly parish newsletter
• Setting up the budget of the Parish Council, processing Income and Expenditure and production of reports to Council and Audit.

For further information please contact Mrs Claire Tunnicliffe on 07955 707 134. Applications in the form of a CV should be sent to Mrs Claire Tunnciliffe, 2 Laxton Close, Eaton Ford, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 7AR or e-mail Claire_tunnicliffe@yahoo.co.uk

Closing Date for Application: 6^th June 2013

This week the Council received a complaint of a dog who had been let off the leash during a walk along a public footpath and entered a garden where they attacked a resident’s pet hens, one of which was injured.

The Parish Council would like to remind residents that dog owners are responsible for the damage caused and ask owners to ensure that their dogs are kept under control to stop this from happening again.

26.03.13