[GSBN] Fwd: Lammas Newsletter,March 2011

Thu Mar 17 19:29:39 UTC 2011

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> From: "Lammas" <supporters at lammasoffice.org.uk>
> Date: 17 March 2011 18:21:01 GMT
> To: <woolley.tom at virgin.net>
> Subject: Lammas Newsletter,March 2011
>
>
> Lammas Newsletter, March 2011
>
> Lammas Community Hub Build
>
> The response to the free volunteer weeks was incredible! We would  
> like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers who offered their  
> time and energy to help with the hub build. The progress has been  
> enormous and the building is looking really beautiful. The turf roof  
> was raised during the first week, the straw bale walls during the  
> second, lime rendering and cable laying (for the hydro electric  
> power) during the third. The final volunteer week is now taking place.
>
>
>
>  Appeal
> The Community Hub building is approaching completion. As is often  
> the case with large building projects the construction has run over  
> time and run over budget. Current estimates suggest the building  
> will finish £40,000 in the red. The Community Hub will be key to the  
> projects ability to promote Low Impact Development. Thus we are  
> asking our supporters to help us out by buying shares. If you are in  
> a position to support us please go to our website www.lammas.org.uk  
> and purchase a share for yourself (or a friend/ family member). This  
> would really help the project move forwards at a critical time.
> 	
> Planning News
>
> Planning News from West Wales (by Paul Wimbush)
>
> John Hargraves has a 4.5 acre holding in South Pembrokeshire. It was  
> originally an intensive nursery producing herbaceous shrubs for  
> landscaping schemes. He has been living in a small barrel-top  
> caravan on his land for about 3 years now and has applied for  
> planning permission to build a low-impact dwelling on his land on  
> the basis that he will be able to support himself from the land  
> entirely in 3 to 5 years. Having been turned down by Pembrokeshire  
> Coast National Park Planning Authority he appealed to the Planning  
> Inspectorate and a hearing was held on October 28th 2010. Shortly  
> after the hearing the Planning Inspectorate received a number of  
> complaints about the conduct of the Inspector. Following further  
> investigation the original Inspector was removed from the case (this  
> is the first time I have ever heard of this happening) and a new  
> hearing was held on 27th January. This second hearing seem to  
> proceed much more smoothly and so we are now awaiting the results of  
> this appeal. It is the first case to be assessed under the new TAN6  
> ‘One Planet Development’ policy.
> Pembrokeshire Coast National Park adopted their new Local  
> Development Plan (LDP) recently (September 2010) and it includes the  
> original Low-Impact Development Policy (re-named policy 35).
>
> roundhouse on plot 2
>
> Meanwhile Pembrokeshire County Council’s new Local Development Plan  
> is currently out for public consultation and, despite considerable  
> lobbying from Pembrokeshire residents, contains no provision for low- 
> impact development. The supporting papers justify this omission on  
> the grounds that the new TAN6 provides the necessary framework for  
> such applications. I personally think this argument is questionable  
> because the LDP’s seem to carry more weight than the TAN’s (which  
> are considered guidance rather than policy).
> Lammas has submitted a consultation lobbying for the inclusion of  
> policy 52 and Paul Wimbush will attend the public hearing to speak  
> on the organisations behalf.
>
> Plot with building opportunity near Tir-Y-Gafel .The Old Post  
> Office, Glandwr- £75,000
>
> Building plot with outline planning permission
> Centre of the village of Glandwr
> Mature hedge boundary
> Dimension: 15m width max x 29m depth
> Services close by
> For further details - http://www.jjmorris.com/index.php?URL=img_link&EXTRA=001975433&CURRENCY=GBP
>
>
>
> Eco Village News
>
> Tir-Y-Gafel Guided tour dates for spring 2011:
>
>
> roundhouse on plot 8
> Due to the overwhelming response to the monthly open days we held  
> last summer, we will be offering guided tours every Saturday this  
> year, from:
> 16th April until 16th July
> Each tour will last approximately 2 hours and will visit 3 of the  
> plots in detail.
> There will be two tours every Saturday 11am and 1pm.
> This year, there will be a charge of £4 per adult visitor and  
> children are welcome free. There is no need to pre book your visit  
> but it would be useful to know in advance if you are planning to  
> bring a large group.
>
> More Lammas Ecovillages?
> Whilst Lammas is in the final stages of setting up the  
> infrastructure for the Tir-y-Gafel ecovillage the organisation is  
> beginning to turn its attention to the development of further  
> settlements. A ‘Lammas 2’ group has now formed and the two  
> organisations are working together to create a second ecovillage  
> project in West Wales. Lammas will provide legal and planning  
> support as well as acting as a holding company for the ‘Lammas 2’  
> group which in turn will locate suitable land, allocate plots and  
> will run the proposed ecovillage with financial and management  
> autonomy. This is a very exciting development in that we are  
> creating a replicable template whereby new ecovillage groups can  
> work with Lammas to create their own settlements.
>
> Educational visits at Tir-Y-Gafel
>
> We have already hosted two school visits this year. Puncheston  
> Primary School (above) visited as part of their topic on waste and  
> recycling. The local secondary school, Ysgol Preseli, is running an  
> A level course on World Development. Head teacher, Michael Davis  
> brought a group of sixth formers to show them a local example of  
> sustainability.
>
>
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>

Tom Woolley

Rachel Bevan Architects
80 Church Road
Crossgar
Downpatrick
BT30 9HR
tom.woolley at btconnect.com
028 44 830988
www.bevanarchitects.com

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