Parish Cake Autumn 2017
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
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Issues Facing<br />
the <strong>Parish</strong><br />
FANTASTIC EVENTS BY FANTASTIC<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Nuts in May, Cranbrook in Bloom,<br />
Sissinghurst Fête, Sissinghurst boot<br />
fairs, Cranbrook Apple Fair - how can<br />
we, as a community, encourage people to<br />
keep creating the events that define the<br />
parish? Such energy and creativity can<br />
be nurtured by the parish, but it is the<br />
individuals in the community who make<br />
these things happen, so thank you!<br />
The parish council has funds that can be<br />
applied for as ‘seed corn’ for events (eg.<br />
the 5K and 10K runs organised by the<br />
Primary School), but we also hear that the<br />
Co-op now has local funds for supporting<br />
local organisations – a big thank you to<br />
the Co-op – ask in store for details!<br />
PUBLIC TOILETS<br />
We cannot be a tourist destination unless<br />
people can get off a coach and go to the<br />
loo. Unfortunately, the public toilets have<br />
been vandalised time and again by the<br />
youth of the town, to the point that TWBC<br />
has spent more money on the Cranbrook<br />
WCs than all the others in the borough put<br />
together. The issue is being debated with<br />
the borough council to find a solution.<br />
VANDALISM<br />
Some of the parish’s new play equipment<br />
has been vandalised, and if we get new<br />
WCs we need to protect them too. If you<br />
see (or hear) vandalism taking place,<br />
please call 101 immediately. If fire is<br />
involved, 999 is the number.<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRE<br />
The future community centre will need<br />
to be redesigned as the first plan is<br />
unaffordable. The NDP Steering Group<br />
is assembling views, and we still need<br />
information and evidence of what it will<br />
be used for.<br />
There is a split in the community between<br />
people who say ‘There is no need for one’<br />
and the other camp who say ‘Build it and<br />
they will come’.<br />
HOUSING<br />
We do not know how many new houses<br />
TWBC has to build, and how many it will<br />
put in our parish. The NDP is crucial to<br />
enabling us to have a say on where they<br />
go and what they look like, so please<br />
get involved or have your say. There are<br />
decisions about to be made that will<br />
change the parish, and you do have an<br />
option to influence them.<br />
BUSINESS PREMISES<br />
With new housing comes the need for<br />
places to work, and so often businesses are<br />
not considered as they do not have a vote<br />
– they pay huge commercial rates, but<br />
have no say in the democratic process. The<br />
NDP is also considering where and what<br />
type of premises are needed – businesses<br />
need to tell us!<br />
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