The main item of interest for me was the excellent article
about Sylvia Harris’s 106th birthday: Sylvia is an incredible advert
for NE life and also for her home at Abbeyfield Bamburgh - which in the same
week celebrated being awarded the Abbeyfield gold star rating.
The discussion at the North Sunderland parish council about
the proposed development next to Kingsfield at Seahouses was also interesting.
The county planning team was supportive, although it contained atypical houses
at the entry to the village and it is not clear the development matches the
village’s needs. The parish council did not support the development. This is
yet another example – and there’s been quite a few during the campaign alone –
why we need to set a planning framework that’s suitable for our area.
The poor state of our roads and the risk of the County
walking away from some of them was reported, I’m pleased to say with a brief
quote from me.
The Bamburgh Research Project has over the last 17 years
carried out fascinating digs at Bamburgh Castle and a variety of nearby sites
to learn more about the archaeological heritage of Bamburgh – they are starting
a fundraising exercise to support the work in 2013.
The previous week’s papers reported on the possible allocation
of funding for dualling the A1. I remain optimistic that it will happen; apart
from wind farms the need for dualling is the commonest comment when I’ve
knocked on doors and spoken to people. Anne-Marie Trevelyan is generally
acknowledged as having kick started the campaign to have it done and I hope for
some reflected glory.
Speaking of wind farms: there was a report of David
Cameron’s meeting that I described earlier, referring in particular to concern
about wind farms.
And lastly, relevant to the planning policy approach I noted
above, the periodic occurrence of letters about coastal development at Beadnell
started again.
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