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Castle Gresley Parish Council
Castle Gresley is a village and civil parish about 1.5 miles southwest of the centre of Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England.
The village is about 1 mile west of the village of Church Gresley.
The name Gresley comes from Albert Greslé, the first baron of Manchester and who was prominent throughout the midlands.
The village is about 1 mile west of the village of Church Gresley.
The name Gresley comes from Albert Greslé, the first baron of Manchester and who was prominent throughout the midlands.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
As more businesses reopen this weekend, everyone should continue to keep a safe distance from others.
Where you can't keep 2 metres apart, you can stay 1 metre apart – as long as you follow certain precautions.
Guidance on what you can and can't do ⬇️
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do-after-4-july
Where you can't keep 2 metres apart, you can stay 1 metre apart – as long as you follow certain precautions.
Guidance on what you can and can't do ⬇️
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do-after-4-july
This summer’s summer activities for schoolchildren in South Derbyshire have been cancelled due to social distancing restrictions.
The scheme was due to take place between the 27 July and 28 August and would have offered over 100 sessions across the District.
Councillor Dan Pegg, Chair of Active South Derbyshire, said:
“It is with real sadness that we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Summer Playscheme.
“I know it is very popular with children from across South Derbyshire and we looked at all the options before very reluctantly reaching the conclusion that it wasn’t possible to deliver the activities while following social distancing guidelines.
“I hope that children in South Derbyshire will continue to remain active this summer while continuing to remain safe and socially distanced.”
The South Derbyshire Summer Playschemes have been running for well over a decade and are a very popular service, with over 6,000 young people attending sessions each year which are delivered with funding from parish councils and the South Derbyshire Community Safety Partnership.
Active South Derbyshire plans to reschedule a number of these cancelled sessions, once restrictions are lifted, on evenings, weekends and during half term holidays.
To keep up to date with our service and any future sessions, check the Active South Derbyshire Facebook page: @ActiveSouthDerbyshire.
The scheme was due to take place between the 27 July and 28 August and would have offered over 100 sessions across the District.
Councillor Dan Pegg, Chair of Active South Derbyshire, said:
“It is with real sadness that we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Summer Playscheme.
“I know it is very popular with children from across South Derbyshire and we looked at all the options before very reluctantly reaching the conclusion that it wasn’t possible to deliver the activities while following social distancing guidelines.
“I hope that children in South Derbyshire will continue to remain active this summer while continuing to remain safe and socially distanced.”
The South Derbyshire Summer Playschemes have been running for well over a decade and are a very popular service, with over 6,000 young people attending sessions each year which are delivered with funding from parish councils and the South Derbyshire Community Safety Partnership.
Active South Derbyshire plans to reschedule a number of these cancelled sessions, once restrictions are lifted, on evenings, weekends and during half term holidays.
To keep up to date with our service and any future sessions, check the Active South Derbyshire Facebook page: @ActiveSouthDerbyshire.
Castle Gresley Parish Council have been approached to recommend local charity status groups which may benefit from funds which they would use to benefit the community of Castle Gresley. If you are aware of any such groups please email details to the Parish Clerk on clerk.castlegresleypc@gmail.com
prior to 14th July 2020.
Recycling centers are NOW OPEN as of 18th May
Derbyshire county council have decided to reopen the recycling centres.
Vehicles will be allowed into recycling centres on certain days depending on whether the last number on their number plate is odd or even. Vehicles with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 as the last number will be allowed in on even dates in the month
and those with 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 will be allowed in on odd dates in the month.
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Response to the enquiry below from Parish Council in relation to the concerns with the A444 Burton Road, Castle Gresley following the unfortunate RTC which occurred on the A444 near to Toons Furniture Store on the 14th February 2020. I would like to apologise for the delay in providing a reply to your concerns over the use of the A444 Burton Road, Castle Gresley I can confirm that I have been waiting on formal feedback from Derbyshire Constabulary following their investigations into the unfortunate Road Traffic Collision which occurred on the 14th February 2020 and the feedback from the pedestrian count that has subsequently been carried out by Derbyshire County Council, following discussions with your County Councillor, Pat Murray. I am aware of the section of the A444 at Castle Gresley, outside of the Toons Furniture Store and I recall that we did have a site meeting with Cllr Murray back in 2019, along with representatives from the Parish Council to discuss the issue around the children accessing the bus stops from the housing development off the A444 (Brunel Way / Suffolk Way) estate and its adjacent road network. Observations and assessments undertaken from our site meeting at the AM peak time of the school day, between 7:30am and 9:00am were as follows: · The children crossed at different points along the length of the A444, with no concentrated location. · The number of children crossing the road at this time, was low in level/numbers. · The A444 has good forward visibility in both directions of travel. · The A444 has safe and suitable footway provision of sufficient length and width that can be utilised. · The width of the carriageway (A444) is not sufficient for a pedestrian refuge arrangement to be accommodated, without compromising the running lanes for two-way traffic on a road which is of an A-classification and takes HGV traffic. · The observations showed that the children using the public transport provision from the new housing development outside the Fencing Supplies business on the opposite side of the A444 had little difficulty in crossing the road in the Morning Peak to access the sheltered bus stop. It would appear from the observations on site that the development has been constructed such that there appears to be a main arterial pedestrian feed into the estate (Plymouth Walk) through what appears to be a wide, possibly shared use path that connects to the A444 existing footway. · At the bus stop to the north of this access there is a tactile crossing point for people to utilise, where the forward visibility in both directions is very good. · The observations from site do also appear to show that the design of the housing estate is such that the main pedestrian access point is in and out of the development at (Plymouth Walk) however, it appears that at the bottom edge of the housing development site (near Sunderland Close) an informal access point to the A444 across the grass and through the gap in the fence is utilised, (I suspect the removable post is to facilitate access for the grass cutting), although perhaps this chosen route is reduced during the dark and wet months of the year? · Between the access to the housing (Plymouth Walk) and below Toons Furniture the surrounding environment of the A444 does not lend itself to a consistent demand for crossing by pedestrians in terms of numbers to access facilities on either side of the road, other than to access the public transport provision, for which there is dedicated tactile crossing provisions. I am sure you can appreciate that some of the information provided from the outcome of the Police investigation has implications in terms of personal data that I am unable to divulge. From the witness accounts and CCTV footage that the Police have obtained they have confirmed that their investigations have concluded and no further police action is proposed in this investigation. The collision which was regrettable and left a young person with some serious injuries as a consequence of the collision, whom we hope is improving in their ongoing recovery, has indicated that neither vehicle speed or driver error was a contributory factor in its occurrence. In respect of the pedestrian crossing demand survey that Derbyshire County Council undertook on the stretch of the A444 (between the Roundabout and Mount Road Junction) I have provided a focused overview below: |
· we carried out the survey on a weekday (school term and before the Corona Virus resulted in schools being closed), · it was carried out for a period of 12 hours (7am to 7pm) · it showed a total 7 people crossing in one direction, and 14 people crossing in the other direction · a total of 21 people (adults and children) crossed in this period · it equates to <2 people per hour. · A444 has a Department for Transport Traffic Counter (7148) (North of Cadley Lane) which has a AADF (Average Annual Daily Flow) of 14,662 vehicles for year 2018 I can assure you that Derbyshire County Council does take road safety very seriously and where appropriate considers suitable mitigation measures that could be introduced to bring about an improvement to a specific road’s collision history and/or identified concerns. Unfortunately the specific layout of certain roads can restrict what measures are physically possible i.e. a pedestrian refuge on the A444 is not physically possible. Then for such schemes of work as a Pedestrian Crossing there has to be an identified demand for crossing, combined with such factors, as a personal injury collision history, pedestrian count, and site location that identifies a demand for crossing between facilities/properties on a regular, persistent basis and perhaps where the gaps in traffic are not possible, something which is not the case along this section of the A444, from the survey data and personal on site visual observations. We must therefore apply strict criteria to each request to ensure that the considerable funds (around £40,000) required for a pedestrian crossing are targeted to locations where they are most needed. In terms of assessing requests, we use the PV² formula (a nationally recognised assessment tool) as a guide, which helps to establish pedestrian activity against volume of traffic. To ensure a new crossing will be well used, for example we would be looking for numbers in the region of 1000 vehicles, with 100 crossing pedestrians, for each of any four hours in a 24-hour period. Other factors are taken into consideration; such as the level of difficulty for pedestrians crossing, whether there is a desire line (a clear point where pedestrians have a need to cross) and whether there is a suitable location to site a crossing. Whilst it could be discussed that the volume of traffic along the A444 may well meet the numbers described above, it is not considered that there are a sufficient number of pedestrians. It is acknowledged that there will be a ‘spike’ in pedestrian activity at the start and end of the school day, but it is anticipated that levels will remain low at other times. Providing a formal crossing when pedestrian flows spike in the morning and evening peak but remain low at other times can actually prove counterproductive in terms of road safety. Department for Transport advice states that caution should be exercised when considering light-controlled crossings on roads where pedestrian flows are light for long periods of the day. Drivers become accustomed to not having to stop at the crossing and may begin to ignore its existence. This can increase the risk for pedestrians who, on seeing a green man signal, assume it is safe to cross and may step out in front of a driver who has ignored the crossing. The key outcome of this is the demand for crossing the A444 at this location is not of a sufficient level that would warrant future consideration of a pedestrian crossing being considered for this location I am afraid. Vehicles which are exceeding the speed limit for the A444 is a moving traffic offence and the enforcement of vehicles which are exceeding the threshold for enforcement, is a police matter. If you have concerns with regard to the speed of vehicles then please contact the Police, via the non-emergency telephone number of 101 to provide specific times of the day when it is an issue, so that they may be in a window to undertake some enforcement. Although that may be a difficult situation in the current climate based on their operational resources they have available. |
We’ve teamed up with partners across Derbyshire to deliver a message worth repeating: stay at home, protect the NHS, and save lives.
We’re releasing this short video together ahead of the predicted warmer weather this weekend, and the Easter weekend that follows.
It is our duty to try and limit the spread of coronavirus but we know that with sunnier skies comes the temptation to go out and get together with family and friends.
But it is critically important that we all continue to abide by the ongoing restrictions on movement and the rules on social distancing.
Everyone featured in this video plays a role in society that means they don’t have the luxury of staying at home. They all head out to work every day to keep our society moving.
So please watch the short clip and remember that we are all in this together. We need to protect the NHS, and by staying at home and heading out only locally, we can all play our part in saving lives.
This video has been created by a team including Derbyshire Constabulary, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Derby Mountain Rescue Team, the Peak District National Park Authority, High Peak Borough Council, South Derbyshire District Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, and the Central England Co-op.
We’re releasing this short video together ahead of the predicted warmer weather this weekend, and the Easter weekend that follows.
It is our duty to try and limit the spread of coronavirus but we know that with sunnier skies comes the temptation to go out and get together with family and friends.
But it is critically important that we all continue to abide by the ongoing restrictions on movement and the rules on social distancing.
Everyone featured in this video plays a role in society that means they don’t have the luxury of staying at home. They all head out to work every day to keep our society moving.
So please watch the short clip and remember that we are all in this together. We need to protect the NHS, and by staying at home and heading out only locally, we can all play our part in saving lives.
This video has been created by a team including Derbyshire Constabulary, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Derby Mountain Rescue Team, the Peak District National Park Authority, High Peak Borough Council, South Derbyshire District Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, and the Central England Co-op.
COVID-19 Business Rate relief and financial support
The Government has put in place an emergency rescue package for business as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions.
South Derbyshire District Council will administer two elements of the rescue package - business rate relief and grant support.
To find out more about this and other business support, visit our COVID-19 business support page.
The Government has put in place an emergency rescue package for business as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions.
South Derbyshire District Council will administer two elements of the rescue package - business rate relief and grant support.
To find out more about this and other business support, visit our COVID-19 business support page.
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All Parish Council Meetings take place here, at The Brick Room, Main Street, Linton. DE12 6PZ. Castle Gresley Parish Council are inviting local contractors to quote from the following professions: Electrics, plumbing, general maintenance, tarmac drive/pathways. Please contact the clerk directly on clerk.castlegresleypc@gmail.com for further details 
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Click the image above to visit our Police page
Come and meet you local policing team, Council representatives and Safer South Derbyshire partnership.
An update on what we have all being working on since the last round of meetings is given and you get the chance to ask us questions and raise any issues you would like all of us to look at and work in partnership to resolve. The Parish Council are pleased to announce it is now able to supply grit bins under a scheme from Derbyshire County Council (subject to meeting criteria). Castle Gresley Parish Council |