Former Shellfish Packing station-Decision meeting 22nd Aug 2013 + Photos

Attached is a letter (click here) advising of the meeting at the Council Chamber at the civic suite on Thursday 22nd August 2013 starting at 7.30 where the Development Committee will decide regarding the Application 13/00370/FUL in respect of the Former Shellfish Packing Station.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

It would be good to see as many supporters of the Save South Fambridge campaign who object to this application at the meeting in order to show the weight of opposition and the strength of feeling regarding the issues relating to this site. The meeting starts at 7.30pm so please be there before that.

We will arrange a speaker to represent to village.

For any new visitors to this site as a result of the Echo Story....
Question: Is this a business operation as described in the planning application 13/00370/FUL?  Car refurbishment...akin to a garage... come along to the decision meeting and find out the truth. An application for parking spaces for storage of cars and use of the northern building as part of the B2 use may seem benign but there are serious implications.

                   This car arrives on site, is stored and then stripped of parts and the remainder is taken away.

Car parts being loaded onto a lorry.

 The 44 ton lorry leaves the site outside the permitted hours for commercial vehicle activity on or off the site. It also reversed back up the bridle path as the access was so tight in order to avoid the telegraph pole.  Note the access is shared with Bridle 13 which is access for horses and members of the public visiting the river.

 These photos below illustrate how narrow the lane is and not suited to commercial vehicles.

 This is car waste after parts have been stripped in a waste skip ready for removal off site.

A car being crushed in the skip with the JCB bucket.

 Nobody from the village has witnessed a car leaving the site in on the back of the pick up truck in one piece since the main activity started on this site as the beginning of this year (2013).

We hope you can attend the meeting.

 

Stop Press News!!!!! Decision Meeting 28/6/12

Stop Press NEWS!!!! Important Meeting Thursday 28th June 2012

Meeting at the Council Chamber at the Civic Suite, 2 Hockley Road, Rayleigh, SS6 8EB starting at 7.30pm where a decision will be made by the Rochford District Council Development Control Committee regarding the Autoval Planning Application for the Former Shellfish Packing Station in South Fambridge. Please show your support in objecting to this application by attending the meeting.

The Planning Officers Report is now available to view on the Rochford District Council Planning Website - Recommendation - To REFUSE plannning permission.

Planning Officers Report

Your support is still needed though at the meeting.

Thank you

Public Meeting with Ashingdon Parish Council - 25th January 2012

There will be a public meeting on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at the Ashingdon and East Hawkwell Memorial Hall at 7.30pm as per the attached letter...please attend if possible.

Thank you for attending the Residents Meeting

It was great to see so many residents at the meeting on Monday night at Greensward Academy (28th November) We would like to extend our thanks to Greensward for allowing us to use their facilities and their site staff for their assistance.

We would also like to thank Councillor Terry Cutmore (Leader of the Rochford District Council)  for attending the meeting and Claire Whitehead (Chair of Governers) attending on behalf of Ashingdon Academy.

The meeting achieved its goal to inform South Fambridge residents and the attending guests of the concerns regarding the proposed new business in the village and advising how each community member can help oppose it.

We will  be in touch with those who offered help to keep the campaign going and the flyer which anyone can download, copy and distribute will be posted on here shortly.  The more people that know about this the better.

Other ways to get support:-

• Twitter - Tweat a message to your followers and get them to pass it on. (thankyou Jan for your RSPB Tweet...they re-tweeted to their 1,500 followers...I will try to set up a Save South Fambridge Tweet)
• Facebook : Save South Fambridge group(send to address book/friends) and get them to "Like This" group and pass it on....challenge x100 "Like this" by Sunday.
• Petition on the blog (email to friends or post a link) challenge x 100 signatures by Sunday
• The old fashion art of conversation...spread the word and mention the internet and "Save South Fambridge"
• Posters in shop windows (we will be designing a poster shortly and it will appear on here..to print A4 size or we can print A3 size  ......keep posted.

If there are any other ideas please use the contact page and send and email.