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West Malling Parish Council Manor Park Country Park The Junior Parkrun 2016 season kicked off on January 3 with a wet and muddy welcome to the 29 runners. However, this did not prevent several personal best times being recorded and many thanks to the 17 hardy souls who volunteered to marshal the event. The 2k Junior Parkrun takes place every Sunday at 9am and provides friendly and enjoyable competition for children from four to 14 years old. Please check the
www.parkrun.org.uk website for further details.
Maceys Meadow This year’s packed programme of activities is still being finalised but so far, the following have been confirmed: May Day celebration on May 7, a bat walk on August 1 and the Apple Fest on September 24. Other events, including a birdsong walk, are still in the planning stage. And this year, Maceys Meadow will host an education project for West Malling Primary School. The project will also use the school grounds and links into the national curriculum by including aspects of art, history, maths and science.
Prevent an event If you notice anything unusual – maybe anti-social behaviour or something or someone that simply doesn’t seem right, remember that you can call the police on 101. By using 101 to report an “incident”, you can discuss the
situation and help to improve community safety. You can request that the police do not visit your home but they do like to contact you at some point to update you, so please be prepared to disclose your phone number.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service invited stakeholders to comment on its proposed Safety and Wellbeing Plan 2016 – 2018. With the bulk of KF&RS’s workload now due to road traffic incidents rather than fires, the parish council was pleased to note that the proposals are designed to adapt, diversify and update its service to the public. West Malling is served by the Larkfield cluster, which includes the Borough Green fire station. The parish council noted that this already serves a densely populated area and that further development in Kings Hill as well the development of Ebbsfleet Garden City, the Swanscombe Leisure Park and expansion at Bluewater is likely to place a significant demand on the Larkfield cluster, particularly in an emergency situation. Both stations are principally on-call crewed with some day crew at Larkfield. The parish council would like to see consideration given to upgrading both the sites and crewing of the Larkfield cluster units within the next 10 years to ensure that West Malling is given adequate cover.
Budget cuts Following its announcement
of a funding gap of more than £1m over the period 2016/19, Tonbridge and Malling Council has set an initial savings target of £200,000 for the financial year 2016/17. As a result, a number of changes have been proposed for borough council services, including, amongst others, the introduction of fees in West Malling’s short-stay car park. Many projects, such as the holiday activity programme, are likely to be cut or drastically downsized and borough council-funded leisure and holiday activities may not be as comprehensive as in previous years.
Littergram Tonbridge and Malling Council has adopted the Littergram app to help it respond as quickly as possible to reports of litter, flytipping or overflowing litter bins. The user-friendly app uses GPS to pinpoint the exact location and the details are sent automatically to the borough council. Further information is available at
www.littergram.co.uk or you can report litter etc on the borough council’s Streetline number, 01732 876060.
And finally Parish councillors can be contacted via the parish clerk on 01732 870872 during office hours or why not go along to one of the monthly meetings in the village hall in Norman Road? Full details of the 2016 schedule are available from the parish office in The Clout Institute, 9 High Street, West Malling.
LOCAL CONTACTS
Trudy Dean, Malling Action Partnership chairman E:
trudy.dean@
kent.gov.uk T: 01732 843 119
Citizens Advice Bureau – T: 01732 440488
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council main switchboard – T: 01732 844522
Pothole reporting – T: 08458 247800
The Hungry Guest
Soles with Heart Winning windows
THE West Malling Parish Council award for window dressing was so hotly contested this year that the council decided to award two prizes, one each for a small and large shop window. The small window prize was won for a magical woodland scene in Soles with Heart. The large windows shield was won for a village of gingerbread houses built by the staff of The Hungry Guest cafe/restaurant.
staff with their award
Travel Enquiries Trains – T: 08457 484950
Nu-Venture Buses – T: 01622 882288 Arriva Buses – T: 0871 200 22 33
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