2017
Autumn 2017 - BTV Issue 20
Village saddened by loss of David Hitchcock, chairman of Marshwood CLT
It was with great regret that Marshwood Community Land Trust announced the death of chairman David Hitchcock after a short illness.
The ever-popular, yet firm, leader turned around the CLT’s fortunes and by sheer determination helped Hastoe create the new homes that so enhance Marshwood.
David was our excellent chairman all through the process of having our houses built and then occupied and led the subsequent process of identifying local projects that we could support with our annual ground-rent income. He, and his wife Ann, were also very generous in allowing us to hold our board meetings at their house.
David will be very sadly missed and we hope that we will be able to continue the good CLT work that he was so keen to implement.
Bramblehay Vacancy
​We had our first experience in early August of the procedure to be followed with Hastoe and West Dorset District Council (WDDC) when two of our housing tenants gave notice that they were leaving, this creating vacancies for the rental of a two-bed and a three-bed property. We were able to confirm that all those in our CLT catchment area were given the chance to bid on these properties when advertised on the WDDC HomeChoice website.Two new tenants were selected by Hastoe under the terms of our 106 agreement and both have recently moved in. We welcome our new tenants to Bramblehay and invite them to support the activities of our CLT by becoming members
(see application forms on our website www.marshwoodclt.org).
Rob England Elected Chairman
We recently held a CLT board meeting and elected Rob England as chairman until the next Annual General Meeting, which will be held at Blackdown village hall on 6 January 2018, starting at 10am
2017
Summer 2016 - BTV Issue 20
Turners Lane signpost renovation complete
Marshwood Church - Kitchen & Toilet installation update
Following the suggestion made at the AGM that a toilet and kitchenette could be installed in Marshwood church, I arranged a meeting attended by the Rev. Stephen Skinner, Luke Owen, head teacher of Marshwood Primary School, the school chair of governors, the church architect and CLT representatives. Phillip Chapman kindly prepared a costing of the work involved.
​The idea, however, did not get approval from the church members and the Acorn Academy, which runs the school, said the idea would not be a top priority in their budgeting. The suggestion remains on the table.
Church Window Donation £200
CLT Board agrees to a donate £200 for church funds towards repairs to the windows.
£150 Donation for Blackdown Village Hall - Baby Changing Unit
Blackdown Hall has allowed the CLT use of the hall for meetings without charge and so we agreed to donate £150 towards a baby changing unit for the hall as a thank you
Whitchurch Pre-school - New Gate for Safety Donation of £590
Several small children from the area attend the pre-school at Whitchurch, who requested help in erecting a gate to keep the children safe. Total cost of materials and labour was £590.
Mutton Street Signpost next up for renovation
To save tax being payable on the balance in hand a forward payment was made towards the renovation of the signpost at the bottom of Mutton Street, which will be the next to be tackled. I can assure you all that it does take many hours of work cleaning, painting, screwing on the letters and re-erecting so if anyone feels they would like to become involved please let me know.
Twenty-two people trained in First Aid
We arranged a successful day-long First Aid course, with appropriate certification. Twenty-two people took part at a cost to the CLT of £810. This means there are now people living locally with First Aid knowledge who could help in the community if needed.
All these projects were funded from the annual ground rent at Bramblehays.
​The next board meeting will be in September 2017 when we will consider future plans to help.​
David Hitchcock - Chairman