Landkey Village

Improvement work on the North Devon Link is now proceeding and will eventually lead to better road connections. While the work is under way, though, it will mean some inconvenience for motorists, including traffic lights and periodic road closures. Details are given in these documents:

• NDLR Engineering work newsletter June 2021
• North Aller to Landkey diversion map

From Martyn Isaac, 28th May 2021

15th Jun 2021

LMG Trust AGM DUE TO FURTHER RESTRICTIONS

The AGM will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd June 2021 in  Michael Gee's (Chair) garden to comply with extended restrictions. This is Castle Cottage (100 yds east of the Village Hall on Blakeshill Rd) The meeting is open to all and usually quite short, but it is an important occasion for trustees to meet villagers and hear their views.

CHAIR’S REPORT TO AGM

To mark LMG’s 21^st Birthday I thought it might be useful to mark the achievements and challenges of the last year in terms of our Statement of Aims (in heavy type) as set out in our founding Deed.

Make a substantial contribution to life of whole community In Pandemic year there is heart-warming evidence from donations for face-masks sold in the shop to accounts on Landkey Village Forum that the Green is hugely important to the Landkey community, and particularly by providing an area of ‘freedom’ in the midst of Covid-19 restrictions. Over the years there have been donations to the Green as memorials, and these are now recorded in a Book. During the year we have improved our presence on the Landkey Village website. Covid-19 has restricted community events, but we are planning a Birthday Party for the whole community.

Be able to be enjoyed by people of all ages and physical abilities Our welcome boards state that we are here for all.

Be open and evident to visitors to the Locality as well as inhabitants The Green is well signed from the Village Car Park. It is ‘open’ at all times, and is a convenient route for inhabitants of Harford Way and users of the MUGA and Allotments.

Be an attractive place for people to take air and exercise, meet others and pursue leisure activities and pastimes consistent with shared enjoyment of the whole of the land Thanks to our volunteers the Green is maintained to a high standard, inspected daily and kept clean, and particular thanks go again to Norman, Mike and Chris. The acquisition at the end of the year of a Kubota BX261 tractor and Trimax Ezeemow 155 mower will enable this to continue well in to the future, and the generosity of the donors is appreciated hugely and will be marked. We are happy to make the Green available for appropriate uses by groups, but this year Covid-19 regulations have restricted such activities.

Include an area suitable for community events and celebrations  We have identified an area on our land near the football pavilion (with its power supply) that would be suitable for green hard standing for community events. We have ensured this is on the local authority list to be funded from ‘planning gain’ when funds are available. If a new Village Hall is constructed there could be more opportunities.

Include significant ‘natural’ areas where people can enjoy Nature and wildlife at first hand With woodland, mazzard orchard, historic hedge banks, pasture, stream and the line of an old leat the Green embraces a wide range of ‘natural’ areas for people to enjoy. Such areas present challenges, -an example being an outbreak of Ash Die-back disease. We need to remove diseased trees and thin the woodland. Mark has been a great help, but we will also need to pay for a forestry contractor. We brought together a number of management needs in a Lottery application, and a disappointment of the year has been that we were unsuccessful. We are looking at other sources of funds, because the work still needs to be done.

Make a positive contribution to the local environment and respect the local character of the area. The unique feature of the Green’s ‘localness’ is its mazzard trees, and these continue to be safeguarded.

Remain safely and conveniently accessible from Inhabitants’ homes. There are now six entry points to the Green, plus one ‘informal’ one. The new path to Harford Way and the access to the MUGA and allotments are well used.

Michael Gee, 12 May 2021

Other news:

• Millennium Green Trustee Vacancy
• Special birthday!
• Ash Die-Back Disease
• Traditional Wildflower meadow
• Photographic Competition
• Memorial Book/Memorial Policy

Landkey residents are invited to view and comment on plans to build 150 new homes on land adjacant to Birch Road on the north side of the village. These properties would be built on land to the east of the recently-completed Mazzard View development. The relevant links are given here:

• Birch Road Development Plans
• Land Value Alliances Website

From Charles Waldron, 9th November 2020

Landkey residents might be interested to read these bulletins whch have been procuded by North Devon Council. The first gives advice for anyone needing financial support during the pandemic. The following two offer advice on staying healthy during the pandemic while the final one invites participants to be aware of their carbon footprint.

• Financial support during the pandemic
• Coronavirus Health Advice
• Find Your Carbon Footprint

From Martyn Isaac, 18th January 2021 and 26th October 2020

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Landkey Parish Council encourages village residents to make use of the facilities that are available to all on this website. If there is an issue that concerns village life that you feel needs to be addressed, place it on the "Your Point of View" page and it will be sent to a parish councillor who will reply, if you ask for a response.

You might also like to add an item of news to the News Blog page or to upload an image. If, so, simply contact the web administrator on the email address below and ask for a login facility.

The Parish Council also welcomes the addition of village events to the "Events Calendar". The calendar is shared with St Paul's Church (as church events are also village events) and it would be good to have more events listed from the village in general. If you have an event that you would like to place, feel free to enter it on the "Add Event" page.

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