Community Council received a report at the April Council meeting from SE Wales Rivers Trust staff on completion of the Restoration, Protection, and Enhancement of the Ely Valley SSSI project.  The project achieved impressive improvements to the environment of the River Ely.  A more detailed report is available on the link below.

The Community Council's small grant scheme for community groups in Peterston is open for applications for the 2025-26 year.  Grant criteria and the procedure together with an application form for completion can be found by clicking on the links . If your group wishes to apply for funding please contact the Clerk at council@peterstonsuperely.com to discuss and determine eligibility prior to submitting an application.

Half of the litter bins in Peterston have been removed by the Vale of Glamorgan Council.  Many residents and community councillors have complained about this and the Community Council has written a letter of complaint to Vale of Glamorgan Council cabinet member for this service.

The letter from the cabinet member announcing this change and the letter of complaint from PSE Community Council are available below:

For the new growing season

The Community Council has vacant allotment plots at our site at the top of Ael y Bryn for the coming year. If you are interested in growing your own vegetables, fruit or flowers then please express your interest to the Community Clerk at Council@peterstonsuperely.org

If you would like further information about the allotments and/or a visit to look around then please contact John Drysdale at jddpsecllr@gmail.com If you’re a beginner and would like advice then other allotment holders are always willing to help.

Safety Notice

Drainage works on part of the PSE playing field near the MUGA

Essential drainage works will take place on the part of the playing field above (N of) the MUGA, starting on January 6^th – weather permitting. The work will take approximately 2 weeks. The drains are being installed to prevent the flooding of the MUGA pitch which has become frequent in recent years.

That part of the playing field where the fruit trees are planted will be barriered off because drains will be dug and equipment will be located there. Access through the kissing gate at the top of the playing field will be maintained with a narrow path left around the barriers.

Care will be taken to avoid damage to the football pitch and the fruit trees, and to minimise impact on the playing field surface.

If you have any queries about this work please contact John Drysdale at jddpsecllr@gmail.com

Allotment Plots Available

The Community Council has vacant allotment plots at our site at the top of Ael y Bryn for the coming year. If you are interested in growing your own whether vegetables, fruit or flowers then please express your interest to the Community Clerk at Council@peterstonsuperely.org

If you would like further information about the allotments and/or a visit to look around then please contact John Drysdale at jddpsecllr@gmail.com If you’re a beginner and would like advice then other allotment holders are always willing to help.

Cash4Clubs is a small grants scheme to support local sports clubs with funding of up to £2000. Grants are available this autumn for community organisations working with adults from under-represented communities, delivering sport or physical activity for social purpose.

The 2024 programme is exclusively focused on supporting adult clubs, with the emphasis being on 18–25 year olds. The funding will be unrestricted & clubs are able to decide how best to use the grant to engage more adults from their local communities. You cannot however apply if your organisation or club runs junior activities.

We welcome applications from not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups and traditional sports clubs. To be eligible for funding, applicants must be either registered charities or clubs with a structured governance and constitution.

The funding can be used to support your organisation to continue your activities and increase participation in your local community. Typical examples of costs might include a contribution towards equipment, the cost of the kit, coaching costs & volunteer expenses, amongst others.

Please read the FAQs before submitting an application

https://thehub.sported.org.uk/cash4clubs.html

Applications can be made online until 12/11/24

https://thehub.sported.org.uk/submissions-grant/cash4clubs-2024.html

Community Council Clerk Recruitment

Peterston's Community Council Clerk, Catherine Craven, is leaving us and the Council is advertising for her replacement.  If you have the skills to administer the Council's work and support Councillors, and you have commitment to improving Peterston super Ely and its community - please apply.

Job information can be found at the following links:

• Recruitment Ad'

• Job Description and Information

Gather for Peterson's Funday of food, drinks, stalls, games and more.

If you can volunteer to help, even if only for an hour, contact Shan Firth - shanfirthpsecc@aol.com

Flower Show 2024

The 2024 Flower Show will take place on Saturday, 29 June. Doors open at

14:30-17:00. Entry is £2 for adults and children under 16 are free.

Detailed information is included in the Flower Show brochure provided below

For any queries please contact:

Peterstonsuperelyflowershow@gmail.com

Community Action Start

The Community Action Plan for 2024-27 is finished and available in a printed brochure.  The Plan will guide the Community Council's work for the next 3 years and is based on the suggestions from residents in the consultations that were held at the end of 2023.

Copies of the Community Action Plan are available at the link below and from the Village Shop, Three Horseshoes and by contacting the Community Clerk at council@peterstonsuperely.org

The Community Council is producing a new Community Action Plan for 2024-26. Residents were asked for their ideas and concerns to inform the new Plan and all the responses received were displayed at a consultation event held in September and again at the Village Market in October as another opportunity for comments to be added.

The summary Consultation Event Report is now available here, and includes a link to an Appendix listing all the ideas and comments.

A draft Community Action Plan is in production to appear before summer.

The Community Council has sent a position paper to the Vale of Glamorgan Council about the flooding problems of the village to press for more action. The paper summarises the problems and proposes actions to mitigate flooding, to be discussed with the Vale Council.
Photo and video evidence has also been sent to evidence the frequency and extent of flooding over a long period.

The paper can be accessed here.

Tackling speeding through the village is a major concern for the Community Council. The latest step in the campaign is a position paper to press our concerns and requests to the Vale of Glamorgan Council, and to keep residents up to date with what the Community Council is doing. The position paper can be accessed here.

The South East Wales Rivers Trust (SEWRT) is a local charity working to protect and improve the rivers across the south east Wales valleys, including the River Ely. SEWRT has funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver the Restore, Protect and Enhance the Ely Valley (RePrEEV) project and is keen to work with people and communities who use, live and work by the river Ely to nurture a thriving valley and catchment –see The RePrEEV Project – for further information.

RePrEEV is starting with a survey to help guide this work and to gain insight into people’s connection to the River Ely catchment, as well as how people engage with their other local rivers.  Please complete the survey here:

South East Wales Rivers Trust: your river (English version)

South East Wales Rivers Trust: your river (Welsh version).

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales is inviting older people to share their experiences of accessing GP Services. The survey will run until the end of November 2023.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9SJHvtNackSvux4AKfY7NyjFt2n7cj1LrDfSmrEB4YFUNUYwSTBBUlJEV1VLU1pJQ1pYSzFXN1A4WC4u

It can be completed by using the links above OR by downloading and completing the attached word document which can be sent to ask@olderpeople.wales by email or returned by hard copy to:

FREEPOST RTHR-HYZC-RRAX

Older People's Commissioner for Wales

Cambrian Buildings

Mount Stuart Square

Cardiff

CF10 5FL

If you would like to receive a hard copy by post, please contact 03442 640 670 or ask@olderpeople.wales

Village Maintenance

Over the summer the Community Council has been carrying out maintenance and refurbishment of some of the village furniture including:

· Gates in the park. The wrought iron gate to the playground has been returned - repaired and painted.

· New signs about ‘poop and scoop’ have been installed at the park.

· Replacement refuse bags for the playground dispensers have been sourced.

· Benches along the river repaired and painted.

· Planters have been repaired, painted and replanted.

The programme of work will continue with all the benches in the park being refurbished, and the notice boards being repaired and repainted. The wooden notice boards will be removed one at a time for the refurbishing starting with the noticeboard at the white bridge which was demounted yesterday. When the noticeboard at the shop is taken down the Community Council papers and minutes will be put up in the revived noticeboard at the white bridge.

^{What would you like to see improved in the village?}

Some ideas have already been suggested for improvements to facilities and activities in the village including:

• New traffic signs to encourage slower traffic.
• Extend the footpath all the way around the playing field.
• Lighting the path to the MUGA
• Investigate developing a permissory footpath from Gwern y Steeple to the entrance to Lanlay Meadows.
• Produce signs to link up existing footpaths from St. Fagans to Peterston as an extension to the existing River Ely trail from Cardiff Bay to St. Fagans.

We are looking for more suggestions and ideas from residents and we will consult on all the suggestions with a consultation event on the 27th Sept. Watch out for details nearer the date.

Please send suggestions:

• By email to the Community Council Clerk at Council@peterstonsuperely.org
• Or drop off in writing to the Village Shop, or The Old Police House, Main Rd.

Speeding needs to be reported

Peterston has the 20 mph speed limit now but we still have some traffic going too fast through the village.  The Community Council is trying to put in place other measures to promote enforcement of the speed limit.  We will only succeed in this if instances of speeding are reported to the Police and a dossier built up about the problem.

If you see speeding report it to the Police phone number or website shown on the poster above.

The Candidate Site Register for the Vale of Glamorgan Replacement Local Development Plan is now available to view on its website.

Those sites which have failed the stage 1 assessment (initial site filter) have also been identified, and are available to view in the Stage 1 Candidate Site Assessment Register. Details of the full assessment process used to consider Candidate Site submissions is also available to view on the Council's website.

It is important to note that at this stage, the inclusion of a site in the Candidate Site Register does not infer that a site will be allocated within the emerging RLDP, nor does it imply any preference of the Local Planning Authority regarding its merits. This register is not a public consultation document; merely a statement of fact of all the candidate sites which have been submitted at this stage in the RLDP process.

Further information and an interactive or PDF version of the Register can be found on the Council’s website –

https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/living/planning_and_building_control/Planning/planning_policy/Candidate-Sites.aspx

At this stage, Council Officers are not able to discuss the merits or otherwise of individual sites as this would be premature.

                      Notice of Vacancies

          Peterston-super-Ely Community Council

Are you interested in finding out about local issues and getting involved to help to make your community a better place?

If so, why not consider joining Peterston-super-Ely Community Council? We currently have two vacancies and are looking for enthusiastic people to volunteer their time to help us.

In particular, we are looking for females and other groups currently underrepresented on the Council to ensure we have a range of experiences and voices to help us meet the needs of all the community.

Expressions of interest in no more than 500 words should be emailed to the Clerk Katherine Craven at pseccc@hotmail.co.uk  by the 24^th December 2022 for review at our January meeting.

Please explain why you would like to join the council, aspects of the community you are particularly interested in and what qualities, skills and expertise you would bring. Information on eligibility, role of the parish council and its schedule of meetings can be obtained from the Clerk at the above email address, if required.

Tools for Self Reliance will take your unwanted tools to repair and refurbish them to send to several African countries. Kits of tools for carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, leather workers, tinsmiths, builders and bicycle repairers are sent to people in rural areas to improve and develop their business or farming. Sewing machines, whether electric or manual, are particularly needed.

If you have tools to donate, please contact John Drysdale at johnddrysdale@gmail.com or 07879 815478 to arrange to deliver tools to Le Sor Hill. John will transport them periodically to the Tools for Self Reliance workshop in Crickhowell.

Read more at www.tfsrcymru.org.uk

PSE Community Council has 1 vacancy for co-option of Community Councillors. If you would like to help maintain and improve Peterston super Ely please email your background and interest to

pseccc@hotmail.com .

For more detail about how to apply click on the document below.

Village market time in the village Hall Saturday 13th November 10 am to 12 am.

For more information click here.

It has been resolved that the Vale Council will be trialing a 20 mph scheme in PSE using experimental Traffic Regulation Orders together with the collection of traffic data in the first 6 months of operation. This data will inform decisions taken on the permanency of the schemes or otherwise, within the 18 month trial periods and will be the subject of a future report to Cabinet.

The data from both schemes will also be made available to Welsh Government to assist with their pilot project

The Welsh Government has also announced that 20mph legislation will figure in this year’s legislative programme.

The public consultation on changing the default speed limit on residential streets from 30mph to 20mph is now open until 1^st October 2021.

You can find the public consultation here: https://gov.wales/proposal-reduce-speed-limit-20mph-residential-streets

You can find some more information here: https://gov.wales/20mph and here: https://gov.wales/safer-streets-save-lives

Audit Wales is now inspecting the Annual Accounts 2020-21 of PSE Community Council to provide an Audit Opinion during September. See the Noticeboard under the PSE Community Council menu heading for further information, and to see the Annual Accounts and Annual Return 2020-21 under the Reports and Audits sub menu.

PSE's allotment site has had a facelift through the efforts of the allotment holders with financial support from the Community Council.  Old broken fencing has been replaced, a new gate fitted, accumulated rubbish removed, old trees taken out, overgrown plots and shrubs reclaimed, and some new greenhouses erected. 

This video shows the new improved site from a birds' eye view provided by a drone.

Peterston's new community website launched today

We hope you find the information useful that is included in the website. If you see any errors or omissions please contact the Community Council Clerk at pseccc@hotmail.co.uk

Please be aware that some sections of the website are still being populated.

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This cup was awarded to the Community Council as part of the village's win of the Village of the Year in the Vale in 2015. It is now awarded each year to a villager who helped uphold the appearance and / or community activities within the village.

The Community Council is pleased to announce that the Basil Watkins Cup for this year is awarded to Joanne Blake and her team for keeping the Village Store open through the pandemic, and giving valuable service to the community. A formal presentation will be made in due course. Our sincere thanks to Jo for all her efforts.