Old Bus Shelter

 After some discussion the Parish Council having considered their options believe it would be appropriate to go ahead with the removal of the former bus shelter from the village green and will proceed with this if there are no objections.  Stuart Ibbs.

Oxenholme Lane temporary closure

 A temporary road closure has been put in place to allow Cadent Gas to carry out utility works which are expected to commence 12th February 2024 and anticipated to take 5 days to complete.

Please see below details of the extents of the restriction and any alternative routes which may be in place, the relevant legal notice can be viewed at https://api-gb.one.network/downloads/tm/4587/reactivation-notice-w-f_136243682_3646540_90c8a97a81.pdf and a location plan clearly showing these extents can be found on one.network via link https://one.network/?tm=136243682 

Location: section of Oxenholme Lane, Natland from its junction with Natland Road, extending in a north easterly direction for a distance of approx. 295 metres.

Alternative Route: via Oxenholme Lane, A65 and Natland Road.

Should you have any queries in relation to this temporary Order please contact the Highways Hotline by calling 0300 373 3306 or via the Westmorland & Furness Council website, quoting the reference TTROW/9203

Kind Regards

Temporary Traffic Regulation Order Team

Thriving Places | Westmorland & Furness Council 

South Lakeland House | Lowther Street |Kendal |Cumbria | LA9 4UQ

Steam Train Today!

Hopefully on Saturday 27th January 34067 Tangmere should be northbound Oxenholme 11:36.   Pat. Williams.

Defibrillator Training

Natland Parish Council have arranged a training session in the use of the defibrillator

Endmoor First Responders will be doing the training on

Thursday 18th April 7.00-9.00 p.m.

Natland Village Hall

The session is free  but donations welcome for the maintenance of the machine.

Booking essential. To book a place please contact Jenny Kelly on 

Jennyandtigger@gmail.com   

Adverse weather conditions affecting multiple areas of Cumbria

Cumbria is currently experiencing adverse weather conditions.

Please see some useful links below so you can keep up to date with the latest alerts for our county.

 

Keep up to date with flood warnings for your area here ➡️ Environment Agency

Keep up to date with Met Office warnings here ➡️ Met Office.Gov.Uk

Check the traffic map before travelling ➡️ Traffic Map

Flooding Advice ➡️ Preparing for a flood

Loss of power ➡️ Check for updates

Natland Parish Council Report from 15th January Meeting

Click here for the draft minutes

Click here for budget report

FROM YOUR ON THE SPOT PARISH COUNCIL REPORTER

On a very cold night 6 cllrs, 2 members of the public and Westmorland and Furness cllr Doug Rathbone shivered in attendance at the January parish council meeting.  The news from W&F council is that after consultation council tax is likely to go up by 4.99% and that half that increase would go to social care.

The issue of whether to move the parish notice board, demolition of the now redundant bus shelter, and repairs to the pavement outside the church gate, were all considered together.  The council were split on whether the notice board should be moved (so more people would read notices in passing by) and if so, could the bus shelter be used in some way for the board,  The decision was made a bit easier by Cllr Rathbone offering £500 from his funds (not his really it comes from W&F but he has an allocation for his parishes) to help fund a new notice board.

So a plan will be drawn up to remove the bus shelter, site one new council notice board in the vicinity of the church gate and in consultation with the church do repairs to the pavement.  The 2 notice boards on the village hall wall will be left in situ.

There is still no response from W&F to the letter sent about road safety on the A65.  Cllr Rathbone said he would follow this up but in the meantime the CEO of W&F is going to make a site visit to the length of the A65 causing concern.  Knowing that this will all take some time the parish council would like to see some temporary measures, specifically crossing lights at Castlesteads.  There is some hope for lowering the speed limits on the A65 as there is a strong possibility that Helmside Rd might be designated a 20mph zone.  

Cllr Rathbone was also asked to add weight to request for drains to be cleared.  The gully pots most needing clearing are those on Sedgwick Rd and the one on Helm Lane at the junction with Abbey Gardens.  It was also noted that W&F response to filling in pot holes had been quite speedy but the quality was not good.

Plans are progressing to hold a Defibrillator training session.  It now looks like this will be in March in the village hall – I think at a previous meeting the parish council agreed to meet any costs.  If you are interested details will be put out in various places, but keep an eye on the Parish News and the Natland Blog site.

A cllr noted that The Vicarage would probably be put on the market for sale sometime in the future.  As the village is desperately short of parking, especially in the school area, it was decided that at least a marker should be put down with the relevant authority that some of the Vicarage land could be most usefully used for that purpose.

And finally just to note that any increase in your council tax will not be due to the parish council.  The precept for Natland will be submitted at £11,000 – the same as 2023/24.

Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall Update

These are all the activities that happen regularly at our Village Hall.

The hiring rates for organisers went up slightly recently. Click on the Village Hall tab at the top of this page for details.

 

New Vicarage

 The priest in charge of St. Marks Church, Rev. Angela Whittaker, has just moved in to the new Vicarage on St Mark’s Fold, with her family.  The new eco friendly additions are reported to be keeping it very warm. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51z0wky781o

Here is a video of all the eco friendly alterations. https://carlislediocese.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20a4923e4254915fa327bab86&id=aa69920160&e=530eae5ab0

The new address is 18 St. Mark’s Fold, Natland, LA9 7QU. There is now also a new landline number: 01539 272422.

Natland Parish Council meeting, and budget

 Click here to find out what the Council will be discussing on Monday 15th January, and click here for financial matters.

The Weather in December in Natland

After a cold spell including heavy snow up to the 7th December, we had rain every day to the end of the year. The monthly rainfall was the fifth highest I have recorded but could not compare with 554mm for December 2015.

The Annual rainfall was 1883mm (75 ins.) which is the most I have recorded since my records began in 2004. The average annual rainfall is approx. 60 ins.   John Dobson.