Baildon Parish Council

The Parish Council has agreed to run a Garden Share scheme for Baildon parish.

The Scheme

Residents ( garden owner) who have gardens with a separate access ( i. e. no need to go through the house ) offer part of their garden to a local resident  (gardener) who is looking for a plot to cultivate.

The gardener would be allowed to cultivate the plot as they wish to grow vegetables of flowers. The gardener may give a portion of their produce to the garden owner.

REQUIREMENTS

Both the garden owner and the gardener need to complete a Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) check. The Parish Council will meet the costs of this check in the first year of the scheme.

The Parish Council will administer the scheme and will make every effort to match sutable garden plots up with suitable gardeners. No responsibilty can be held  by the Parish Council for situations that may arise from the arrangement.

Application forms need to be completed and they can be obtained from Ruth Batterley, Clerk to the Council. Ruth can be contacted on 01943 605746 or via e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please state whether you are an interested garden owner or gardener.

The Parish Council resolved at its January meeting to:

1. Keep the precept at the same level as previous years. The precept will be set at £7.50 per Band D equivilant household. The precept is the tax that District Councils raise on behalf of Parish Councils. The money is then paid to the Parish Council at the start of the new financial year. The tax is collected by the District Council.
2. Agreed in principle to fund a picnic area at Shipley Glen. Some funds have been committed to detailed investigation of the scheme. More information will be made available in due course.

Additionally the Parish Council handbook has now been printed and each household will be receiving a hand delivered copy of the book over the next few weeks.

The Parish Councill meeting held on 12th October included decisions and information on the following:

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

An update was received on the Parish Council funded Christmas lights. The switch on will be 2nd December 2009 between 6:00pm - 9:00pm. There will be craft stalls and Santa and his elves will be making an appearance. This is an event for your diary!

GARDEN SHARE SCHEME

The Parish Council is running a garden share scheme for people who have gardens that they would like help with managing and gardeners who would like somewhere to garden. The aim of the scheme is to match up garden owners with potential gardeners. If you decide to get involved with the scheme as as a garden holder or gardener you will need to complete a CRB check. The Parish Council will be funding the CRB checks for the first year of the Garden Share scheme.

If you would like more information about the scheme, please contact Ruth Batterley on 01943 605746 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CULTIVATION COMMITTEE

The Parish Council has set up a Cultivation Committee. The Committee will deal with the Parish Councill allotments, the Garden Share Scheme and other items may be added to its work in the future. The Cultivation Committee's next meeting is to be held on Wednesday 11/11/09 at 9:30am and will be held at Baildon Link on Cliffe Avenue.

HANDBOOK

The Parish Council is producing a new community handbook giving information about local clubs and activities. Each household will receive its own copy and the book could possibly be kept by the telephone or computer as it is a handy reference guide of what is available locally. The Parish Council would like to thank local firms and groups who have advertised in the book, without whose support the book could not have been produced.

PARISH COUNCIL GRANT SCHEME

The Parish Council has a small fund for grants to local groups. Recent grants have been made to:

• a local Guide group to enable more girls to attend the centenary celebrations for the guiding movement
• money for a local community centre to have a new entrance hall carpet fitted

Grants can be awarded for sums from £50 to £1,000 and the application form and further details are available from the Parish Clerk.

Please get in touch if you would like more information- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone Ruth Batterley on 01943 605746.

The Parish Council meeting of 14th September 2009 decided amongst other things to:

1. Publish walks that have been prepared by the History Society in A5 booklets. The standard of the walks is fantastic and they are fully illustrated throughout. The walks which have been funded by the Parish Council will soon be available free from various retail outlets in the village.
2. The warden obtained agreement to have installed 15 anti dog fouling signs erected at dog fouling hot spots in Baildon. The Parish Council remains committeed to dealing with and raising awareness of dog fouling.The warden works closley with Bradford Council Dog Warden service. The funds for these signs have been supplied by your Parish Council.
3. The inaugural meeting of the Parish Plan was held on 16th September. Please see the separate article on this.
4. The warden quickly identified a substantial dumping of rubbish on Baildon Moor. The rubbish which appeared to come from outside of the area, has been removed and is being investigated by Bradford Council.

Unfortunately we have people who want to spoil the moors for other people and make totally unneccessary and expensive work for others.

There has been a recent spate of tipping as shown in the photo. Keith North, our Environmental Warden, has very quickly been able to get this rubbish removed but would like to hear from anyone who might have seen this happening.

Please keep your eyes open and report incidents to Keith at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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