Category: Community Projects
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Public Consultation for loan funding for the purchase of the RAOB Village Hall
Prepared by David Austin (Cllr, Vice Chair, Parracombe Parish Council) Background Since its construction in the 1930’s Parracombe Village Hall’s freehold has been owned by the Parracombe lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB). Parracombe Village Hall Charitable Trust has leased the hall from the RAOB for a peppercorn rent of £5 per…
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Parracombe Community Trust formation
The Community Land Trust steering committee are pleased to announce that the Parracombe Community Trust has been registered. As part of the Parracombe Parish Plan, the Trust has been formed with the following aims, to: Maintain or improve the physical, social and economic infrastructure within the Parish of Parracombe; Advance education (particularly concerning asset based…
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Parracombe CLT meeting 24 April 2018
Parracombe Community Land Trust Steering Committee Thursday 24 April 2018 6.30pm Meeting to discuss legal form for the Parracombe CLT Attending: Alison Ward (WCLTP), Jay Lambe (WCLTP) Nick Backhouse; Tom Wilde; Keith Denby; Jeremy Holtom; Dave Austin; Helen Minns; Dominic Acland (Wessex Community Assets); Karen Farrington (at 7.00pm) Apologies: Michelle Blakesley 1. Welcome and introductions…
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Minutes 23 May 2018
PARRACOMBE PARISH COUNCIL Draft minutes of a meeting held on 23 May at the village hall, Parracombe. The meeting opened at 7:30pm. Councillors present: Mr J Holtom (Chair), Mr I Tansley, Mr D Austin, Mr S Cheetham, Mr K Green Clerk: Mrs J Walters. APOLOGIES Mr D Austin VILLAGE HALL to formally adopt a resolution to make…
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Selecting an appropriate legal structure for CLTs
The following slides were presented to the steering group committee meeting of the Parracombe Community Land Trust 16 May 2018 [pdf-embedder url=”https://par.sealsrock.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Legal-structure-Parracombe.pdf” title=”Legal structure Parracombe”]
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Parracombe Village Hall Deeds 5 December 1932
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Village Hall – RAOB meeting April 27 follow up
The following are notes from a telephone conversation between Jeremy Holtom (PPC chair) and Paul Howard-Baker (RAOB) following the RAOB meeting 29 April regarding the sale of the Village Hall by the RAOB. Dear All, I have had a very amicable and open conversation with Paul following the following the RAOB Lodge meeting on Friday…
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Community Land Trust Meeting April 2018
The following was presented by Wessex Community Land Trust Project to the Parracombe Community Land Trust [pdf-embedder url=”https://par.sealsrock.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CLT_Presentation_Parracombe_April_2018.pdf”]
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Village Shop and Post Office Progress – April 2018
The Parish Council is very keen to ensure that a village store and Post Office remains in Parracombe. Prior to the closure of the village stores in November 2017 a sub-committee of the council, with a number of co-opted volunteers, worked to assess the possibility of setting up a Community Shop and Post Office. In…
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Parracombe Parish Plan Update 21st March 2018.
On 15th March the Parish Council was asked to address the Exmoor Parish and Consultative Forum upon the Parish Plan and Community Projects in the context of a wider debate concerning housing in the local area. The Forum was given a summary of the village and the issues that have prompted the creation of a…