Bothenhampton & Walditch Parish Council
Agendas - 8th January 2024, 12th February & 4th March 2024
Letter to BTC regarding ringfenced monies for nature reserves and play areas
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Letter to Simon White regarding permissive footpath through The Hyde Care Home
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Letter to R & L Rhodes regarding Jubilee Tree
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Agenda - 13th November 2023
Letters to residents at 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68 and 70 Howard Road regarding area adjacent to garages abutting Valley View Amenity Area
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Letter to David Carey, Dorset Council regarding Spinners Lane
Agenda - 9th October 2023
Letter to Tony Burden - Dorset Council regarding speed limits
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Agenda - 11th July 2023 to 10th September 2023
Letter to Dorset Council regarding Land to the South of Barn Corner / Planning Application P/MPO/2023/04147
Agenda - 12th June 2023 and 10th July 2023
Letter to Neil Wedge of DAPTC
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Agenda - 15th May 2023
Further Letter to R Bennett regarding trees in Walditch / Sycamore Avenue
Letter to Forestry Commission regarding trees in Walditch / Sycamore Avenue
Agenda - 3rd April 2023
Letter to Village Hall Secretaries regarding insurance for events
Further letter to Highways England regarding A35/Sea Road South, Bridport, Dorset Dt6 & Footpath W5/5
Agenda - 13th March 2023
Letter to Dorset Council Tree Team regarding Sycamore Avenue (G Cox / J Bennett)
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letter to Dorset Council Tree Team regarding Tree Issues (in both villages (N Collins)
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Letter to R Snelgrove (DIGS) regarding Bothenhampton Nature Reserve
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Letters to Walditch Village Hall, Bothenhampton Village Hall, Lower Walditch Play Area & Orchard Secretary regarding insurance for events
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Letter to Dorset Council Highways regarding Hollow Way / High Pavement (D Carey)
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Letter to Highways England regarding A35/Sea Road South, Bridport, Dorset Dt6 / Footpath W5/5
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Further letter to Dorset Council Tree Team (Andrew Douglas) regarding Sycamore Avenue
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Agenda - 13th February 2023
Letter to C Loder MP - regarding visit to Parish Council Annual Meeting
Letter to Walditch Village Hall, Bothenhampton Village Hall and Lower Walditch Play Area regarding
coronation of King Charles III
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Letter and sketch to Ashley Cooper regarding John Gundry Play Area
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Letter to Ms C Donald regarding footpath W5/21
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Agenda - 9th January 2023
Letter to Dorset Council Trading Standards regarding sheep on Walditch Road - email
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Agenda - 10th October 2022
Letter to Mr G Cox (Dorset Council) regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch
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Agenda - 14th November 2022
Letter to Mr G Cox (Dorset Council) regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch
Letter to Cllr E Berry
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Agenda - 12th September 2022
Letter to J Smith regarding Crock Lane
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Letter to P Maynard regarding cyclists
Letter to K Ockenden regarding John Holt Play Area
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Marrowbone Lane
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Letter to Mrs Sargent regarding Valley Road
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Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding Investment in Bridport
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Agenda - 18th July 2022
Letter to Mr J Bennett (Dorset Council) regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch
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Agenda - 13th June 2022
Letter to C Loder MP regarding B3157 Road Safety
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Agenda - 11th April 2022 and 9th May 2022
Letter to Ms K Pullen regarding Sycamore Tree overshadowing 20 Howard Road
Letter to Mrs R Ackerman regarding footpath 5/4 to the South West of 33 Crock Lane
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Agenda - 14th March 2022
Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding Dog Bin
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Letter to Walditch Village Hall Secretary regarding replacement village hall window
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Letter to PlayQuest regarding path in Lower Walditch Play Area
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Follow up letter(s) to BT regarding telegraph pole in Old Church Road, Bothenhampton
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Letter to house owner 33 Crock Lane regarding fence encroaching onto footpath
Agenda - 7th February 2022
Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding BLAP Contribution and BLAP Protocol
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Quarry Lane and overhanging vegetation
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Hollow Way and raised pavement
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Letter to PlayQuest regarding path at Lower Walditch Play Area
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Howard Road / Gundry Road Junction DT6 4SH - Request for ‘SLOW DOWN HORSES AND CHILDREN’ signs, Howard Road, Walditch
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Letter to 56 Howard Road regarding Howard Road / Gundry Road Junction DT6 4SH - Request for ‘SLOW DOWN HORSES AND CHILDREN’ signs, Howard Road, Walditch
Agenda - 10th January 2022
Letter to Messrs Bennett & Cox, Dorset Council, regarding Walditch Trees
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding water seepage at Long Lane, Bothenhampton
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Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding BLAP contributions
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Letter to Cllr K Clayton regarding Walditch trees
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Community Governance Review
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Letter to PlayQuest regarding Lower Walditch Play Area
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Letter to Mrs P Maynard regarding Crown roundabout / Sea Road South
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Letter to Highways England regarding Crown roundabout / Sea Road South
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding trees near the bottom of Walditch Road by the Crock Lane footpath
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Follow up letter to Mrs P Maynard following response from Highways England
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Letter to Dorset Council Planning regarding 33 Manor Fields, DT6 4DB
Agenda - 8th November 2021
Letter to Mr R Snelgrove regarding Wanderwell Quarry
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Letter to Playdale regarding John Gundry Play Area
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Follow up letter to Playdale regarding John Gundry Play Area
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Letter to Mr Parsons regarding dumping of waste on Walditch Knapp
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Letter to Mr Pymore regarding damaged beech tree in the Avenue, Walditch
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Second follow up Letter to Dorset Council regarding Speed Limits in parish
Agenda - 11th October 2021
Letter to Dorset Councillors regarding Community Governance Review
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Letter to James Bennett (Dorset Council) regarding Beech and London Plane TPOs
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Letter to Mrs Willis
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Letter to The Hyde regarding trees and footpaths
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Letter to Walditch Village Hall Committee
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Letter to Mr H Allen regarding Community Governance review
Agenda - 13th September 2021
Letter to Dorset Council Environmental Health Deptament and Dorset Council AONB regarding flytipping of waste on AONB land between the Hyde and Bonscombe
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Letter to D Dixon (BTC) regarding BANP Annual Monitoring Report
Letter to R Goff and G Nicholson (Dorset Council) regarding outstanding portal requests
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Letter to Dorset Council (M Garrity et al) regarding Homestead Farm
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Letter to Dorset Council (Highways) regarding 20mph speed limits
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Letter to Playdale regarding John Gundry Play Area
Agenda - 14th June 2021
Follow up letter to Chief Executive Officer Dorset Council regarding Homestead Farm – height and dimension plans
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Responses from Dorset Council regarding Homestead Farm height and dimension plans
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Letter to Lower Walditch Play Area Committee regarding additional play equipment
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Sycamore Avenue tree replacement
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Letter to Mr R Jackman regarding Homestead Farm
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Letter to Mrs MacDermott regarding Tony's Track
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Letter to PlayQuest regarding repairs to play Equipment (lack of response by PlayQuest)
Agenda - 26th April 2021
Letter to R Pikesley and copies to Dorset Council and Bridport Town Council
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Letter to Chris Loder MP regarding Dorset National Park
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Letter to Dorset Council Planning / Development Management regarding Planning Appeal A/WD/D/19/003186 Homestead Farm, Main Street, Bothenhampton, Bridport DT6 4BJ
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Letter to Chief Executive Officer Dorset Council regarding Planning Process / Homestead Farm
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Agenda - 12th April 2021
Letter to Dorset Council regarding Homestead Farm
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Email to J Beal following FOI request
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Letter to Richard Jackman
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Letter to Chris Loder MP
Agenda - 8th March 2021
Letter to Dorset Council regarding transfer of nature reserves
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Letter to Planning Inspectorate regarding Homestead Farm Planning Application Appeal
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Letter to Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust and the Real Tennis Club (Walditch Road) regarding ice on Walditch Road and footpath W5/7
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Letter to Mr and Mrs de Greeff regarding steps on Bothen Hill (copied to DC Highways)
Agenda - 8th February 2021
Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding Footpath W1/13 ends and Footpath W5/5 begins
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding WD/D/20/002660 MARROWBONE LANE
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Letter to PlayQuest regarding play equipment signage and 'basic level mark' at Lower Walditch Play Area
Agenda - 11th January 2021
Letter to R Wheeler, Old School House regarding Telegraph Pole
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Letter to Holy Trinity Church, Bothenhampton
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Letter to British Telecom regarding Telegraph Pole - Old Church Road
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Letter to Cllr Gill Smith
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Letter to Mrs Sargent - Valley Road
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Letter to resident at 19 Valley Road
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Follow up letter to BT regarding Telegraph Pole - Old Church Road
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Letter to Mr D West regarding Bothenhampton Nature Reserve
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Climate and Ecological Emergency Action Plan / Survey
Agenda - 9th November 2020
Letter to J Riley
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Letter to Edward Berry
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Letter to Russell Goff and Giles Nicholson regarding Jellyfields / Bothenhampton Nature Reserves
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Letter to David Dixon regarding BANP budget
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Letter to Paul Fuszard (Bridport Town Council) regarding Lengthsmans hours
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Letter to Mrs Irvine regarding heavy lorries and weight restriction along Main Street, Bothenhampton
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Letter to D Carey (Dorset Council) regarding Burton Road traffic issues
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Letter to Balfour Beatty regarding signage and street furniture along A35 Sea Road South
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Letter to R Goff (Dorset Council) regarding Dorset Council walking map
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Letter to P Watkins regarding Howard Road Rewilding
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Email to Dorset Council regarding missing gate/fence at John Holt Play Area
Email to Jon Lake (Dorset Council) regarding Speed restrictions in Walditch​
Agenda - 12th October 2020
Letter to Cllrs Bolwell, Clayton, Williams regarding Homestead Farm (D Walsh)
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Letter to Chris Loder MP, regarding Broadband in Walditch
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Letter to Mr A Probets / D Carey (Dorset Council) regarding Flooding in Walditch
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Letter to R Goff / N J Collins (Dorset Council) regarding Trees in the Parish
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Emails to residents regarding rewilding of Howard Road Amenity Area.
Emails to S Arscott, BT and X2 Connect regarding Telephone / Book Box in Bothenhampton
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Emails regarding footpath (Hollow Way to Lake Lane) aka Tony’s Track
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Emails to Walditch VH Committee and Dorset Council regarding S106 and CIL monies for
work at Walditch Village Hall
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Emails to Edward Berry (potential new councillor)
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Emails to V Newman regarding Bothenhampton Old Church
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Emails to Robin Carter regarding availability of allotments
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Emails regarding amended planning application 1 The Paddocks
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Emails regarding BANP Budgets
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Email to S Hyde regarding flooding in Bothenhampton
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Email to Bridport Town Council regarding Lengthsman’s hours and invoice
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Letter to Chris Wellman-Herold regarding Grant
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Emails regarding dead / dying tree along Hollow Way (DC and Mrs Golds)
Agenda - 14th September 2020
Emails to M Hyatt / D Chambers regarding missing dog bin and fires in nature reserve
Thank you letter to C Sparkes
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Submission to Dorset Council regarding WD/D/19/003186 Homestead Farm, Bothenhampton
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Emails regarding Burton Road Traffic Issues
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Letter to Highways England regarding Installation of pedestrian traffic lights on the A35 halfway along Sea Road South
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Emails regarding blocking of Right of Way at bottom of garden 1 – 4 Nordons, Bothenhampton
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Emails to J Ailward regarding Broadband in Walditch
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Letter to D Carey (Dorset Council) regarding Flooding in Walditch
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Letter to D Carey (Dorset Council) regarding weight restriction on Main Street, Bothenhampton
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Letter to D Carey (Dorset Council) regarding Burton Road
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Letter to Highways England regarding A35 / Sea Road South
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Letter to Ken Hussey regarding inspection and maintenance of Lower Walditch Play Area
Agenda - 13th July 2020
Letter to Cllr D Bolwell regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch
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Letter to B Turner (Dorset Council) regarding Burton Road
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Letter to R Goff (Dorset Council) regarding footpath W5/20
Agenda - 8th June 2020
Letter to D Chambers regarding Dog Bins
Agenda - 11th May 2020
Letter to Playquest regarding Lower Walditch Play Area
Agenda - 13th April 2020
Letter to Playquest regarding Lower Walditch Play Area
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Letter to Messrs Loades and Parker regarding Lower Walditch Play Area
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding availability of Section 106 monies
Letter to David Landscapes regarding Grass Cutting Contract
Letter to Derek Smith regarding Grass Cutting Contract
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding availability of Section 106 monies
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Letter to Mr C Loder (MP for West Dorset)
Agenda - 9th March 2020
Letter to Mrs C Irvine, Main Street, Bothenhampton
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Letter to Mr K Hughes, Homestead Farm
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Letter to Dorset Council regarding Walditch Speed Limit
Letter to Bridport Town Council requesting additional dog bins
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Letter to Bridport Town Council regarding Nature Reserves
Letter to Mr A Hollingsworth and Mr G Cox regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch
Agenda - 10th February 2020
Letter to Mr D Chambers (BTC) regarding Parish Nature Reserves
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Letter to Mr M Watters regarding Bothenhampton Old Church
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Letter to Mr S Christopher (Dorset Council) regarding Homestead Farm
Agenda - 13th January 2020
Letter to Mr M Potter (Dorset Council) regarding Crock Lane Speed Limit and response
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Letter to Mr B Turner (Dorset Council) regarding Walditch Road and Burton Road (potholes and speed)
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Letter to Mr D Dixon (Bridport Town Council) regarding Neighbourhood Plan
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Letter to Mr D Chambers (Bridport Town Council) regarding Jellyfields and Bothenhampton Nature Reserve
Agenda - 11th November 2019
Letter to Mr B Turner (Dorset Council) regarding Walditch Speed Limit
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Letter to Mr N Collins (Dorset Council) regarding Tree Survey at John Gundry Play Area
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Letter to Ms D Redding / Mr M Garrity (Dorset Council) regarding Homestead Farm
Letter to Mr G Nicholson (Dorset Council) regarding Jellyfields Nature Reserve
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Letter to Mr A Hollingsworth (Dorset Council) regarding Sycamore Avenue, Walditch Road,
The Hyde, Walditch
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Letter to Mr M Pearce regarding footpath and hedge to the right of Church Rise , Bothenhampton
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Agenda - 14th October 2019
Letter to Ms D Redding regarding Planning Matter WD/D/17/001274 21 ELWELL, BRIDPORT DT6 4DX
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Letter to Mr G Briggs regarding Cedar Tree to the rear of 7 Howard Road
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Letter to Ms D Redding (Dorset Council) regarding Homestead Farm (23rd September 2019)
Letter to Mr and Mrs Irvine regarding Homestead Farm
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Letter to Ms D Redding (Dorset Council) regarding Homestead Farm (30th September 2019)
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Letter to Mr G Nicholson (Dorset Council) regarding Jellyfields Nature Reserve, Bridleways W5/9, W5/10 and Bridleway adjacent to Old Church Road, Bothenhampton
Agenda - 9th September 2019
Letter to D Chambers - Lower Walditch Play Area
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Letter to Mr & Mrs Tuckwell, 1 Howard Road regarding Noticeboard
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Letter to Mr R Robins regarding two storey extension recently constructed at Landfall, Old Church Road, Bothenhampton
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Letter to J Marshall (DC Planning) regarding 11 Chestnut Road, Bridport DT6 4JP
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Letter to J Marshall (DC Planning) regarding Homestead Farm, Bothenhampton DT6 4BJ
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Emailed letter from Peter Wessel regarding cattle boluses found on Hyde Hill causing death of family dog. Letter from Chairman to Peter Wessel requesting further information
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Letter to Cllr Clayton regarding overgrown hedge opposite 66 Crock Lane, Bothenhampton
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Letters to N Collins (Dorset Council), M Joy (Town & Country Tree Care and,
C Stoodley (Forest and Tree Care) regarding quotes for work in Valley View
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Letter to Mr A Burfoot (Highways – South West Enquiries regarding A35 / Sea Road South
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Emailed letter from Graham Purse regarding Bothenhampton Old Church – request for help with rubbish removal (£249.99). Letter from Chairman in response
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Emailed letter from Anita de Greeff (Bothen Hill) regarding hedges / verges overhanging trees in Crock Lane and vicinity. E-mail forwarded to DC for them action
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Emailed letter from Giana Allen (Cherry Tree Cottage) regarding destruction of Dorset bank along Duck Street, various emailed responses and subsequent letter to Ms D Redding (Dorset County Planning)
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Emailed letter from Steve Farnham (Porter Dodson) attaching Lease for Lower Walditch Play Area and Orchard and Parish Council’s response asking for clarification of certain points.
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Emailed request from G Briggs (7 Howard Close) for Cedar Tree on land adjacent to his property to be crowned. PC response by email. (see Agenda item in Section 7 of Agenda and Minutes)
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Emailed letter to Ms L Hart regarding Melplash Show
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Letter to Mr Geoff Matthews
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