298 JULY 19 - Gryffe Advertizer
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
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. . . HOUSTON, CROSSLEE & BROOKFIELD . . .<br />
Next deadline - Friday <strong>19</strong>th July<br />
Alex Stuart & Beth Shaw under 5yrs<br />
joint winners at Houston Show<br />
Houston and Killellan Agricultural Show<br />
A great day was had by all.<br />
Winners at the Craft and Baking Tent<br />
Handcrafts - Perpetual Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Ure.<br />
Baking and Provisions - Perpetual Cup . . . . . . . . . . . Lorna Carruth<br />
Most Points in Craft and Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moira Dunlop<br />
Runner up - Joint winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorna Carruth<br />
and Diana Ure<br />
12 years and under - Perpetual Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth McDonald<br />
8 years and under - Perpetual Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isobel Straw<br />
5 years and under - Perpetual Cup - joint winners . . Beth Shaw and<br />
Alex Stuart.<br />
Isobel Renton Cup for most points in children’s section Beth McDonald.<br />
Cup for most points in Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs.M.Mitchell<br />
(residing out with the parish)<br />
Cup for most points in Handcrafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs.M.Mitchell<br />
(residing out with the parish)<br />
Flowers were presented to Ruth Noonan Houston’s new minister’s wife<br />
for presenting prizes in the Craft/Baking section.<br />
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Houston Community Council<br />
26<br />
Your Ward 10 Councillors<br />
Audrey Doig, Scott Kerr, Alison<br />
Jean Dowling, James Sheridan<br />
Advice Surgeries: http://www.<br />
renfrewshire.gov.uk/councillors<br />
Community Council<br />
Visitors are welcome at these<br />
monthly meetings.<br />
BROOKFIELD: Brookfield Village<br />
Hall: 2nd Thursday at 7.30pm<br />
February, April, June, August, October<br />
and December.<br />
HOUSTON: Carrick Centre: 3rd<br />
Wednesday at 7.30pm | houstoncommcouncil@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Community Halls to Let<br />
Brookfield, Village Hall. Tel:<br />
335562<br />
Houston, Carrick Centre. Tel:<br />
690693 / 614039 / 674277<br />
Houston, Compass Centre. Tel:<br />
Gillian Peters - 07879 407574 or<br />
01505 613759.<br />
Linwood Masonic Hall. Tel: 07825<br />
222944<br />
Meeting held on the 15th May 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Policing: The attending Community Police<br />
Officers reported a total of 7 recorded crimes<br />
for the period. The crimes included 2 accounts of theft,<br />
3 accounts of assault and 2 accounts of anti social<br />
behaviour.<br />
Planning: Two members of Renfrewshire Council’s<br />
Local Development Plan team attended the Houston<br />
Community Council meeting along with a number of<br />
concerned local residents. In the new proposed Local<br />
Development Plan Renfrewshire Council has identified<br />
two sites within Houston Village for potential housing<br />
development. The Mansefield and land at Woodend<br />
House. In all this would potentially accommodate 80<br />
new homes.<br />
The Renfrewshire Council planning team explained<br />
their role and the theory behind the proposed new local<br />
development plan. There was then an opportunity for<br />
all meeting attendees to participate in a lively debate as<br />
to the proposals.<br />
The key points aired were:<br />
• Lack of investment in the local infrastructure to<br />
support additional homes.<br />
• RC’s policy of not building on<br />
Greenbelt, yet Woodend is<br />
Greenbelt and Mansefield was<br />
Greenbelt until RC reclassified<br />
it as white land.<br />
• Mansefield is owned by RC, so<br />
is this just a capital generation<br />
opportunity.<br />
• The proposed plan currently indicates 80 homes<br />
but recent experience in the village has shown that<br />
once a developer receives planning permission,<br />
they then re-apply gaining permission for additional<br />
homes on the site.<br />
• The councils own household statistics show a<br />
reduction in the number of local residents over<br />
the next 15 years. There are ample used homes<br />
struggling to sell in the area, so where is the need<br />
for additional new homes?<br />
• There are a lack of affordable homes and homes<br />
for elderly/downsizers in the village. In the last<br />
10 years there have not been any new home built<br />
to specifically meet the local communities needs.<br />
The developers have instead created a market by<br />
building larger new detached homes.<br />
• Support was shown for prioritising the redevelopment<br />
of brownfield sites.<br />
HCC strongly objects to the proposed inclusion of the<br />
Woodend and Mansefield sites in the proposed new<br />
local development plan. Local residents views have<br />
been sought and along with the HCC’s views they will<br />
be submitted to Renfrewshire Council prior to the 10th<br />
June deadline.
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