Citylife in Lichfield October 2021

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LOCAL NEWS 8 £1.13m to Improve Planning Service The service that deals with local planning applications is set to receive a funding boost over the next five years to help it restructure and improve services to residents. Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet agreed plans to restructure its development management service at a meeting in September. The budget increase will see the planning department receive an extra £1.13 million between 2021 and 2026. This will allow the service to be reorganised and build extra capacity, including additional training and creating new roles to meet a significant increase in demand. To see the full report go to www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/septembercabinet. ....................................................................................... Dr Johnson’s Birthday Celebrations On Saturday 18th September, the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum and Lichfield City Council marked the 312th Birthday of the man of many words with cake, flowers, activities and a ceremony. The Mayor of Lichfield, Councillor Robert Yardley, placed a laurel chaplet on the statue of Johnson Cllr Angela Lax, Development Management Robert Yardley (image courtesy of Jono's Tourism) on the Market Square during the traditional civic ceremony while visitors, dignitaries and members of the Johnson society looked on. The St Michael’s Choir led by Musical Director Dudley Ray provided hymns and Reverend Canon Andrew Stead, Lichfield Cathedral, performed a blessing. The festivities continued at Johnson’s Birthplace with storytelling, poetry readings from the Lichfield poets and family craft activities. Celebrations concluded with the Johnson Society’s afternoon tea party, which took place on Saturday afternoon at The Bishops Palace with their new President, cartoonist Posy Simmonds. For more information about upcoming events at Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace, please visit the Museum’s website at www.samueljohnsonbirthplace.org.uk. ....................................................................................... Al Fresco City Dining Extended The temporary arrangement that has seen bars, cafes and restaurants extend onto Lichfield city centre streets is rolling over for another year. In July 2020 Lichfield District Council suspended disabled parking bays to allow visitors and shoppers more space on busy city centre streets due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A number of the parking bays are now being used by bars, cafes and restaurants who applied for pavement licences to provide extra seating outside for their customers, to allow them to recover from numerous lockdowns. After an extension of the Business and Planning Act 2020, the council has approved plans to extend these city centre arrangements until 30th September 2022. This will mean the 21 disabled parking bays on Market Street, Bore Street, Conduit Street and Tamworth Street will remain suspended, and the 18 hospitality businesses will be able to keep their pavement licences for another year. There are still 21 disabled bays available throughout the city centre, and the replacement parking spaces in Bird Street car park and Lombard Street car park, which are reserved for blue badge holders, will also remain in place over the coming year. ....................................................................................... Groups Benefit from Local Fund Nine groups across Lichfield District have already benefited from small grants for a range of projects thanks to a new funding scheme. In the two months since the launch of the Councillor Local Community Fund, district councillors have agreed to more than £1,000 of funding to be awarded to local community groups in their areas. Alrewas Arts Festival The fund is part of Lichfield District Council’s two-year pilot scheme that sees all 47 district councillors receive £300 to distribute to groups in their areas each year. The grants have been spent on a variety of projects, including planting spring flower bulbs in Drayton Bassett, providing families in need with white goods, and buying a fridge so groups who meet at St John’s Community Church in Burntwood can have refreshments. Alrewas Arts Festival also applied to their local ward councillor, Mike Wilcox, for £150 towards organising Arts Fest on the Island, which took place on 5th September. The event included local musicians, a craft market, a children’s nature trail, workshops and refreshments. The application period for 2021 will close at the end of November, so groups are being reminded to apply for a small grant of between £50 and £300 for projects and activities that will have a positive impact on their local area. Individuals can also apply for funding, provided they can show the application is on behalf of a local community project or activity. Find out more and apply for funding at www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/councillorfund. ....................................................................................... Drivers Warned in Deer Mating Season Drivers are being warned to take extra care to avoid collisions with deer during the rutting season in and around Cannock Chase. Deer are on the move in October and November as it is their breeding season and that means deer will be more prevalent, particularly at dawn and dusk, coinciding with when roads are at their busiest. With a deer population of more than two million in the UK, recent research shows around 75,000 are involved in vehicle collisions each year, with 10,000 killed. Deer collisions in the Cannock Chase area range between 140 and 160 annually. Temporary signs have been put up alerting drivers of potential black spots for deer collisions, but deer can jump out onto the road at any time, so stay vigilant.
10th Anniversary of COGS ................................ On Thursday 16th September, Citylife attended the Strawberries & Creamthemed anniversary celebrations of Cherry Orchard Garden Services (COGS), which moved to Burntwood Memorial Community Centre 10 years ago. COGS is a Community Interest Company which offers workplace opportunities for learning disabled adults and has them train in horticultural activities before they are confident enough to use those skills to maintain the gardens of their local vulnerable and frail elders. They also offer their services to community spaces such as the local graveyards, residential homes, and the old schoolhouse. Michael Fabricant with councillors & members of COGS This event was funded from the Co-Operative Local Community Fund in 2020. COGS received over £3,000 from the Co-Operative Local Community Fund donations towards their Strawberries & Cream event which was used to purchase the wood and equipment needed to build the benches, to purchase the equipment needed to grow the fruit and make the jam, and to hire the local caterers. The benches at the event were hand built by the learning-disabled beneficiaries who undertake woodwork and DIY activities where they also build planters and wooden products which they also sell to their local community. Joined by local councillors, and MP Michael Fabricant, approximately 85 people attended the event. 9
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