Denton a village in South Norfolk, England

Denton Village News Archive for December 2015

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Compost Future in Doubt

Doubts have been raised about the future of Denton's award-winning Community Composting Scheme. A public meeting to discuss future plans is to be held - probably early in February.

The scheme has been running, very successfully since 2003. It has provided a valuable service, particularly for the elderly and those with smaller gardens, and raised significant funds for the village. However, the organisers would like to hand over the reins to a new team. There are normally enough people to perform the weekly tasks of collecting and processing the compostable material but it is hoped that a couple of volunteers will be found to do the critical central organising.

Details of the public meeting will appear on the website as soon as they are known.

Skinners' Meadow Threat?

The future ownership of Denton's Affordable Housing is uncertain.

Four year's ago, in 2011, Denton was celebrating the completion and occupation of the six new properties in Skinners' Meadow. Built by the Saffron Housing Trust, thanks to a generous provision of land by Malcolm and Janet Skinner, the objective had been to provide some affordable housing, rented and shared equity, to replace the former council houses sold off under right-to-buy legislation.

It had been assumed that the status of the accommodation would be permanent but in the run-up to the last election the Conservatives stated they wanted to extend the right-to-buy to Housing Association tenants. Then, in his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that five HAs would be trialing the new system starting in the New Year. A few days later he announced that one of the five, the only one serving a rural area, is Saffron.

Details of the new legislation, The Housing and Planning Bill 2015, are still emerging but it is hoped that the promised exceptions to the right-to-buy will take account of the special circumstances in rural areas like South Norfolk. Our district councillor Murray Gray, who played a prominent role in promoting the Council's affordable housing programme, is taking a close interest in this latest development. He has been pressing for schemes like Denton's to be protected.

Details of the history of the project can be found in the 2011 pages of the History Section.

Christmas in Denton

As is now traditional in the village, Christmas will get properly under way in Denton at the Village Hall on Christmas Eve.

The bar will be open from 7.30. Plates of food will be shared and a visit from Santa is anticipated!

Bin Collections

Denton residents are reminded that, with various bank-holidays due over the coming weeks, our bin collection dates will be changing. For most of the village the revised dates are:

Friday, 25/12, Green Bin, will be collected on Thursday, 24/12
Friday, 1/1, Black Bin, will be collected on Monday, 4/1
Friday, 8/1, Green Bin, will be collected on Saturday, 9/1

Normal service will resume on Friday, 15/1

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