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Fresh bread and cakes from local bakery and decorated cakes for

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Fruit & vegetable baskets

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Home delivery on purchases over £10.00

Gas and Electric key

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Post Office counter for: Banking & Foreign

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Savings, Insurance, Mail

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Editor’s Notes

Good news for Cople and the Girls High School. On the 18th of August Bedford Borough Council unanimously approved the plan from the Girls High School to establish playing fields in Cople. The time scale for the project has yet to be fine tuned but could look like this - ecological work - Autumn 14/Spring 2015 building work - Autumn/Winter 2015 pitches hopefully in play by mid 2016. This investment is a major bonus for the village and we can look forward to the benefits for generations to come. Cople is about to welcome its new vicar, the Reverend Fiona Gibson. She will be installed in her post at a service in All Saints Church on the 10th of September. Claire Darlow is a pilates teacher who is in the process of moving to Cople. On page 9 she is advertising classes which will be held on Monday evenings in the Village Hall. Pilates has wide appeal and having classes available on our doorstep will appreciated. Welcome to Cople Claire. On the subject of the Village Hall, the Village Trust needs your support to keep the hall and playing fields going. If you are not already a member, you might consider joining the 200 Club. Details are on page 23. On Saturday 13th September there is the annual “Bike and Hike” around the churches of Bedfordshire. This can be a most enjoyable event if you get a group together and plan an itinerary, especially if it includes a good pub lunch somewhere. It is a fund raiser and Cople Church gets a cut depending on the numbers taking part. Judith Howard has more details and the appropriate paperwork. The flyer is on page 7. The Music Festival got away with the weather (just) and was a well attended and successful evening. The fund raising aspect was damaged by the theft of drinks from a cooler trailer the night before the event. The police have arrested and bailed a man in connection with the incident. We have had a spate of unpleasant events of this nature and the hope is that we see no more. Last month I decided to embellish the Churchwardens’ letter with a photograph of the person who made the new church door. If you take such liberties it is best to get your facts right. Mick Shanahan is of course Mick Thomas. I am grateful to the two people in the village who did not tell me about my error. Sorry Mick and rest assured your wife does know your name. Ged Peeke

Front cover .Reverend Fiona Gibson and family. The new Vicar of Cople. Back Cover. .The Barn Dance taken by Vaughan Southgate

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All Saints Church Churchwardens

June Shanahan Mike Vacher 34 Grange Lane 91 Willington Road Cople Cople Tel: 01234 831705 Tel: 01234 831207 [email protected] [email protected]

Churchwardens’ Letter

Under the heading “Stairway to Heaven” published in the August Cople News, Toby Huitson referred to the high level doorway in All Saints ,Cople. This was something we were only vaguely aware of. It is situated outside on the East side of the tower right at the top in the centre. It is easily identified having the appearance of a door with its distinctive shape. Toby makes it clear in his article that no proven or established explanation is available. If anyone reading this has a theory or explanation we would be pleased to hear it. Every year churches and the work of the churchwardens and PCC is subjected to an inspection. This year the rural dean once again inspected All Saints. All records were examined to make sure they were properly maintained and up to date, including the financial year end accounts. He is also responsible for examining the building, church yard to ensure that they are all kept up to acceptable standards. We are fortunate to have within our church management team some very capable people and always achieve satisfactory results in this regard. The Parish Council has decided to finance the resurfacing of the footpaths in the closed church yard, which are beginning to show signs of wear and tear. This work will be carried out as soon as the necessary approvals have been obtained. The need to keep on top of maintenance is always a priority of the PCC and we are grateful to both the Friends and the Parish Council for their valuable assistance in this never ending task. This Churchwardens letter will probably be the last to be published in the Cople News and it will almost certainly be replaced by a letter from the vicar as Fiona will be in place when the next deadline approaches. We have endeavoured to give an idea of the many and varied tasks and responsibilities involved in managing our church and trust you have found them both interesting and informative. We thank you for your continuing support in all that we do. With Best wishes June Shanahan and Mike Vacher

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From the Registers Funeral Maurice Cotton 24th July Burial of ashes William Scott 30th July Weddings

Amy Walker and Tom Weedon 8th August Deborah Harding and Sean Child 16th August

QUIZ NIGHT AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH

We will be hosting a quiz night on 4th October at 7 pm in the church.

Jacket potatoes with various delicious fillings but bring your own drinks.

Tickets £7.

Cash prize Raffle

Come along to a fun, sociable evening. All welcome.

Proceeds towards the upkeep of All Saints Church

Tickets from June 831705,Fran 831466,

Julia 831870 or Debbie 838540

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NSPCC Lunch

The weather was perfect for our NSPCC Italian Lunch held in memory of Gillian Rose. I would like to thank everyone who attended the event and made it a success. I am pleased to report that the sum of £450 was raised for the charity.

Gloria

Mothers Union

The speaker at our meeting on the 8th September will be Susan Roberts, our Diocesan President, and will be held in Glebe House at 2pm.

In July members met in Moggerhanger Church for a quiz afternoon arranged by Moggerhanger branch. The final result was very close between the two teams, and refreshments were enjoyed afterwards.

Two members enjoyed a tour of Mary Sumner House, the headquarters of the Mothers Union in London. Mary Sumner founded the Mothers Union in 1876.

Liz Buck

Prayer We thank the water, earth and air and all the helping powers they bear. We thank the people – loving, good, who grow and cook our daily food. And now at last we thank the sun, the light and life for everyone.

(Prayers and Graces)

Cople Sports and Social Club We have had an eventful time in the club with different events throughout the summer, lots of music, food and fun. Cricket season is coming to an end and football season is just starting. We have our own Cople Sports Football Club now who will be playing on Sundays so come down and support them.

Football fixtures in September Sun 31st Aug Tottenham H V Liverpool 13.30 Sun 31st Aug Leicester C V Arsenal 16.00 Sun 14th Sept Man U V QPR 16.00 Sun 14th Sept Notts F V Derby C 13.30 Sun 21st Sept Man C V Chelsea 16.00

There is a regular email sent out to all members in regard of what sports events will be shown and up and coming events. If you wish to become a member please enquire on details below or visit us at CS&SC.

Jeanette Skipsey Telephone: 01234 831473 Mobile: 07749 272249 Email: [email protected]

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Judith Howard on 01234 838467

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Mobile Library for September

Wednesday 10th and 24th

10:00 to 10:20am All Saints Road 10:25 to 10:45am Water End 10:50 to 11:10am Outside Five Bells

Cople Wood Our plans to take on the management of Cople/Water End Wood are proceeding ahead and we hope to make a start in the wood over the coming autumn/winter. With that I mind I would like to invite anyone who would like to help us manage the wood to a walk around the wood so I can explain what is to be done and how we can improve the wood. Also, I have written a management plan for the wood – if anyone would like a copy please email me and I will send it over to you. The walk will take place on Saturday 4th October at 10am. Please put the date in your diary now and we’ll meet at the entrance to the wood, off Water End Lane. Steve Halton [email protected]

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Wild about Cople

As I write this it is early August and the summer is continuing unabated with warm, sunny days long evenings and the splendid Cople Music Festival has just finished. But even now, not wanting to spoil things too much, there are a few signs that nature is already thinking of autumn.

The swifts have already left the village and, although there may be two or three young still in their nests, their parents are already off and the young swiftlets will be launching themselves out into the warm air any day now and finding their own way southwards, and, they won’t touch down for the next couple of years while they mature and become adults themselves. Just think about that for a minute – they will be constantly airborne for the next two years or so – absolutely amazing! By the end of August our swifts will already be in central Africa! And one individual took only 5 days to travel 5,000 km (3,106 miles) from West Africa to the UK – providing yet more evidence that these really are incredible birds.

Most of nature has had a good summer and the warm, early spring, and even warmer, sunny summer, with just the right amount of rain, has meant birds, butterflies, wild flowers and all sorts of insects have all done exceedingly well (as a famous baker once used to say). And the results can be seen all around with many birds already finished nesting for the year, the buddleia in full flower and with clouds of butterflies several weeks earlier than usual; it is almost as if summer has galloped full speed ahead and is now charging full pelt straight at autumn.

But, enjoy it while you can – the butterflies partying over the buddleia, the swallows and their young (no tail streamers) are hawking and chirruping in the blue skies overhead, grasshoppers playing their fiddles in the meadows and the bees are busy collecting nectar from the lavenders and marjorams.

One group of insects become very obvious this time of the year and they are the Grasshoppers and Crickets, otherwise known as the Orthoptera or which there are 27 species in the British Isles. They are, of course, well-known for their chirping or buzzing calls (technically known as stridulation). Grasshoppers make their calls by rubbing their long back legs against their wings using a system of pegs and a ‘rasp’ (rather like rubbing a comb against a piece of card) whereas crickets ‘sing’ by rubbing their wings together. Grasshoppers you are most likely to see (or hear) around the village include; Common Green, Field and Meadow. Crickets common around the village include; Oak Bush-cricket, Dark Bush-

Oak Bush-cricket

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cricket and Roesel’s Bush-cricket. The Oak Bush-cricket is a pale green and often comes into houses at dusk in late summer; the Dark Bush-cricket is often heard on late summer dusks singing its brief ‘chirp’ song at irregular intervals until well into autumn and the first frosts.

How do you tell a cricket from a grasshopper? Crickets tend to

have long antennae whereas grasshoppers have short antennae and crickets tend to be crepuscular (active at dusk) and grasshoppers are diurnal (active during the day).

A good website resource is: http://www.orthoptera.org.uk/ (you can listen to the calls here also). There are several good books available which help with identification and if you are interested in reading further: Grasshoppers and Crickets by Ted Benton (Collins New Naturalist); A Guide to British Grasshoppers and Allied Insects (Fold-out colour chart) by J Marshall (Field Studies Council). Steve Halton [email protected]

Dark Bush-cricket

Meadow Grasshopper

Police Update

Police have arrested and bailed a male for the theft of approximately £700 worth of alcohol from the Cople Music Festival on the 1st/2nd August.

Between the 18th and 21st July hand tools and a large amount of scaffolding were stolen from an Anglian Water property on Northill Road. If anyone saw or heard anything in relation to this please contact Bedfordshire Police on 101.

There were no other reported crimes during July and up to 15th August. (time of writing)

Paul Jones PCSO 4760

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Biggleswade & District Art Society

31st Autumn Art Exhibition Northill Village Hall

(opposite the church) Saturday 18th October (10.00–4.00) Sunday 19th

October (10.00-4.00) Free Admission Original Paintings for sale

Refreshments

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Cople Village Trust – 200 Club (registered charity number 1090113)

At our AGM in June, we had a query about 200 Club prizes, so I am writing this article to explain what is going on. The 200 Club was set up in the 1960s in order to raise money for village amenities. The principle is that 200 people contribute £1 each per month to assist in the maintenance of the Village Hall, Playing Field and Children’s Playground. Each month three prizes are drawn; first prize £60, second prize £30, third prize £10.

After prizes are awarded all surplus moneys go towards the maintenance of the Village Hall, Playing Field and Children’s Playground. During the last few months, a number of subscribers have left the draw and despite our best efforts we presently have 25 spare numbers.

In the past if a number was unallocated it was redrawn, but as numbers have dwindled, the Village Hall trustees decided that this would no longer happen, hence you will have seen prizes reported in Cople News as “unallocated” or “it could have been you”. This only applies when subscribers have left the draw; if we have not yet collected subscriptions we always give members the chance to receive their prize net of any unpaid subscription. In order to generate further funds, we will be doing a mail drop to villagers. In the meantime, if you would like to join please contact me or any of the other trustees

Catherine Bayliss, Treasurer, Cople Village Trust 07880 890508/01234 838704 [email protected]

Cople Village Hall and Playing Field

Available for Hire for

Private Functions, Children’s Parties,

Weddings, Conferences

and other bookings by arrangement

Hire Charge from £ 9 per hour

Please Contact

Bookings Officer: David Reardon

Telephone : 01234 838987

Cople Village Trust 200 Club

Prize winners for August 2014

1st Prize of £60 200 Brenda Bradbury 2nd Prize of £30 113 Gwen Heggie 3rd Prize of £10 116 J. Findley

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YOUR VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD

NEED YOU!

Cople Village Trust

200 Club Draw

£100 worth of prizes every month

Only £1 per month subscription

Numbers now available

Support YOUR local facilities

Contact: Sandra Thacker, Catherine Bayliss, Keith Moore, Brian Ebbs, Mike Vacher, Hazel Shreeves or Jane Barnard

Cople Village Trust is a registered charity which manages and maintains the village hall and playing

fields

These facilities are NOT council run; it’s all done on a

voluntary basis, PLEASE HELP!

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September Diary

Monday 1st

11:00am Tiny tots sing along Cople Church

Tuesday 2nd

2:30pm Over 60s Club Sports and Social

7:30pm Bell Ringing Cople Church

Wednesday 3rd

7:30pm to 10:00 Carpet Bowls Village Hall

7:30pm Rehearsal for service to install new vicar

Cople Church

Thursday 4th (Green Bin)

10:00am to 11:30am Baby and Toddler Group Village Hall

Friday 5th

10:00am Yoga Class Village Hall

September Church Services at Cople

7th 11:15am Family Service

14th 09:00am 09:45am

Holy Communion Sunday School

21st 09:45am 11:15am

Sunday School All age Communion

28th 09:45am 11:15am

Sunday School Sung Communion

Monday 8th


2:00pm Mothers Union Glebe House

6:45pm Junior Choir Cople Church

7:00pm Benefice Choir Cople Church

7:00pm o 8:00pm Pilates Class Village Hall

Tuesday 9th

10:00am to 12:00 Coffee morning Village Hall


7:30pm Tuesday Club. A talk by Eve Pollard on pottery

Village Hall

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Monday 15th


12:30pm Luncheon Club Cople Church


7:00pm Senior Choir Cople Church


7:30 pm Parish Council Meeting Village Hall

Tuesday 16th




7:45pm Parish Church Council Meeting Glebe House

Wednesday 17th

7:30pm to 10:00pm Carpet Bowls Village Hall

Thursday 18th (Green Bin)


Friday 19th


Wednesday 10th


7:30pm Installation of Rev Fiona Gibson as vicar

Cople Church

Thursday 11th (Orange Bin)


Friday 12th


Nearly New Centre

Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm & Saturday 10am to 1pm

At Sue Ryder Palliative Care Home St. John’s Moggerhanger

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Monday 29th




Tuesday 30th




Monday 22nd




Tuesday 23rd



Wednesday 24th


Thursday 25th (Orange Bin)


Saturday 27th

10:00am to 12:30pm Heritage Day Cople Church

Cople in 1831 and 2011 Mr Philip Green of Bedford Borough Council shares my interest in historic census records and he has kindly given his own time to obtain data from the University of Portsmouth which is contracted to hold and analyse such information for the nation. You will see from my now completed table that Cople’s population rose to a high of 643 in 1831, 305 males and 338 females. It steadily declined after that and did not reach that level again until the 1961 Census. So 1831 is quite a significant year in the Parish’s history.

The 1831 census was the fourth, and last, decennial census undertaken by John Rickman as a clerk of the House of Commons. Its organisation was similar to the other censuses of the early nineteenth century. The Census Act of 1830 was titled, like its predecessors, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and the increase or diminution

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thereof". It was by far the most detailed conducted in the 19th Century, and provides insights into life in the Parish that no other Census in the 19th Century does.

It contains a wide range of information, including data on occupation and servants. There is a reference to the ‘Number of Capitalists, Bankers, Professionals and Other Educated Men’ (there were 5 of them!). In contrast, the 2011 census shows 206 (34%) people in Cople with a first degree or higher and 41% employed as managers, directors or professionals.

The was an incredibly young age profile in 1831. The Census only provides age information for males but 53% of males were aged 0-19, so over half the Parish’s population in 1831 was aged under 20. That compares to just 21% in 2011.

The average house in 1831 had 6 residents – in 2011 it had 2.24.

As expected, the vast majority of people were employed in agriculture. There were 8 ‘occupiers’ (presumably landowners or tenant farmers) and 90 agricultural labourers. Contrast that with 2011 when only 5 of the 359 Cople residents who were in employment worked in agriculture.

Contrary to what might be expected, a much lower proportion of Cople’s population was in

work in 1831 (24%) than in 2011 (50%). Presumably that was a result of, firstly, the very young age profile in the Parish (though there might well have been informal working by children that doesn’t show up in the Census) and, secondly, the number of women who looked after the home – the term ‘homemaker’ was not in use in 1831, but that would have been their main role (and producing all those children!). I don’t think the sort of cottage industries that many women were also engaged in part-time would have counted as occupations in 1831. Ged Peeke with a majority input from Mr Green The 1831 census will be added to the village website.

Year No of Houses

Population

1801 41 (suspect)

403

1811 97 442

1821 94 524

1831 107 643

1841 104 551

1851 114 552

1881 98 459

1891 96 424

1901 96 377

1911 96 377

1921 100 403

1931 115 405

1951 154 479

1961 218 687

1971 233 655

1981 300 810

1991 311 744

2001 323 736

2011 335 722

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Gardening in September Both horticultural and news media have carried many stories over the course of the past month about an early autumn and although still, bathed in warm sunshine, the leaves are well and truly falling! In many instances, my August lawn mowing was less about cutting the grass as the heat had largely slowed its growth down to a standstill but to pushing the mower over the ground to clear the leaves and other autumnal detritus. This remains a job that is very well worth doing as is collecting the leaves in bags to create the wonderful leaf mould – nature’s free soil conditioner. If you haven’t done it before, collect leaves, cutting them with a mower is ideal as the smaller pieces will break down quicker, put them in plastic sacks, make damp and then stash away. Every now and then, moisten and in a year or so, you will have a wonderfully broken down, sweet (ish!) smelling material that when added to your garden will improve soil structure and moisture retention. And it’s free! As with most gardeners, my post box is currently being beleaguered with all manner of seed and bulb catalogues from around the world and although, flicking through them is a very enjoyable pursuit, the real pleasure for me, is trying to work out what combinations of plants will work together. As I always say, this is entirely subjective and people’s personal taste is always fascinating and often, shocking! But hey, they would no doubt say that about mine! And that is precisely as it should be. Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), the famous garden designer who it is believed, did work in both Ickwell and at Moggerhanger House, was very short sighted and so had to examine plants in close up. A consequence of this was that she often saw the most intricate colours of a plant. She would then combine them with unusual selections and if you have never gardened in this way before, I urge you to try it. I absolutely promise you, that if, for example, a Fuchsia looks stunning from ten yards away, it looks even more amazing from a few inches! Indeed, examined in this way, a Fuchsia’s flower looks more like one of Degas’ ballerinas and the way the deepest purple shades slowly and gradually into vivid crimson is in itself a reminder of just how incredible nature is. With the winds now upon us, don’t forget to tie in plants, keep all bedding fed and watered to eek as much from them as possible and watch out for the weeds which are starting to invade and dominate. If only plants did this rather than people! The answer to last month’s just for fun question is, brandlings are the industrious worms that can be found in your compost bin or heap who we are all indebted to. This month’s question is, what is or are ‘thrips’?. As usual, please contact me with any gardening tasks or queries you may have, [email protected] or tel: 01767 627 581 or 07796 328 855. Lawn Doctor


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FRIENDS OF COPLE CHURCH

WINE TASTING

Village Hall, Grange

Lane, Cople

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 25th

7.30 p.m.

Come along and enjoy a light-

hearted evening; drink some

French and Italian wines whilst

sampling delicious cuisine.

Tickets £13:50 from

838683, 831466, 838714 (to include

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Proceeds towards the upkeep of

the Church

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Friends of Cople Church Reg No. 1096386

We are always pleased to receive feedback after an event, and this year we were particularly gratified to learn that so many enjoyed the Barn Dance at Oak Farm on the evening of July 19th. Without the input of Paul and Heather Walsh it would not be the splendid evening it invariably turns out to be – their gargantuan effort in preparing the lovely old barns, which provide the perfect backdrop, and Paul’s expertise in handling a seemingly mammoth quantity of pig, ensured that we were well on track for an evening of fun.

Over the years we have been staging this event, we have come to rely on the indefatigable ‘Kelly’s Eye’ and they never disappoint; yet again we marvelled at their effortless skill in encouraging our dancers onto the ‘floor’ and remaining full of good humour right up to the ‘witching’ hour.

We are particularly grateful to Jon and Catherine for masterminding and manning the bar – the profit from the sales of alcohol and soft drinks reflects the necessity, on a warm evening, of a steady supply of liquid refreshment for those engaged in physical activity – and to our hardworking committee who provided delicious salads and yummy puds and kept a ‘firm hand on the tiller’ throughout the evening.

In summary, it was a memorable evening, generating a net profit of £1270, which included a generous donation and was bumped up by a raffle. A big ‘thank you’ must go to everybody who made contributions and to all those who attended.

The Village Hall will stage our next event on Saturday, October 25th. This is a Wine-tasting in which we will set France and Italy against each other in the light-hearted pursuit of knowledge in the fields of oenology and gastronomy. Tickets are now available from 838683, 838714, 831466 at a cost of £13.50. We look forward to seeing you. Vaughan Southgate www.cople.org.uk/friends

Tuesday Club

The Tuesday Club served delicious tea and homemade cakes throughout the evening of the Music Festival on 2nd of August and raised £200 for CHUMS (Child Bereavement & Trauma Service) which is our chosen charity of the year.

Many thanks to all the members who baked such wonderful cakes.

The Tuesday Club will meet on the 9th September at 7:30pm in the Village Hall when Eve Carroll will give a talk about her work as a potter.. Julie

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Parish Council Update, July 2014 The Parish Council met on 21 July 2014 as part of its normal schedule of bi-monthly meetings. This meeting was well attended by members of the public, not least because the revised planning application from Bedford Girls’ School was included on the agenda for discussion. Before I report further on this meeting now would seem a good time to inform everybody reading this, on behalf of the Parish Council, on the way in which all Parish Councils are expected to deal with planning applications made to the local Borough/County Council for developments in their Parish. Parish Councils have no statutory powers regarding the granting or refusal of planning applications, this is the responsibility of the Borough/County Council. Parish Councils are however consulted and are required to provide a local perspective on these applications and pass comment on these within the local context, with the benefit of considerable local knowledge. When a planning application is made the Borough/County Council notifies the relevant Parish Council(s) as part of the consultation process. The Parish Council is then responsible for considering whether the application should be either approved in its entirety or alternatively highlight their concerns by raising an objection (or objections) and explaining their reasons for this (these). For instance this could include such things as the impact the building/buildings might have on the local area/neighbours, size of the building in relation to original property, visual impact, access to/from the area to be developed, ecological issues arising from the development, as well as issues raised by parishioners that are felt to be valid. It should be noted that no matter how much a Parish Council feels that a development has merit to the local area it cannot approve the application if it feels there are underlying issues that need addressing. In such instances the Parish Council is required to object to an application in order to highlight the issues to both the applicant/developer and the Borough Council. As mentioned above, the Parish Council meeting was well attended and in the first 15 minutes various questions were dealt with from members of the public. Initially the question of the Girls’ School planning application was raised and the Chairman, David Hughes, explained that although the Parish Council was broadly in favour of this application it had objected because of its concerns regarding access, the proximity of an existing bridleway and the impact on residents from being overlooked by a balcony on the clubhouse as well as some ecological issues. He further explained that the planning application had now been revised to address these concerns and it was this revised application that would be discussed during the meeting. A member of the public raised the issue of the overgrown hedge on Willington Road opposite Rye Crescent which is impacting on the footpath.

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The Chairman explained that this land is owned by Bewick Homes and that the hedge had previously been kept under control as part of the Parish Council's maintenance, however the owners had asked that this should not be done. In view of the fact that it is now very overgrown the Clerk will write to the owner to ask them to arrange for it to be cut back. Should this not happen it will be passed to the Borough Council to deal with. The Chairman stressed that members of the public may also report issues of this nature direct to Bedford Borough Council Highways department. The local contacts are Gareth Turner and Andrew Prigmore. Members of the Cople Over 60's group attended the meeting to highlight the petition that they are currently drawing up to send to the bus company with regard to having the number 73 bus route brought through the village every day as opposed to just on a Sunday. This would enable people in the village, particularly the older residents, to get into Bedford more easily on the bus. If anyone is interested in signing this please contact Hazel Shreeves - 838817. Amy from Bedford Rural Communities Charity also attended the meeting and explained about the Wheels in Motion project. This has been set up following receipt of 4 years funding and is designed to provide transport for the elderly or disabled living in the local communities. It has 3 different aspects: a volunteer car scheme, a paid driver scheme (where there is a maximum charge of £5 and vehicles can take up to 3 or 4 people with vehicles being adapted for mobility) as well as potentially, community bus routes - however members of the local communities are asked to write in and advise the charity what would be required and why. Posters regarding this will be displayed on the village notice boards. The results of the traffic monitoring data carried out by the police have now been made available, these show that more than 44% of vehicles entering or leaving the village on Northill Road are doing so at speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour. The police have said that the local policing team have been made aware and will take action. The Parish Council will discuss this further with the police as well as exploring potential traffic calming measures. Discussions took place regarding the maintenance of the churchyard, in particular the footpath which needs to be replaced and quotes have now been received to enable this to be done. The Parish Council, which is responsible for the maintenance of the closed churchyard, approved a quote for £3000 for a resin bonded surface. This matter will now be taken forward to the PCC. Land at Cople Pits was also discussed in relation to the previously granted planning permission for landfill then landscaping and the building of a golf course. No landscaping has taken place as yet although landfill has ceased. The Parish Council will contact Bedford Borough regarding this.

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The revised planning application from Bedford Girls’ School was fully discussed and in view of the fact that the access has been repositioned away from the bridleway to allow improved visibility splays in both directions along Grange Lane, the balcony on the clubhouse removed in order to reduce the impact on amenity, the confirmation that no floodlights would be installed and a detailed programme to translocate protected wildlife and habitat prior to development taking place, the Parish Council voted to approve the revised application. The Chairman thanked the Girls’ School’s Planning Consultant, who was also present at the meeting, for taking note of the issues/concerns raised by the Parish Council as well as those raised by members of the local community and for addressing them.

The Bedford Borough Council Local Plan 2032 call for sites was briefly discussed as four sites within the Parish have been put forward for inclusion namely: Grange Farm; land behind the cottages in Northill Road; Wood End Farm and land adjoining the west of the village.

The village sign has now been refurbished completely, thanks to Tony Fisher, and now looks as good as new.

Various issues are still ongoing regarding highways, although many have now been dealt with. Tony Fisher has been meeting with the Borough Council's Highways officer to discuss the outstanding issues and these will continue to be monitored to conclusion.

The play area on the playing field is to have a new slide, funded by the Parish Council, 3 quotes have been received for this and the Parish Council approved one of these. This will now be taken forward by the Village Trust.

The draft lease for the Millennium Wood in Water End has been received and previously discussed, Steve Halton will now take this forward to get the lease signed so that the Parish Council can take over the maintenance of this area.

The upgrading of the street lighting is almost complete, we are on the final phase of this now and already significant savings can be seen on our electrical bills.

If you want to find out more about how the Parish Council works then why not attend a meeting, the next one is on Monday 15 September 2014 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Lesley Cole

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Sally’s Tax Corner

I do hope you are all well and have enjoyed the summer – the children will all be back to school soon – I’m sure they are all looking forward to that. As it’s the start of the academic year and people are getting back into working hard again I thought this week I would talk about cars.

The tax office don’t really like people to have cars through their own limited companies and business so they have made some harsh tax consequences. There are also cash flow issues when looking at cars. I am going to talk about cars for people who are self employed through their own sole trader or limited company.

Firstly from a cash flow perspective there are many ways to finance a car these days - if you purchase a car – (even if you HP it or have a loan) then as long as you or your business own it, then you can claim capital allowances for it (You can’t claim the VAT back on a car if you are VAT registered).

Capital allowances are a tax deduction that is all based now on CO2 emissions, so the lower the CO2 emission on the car – the higher the tax deduction is – I list the rates below. Both companies and sole traders can claim capital allowances for cars. There are not many cars around that fulfil the lower CO2 emissions.

If you lease a car – then you do not own it – so no capital allowances can be claimed. Instead you may be able to claim the lease payments (or some of them) as an expense in your accounts BUT you need to watch out for CO2 emissions again as a percentage of the lease payments will not be deductible and only 50% of the VAT is claimable if you are VAT registered. If you are a limited company and you are leasing or owning a car then as long as it is not a pool car (usually only quite large companies have pool cars) then you will also have to incur a P11D – personal tax charge on the driver of the car - all based on the CO2 emissions as the car will get taxed as a benefit in kind to the individual.

So cars with high CO2 emissions (or anything over 75g/km) start to get taxed to bits and its getting worse over the next few years.

CO2 Emission – summary table for Petrol and Diesel car – (times the list price of the car by the % to get the number that will get taxed as a personal benefit in kind through a limited company)

CO2 %Petrol %Diesel 1-75 up to 5 8 76-124 up to 17 20 125-139 up to 20 23 140 -159 up to 24 27 160-189 up to 30 33 190-209 up to 34 35 Over 210 35 35

I hope you find this helpful, if you would like a more precise % or have any other questions then please do get in touch.

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Village Hall Bookings: David Reardon 01234 838987

Over 60's Club Secretary : Hazel Shreeves Tel : 838817

Mothers Union Contact: Jill Ebbs Tel : 838659

Cople Lower School Headteacher : Helen Johnson Tel : 838827

Cople Village Trust Chair : Sandra Thacker Tel : 831344

Royal British Legion Chair: Max McMurdo Tel: 01767 680624 Welfare: David Hansen Tel : 01767 226020

Police PC Paul Jones Riseley Police Station Tel : 01234 - 842864

Carpet Bowls Secretary : Pauline Baynes Tel : 838102

Willingtots Pre-School Group Tel: 07972– 148085

Before & After School Club At Cople Lower School Tel: 07592 - 012249

Brownies (Willington) Amanda Briscoe, Tel: 07504 299994

Beavers, Cubs & Scouts Contact Emma Whiterod Tel: 07908 167356

Friends of Cople Church Chair: Vaughan Southgate Tel: 838714

Cople Sports & Social Club Chair: David Hughes Tel : 838669

Tuesday Club Joy Duthie Tel : 838407

Cricket Cople Argus Cricket Club Chris Gregory 01234 838396

Biggleswade Chronicle Village Correspondent: Jill Ebbs Tel: 838659

Cople Web Site Ian Whiting Tel : 838347 Email: [email protected] Web Site :www.cople.org.uk

Cople Baby and Toddler Kara Rees 07528 416804 or Heather Cornish 07816 396219

Just Ask Wendy Worgan 0800 039 1234

Cople Parish Council Clerk to the Council: Jeanne Pope 42 Wingfield Road, Bromham, Beds. MK43 8JY Tel: 01234 823 297 [email protected]

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Pilates Classes Julie Crawford www.forwardfitness.co.uk Mobile 0794 6067266

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