October 23
Planning approval from North Devon District Council has been delayed slightly until the location of two bat boxes, required as a mitigation measure during construction, is confirmed but approval should be in place by the time this report is published. Detailed design work on our plans is underway and we shall be engaging a mechanical […]
September 23
A bat survey of the building is now complete. It found that evidence of bat roosts exists so, although of low conservation significance, a licence will be required to derogate an offence being caused during construction. Two soprano pipistrelle bats were seen during the emergence surveys. However, as no maternity roosts were present, the building […]
Community Survey
We asked the community what they wanted from the hall.
August 23
Our plans for the hall have now been submitted to North Devon District Council and we are waiting for the outcome of the bat surveys, a report is expected by mid-August, for the planning process to begin. The structural engineer has completed his site inspection and we await his report as well. In the meantime, […]
July 23
Our initial bat survey has confirmed that we may have bats roosting in the roof of the village hall, which is good news for the naturists amongst us but not such good news for those wishing to progress the renovation work. It means that we need to have an emergence survey to ascertain if bats […]
Open Day Held
The design team at the village hall ran a community engagement open day to get feedback from the village and surrounding areas on the plans for the hall.
June 23
More good progress has been made since last month. We have now passed another milestone by submitting our plans for the village hall to NDDC for planning approval. All being well, we can expect confirmation of their position in July. In the meantime, we now enter a stage of structural and technical design work which […]
May 23
Plans to renovate the village hall have passed an important milestone with everyone in the community having the opportunity to view and comment upon the proposed layout and conceptual design of our future village hall at our Open Day on 22nd April. All the trustees feel a sense of excitement and nervous anticipation that, at last, […]
April 2023
General Meeting – There was a useful discussion at our open meeting on 16th February about what the community needs in our village hall in the future. We now have a comprehensive list that will form the basis of our future plans to renovate the hall and develop its facilities to meet your needs. The trustees, like […]