The Buttercup Walk is being held on Sunday 10th April at 10am arranged by Dementia Forward. The meeting point is The Station and end point Richmond Town Hall. Please see details in the attached PDF
North Yorkshire County Council will be undertaking highway drainage works on the C1 Back Lane Moulton. The works are programmed to start on Wednesday 9 March and finish by Friday 18 March.
Work was due to start on Monday 7 March but due to technical difficulties, works could not begin.
Due to the nature of the works and the size and number of site vehicles, the road will be closed to all traffic at the works location 24 hours a day during the above dates. Vehicles will need to follow diversion route that has been set out. On-site personnel will assist in managing access to properties and businesses within the closure. Please be advised there may be extended periods when access will not be possible due to the nature of the works and physical constraints of the site. Pedestrian access will be maintained where possible.
The work is part of an extensive programme and as a consequence, it is possible that some adjustment to the dates or the duration of the works may be necessary should unforeseen circumstances (such as significant weather events or emergencies on the highway network) arise. Signs on site will show actual closure dates.
We request your assistance in the following ways:
Please contact the Customer Resolution Centre on 01609 780780 to identify any special access needs you may have during the work period;
Co-operate and comply with any instructions issued by the traffic management operatives and take extra care whilst within the works area;
Move all vehicles off the road before work starts on site each day.
For further information including diversion information and to sign up for alerts please go to:
The Closure will be in place for a period of 1 day on the 13th March 2022 to allow Yorkshire Water to install a new water supply connection.
The Road Closure and any associated Diversion Routes can be viewed using this URL link https://one.network/?tm=127734726
Regards
North Yorkshire County Council
This is to inform you that the North Yorkshire County Council will undertaking essential
maintenance at Cow Lane Culvert.
The culvert is located:
Location of Bridge – Cow Lane, Middleton Tyas,
Richmondshire, North Yorkshire,
Post Code – DL10 6RW
The works are currently programmed to commence on 14/03/2022 and last for 2 weeks. The existing culvert is in a poor state of repair and is in need of essential maintenance.
Advance warning signage advising of the works will be erected on site shortly, which will also include
diversion signage. Please see enclosed plan showing the diversion route for the closure.
Access to private properties will be maintained, however the will be no access across the structure.
Pedestrian access cannot be maintained across the structure once works commence.
Operatives working on site will be observing all Government guidelines on safe social distancing.
The work is part of an extensive programme and as a consequence it is possible that some adjustment
to this start date or the duration of the works may be necessary should unforeseen circumstances
such as significant weather events or emergencies on the highway network arise. This work may
restrict vehicular access to properties directly affected but our contractors will try to assist where
possible, during the working day. Please be advised there may be extended periods when access
will just not be possible due to the nature of the works and physical constraints of the site.
OFFICIAL
To ensure the safe delivery of these works we request your assistance in the following ways:
• Please contact the Customer Resolution Centre on 01609 780780 to identify any special access
needs you may have during the work period
• Please co-operate and comply with any instructions issued by the traffic management operatives
and take extra care whilst within the works area.
May I draw your attention to the County Councils Corporate Privacy Policy by using the following link
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/privacy-notices. When submitting a response, we will record personal
information including your name and address.
For further information, including diversion information and to sign up for alerts please go to;
http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/30550/Public-notices
I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for any disruption that these works may cause and
would again request your cooperation to help ensure an efficiently and safely executed project.
Yours faithfully
Customer Resolution Centre
Meeting with PowerGrid on 11th February 2022 in Melsonby.
Peter Griffen and Cllr Judith Stansfield, Melsonby Parish Council Chair met with Mike Hammond and his colleague from PowerGrid on Friday 11th February 2022 to talk about the regular short power cuts that we have in Melsonby. It was a very interesting and instructive meeting and they have provided printed handouts to support their talk.
PowerGrid do not generate power but provide a historically complicated pattern of supply lines that feed 2000 households in our area. The controlling sub-station is near Newton Aycliffe and power is delivered to us by a mixture of overhead and underground cables, which are partly High Voltage (HV) that is converted to Low Voltage (LV) to go into our houses. Melsonby is at the end of this power line from Newton Aycliffe and any faults on this line will result in a power outage in Melsonby. The overhead parts of the network can trip out if hit by a goose, a big branch or very high winds, to protect the integrity of the network. There are automatic devices that can sometimes restart the flow, or a controller in Newton Aycliffe or Newcastle can redirect more serious outages remotely, or if there is a serious issue, send engineers out to fix it – eg the felled poles in Aldbrough during the last two storms. There are also some manual switches, e.g. on the poles near Harelands, that an engineer can manually switch to isolate a specific problem and that will let many people be reconnected relatively quickly.
In 2021 Melsonby had 18 separate interruptions, which is well above average:
Transient issues – at least 4 occasions
Overhead repairs – at least 3 occasions
Underground cable faults – at least 4 occasions
3rd Party interference – at least 2 occasions (e.g., farm machinery)
Bird strikes – at least 2 occasions
The present system is very complicated, but is being updated – the new substation on the Green in Melsonby has the latest state of the art equipment, but is still a hostage to fortune to faults on all of the links back to Newton Aycliffe.
PowerGrid are working on the problems with intermediate and long-term actions:
Intermediate Actions
And now for the GOOD news!
The long-term action includes the construction of a £1.2m reinforcement scheme (with funds approved and allocated) to install a new Primary Substation at Scotch Corner to improve local resilience – this has already started with the installation of a new powerline on the Skeeby Rd.
This will allow them to split the existing HV network to enable villages like Melsonby to be fed from the planned new primary substation.
This is obviously a lot shorter distance than from Newton Aycliffe, so we shall not be affected so much by outages to the North of us.
The funding of the new substation is related to the new Retail Park at Scotch Corner, so Powergrid can ride the cost of the improvements to us on that development. Work has already started on the road at Skeeby and it is expected the new features for us will be in place in 2023.
Judith Stansfield and Peter Griffen
Dated: 11th February 2022.
A vacancy exists on the Parish Council, due to a recent resignation, which is to be filled by co-option. The term of office will run until May 2023.
If you would like to serve as a Councillor please apply, in writing or by email, to the Clerk (details below), providing brief background details and stating why you would like to join the Council by Friday the 11th March 2022.
To qualify, a person must be a British subject, aged over 18 years old and an elector, must have resided over a year in the Melsonby Parish boundary or occupy as owner or tenant any land or premises therein, or have their principal or only place of work there, and must not be disqualified from holding office as a Councillor.
Jenny Pears
Clerk to Melsonby Parish Council
Email: melsonbyp8@gmail.com
Telephone: 07585 837716
Since the Bilsdale Mast fire, we have been working closely with Arqiva to bring back TV services.
If you, or someone you know, is still struggling please contact Arqiva’s free phone line: 0800 121 4828
Project: 21/00931/FULL | Full Planning Permission for Proposed Solar Farm and Ancillary Development | Land South East Of A6108 Darlington Road Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 7ED
Subject: Public Webinar
NOTICE FOR CIRCULATION
Dear Sir, Madam
We have had several requests to do a public consultation to update anyone interested in our current solar application.
While we appreciate not ideal, we have been advised the preference from many due to the risk of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, and for the ease of travel, Pre-Christmas is to do this online.
The meeting will last no more than 1 hour with an initial 20-minutes overview of the proposal followed by any Q&A from attendees.
Register in advance for this webinar:
Date: Tuesday 14th December 18:00 (GMT)
Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r9wPuneCQ7iKj0vLdJ9OSQ
The meeting will be recorded and made available online for anyone who is unable to attend.
We welcome you to pass the above link to anyone interested in attending; this will be advertised via local papers and distributed to our mailing list. https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/presentation-announced-on-30m-solar-farm-plans/
If you have any questions, please let me know, and I hope you can attend.
James Ritchie
Melsonby Community 
