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Sutton cum Lound is a small rural village situated 3
miles to the North East of Retford in the North of
the county of Nottinghamshire. |
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The site aims to provide information on the village,
amenities and the various bodies that are active
within it. |
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Coming up... |
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Those Magnificent Men - Wednesday 10th February |
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Wednesday 10th February sees old friends New
Perspectives Theatre Company make a welcome return
to the village. “Those Magnificent Men” by Brian
Mitchell and Joseph Nixon tells the hilarious
heart-stopping story of ALCOCK and BROWN and the
first ever non-stop transatlantic flight. The
performance itself creates a bit of local interest
as the writer and his son (who is in the play)
reside locally.
Tickets are on sale now and are available from
all the usual outlets, further details can be had
from Fred Payne on 01777 707562 or visit the
Village Hall site. |
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Valentine's Day Lunch at The Gate Inn - Saturday
13th February |
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 The
Gate Inn is offering a Valentine's Day lunch menu
for Saturday 13th February.
Click here for details.
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Swine Flu |
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If you feel
unwell... |
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| If you have flu-like symptoms and are concerned
that you may have swine flu,
read up on swine flu symptoms, stay at home and
check your condition using the National
Pandemic Flu Service. |
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Outstanding stuff... |
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Unlicensed
Hawkers |
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| There has been an increase in Unlicensed Hawkers
selling poor quality items at over-inflated prices.
See
here for more details. |
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Weight
Restriction on Sutton Lane |
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Following a prolonged stand off between Nott’s CC Highways
and the Parish council, the new weight limit has now been
applied to the parish and all signage changed.
The new limit prohibits any vehicle capable of weighing
18tonne or above from passing through the village to
destinations beyond the parish boundary, i.e. Daneshill
landfill or Tarmac.
Any lorry with more than the standard two axles should be
regarded as unauthorised and in breach of the regulation.
The weight limit is in force to protect the environment of
the parish and reduce any environmental impact on its
parishioners, i.e. Noise nuisance.
Members of the public are being asked to make a note of lorry
registrations, where the lorry has more than the standard
two axles, and report the vehicles presence in the, giving
date and time the registration was seen, to either the
Police, Nott’s CC Trading Standards dept or the
Parish Clerk.
The new 18tonne limit replaces the old 17tonne limit in line
with European legislation passed in 2002. This work should
have been completed by Nott’s CC by Dec 2006, but a stand
off occurred when the Parish Council sought to secure a
7.5tonne limit and give the maximum protection to the
community from environmental impact from these heavy
vehicles. The Parish Council are still pursuing the lower
7.5tonne limit, and hope to be included in the next County
review on weight limits. |
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Speed Watch Pilot Scheme |
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A new pilot scheme to draw attention to the
village speed limit has been launched in Sutton-cum-Lound. The scheme involves residents
displaying speed limit reminder signs on the
side of their wheelie bins.
The main areas of concern are the main
approaches and the main road through the
village, where vehicles are regularly seen
driving well in excess of the 30mph limit. The
Parish Council have successfully won a grant
from Bassetlaw Council to fund these signs, so
they are able to offer these free of charge to
any household wishing to take part and support
the campaign to reduce the speed of vehicle
passing through the village.
It is hoped that
residents on Mattersey Rd, Town St, Sutton Lane,
and Station Road will all choose to support this
campaign. The signs will be allocated on a first
come first served basis whilst stocks last.
Anyone wishing to take part should
contact the
Parish Clerk, Peter Roberts.
Nott’s County Council Highways don’t use speed
limit reminders within the limited area for any
road less than 30mph, therefore it falls to the
Parish Council and concerned individuals to take
this proactive step to drive the on-going
education of motorists passing through the
village. |
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| Did
you know that... |
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You can voice your opinion on just about
anything to do with village? Use our
message boards to make your point. Please use
these sensibly. |
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You can send an email straight to the Parish
Council from here? You can do this
here. |
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Sutton cum Lound is
now producing a Parish Plan? Find out what that is,
and what it means to you. See more
here.
The Parish Plan Steering Group Committee would like
to thank those of you who took the time to complete
and return the Parish Plan Questionnaire.
Of the 313 questionnaires that were delivered, a
total of 112 were returned which equates to a 36%
return rate. The comments and contact pages have
been removed from the document and will be kept by
the Committee for future use.
The completed questionnaires went to Notts. Rural
Community Council to be analysed further. The
results of which will form the basis of the Parish
Plan to be produced in 2009.
For those not present at the event on the 16th
October 2008 the prize draw was won by Mr & Mrs F
Bradley, who kindly donated the £100 prize to the
Village Hall Charity.

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Sutton cum Lound Parish Council has adopted
the ICO Model Publication Scheme? Want
information from the Parish Council? Find out how
here, or from the Parish Council pages. |
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Sutton cum Lound has a village Journalist?
Want something reporting in the
Retford Times? Find out how
here. |
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Church service times are available here?
You can find Church service times for villages in
the area either by following the left-hand Church
link, or by clicking
here. |
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Sutton cum Lound has links with the Pilgrim
Fathers? William Brewster's brother James
Brewster was vicar of Sutton cum Lound from 1594 to
1614. See more
here. |
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You can report any issues with the roads
directly to Bassetlaw District Council? You
can do this online by filling in an electronic fault
report. See how
here. |
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You can talk to a Beat Bobby personally?
You can do this simply by calling them. See how
here. |
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