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Monday, 10 June 2013
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Beulah URC Church, Rhiwbina. Lunchtime Concert Series
Wednesday
29th May at 1.05 pm
The
Rustic Quintet
A woodwind
quintet from the RWCMD
Jemma
Freestone – Flute
Greg Hearle
– Clarinet
Gareth
Humphries – Bassoon
Sam Baxter
– Oboe
Tom
Taffinder – Horn
This is a prize winning quintet who
are coming to us highly recommended by the Head of Woodwind at the RWCMD,
Meyrick Alexander.
Their programme is lively and
varied, moving from Haydn to Mathias via Verdi and Poulenc.
Tickets £6/£5 on the door
Finally the last concert before the
summer break:
Wednesday
26th June at 1.05 pm
Fflur
Wyn – soprano with Michael Pollock – piano
This promises to be one of the
highlights of the recital series so far this year. More details will follow.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Help 'Little Steps' take a big step
Rhiwbina Baptist Church's Toddler group, Little Steps, could be in the running for a cash award.
The group could win £250 as 'best toddler group' in a competition on netmums.
You can help by viewing the listing for the group
on netmums and leaving a comment before 6th
June.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Rhiwbina's Sam is pride of Lions
Congratulations to Rhiwbina's own Sam Warburton, who was today named captain of the British and Irish Lions team to tour Australia this summer. Follow the link to Wales Online to read how Sam had to keep the captaincy secret.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Squirrels have loudest sponsors in rugby
Rhiwbina's under-10s rugby team, the Squirrels, have scooped shirt sponsorship from veteran rock band Def Leppard (BBC Wales reports today):
Read the full story on the BBC site here.
Read the full story on the BBC site here.
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Changing hands
The Rhiwbina Local site is currently changing hands. Please bear with us during the hand-over.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Friday, 15 March 2013
Sainsbury's Planning Application Update
You will recall that on Wednesday the Planning committee were to again consider this application after they had visited the site last week to see the traffic conditions and site layout.
Adrian, Jayne and Eleanor made further verbal representations to the other 8 committee members as to why they thought that the proposal should be rejected. There then followed a 40 minute discussion which in the main related to the traffic conditions surrounding the site and in particular the access and egress problems which would be exacerbated if the development went ahead. As the highway officers of the council had indicated that they were happy with the present proposals including the requirements they had made for the provision of a new zebra crossing, and a new C.C.T.V. installation for keeping a check on any traffic problems at the junction of Heol Llanishen Fach and Thornhill Road some members said that they were in a difficult position to not allow the development to go ahead. However some members thought that before making the final decision they would like to see whether the highway officers and the developers could meet to reconsider the proposed layout and particularly the in and out access arrangements to see if any improvements could be made. A vote was then taken and it was unanimous that the application should be deferred until any further amendments could be given to them for further consideration. This was an unusual outcome and I am sure that this was 1. as a result of what the members saw last week, 2, the large number of residents who have voiced their opposition, and 3, the eloquent speeches made by all the local councillors from Rhiwbina and Llanishen. It could well be that the developer will come back and want the Council to make a final decision based on the plans before them now. At the meeting the Principal Planning Officer did try and advise the members that they should indeed make a decision on the present plans before them. One important factor Adrian mentioned to the committee was that although Sainsburys were refered to in the application it is the developer (PMG Ltd.) who is making the application and there is no guarantee that ultimately no other supermarket group or other party comes forward with a similar or alternative proposal for the site. Indeed when I was going round speaking to the occupiers of the Thornhill Court flats opposite some said that they would prefer a supermarket than another block of flats.
Information from CFFOURTEEN
Adrian, Jayne and Eleanor made further verbal representations to the other 8 committee members as to why they thought that the proposal should be rejected. There then followed a 40 minute discussion which in the main related to the traffic conditions surrounding the site and in particular the access and egress problems which would be exacerbated if the development went ahead. As the highway officers of the council had indicated that they were happy with the present proposals including the requirements they had made for the provision of a new zebra crossing, and a new C.C.T.V. installation for keeping a check on any traffic problems at the junction of Heol Llanishen Fach and Thornhill Road some members said that they were in a difficult position to not allow the development to go ahead. However some members thought that before making the final decision they would like to see whether the highway officers and the developers could meet to reconsider the proposed layout and particularly the in and out access arrangements to see if any improvements could be made. A vote was then taken and it was unanimous that the application should be deferred until any further amendments could be given to them for further consideration. This was an unusual outcome and I am sure that this was 1. as a result of what the members saw last week, 2, the large number of residents who have voiced their opposition, and 3, the eloquent speeches made by all the local councillors from Rhiwbina and Llanishen. It could well be that the developer will come back and want the Council to make a final decision based on the plans before them now. At the meeting the Principal Planning Officer did try and advise the members that they should indeed make a decision on the present plans before them. One important factor Adrian mentioned to the committee was that although Sainsburys were refered to in the application it is the developer (PMG Ltd.) who is making the application and there is no guarantee that ultimately no other supermarket group or other party comes forward with a similar or alternative proposal for the site. Indeed when I was going round speaking to the occupiers of the Thornhill Court flats opposite some said that they would prefer a supermarket than another block of flats.
Information from CFFOURTEEN
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