Craig Card

The proposed project is to improve cycling & walking routes along Cove Brook.  The area proposed runs from Hazel Avenue to Hawley Lane.  It is hoped it will encourage more of the 4500 pupils that attend the 13 schools along its route to walk or cycle to school.  We understand some £230,000 is needed for the scheme. Liberal Democrat Councillors are in favour of enhancing the brook and its facilities. About 10 years ago footpaths were created along the brook costing thousands of pounds and your local councillors have been unhappy that they have allowed to become overgrown. Any new scheme must have funding for future maintenance so we can benefit for many years ahead.

Over the past few years, our local beat officers have been holding what is known as Beat Surgeries at various places within Mayfield.  We now have a new schedule of dates until August.  These Beat Surgeries are important and if you have the time, please try and pop-along for a chat with the Beat Officers about any local issues you have.  You can also send your concerns to Craig, Neville or Charlie. Dates  times and venues are:

Time                                                      March   April   May   June   July   Aug

Chapel Lane 4 to 5pm                                                   4           1         6        3        1       5

2.30 to 3.30                                             18         15       20      17      15     19   

Farnborough Football Club

6.30 to 7.30                                               2          5         22       27      24      22     26 

A Cove Brook Clean-up is taking place on the 11th April starting at 10:00am at the bridge by Moor Road Rec and the M3 Footbridge. This event, is done in partnership with Cove Brook Greenway Group and Rushmoor Borough Council. If you would like to join in and help clean up the area, all are welcome.

The second meeting of the MCSP took place at Farnborough Town Football Club and residents who attended had a presentation from Rushmoor’s Crime Prevention Team on the development of Neighbourhood Watch Schemes within Mayfield.  The aim is to get 250 households involved, so if you want to get involved, please lets Cllr Craig Card know.  The next meeting of the MCSP is 13th May at Farnborough Town Football Club starting at 6.45pm. 

Councillors Craig Card, Neville Dewey and Charlie Fraser-Fleming were informed recently that the Council had been approached by Farnborough Town Football Club with a proposals for a large-scale outdoor music Festival to be held at the ground between 30^th April and 3^rd May to be called Rushfest.  

An application for a premises licence for the event has been received a copy of the application is available for viewing at the Council Offices. The application is yet to be validated, responsible authorities and interested parties will now have until the 28th March to make any representation(s) about the proposals to the licensing authority. The application must be advertised by way of site notice(s) and by way of a public notice in a local newspaper within a prescribed period.  

The event proposes to run from Friday 30th April Saturday, Sunday from  6pm to 11pm and Monday 3rd May from 4pm to 8pm.  

While councillors are concerned about the proposals we would like to hear your views on the event. Please let us know your views by e-mail, 

TAG appeal  on the decision against increased flying will be heard in a public enquiry starting 18th May. 

Planning permission has been granted by Rushmoor Council for a telephone mast on the corner of Chapel Lane and Fernhill Road.  Your Mayfield Councillors objected against this proposal  which would be situated in a highly populated area which includes a church and local activity groups meeting hall.  The vote was 4 to 3 in favour of the application.

Charlie Fraser-Fleming put forward a motion in support of the 10:10 international campaign to cut carbon emmisions by 10% in 2010.

Labour councillors supported the motion but after a long debate the motion was defeted by the Conservative Councillors.

Neville Dewey is still currently in hospital recovering from his recent accident. He is feeling more cheerful and hopes to allowed out of hospital by the end of the year. He will then have some months of rehabillating from his leg injury. He is receiving his local council briefings and is keeping up to date with local issues.

On the 12th November the Mayfield Community Safety Partnership held their first meeting. It involved local residents, your Mayfield Councillors, local police and other parties. A well attended meeting raised many different concerns. These included anti-social behaviour, graffiti and car parking issues. These will be taken forward and some answers on solving these will be brought to the next meeting hopefully in February 2010.