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.

Cove Brook which runs through Mayfield ward burst its banks again during the heavy rain storm two weeks ago. Local Councillors were monitering the scene from 6pm till almost midnight with residents.    Sand bags were delivered and local councillor (Craig Card)  helped residents with moving sandbags to help protect some homes.   They were out again the following morning checking on the situation in the Brook, thankfully the water was starting to recede.

On the 1st October environment agency officials met with council officers at the brook to review the problem.  Shortly we hope hear proposals from the environment agency to help resolve the problem.

Thanks to a lot of hard work and a Lottery grant, well over 500 people enjoyed Cove Brook Greenway Group’s recent BBC Springwatch Event on Southwood Meadows.

The aim was to introduce local people to this area, and to show how the group are trying to improve it for both people and wildlife.  The haymaking, using a heavy horse and sled to remove the hay from the meadow, was a great crowd puller, highlighting the regular grass cutting needed to bring rank grassland back to meadowland.  This will encourage the growth of native wild flowers which, in turn, will bring in bees, butterflies and other wildlife.

If you would like more information about the Cove Brook Greenway groups activities email me for details.

Mayfield Councillors had a meeting with the Director of Environment at Rushmoor Council offices recently to go over what has been happening in the area following the flooding of 2007 and again this year when sandbags were issued to residents in March.

A two hour meeting discussed housholder problems with getting insurance renewed, repairs to homes, environmental issues around the brook and drainage. Further meetings will take place in a couple of months.