Save Our St.Osyth / Methodist Church Garden Fete 39 Mill Street 10.30 to 12.00 noon.
Raffle, tombolas, book stall, cake stall and refreshments. ENTRANCE and Lucky Ticket 50p.

The garden at No 39 has an excellent View the site of the proposed West Field Development of 190 houses. SOS information stall.

St Osyth & the SOS Campaign received media coverage via the National BBC NEWS Website yesterday.

BRILLIANT!

Please click on the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10984368

Regards

Bev - Chair 'SOS'

In the letters page of the Gazette a gentleman is suggesting that we all get together to fight this unnecessary building of houses in our areas. There are thousands of houses to let so why do we need more.Not only are developers building houses we do not need but where are the buyers coming from, the employment opportunities and the local facilities to support them. Together we could be stronger, food for thought.
I think he might be onto something here and we should consider it.

Work has been halted at a gravel pit in St Osyth Priory grounds because they did not have planning permission (Gazette Monday 3rd May.). Although the owners claim that they were not told they needed it by the previous owners the work has been stopped until they re-apply. Given that the area within the Priory grounds is the home of much wildlife it beggars belief why any work is carried out there at all that would disturb the natural habitat of wildlife.
It is time that those who preach the protection of wildlife did their job more thoroughly and immediately it is brought to their attention.

Today's events were a roaring success and a vote of thanks must go to all the organisers and workers who took part. A special thank you goes to the many residents and visitors who supported and gave to the fund by buying or generously donating.
The surgery at the village hall went down extremely well and those who attended will be much better informed about the aims of the SOS.

The owner of the cottage next door to me recently had a conservatory added to the back of her home, which is a listed building, forming part of the terraces in Mill Street. The fact that when she first decided to do so she was advised that she did not need planning consent, has offered her no protection now. She was clearly misinformed by those who should have given her proper guidance which is annoying in itself, however, the reasons given for her appeals being dismissed are of direct relevance and interest to our campaign.

I would like to congratulate the Editor, team and all who contributed to this months edition. If you are reading this article but do not get a copy then you should contact the Editor to obtain one.
I am singling out the article,"The Cost is Too Great" by Richard Berthoud because it is relevant to this site and immensely important to this village ,its people and the way in which we live our lives. To accept the development proposals in any form what so ever would be to surrender all that is important to us as residents and the keepers of this historic environment.

Some pictures that were taken of the meeting on March 17th are available to view and download in the Picture Gallery section of the forums.

You can reach this either by the forum link in the main menu or directly by clicking on the link below.

http://saveourstosyth.com/pics_meeting_170310

So far according to the Petition no one with a name beginning with the letter,

A,I,Q,T,U,X,Y,Z have signed up, surely there must be someone.
I have an eye for detail for this sort of thing.