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MORE THAN A MOVIE BERE REGIS NEWS

BELFAST BERE REGIS PARISH COUNCIL

Friday 16th SEPTEMBER 2022 at 7.30pm
Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11 Chairman: 07900 906278 BereRegis.ParishCouncil.Chair@gmail.com
Moira
0JX Mathers
Doors and bar open 7.00
Vice Bryan 07969 770890 bryan@cheapprintingdorset.co.uk
Tickets cost £5, which includes a drink or an ice- Chairman: Benjafield
cream
Parish Amanda 07855 396073 bereregispc@gmail.com
From director Kenneth Branagh, and starring an Clerk: Crocker
acclaimed ensemble cast, Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power
of memory, set in late 1960s Northern Ireland. At the center of the film is Buddy, a
young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, Websites: www.bereregisparishcouncil.co.uk www.bereregis.org
childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown
caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the
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conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life. The Parish Council met on Thursday 14 July 2022 in the Drax Hall for our July
Meeting. 28 members of the public were present. Members of the press and
Belfast is a movie straight from Branagh's own experience. A nine-year-old boy public are welcome and there is a period for public participation at the start. If
must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly turned you are unable to attend but wish to submit a comment or question, please
upside down. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he contact the Clerk or any member of the Parish Council.
understood about life is changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the
formative magic of the movies remain.
North Street Development
The film stars Jude Hill a 9 year old actor who steals the show, alongside Jamie
Dorian, Dame Judy Dench and Ciaran Hinds. The meeting began with a lively discussion on the proposed commercial
development on the land at the end of North Street. This raised many valued and
important points relating to the planning process and the application by Godwin
Developments. This was then followed on Saturday 16 July by a presentation
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from Godwin Developments during the Parish Forum, giving further insight and
information on the proposed development.
Given the short timescale for responding
to the planning application and the
number of concerns raised, the council
voted unanimously at this stage to neither
support nor object to the application but
to register the following comments:
The site has been shown as available for
commercial development since the
Purbeck Local Plan was adopted in
November 2012 and in the Bere Regis
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