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February 2019 February 2019

Reporting Defects BERE REGIS
SURGERY NEWS
If anybody notices any defects or problems within the playpark, please inform
the clerk or a councillor at the nearest opportunity. A list of all councillors can be
found here (https://www.bereregisparishcouncil.co.uk/about-us/councillors/). If Blood Pressure Monitors
there are problems elsewhere in the village, Dorset For You has a great tool on
their website (https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/roads-highways-maintenance/ If you still have one of our home
roads-highways-and-maintenance.aspx?folderIds=5543,6301) for the reporting of monitors in your possession, could we
any defects such as potholes, flooding, overgrown hedges, verges etc, broken request that you return it to the Surgery
lights and much more. Whilst the Parish Council will always endeavour to assist in as soon
areas we can, most problems which occur around the village are the a s
responsibility of either the landowner, or in the case of roads, Dorset Highways, possible
and reporting these issues online will always get the quickest response. so that we can pass on to other patients . We are
missing four at the moment. Thank you for your co -
Bryan Benjafield
operation.

EXPLAINING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN Dr Christian Adindu
PART 3 Dr Adindu has been a member of the Surgery GP
Team since the Autumn. He has been mentored by
Dr T A’Ness and returns to his hospital training mid-
Mitigating the impact of housing developments February. We shall be sorry to see him leave and on behalf of patients and staff,
thank him for all he has done. We wish him well for the future.
In our first piece about the Neighbourhood Plan, we said:

We also wanted, as far as we are able, to make sure that the new homes fit well
with the present style of housing, particularly in the developments close to the Practice Nurse Helen Green
present Conservation Area. We have chosen sites which are as close as possible
to the village centre, so that a sense of community is maintained and we don’t Sadly, we are also saying a fond farewell and huge thanks to Helen , who after 15
end up with straggling development too far outside the village. years of professional and dedicated service to the Surgery Team , is relocating.
Staff and patients will miss her very much and we all wish her well for the future.
This article summarises how we propose to try to mitigate the impact new housing
will have on our village and our lives. For the detail of this, please read the plan As from February, we shall be welcoming to the Practice, Dr Erh-Hsuin Lim. He will
be with us for two days a week, covering for Dr Pennell’s departure until a
itself which you will find at https://www.bereregisparishcouncil.co.uk/berepc/files/
Bere-Regis-NPlan-17_09_2018.pdf permanent replacement is recruited.

We have made some changes to the Settlement Boundary to try to ensure that
straggling development on the outskirts of the village is not allowed. We have Sharon McDonagh
used Site Selection to allow easy pedestrian access to the centre of the village for We are also saying ‘Goodbye’ after 17 years to Sharon, who has been a central
the majority of the new houses.
part of the Surgery’s Reception Team. She is moving on to pastures new, and we
We are concerned about Housing Design and have therefore asked that thank her for her devoted service and cheerful nature and wish her well for the
developers work closely with us to consider development density and to use future. We hope she will call in and visit from time to time.
sympathetic architectural styles particularly near the existing conservation areas.
We are very conscious that Parking and traffic density through the village are Flu vaccinations
sensitive issues. Clearly our plan will bring extra cars but we have asked that each
There are still a few vaccinations left for those who are eligible. We have

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