Progress report – 9th April 2025 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org There is very little to report since the last update. The next YDNP planning committee meeting is to be held next week but, once again, the…
Thank you to everyone who got in touch in response to the letter we sent about the Village Plan project. The team is encouraged that so many of you are already taking an interest. The Casterton Village Plan team comprises seven at present – three Casterton Parish Councillors and four other volunteers – who share…
Progress report – 4th March 2025 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org Four of us visited The Farmer’s Arms in Muker, Swaledale (population ~70) to meet the chair and secretary of the Muker Community Benefit Society and talk…
Whether you are a permanent resident, a business, 2nd home owner or regular visitor, Casterton is a great place to live, visit and work, but are there things we could do to improve it? A group of village residents have got together, with the support of Casterton Parish Council, to generate a plan for the…
Progress report – 14th January 2025 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org After our positive meeting with MP Lizzi Collinge in December we were disappointed to receive the government’s announcement that the Community Ownership Fund would be closed…
Progress report – 16th December 2024 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org On Saturday 14th December several of the CCHL management committee met with Lizzi Collinge, our MP, to brief her on the situation with our pub and…
Progress report – 17th October 2024 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org The Pheasant’s owners have re-submitted the planning application for change-of-use and conversion to residential property. The new planning application (S/05/62A) can be viewed on the Yorkshire…
Progress report – 4th June 2024 If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive email updates on progress, please contact Ian Hodge at ian.hodge@castertonvillage.org On 5th May the original informal group was registered as a Community Benefit Society with the FCA called Casterton Community Hub Limited. A CBS is essentially…
Progress report – 16th April The informal ‘Save The Pheasant’ group has been busy and would like to share a quick update on what’s happened since the public meeting on 25th March. Presentation slides from 25th March meeting Formation of CBS After meetings with two different Plunkett advisors we have submitted an application (via Plunkett)…
As part of the “Save The Pheasant” campaign, 21 local householders signed up to apply to Westmorland & Furness Council to have The Pheasant listed as an Asset of Community Value. On 5th February 2024 the council confirmed that the application had been accepted and the pub is now listed on the asset register.