If you want to report any of the following, you can do so by going to: https://apps.derbyshire.gov.uk/applications/do-it-now/road-maintenance.asp
Derbyshire County Council’s household waste recycling centres including the one at Park Road, Newhall have now reopened.
We are asked not to use any centres unless it is absolutely necessary and you have items that you cannot continue to store at home.
A new access system is now in place:
For more details see the information on the Derbyshire County Council website: Household waste recycling centres.
| The following is a message from Derbyshire County Council: Our Community Response Unit is now ready to take requests for assistance from members of the community who don’t have friends or family able to help them. Help is available for people across the county if they are: ** Self-isolating because either themselves or a member of the household is at risk ** Struggling to meet basic needs because of financial, social or health restrictions ** Pregnant ** Have underlying health conditions ** Aged 70 or over. Volunteers from over 200 different organisations will be able to help with shopping, fetching prescriptions or offering a befriending service. Volunteers could be asked to help with food shopping and delivery, checking up on people who are isolated with a phone call or online help to prevent loneliness and check whether there is anything they need, or collecting and delivering prescriptions. How to get help Residents needing help should visit the Community Response Unit information on our website or phone 01629 535091. At this stage the phone line will only be available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturdays 9am to 1pm. How to give help Organisations are still looking to recruit more volunteers. Anyone who wants to help and is aged 18 to 70 and fit and well should also visit the Community Response Unit information on our website to register their interest. Some organisations are looking for volunteers to offer a befriending telephone service, so anyone who wants to help but can’t leave their house could offer this kind of assistance. |
Hopefully now every household in Repton, Bretby, Newton Solney and Milton are aware that a support group has formed to get us all through Covid 19.
The amount of help, ideas and care offered by so many in our community is astounding and humbling. Thank you everyone.
This will be an ever-changing picture in the coming months and the issues will alter frequently. We are a network of over 100 local residents who are in touch with each other to adapt to whatever community needs we have.
Please note – we are not medical practitioners, nor are we a charity. We do not give advice about how to manage the Covid 19. We must all follow the Government Guidelines.
Many of you will already have a trusted person you talk to – from Evergreens, Lunch Group, WI, Coffee Morning, Church, neighbours, family, friends etc. Do continue to talk to these and help each other.
If there is something you can’t ask them for or you can’t manage between you, call the person whose number has been posted through your door or one of the numbers at the bottom of the page.
We will be doing our best to ensure that no one is left isolated and in need and that opportunities for all of us to be exploited are minimised for example around paying for shopping.
In addition, if anyone (volunteer or isolated person) should feel uncomfortable whilst dealing with any individual please contact a member of the Action Team (detailed below).
Below are names and numbers of the Action Team, the areas they cover and the Lead Volunteer for each area:
| Action Team Member | Areas Covered |
| Nisha 07941 063395 | Milton Brook End Monsom Lane Boot Hill Milton Road Clay Fields Saxon Croft Burdette Way Main Street Forge Close Broomhills Lane Stratford Close Teachers offering support |
| Mary 07730 051969 | Bretby Lane Hartshorne Gravel Pit to Knight’s Lane to Robin’s Cross Lane and Red Lane Newton Solney Top of Burton to Chestnut Way (but not including Chestnut Way) Bottom of Burton Road from Chestnut Way Mitre Drive Willington Road |
| Melissa 07941 063395 | Longlands Holloway Hill View Meadow Close |
| Herbie 07966 916456 | High Street Well Lane Spinney Lodge The Pastures |
| Louise 07516 454628 | Askew Grove Brookside Fisher Close The Crescent Springfield Road Mount Pleasant (up to Ridgeway Farm) Pinfold Lane Pinfold Close Wystan Court Stratford Close Main Street to the Bretby end of the village Chestnut Way |
If you need any help (shopping, prescriptions, a phone call), in the first instance, please contact the name of person on the piece of paper or postcard that came through your door. Please bear in mind that the personnel detailed above may well change as the weeks go by due to the virus.
If you have any ideas, please contact the Action Team Member for your area – or get on and action it yourself so long as you are following Government Guidelines regards Covid 19.
The following is a Press Release from South Derbyshire MP Heather Wheeler.
Government opens financial Scheme for flood victims
After South Derbyshire has suffered considerable flooding, Heather Wheeler MP was able to confirm the Government has opened up a financial scheme to help residents and businesses that have flooded. This will be processed via the District Council.
In order to qualify more than 25 properties in South Derbyshire must have suffered internal damage. It is therefore important to now collate and document exactly where flooding of homes has occurred. We need to determine where the flood water came from and look for ways to try alleviate this in the future.
Additionally following storm Ciara, storm Denis and with the increasing possibility of further rain on the way Heather called for a meeting with the Chief executive of South Derbyshire District Council. She said “In view of the ongoing flooding problems I felt a meeting with Frank McArdle, Chief Executive of South Derbyshire District Council was essential in order for me to hear what Council staff have been able to do to help on the ground following storm Dennis and understand what lessons have been learnt following storm Ciara.
“He was able to tell me that from the moment we were advised of Storm Ciara teams began working round the clock to try to shore up flood defences to protect resident’s homes from flooding. Sadly, despite all of their efforts, a number of homes did flood and then the teams turned their full attention to helping with the clean-up. Sadly they had to repeat this cycle again because of Storm Dennis. This time SDDC had eight staff filling and delivering sandbags from 4pm to 10pm, with further late night call outs.”
Further Heather said “I will be having discussions with the Environment Agency regarding river flooding and what further defences can be put in place. Also, there are points where the drains simply cannot cope with the volume of water when we have downpours of rain and I am having a meeting with Derbyshire County Council to talk about what engineering work can be done to ensure the drains can cope.
“My heart goes out to everyone affected by flooding and I would like to thank the emergency services and Council staff for all their hard work. Please be assured I will be pushing all of the agencies involved to do everything necessary to try to ensure this is not a situation which keeps repeating itself. Sadly this is a multi-faceted issue and will not be solved overnight but as a Constituency we have been successful in receiving money for flood alleviation work before so I know, working together our authorities can bid again to make life better and safer for our residents and business in the future.”
If your property had flood water inside and you have not been in touch with SDDC please contact the Council on 01283 595795, alternatively email environmental.health@southderbyshire.gov.uk
Derbyshire County Council have issued the following advice to stay safe and be prepared in the event of flooding:
Stay Informed
· Stay up to date with current flood warnings and weather warnings at:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings and:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2020-02-17.
Both of these service have text alert options.
· Keep up to date with local media news reports.
Be prepared
· Put vital items like insurance documents and medications in a waterproof bag in case you need to leave your home
· Check you know how to turn off your gas, electricity and water mains supplies. If water starts coming into the property, turn off the power to the downstairs at the fusebox.
· Take essentials upstairs – food, water, torch. Move children, pets and valuables upstairs. If you can, move furniture and furnishings upstairs.
· Move your vehicle to higher ground if it’s safe to do so.
· You can make temporary flood defences by filling plastic bags or even pillowcases with soil or compost and placing them in front of doors and airbricks.
· Block up external airbricks. You could use any sort of solid sheet such as plyboard or rigid plastic securely fastened to the external wall.
· If you have time, take photos in case you need to make an insurance claim.
Stay Safe
· Keep an eye on neighbours. Be ready to help if you can.
· Call 999 if you’re in immediate danger, particularly if there is anyone frail, vulnerable or disabled in the property.
· Follow advice from the emergency services and evacuate if you’re told to do so.
· Avoid driving or walking through flood water: just 30cm (1 foot) of fast flowing water could move your car and even shallow moving water can knock you off your feet
· Keep family and pets away from floodwater – it probably contains sewage and chemicals and may contain heavy debris, sharp objects and invisible open manhole covers
· Wash your hands if you’ve been in contact with flood water which may contain toxic substances
We now have a new email address for all enquiries and contact. It is: clerk@repton-pc.gov.uk
We now have a new telephone number for Repton Parish Council: 01283 605492. You can of course also contact us via email or by popping into the Village Hall during our open hours – details are at the bottom of the page.
A new proposal to extend the existing arboretum on Pinfold Lane has been put together, and you can see it by opening the document below:
This is the proposed site for the planting of 17 more trees dedicated to the memory of loved ones. At the moment final agreement is still to be reached.