Welcome to our new website

We are in the process of transferring information to our new website.

We have the opportunity now to manage the information ourselves, so our website will be up-to-date and fresh and include information about all the activities in our community.

We ask your patience whilst we organise this over the next couple of months. Meanwhile, please click the Parish Council button to see all the agendas and minutes and to see the dates of the forthcoming meetings.

 

The main point of contact is the Parish Clerk. His details are as follows:

 

Patrick O'Connor

Woodlands

Charlwood Road

Ifield

Crawley

RH11 0JZ

 

Tel: 01293 525008

EMail: dormandslandpc@googlemail.com

 

The Clerk can normally be contacted between 10.00am - 12.00am & 4.00pm - 6.00pm Monday to Thursday however an answer phone service is also available.

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COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH IN DORMANSLAND

 

Speedwatch monitoring of vehicles using the roads in Dormansland commenced in Spring 2008. It arose from residents’ experience of, and concern about, anti-social driving by speeding motorists. The scheme is supported by Dormansland Parish Council.

It is proven that these Community based projects do reduce vehicle speeds at specific locations and provide reassurance to residents, due to the presence of highly visible Community Speedwatch monitors at the roadside, who have legislative and site support from Surrey Police.

Locations for speed monitoring, which can be nominated by residents, must be within 30mph or 40 mph limits. Sites are decided upon by Surrey Police, Surrey County Council, and the Community Speedwatch team. Surrey Police then carries out a risk assessment, granting approval to the nearest point to those sites where monitors can carry out their duties in safety from oncoming vehicles.

 

HOW THE SCHEME WORKS

 

Volunteers from the community are trained, in about 2 hours, to safely monitor vehicle speeds at approved sites, using hand-held radar.

Details of offending drivers’ vehicles are logged, then passed to Surrey Police. The drivers and/or registered keepers are identified, and receive a letter requesting their cooperation in adhering to the speed limits in the future. Details are kept for 12 months. Drivers who fail to take notice of this warning , and are logged again, are advised that they are being targeted for enforcement, using relevant road traffic legislation where appropriate.

 

OPERATIONAL DETAILS

 

Surrey Police suggests that there should be a minimum of six volunteers, willing to contribute a minimum of an hour a month ( but flexible ), in the scheme.

Volunteers must be over 18 years of age.

The scheme is to have a designated coordinator, and if possible a deputy, to be responsible for the equipment and necessary contact with the Police.

Surrey Police nominates a liaison officer, usually the Tandridge Casualty Reduction Officer, to process the monitors’ logs and provide ongoing support.

 

VOLUNTEERING

 

Anyone requiring further information about Speedwatch in Dormansland, or who wishes to put his or her name forward for training, should contact

Sergeant Daniel Gutierrez  -  gutierrez2964@surrey.pnn.police.uk

- 01483 637505

or P. C. Moira Cocks          -  cocks1262@surrey.pnn.police.uk

                                            -  01483 637499

 

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