Date of next Council meeting
29 April 2019 - agenda here
The meeting is to be held at Sherdons Golf Centre at 7pm
At the meeting there should be the opportunity to meet the candidates for the local election for two posts of Borough Councillor in the Isbourne Ward.
Each candidate will be offered a five minute question and answer session from members of the parish council and general public. The sessions will be recorded as part of normal procedures and published in the meeting’s minutes. There will be an opportunity for candidates to speak to the general public outside of the meeting in the adjoining main room and bar area after the formal process.
All 5 candidates have been invited. Any unable to attend may provide documents to be read out or distributed. To date two candidates, Robert Hawkins - Green Party and John Evetts - Conservative, have sent their apologies. Three have confirmed their attendance. This notice will be kept up to date should you wish to check expected attendance prior to the meeting.
Local elections: Thursday 2 May
Date of AGM and Parish meeting
14 May 2019 Annual General Meeting 6:30pm Annual Parish meeting 7pm
Schedule of meetings for 2019 (all subject to confirmation)
24 June 2019 22 July 2019 19 August 2019 23 September 2019 28 October 2019 25 November 2019 16 December 2019
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Tewkesbury Borough Council - Ashchurch Concept Master Plan
There was a public meeting on the 10th December organised by Ashchurch Rural Parish Council to provide information to the parish residents and to get feedback on views in order for ARPC to make an informed response to TBC regarding the plan. Annette Roberts, Head of Development Services, TBC, was in attendance. The full report on this Question & Answer session can be viewed here. Clearly the responses have been ignored and so far as it is possible to tell none of them have been published by either TBC or the JCS team. Despite the obvious flaws with siting such a development at this location an announcement has been made that this plan has now been approved by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
For continuing information on this topic see the Planning page.
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For details of the Parish Council's revised Taxi Voucher scheme see Travel Vouchers
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Household Recycle Centre opening times have changed to Summer times. Wingmoor Farm is now open from 9am to 5pm but the Wednesday closure remains.
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Notice of work trackside to control vegetation
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If your travel takes you down Fiddington Lane you may have noticed that work is underway at the gas plant there. This is a refurbishment exercise and once complete the site will be returned to its prior state.
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Many road closures are taking place in the Parish as part of the GCC road resurfacing program. Latest details can be found here
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Walton Cardiff Road to Newton Farm, Ashchurch - road has re-opened
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Pamington Lane has re-opened
Footpaths crossing the building site remain closed. A map showing these paths can be seen here. The temporary revised route of FP41 is shown in red. The blue routes are closed.
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Website update
The Amenities page has been updated. It now contains more links to useful resources such as full details of Wingmoor Farm opening times, Bishops Cleeve Household recycling centre. A new addition is a link to the Rural Services Network who support rural communities. They offer a regular weekly newsletter service.
Also new to the Amenities page is a section dedicated to the Ashchurch War Memorial. There is a brief history of the 24 men commemorated.
The Consultations page has been replaced by a new Planning section. This will provide information on Planning Issues in the Parish
The Travel Voucher section explains the council's taxi voucher help for people struggling with mobility problems
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Tewkesbury shopper service - here for more information
picks you up from home on a Friday morning.
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The Library Service Mobile Library will be visiting two locations every fourth Friday:
Aston-on-Carrant Wisteria Cottages 11:35 until 13:05
Ashchurch Village Hall 14:00 until 14:30
2019 Dates: 26th April 24th May 21st June 19th July
More details of library services may be found here:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries
and here for detail on the Mobile Library service:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/mobile-library-service
or call 01452 426973
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Seasons change - and this year they have virtually missed out winter. Here is a bee hard at work on Valentine's Day.