Ecotricity Update : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The Good News (from our perspective) is that the proposal for the Forest Green Rovers Stadium proposed by Ecotricity was rejected. We believe that this proposal is generally unpopular in Eastington, but if you are a supporter of this we would be interested to […]
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Open Windows
Dear Residents, Just a polite reminder as this warmer weather continues….. I would like to remind you that, as night draws in, please ensure that you close windows that are at ground level as an opportunist may try to enter your premises. If you feel you need to have the window open for fresh air, […]
Parish Council – Annual Report
Welcome to the Annual Report 2018-19 on the activities of the Council. You will find details of how the Council spent its money and how the Council funds this expenditure. The Parish Council consists of 9 councillors who represent an electorate of approximately 1,360. Elections are held once in every four years, the next election […]
Police liaison – Community Alerts
www.yourcommunityalerts.co.uk “Please be aware we have had reports of victims receiving phone calls from people claiming to be Police Officers who say they have arrested someone possessing a cloned bank card in the victim’s name. The caller will then ask the victim to withdraw cash, or ask the victim to move their money to a […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
The Forest Green Rovers Football Stadium application will go to the Development Control Committee (DCC) on 12th June, 6pm in the Council Chamber at Ebley Mill. We understand that the usual 3 minute rule for those that wish to address the Committee will be waived, but at the same time, repeated comments, either for or […]
Parish Matters
Enclosed in this month’s newsletter is the Parish Housing needs survey for 2019. We last conducted this survey in 2013/14 and the valuable information it revealed was the foundation for both our Neighbourhood Development Plan 2016-2031 (NDP) and the Eastington Community Land Trust (ECLT). People’s circumstances and needs change, so it’s important that we update […]
From our Neighbourhood Warden
Tips for the spring and summer Hopefully we will enjoy a few hot days over the spring and summer; there are a few things that we still need to consider, staying safe and look after our property / possessions and living next door to our neighbours. Remember to close your window when you leave your […]
District Councillors Newsletter
Cllrs Davies and Jones took the new Chief Executive of Stroud District Council, Kathy O’Leary on a tour of Severn Ward in February. We toured Eastington, Frampton on Severn, Arlingham, Fretherne with Saul and Whitminster. We were able to point out various places of interest including the Snakey Park complex and the site of the […]
PARISH MATTERS February 2019
The Council meets twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (Full Council / Planning Committee), the meetings are open to the public and all the information relating to the meetings is published on our website. For those of you that are unable to come along to the meetings, we thought […]
Defibrillators in the Parish
The ‘Automatic External Defibrillators’ are portable units that can be used to stabilise a heart rhythm in certain medical situations. We now have four defibrillators: Westend Suites – on the outside wall of the first business unit on the right Eastington Community Centre – left of the front door St Michael’s Church – on the […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter February 2019
As ever it is planning that is the main theme of this month’s article, but before I go onto that let me make a couple of other points: ● As you read this Stroud District Council will be working on it’s new budget and although there are continued pressures on Local Government finances, the financial […]
The Herbert Protocol
If you are caring for someone with mental incapacity who might ‘wander off’ and become lost, you might need police services to help to find them. In such cases it is important to be able to give as much information as possible about the person and about places they might seek out. If you are […]
CONNECT
This new initiative aims to connect local people living in rural communities and help build new friendships and networks. The project is run by Guidepost and funded by the Gloucestershire County Councils’ Thriving Communities Fund. CONNECT is for and anyone seeking company and friendship, but perhaps especially those who may feel isolated due to sickness […]
Community Alerts
A new, free service from Gloucester Constabulary – sign up and receive real time messages about crime, road closures and other incidents close to you. Choose the type of alerts you want to see – by content and also by email, voicemail or text. Also view on the website – check it out! www.yourcommunityalerts.co.uk
Community Wellbeing Service
The Community Wellbeing Service is a free and confidential service for anyone over the age of 16. It can connect you to the local services and groups that can help improve your general wellbeing and meet your wider social needs. It can guide and support on issues such as: ● Mental health and wellbeing ● Long term […]
Carol Novoth – Our Local Neighbourhood Warden
I would like to introduce myself as Stroud District Council’s Neighbourhood Warden for Eastington. I have been a Neighbourhood Warden for 11 years looking after other areas in the district. I have been covering Eastington for a couple of months building up my geographical and community knowledge. As a Neighbourhood Warden we can help with […]
Gloucestershire Constabulary – policing the A417
Gloucestershire Constabulary has asked us to inform you that they will be actively policing the A417 between Crickley Hill and Cirencester using a highly visible vehicle equipped with a variety of equipment. This includes a new mobile camera that can see clearly what drivers are doing from 1,000m away. The aim is to improve road […]
PARISH MATTERS
It’s been a busy couple of months for the parish council. Our permanent clerk has returned from extended leave and our temporary planning clerk is staying with us until February to help deal with all the reserved matters applications we’re receiving for Great Oldbury (land West of Stonehouse). We’re expecting the Ecotricity application to be […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
Can we start by wishing you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2019.It is a good time to look back on 2018 when a lot has been happening. Here are some of the highlights and forgive me if I have forgotten anything. Construction has now visibly started at Great Oldbury. Whatever we think […]
Parish Boundaries and ‘West of Stonehouse’ (Great Oldbury)
Stroud District Council is currently undertaking a review of ‘Community Governance’ . The process is used to consider whether existing Parish arrangements/boundaries should be changed in any way. Overall reviews like this are undertaken only every 10-15 years or so. The stated aim of the review is to ensure that the arrangements across the district […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
The Chief Executive, David Hagg, will be retiring on 5th October, after 17 years service. His replacement is Kathy O’Leary, who will be joining SDC in November. Kathy comes to SDC from Surrey, where she has held a senior management position for the last years. She has a background in Planning, which may be useful […]
Parish Matters
I have just looked at my previous article and notice it was raining when I wrote it, I don’t think we have any significant rain since. I hope at least some of you are enjoying the heat.We are still dealing with planning applications from the Great Oldbury site and will be for some time to […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
I hope like me you have been enjoying this long hot spell although I am always conscious that by the time you read this we may be in the wettest and coldest August in history. There have been some “hot” political issues at Stroud District Council and I would like to update you on 3 […]
Parish Matters
I am sure a lot of you will have made the most of the fine weather we’ve recently enjoyed. As I write this, we seem to be experiencing the extreme opposite, although the rain is much needed for the new planting. I only hope it knows when to stop with the Bank Holiday upon us. […]
District Councillor’s Newsletter
By the time you read this we will be embroiled in planning issues, so nothing new there then. The first is the latest application for West of Stonehouse, which will have gone to the Development Control Committee where we will have spoken out against this. This is unfortunate as up until now we have largely […]
Parish Matters
Thank goodness all the snow has gone. I hope you all came through what the ‘Beast from the East’ brought us. We had ensured that the grit bins were full, ready for any bad weather, and they will be topped up again just in case!! Our Clerk, Julie, is now on planned extended leave and […]
District Councillors’ newsletter
Cllr. Stephen Davies writes: As predicted in my article at New Year this is proving to be a busy year. I have been working very closely with the Parish Council on the development at West of Stonehouse or Great Oldbury as it will been known. We have had meetings with the Stroud District Council Planning […]
Parish Matters
Here we are at the start of another year, hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Planning continues to be the main area of work for the parish council, five applications received in the first two weeks of January. The biggest one is the revised Ecotricity plans, application reference S.16/0043/OUT – the […]
District Councillors’ Newsletter
Feb 2018 The Great Oldbury development, previously known as West of Stonehouse, is continuing apace, with planning applications for Reserved Matters, which include layout, house design, landscaping, and buffer zones have started to arrive on the Planning Officer’s desk at Ebley Mill at a faster rate than before. These applications are being submitted by individual […]
Village Agent News
The Village Agents scheme has been replaced . As usual with something new there is a plethora of confusing new names, responsibilities, websites and phone numbers. As far as your editor can work out, this service is still run by Gloucester County (as ‘Community Connectors’) , but is ‘provided’ by a company called ‘Independence Trust […]
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