Announcements
South Cerney Neighbourhood Plan
The initial informal publication of the South Cerney Neighbourhood Plan has been delayed as some fine-tuning is required. It will be published in due course. Thank you for your patience. |
A419 Temporary Road Closure - 19th September
Please be advised of the following temporary road closure:
A419 Swindon Road, Preston This road will be closed (as per the downloadable notice below), on the 19th September 2018, 07:00 - 19:00 hours, to allow Amey, working on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council, to carry out essential carriageway maintenance. If you require any further information regarding this closure, please contact the Highways office on 08000 514514. |
| Attachments:
1245_001.pdf
Closure Diversion.pdf
"Community Governance Review" - letter from Cotswold District Council
Residents will have recently received a letter from CDC regarding a Community Governance Review which proposes to remove the warding arrangements for South Cerney Parish Council. The current arrangement (brought in at the election in 2015), splits the Parish into two wards along the ward boundaries of the district council. This means that three Parish Councillors represent one ward (rural), and eight Parish Councillors represent the other ward (village). Parish Councillors may only be nominated by residents of the ward they wish to represent - e.g. Cllr Mrs Tunbridge of Berry Farm in Silver Street and Cllr Blackford of Cerney Wick are in the rural ward, and could not be nominated by residents of Broadway Lane, which is in the village ward. The Parish Council regarded this "division" as arbitrary, unwanted and unnecessary, and (along with a number of other Parishes in the district) requested that these warding arrangements be removed so that all Parish Councillors represent the whole Parish - which was the arrangement before 2015. CDC's required consultation is the result of the Parish Council's request, and on this occasion at least, they have listened to the Parish Council. |
Upper Up Composting Site CLOSED
Due to a large accumulation of material, and the shredder awaiting repairs, the composting site at Upper Up is now CLOSED until further notice for large woody material. Small, soft green material will still be accepted, however. Thank-you. |
Parish Council Meeting POSTPONED
The Parish Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday 11th July has been postponed until Wednesday 18th July at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. |
Fenton's Community Centre shortlisted for award
South Cerney Parish Council has been shortlisted as a finalist for the West of England LABC Building Excellence Awards 2018 in the following category, Best Public Service Building. The awards will be presented on 13th July at the Marriott Hotel in Bristol. All winning projects from the regional awards will automatically qualify for the LABC Grand Finals, taking place in London on Friday 9th November. Competition has been stronger than ever this year and being shortlisted is a great accomplishment, so we feel really honoured that our great community facility is in contention and we are keeping our fingers crossed! Thanks to everyone who has been involved with this project from the outset and along the way. |
R-Way Youth Group
R-Way Youth Club continues to operate at Fenton’s Community Centre in Teal Way on Tuesdays. There are two sessions: Juniors (7-10yrs)
from 4.30-5.30pm, and Seniors (11-14yrs) from 5.45-6.45pm. Only £1 per session. For more information please contact Johno at enquiries@cotswoldforestschool.co.uk or text 07738
708880 |
A417 Missing Link - what do you think? Consultation begins
On 15th February Highways England launched a consultation into route options for the A417 ‘Missing Link’. The public consultation will run until 29 March 2018 and the council wants you to get involved. There are a number of events taking place in the county, where information will be available along with an opportunity to speak to Highways England representatives about the project and the consultation. You will be able to have your say on the two route options shortlisted by Highways England. To make sure as many people as possible have the chance to give their views, Gloucestershire County Council is supporting the consultation by hosting information points in some libraries and at Shire Hall. This is a very important stage of the project to fix the A417 ‘Missing Link’ and although we need to keep the pressure on to make sure things continue to move forward, this is a key stage of the process to make sure the campaign becomes a reality. More information on the campaign can be found at www.a417missinglink.co.uk/. To find out more about Highways England's consultation and to have your say visit https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a417-missing-link/ Consultation eventsSaturday 17 February 2018, 11am to 6pm
Thursday 22 February 2018, 12pm to 8pm
Friday 23 February 2018, 11am to 6pm
Saturday 24 February 2018, 11am to 6pm
Sunday 04 March 2018, 11am to 6pm
Thursday 08 March 2018, 12pm to 8pm
Public information points
Deposit locations (Technical Appraisal Report available here)
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Spine Road B4696
Following the Parish Council’s letter to Highways and others about various safety issues along the Spine Road, a response has been received from Highways, which was regarded as wholly inadequate. This will be published shortly along with the Parish Council's response. The assertion that the 40mph speed limit is only needed from the A419 to the Station Road junction and not to the county boundary as this second section of the Spine Road has different usage was regarded as completely wrong. The Parish Council will continue to press for a 40mph speed limit along the full length of the Spine Road in Gloucestershire, along with other safety improvements. Also the recent work carried out by Amey’s contractor is not up to the required standard and will be re-done at Amey’s expense very shortly. |
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