PARISH MATTERS

Just as we thought spring had arrived, back comes winter.  On the plus side we do have more daylight, so it makes getting up in the morning a little easier.

The Parish Council is still very busy. We are advertising for a new Clerk. You can see our advert by going to the Stop Press page.  The applicant should ideally be well qualified to deal with a very busy Parish.

Some Councillors attended the appeal hearing for the Bath Road development at the Stroud Subscription Rooms on the 5th March.  We were very well supported by 30 or more Parishioners and our District Councillor.  We now have to wait for the inspector to inform us of her decision which could take up to 8 weeks.  The other outline planning application for 36 dwellings and a Doctor/ Dental surgery on Claypits Road is waiting for Councillors to consult with our planning expert, and then to hopefully meet with the developer’s agent.  We have an extension until the end of March to submit our reply to Stroud District Council  (SDC) planning department.  If parishioners have objections to this application they should make them known to SDC.

By the time this goes to print we are hoping to have co-opted someone to complete our full Council of 9 councillors.  May is the month we hold our Parish Council AGM (12th) and our annual Parish meeting (19th).  Please support us at the Parish meeting, when there will be time to meet and question your Councillors.

We are contacting groups in the Parish to invite them to do a presentation about themselves.  We now have a very good Parishioner attendance at our monthly meeting.  This is very encouraging for us, as we welcome your views and sometimes criticisms - after all we are there to try to carry out your requests.

We are doing our best to update the SDC Parish web site, as we know from the emails we receive, some of you are frustrated at the lack of up to date information.  While we are trying to get this rectified, if you require information please get in touch with the Chair who will be happy to send it to you.

Muriel Bullock |Chair Eastington Parish Council | murielhbulock@gmail.com | 01453826172