Muriel Bullock | Chair Eastington Parish Council

murielhbullock@gmail.com

 01453 826172

The Parish Council normally meets at 7pm in the Methodist Church Hall

on the second Tuesday in each month.

 Everyone is invited to attend.


Parish Matters

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by the community, for the community

Spring is upon us!  I hope you all had a good Easter and that the weather was as good as when I wrote this article.  I think we are well overdue some dry weather.


A list of nominated candidates for parish councillors will be published on 8th April via the Parish Council website and noticeboard as well as on Stroud District Council’s website.   if there are more candidates than vacancies on the council (9) then we will have an election on 5th May.


The Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) is being independently examined during April and we look forward to receiving the examiner’s report.  There are several options, the examiner could approve (or reject) the NDP or there could be recommended modifications.  All comments made during the latest public consultation go forward to the examiner for them to consider along with all the evidence collated by the NDP team to support the submitted Plan.  Stroud District Council will be responsible for accepting any recommended modifications the examiner suggests, and then the NDP goes to District Councillors to agree that the plan should go forward for referendum in August.


The Parish Council has been busy reviewing the planning application from Ecotricity and has major concerns about the employment figures and transport assessment amongst other concerns.  The Parish Council commissioned an independent review of Ecotricity’s transport assessments, which is available on our website.  We are also working with a planning consultant to prepare a comprehensive response on behalf of the Council.


At its last meeting Council discussed the possibility of purchasing defibrillators for the Parish, our Clerk is going to collect information on cost etc for our next meeting. If any of our businesses would like to involved please do get in touch.


A group of people including our Clerk and a Councillor met informally with representatives of Stroud Valleys Project to discuss the possibility of maintaining ponds in the Parish, a report will be put to Councillors at our next meeting.


No. 156  Apr-May   2016