The Parish Council now normally meets at 7pm in the Village Hall

on the second Thursday  in each month.

 Everyone is invited to attend.

Parish Matters

The Parish Council is pleased to welcome our two new councillors – Sharon Wells and Mark Chatterley who we hope will enjoy serving on the Council.

We have received additional documents from Ecotricity; these are available on the Stroud District Council planning website at www.stroud.gov.uk/apps/planning ref S.16/0043/OUT.  There are a lot of additional documents to read through on the website.  We’ve been advised that this application will be considered by Stroud District Council in early 2017 so we have time to go through the documents in detail.  We understand that Ecotricity is arranging another public drop-in event, possibly 17th November.

We have also recently received the West of Stonehouse masterplan for consideration – this is also on the Stroud District Council planning website ref S.16/1965/DISCON.  This application will go to the Development Control Committee for decision on 25th October 2016.

The Eastington Neighbourhood Development Plan passed referendum in August with 91% in favour of the plan, and we had the highest voter turnout at 29% of the 4 referendums that took place in Stroud district that day.

We’re pleased to have been able to purchase 3 Automated External Defibrillators for the parish with the assistance of British Heart Foundation, Old Badger Inn and Westend Suites.  Cllr Jill Simmons proposed that the Council purchase 3 defibrillators back in March 2016 and the Old Badger Inn were quick to respond in fundraising towards the units.  The local pub organised an array of fundraising activities and raised a fantastic £3,100 which means we have been able to buy and install the units without using council tax funds.

The defibs were purchased via British Heart Foundation and will be located at the Owen Harris Memorial Ground, Westend Suites and hopefully Co-operative Supermarket.  Funding and listed building restrictions permitting we’d like to install a 4th defib at St Michael’s & All Angels Church.

As part of the package from British Heart Foundation we were given a Call Push Rescue Training Kit and we’ll be putting on free community training in due course.  Training dates/times will be published on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

Our new website has gone live – please visit us on www.eastington-pc.gov.uk, and the Clerk has a new email address clerk@eastington-pc.gov.uk although the old email address will continue to work.

Finally, the Parish Council has decided to change meeting venue and day to meet on the second Thursday of every month commencing with October’s meeting.  We’ll be meeting at the Village Hall which we hope will be a more central location for people to come along.

So….

       The next full Council meeting will be held on

                                Thursday 13th October at 7pm at the Village Hall.

Julie Shirley Clerk to Eastington Parish Council

01453 799616

clerk@eastington-pc.gov.uk