Parish Council
    June 2009
Contents: Parish Councillors Planning Applications Parish Notes


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Parish Councillors and Clerk
 Who we are, how to contact us and our special contact subjects.
John Blain
John Blain -(Chairman)
Highlands, 12 Knightcott Road
BS8 3SB   Tel: 372387
Contact Person for:
Associations/Public Relations
Bus Shelters/Public Lighting
Civic Society liaison


 		 Audrey Telling
Audrey Telling
April Cottage, 60 Church Road
BS8 4QU   Tel: 373935
Contact Person for:
Abbots Pool
Playing Field / Village Green / Village"Tree"area
Public Footpaths/Rights of Way
Mains Drainage
 		 Simon Talbot-Ponsonby
Simon Talbot-Ponsonby
West Barn, Home Farm Road.
BS8 3QF   Tel: 375250
Contact Person for:
Cycle Paths / Footpath Network
Roads / Traffic / Verges / Quarry
Recycling / Rubbish
Gill
Gill Coleman
Rutherglen, Manor Road
BS8 3RP   Tel: 372016
Contact Person for:
Village Hall / Skittles Alley
Website / Communications


 

 		 David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Fishponds Cottage, Manor Road
BS8 3RT   Tel: 375861
Contact Person for:
Planning Applications



 

 
New Clerk to the Parish Council
We are delighted to announce that the new Clerk is Elizabeth Whitehouse,
who will take over from Mike Crabtree on April 1st.
We are very much looking forward to working with her.

Elizabeth writes:
I moved to Abbots Leigh in 2007,
after retiring from being a solicitor
specialising in employment law.
I can be contacted on 373137 or by email:

parishclerk@abbotsleigh.org.uk


Latest Planning Applications

April planning applications

Parish Notes




Join the GREEN GROUP on the Green Page for a Sustainable Abbots Leigh



Recycling and Rubbish

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!
Refuse and Recycling (green boxes) for the majority of Abbots Leigh and Leigh Woods are on Wednesdays except Manor Lane and Manor Road beyond Manor Close which are Thursdays. It is the same week for the different recycling collections for everyone.

June
Collections		 Recycling Green Waste Recycling Green Waste
Most of
Parish		 Wed 3rd Wed 10th Wed 17th Wed 24th
Manor Rd & Lane Thu 4th Thu 11th Thu 18th Thu 25th

Reduce Rubbish and Recycling
  • Give old clothes to a charity shop.
  • Pass on unwanted items through Freecycle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleBristol/
  • Help the recycling team by sorting your recycling and removing bottle tops and corks etc. Contaminated recycled materials increase the chances that it will be rejected and have to be sent to a landfill site.
  • Recycle metal tops and lids with your cans.
  • Put old corks in your compost (chopped up) or put them in your green bag.
  • Green bag recycling will only be collected if it is in an official green bag. More bags can be obtained from the Evergreen stores in Pill for £1 each.
  • Keep scrap metal and old/broken electrical items and recycle them at the tip in Portishead next time you go.

Another way of Recycling

Items that may well be still of use but need a new home could be catered for by a local Freecycle Network.

Freecycle Logo The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving stuff for free. Each group is run by local volunteer moderators.

One rule: everything posted must be free. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, toys or an old door. Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself? Respond to the posting directly and you just might get it. After that it is up to the giver to set up a time for passing on the treasure.

The Bristol Group website is

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleBristol/

and you can contact via email:-
at FreecycleBristol-owners@yahoogroups.com


Attend A Parish Council Meeting

The Parish Council welcomes residents at council meetings (2nd Monday of each month) . You may listen. If you wish to address the meeting, you should contact Elizabeth Whitehous, Clerk to the Parish Council (above), in advance.

The Next Meeting is at Monday 8th June at 7.30pm, John Butler Room in Abbots Leigh Village Hall


POLICE
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111
Police (Nailsea): 0845 456 7000

Our Local Beat Officer PC Trevor Byford, new colleague Jock Cameron & 2 Community Support Officers Laura Wheeler & new colleague Penelope Gatenby can be contacted on local non urgent matters on 01934 638349. They cover Abbots Leigh, Leigh Woods & Long Ashton.

LOCAL POLICING PLEDGE

Our beat officer, PC Trevor Byford, would like all to know of the Policing Pledge: The police service will support law abiding citizens and pursue criminals relentlessly to keep you & your neighbourhood safe. Our promise to you:
  • We will always treat you fairly.
  • We will make sure you know how to contact, and work with, your Safer Stronger Neighbourhood (SSN) teams.
  • These teams will be visibly working for you 80 per cent of their time.
  • The SSN teams will get back to you within 24 hours. If necessary we will provide a more detailed response ASAP.
  • We will aim to answer 999 calls within 10 seconds, & will get to emergencies as soon as we safely can. We aim to reach you within 15 min. in towns & cities (20 min. in rural areas).
  • In other cases, if you need us, we'll aim to be there within an hour for neighbourhood priorities (you can see what they are on our website). If it's better for you we'll make an appointment within 48 hours, or give advice, answer questions, or put you in touch with someone who can help.
  • We want to meet with people in your neighbourhood at least once a month –in formal PACT (Partners & Communities Together) meetings, which are advertised, or you can invite us to your own group's meetings. We will come to groups like mother & toddlers, pensioners, football clubs or even the local supermarket.
  • We will provide updates every month on local issues either at meetings or on our website.
  • If you've been a victim of crime and you'd like us to visit, we will. We'll agree how often you want information on how the case is progressing – it could be as much as every month.
  • If you are not happy with our service, we'll work with you to resolve things.
We want to do our best for you. If we fail to meet our Pledge we will always explain why it has not been possible to deliver the standards to which we aspire and you deserve. Further details, and other info on local policing are on the N. Somerset pages of Avon & Somerset police website: http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/DistrictDetails.aspx?DistrictID=6


Meet Your District Councillor

Carl Francis-Pester holds a monthly “surgery” on the last Saturday of each month in the George Inn in Abbots Leigh between 10.30 and 12.00 noon. He welcomes local opinions - so call in and see him. His next visit is on Saturday 27th June.

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