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Parish Councillors and Clerk
 Who we are, how to contact us and our special contact subjects.
John Blain
John Blain
Highlands, 12 Knightcott Road
BS8 3SB   Tel: 372387

Contact Person for:
Associations/Public Lighting
Civic Society liaison





 		 Audrey Telling
Audrey Telling
April Cottage, 60 Church Road
BS8 4QU   Tel: 373935
Contact Person for:
Planning Applications
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 Extensions / Roads /
Traffic / Verges / Bus Shelters /
Quarry / Abbots Pool
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 - Chairman
Fishponds Cottage, Manor Road
BS8 3RT   Tel: 375861

PC Representation
Public Relations



 

 
John Bridges
John Bridge - Clerk
22 Dennyview Rd.,
BS8 3RB. Tel. 373726

Secretarial
Insurance
Police Liason

parishclerk@abbotsleigh.org.uk


Latest Planning Applications

September planning applications

Click HERE to vist North Somerset Council's listing of all planning applications in Abbots Leigh

Parish Notes



Community Award

“An annual award to be given to an individual from the parish who has made a significant contribution to life in the parish, in particular someone who does not seek reward or thanks.”

The Parish Council is looking for nominations from the community for this award.

Young or old, male or female, who would you want to be recognised by receiving the unique Bristol Blue glass trophy at the Annual Parish Meeting in April?

Speak to any parish councillor with your suggestions, now!

Abbots Leigh Spring Clean
Sunday. 28 March, 10am – 12 Noon

Come & join us for this sociable and worthwhile annual Sunday morning event when teams of volunteers armed with black sacks and litter-pickers work their way back from the far ends of the parish to clean up verges & hedgerows, ending up at The George for a well-earned drink and a free lunch. Clean Up

Congregate outside the Village Hall at 10.00am with your boots and gloves. We will provide high visibility vests, rubbish bags and litter pickers (and gloves for those that do not have them). Then off you go in pairs to bag a haul (it can get very competitive!). A great way for newcomers to the village to get involved. Children also welcome. There will be a buffet lunch for all litter-pickers at The George afterwards if it is open, when we are able to marvel at how much has been collected into such a large pile outside the phone box in such a short time!

To get involved, please let Pip A’Ness or Simon Talbot-Ponsonby know on 01275 375250 so that we can estimate numbers for lunch.

Tanpits Lane

The Parish Council has been awarded a grant of £1,000 from the Aggregate Levy Sustainability fund through North Somerset Council towards improvements to Tanpits Lane bridleway. Working with North Somerset Rights of Way team the money will be spent cutting back the encroaching vegetation and canopy. This will improve the habitat of the path as well as make it more passable. We will also repair and improve the waterlogged section of the track near where it is crossed by the footpath. We also plan to replace the two remaining stiles on the footpath from Abbots Pool with gates. This work will be carried out in the near future.


Recycling and Rubbish

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.

March
Collections		 Green Waste Recycling Green Waste Recycling Green Waste
Most of
Parish		 Wed 3rd Wed 10th Wed 17th Wed 24th Wed 31st
Manor Rd & Lane Thu 4th Thu 11th Thu 18th Thu 25th Thu 1st Apr

Planned Recycling and refuse collections

The recycling changes are coming soon which is great news. See the monthly articles in each issue of North Somerset Life for regular updates, or there is useful information on North Somerset Council's website at www.n-somerset.gov.uk/revolution.

For most residents, the changes will involve
  • a weekly recycling collection of a much wider range of materials (including plastics, all types of cardboard, and food and drink cartons ("Tetrapaks");
  • a weekly food waste collection;
  • a continuation of the popular green waste collections every other week;
  • and all other non-recyclable rubbish will be collected every other week, using a wheeled bin. The council has been very clear that only those households with space to store the wheeled bin will receive it - so we won't end up with the situation seen in nearby areas, where wheeled bins clog up the pavements outside homes with nowhere to keep them. Anyone who doesn't get a wheeled bin will get a limited supply of plastic sacks.

    Look out for your letter from the council in March, letting you know whether you're getting a wheeled bin or the plastic sacks.

    No changes to services will begin until the summer months. In May, collection days will change, collections will start at 7am, and there will no longer be 'catch up' collections after Bank Holidays as recycling and waste will be collected on all Bank Holidays, apart from Christmas Day and New Years Day. Calendars showing your new collection day will be sent out in April.

    As North Somerset has such a large number of households, changes to recycling and waste collections will be introduced in two stages: half in July, the other half in September. At the time of writing, we have not yet been advised which stage Abbots Leigh / Leigh Woods is likely to come under.

    New containers will be delivered in June or August (depending on which stage we're in) and there will be plenty of accompanying information explaining the new services.

    Simon Talbot-Ponsonby
    for Abbots Leigh Parish Council


    • 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 Clerk to the Parish Council (above), in advance.

    The Next Meeting is on Monday 8th March 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 the Police

    The community police hold a local surgery on the second Wednesday of every month, between 2 and 4pm outside St Mary’s Leigh Woods to discuss local matters in Leigh Woods and Abbots Leigh. If you have any concerns or need advice please go and discuss it with them. Next surgery is Wednesday 10th March.


    Meet Your District Councillor

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

    Archived Previous Issues

    January 2010 Issue
    February 2010 Issue
    March 2009Issue
    April 2009 Issue
    May 2009 Issue
    June 2009 Issue
    July/August 2009 Issue
    September 2009 Issue
    October 2009 Issue
    November 2009 Issue
    December 2009 Issue
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