Parish Council
    March 2010 Issue

Latest Planning Applications

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Parish Notes



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.

Rethink Reconnect

offers a free service for adults with memory problems and dementia in North Somerset. Our services include:
  • Assistance with budgeting and setting up Direct Debits
  • Advice on maintaining the home
  • Information on activities to help avoid social exclusion
  • Support to access other appropriate services
To find out if we can help you phone: 01934 424434


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

April
Collections		 Green Waste Recycling Green Waste Recycling Green Waste
Most of
Parish		 Wed 31st Mar Fri 9th Thu 15th Wed 21st Wed 28th
Manor Rd & Lane Thu 1st Sat 10th Fri 16th Thu 22nd Thu 27th

Planned Recycling and refuse collections

Green Box Boy Every one should have a received a letter from North Somerset Council outlining the proposed effect on each household. If you disagree with that letter you should respond by Friday 2nd April. For further information see North Somerset Council website for details.

No changes to services will begin until July. 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 Year’s Day. Calendars showing your new collection day will be sent out in April.

New containers will be distributed in June; the new service will begin in mid July.

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 12th April 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 14th April.


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.