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Parish Council
April 2012
Contents: Parish Councillors Notes Planning Applications Waste Collections

Latest Planning Applications


Parish Notes



Attend A Parish Council Meeting

The Parish Council welcomes residents at council meetings usually on the 2nd Monday of each month. You may listen. If you wish to address the council at the start of the meeting please contact John Bridge, Clerk to the Parish Council, in advance of the meeting. Because of the Easter Monday Bank holiday the next meeting will be held on Wednesday 11th April, at 7.30pm in the John Butler Room in the Village Hall. The agenda for the meeting is available here when displayed on parish notice boards . The latest minutes are here.


Recycling & Rubbish - Recycle as much as possible

The recycling rate in North Somerset is now over 58%, one of the best in the country. Recycling in your green boxes and food waste in your brown food bin is collected every Wednesday.
Recycle
Please help the recycling crew speed up the collections by separating materials in your green boxes.

Black plastic, film or expanded polystyrene can not be recycled. All other household plastic packaging and tins are collected together because they are separated mechanically at the depot.

All flattened cardboard, brown paper and food cartons (tetrapaks) get collected and processed together so no need to separate.

Keep paper, newspaper and magazines separate and in another box

Separate out all other categories: paper, glass, clothes and textiles in non-black bags, batteries, mobile phones and spectacles.

Flats in Leigh Woods If you live in a flat and have a shared mini recycling centre please continue to recycle your glass, cans and paper in the bins provided. North Somerset Council are working to extend the range of materials that can be recycled in this service and hope that this will be introduced next year. Residents who have this service will be contacted to let them know when the changes are happening.

Rubbish is collected on alternate Wednesdays in your wheelie bins or special North Somerset rubbish bags. Bins that are over full and additional bags of rubbish will not be collected.

There is no displacement due to Easter Bank Holidays so the dates for April are:-
April
Collections		 Recycling &
Rubbish		 Recycling &
Green Waste		 Recycling &
Rubbish		 Recycling &
Green Waste
All of
Parish		 Wed 4th Wed 11th Wed 18th Wed 25th

NOTE: Shift patterns have changed recently. Collections are earlier than they were, so make sure your recycling & rubbish is out by 7am.

If you have problems with missed collections call 01934 888802 the following day or, even easier, log it on North Somerset's Council Connect website in the evening and it will be collected within 2 days.





POLICE
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111
POLICE (Nailsea): 101

Our Local Police Beat Officer is PC Trevor Byford.
Our Community Support Officer is Penelope Gatenby and she and Trevor can still be contacted about local non urgent matters on 01934 638349 or via the nationwide number 101.
Pen Gatenby adds that you can ask for her and quote her Collar Number 7278 and be put through to her mobile.
Or email: penelopegatenby@avonandsomerset.police.uk
They cover Abbots Leigh, Leigh Woods and Long Ashton.

Meet the Police

The community police hold a local surgery on the FIRST Wednesday of every month, between 2 and 4pm outside St Mary's Leigh Woods to discuss local matters in Leigh Woods and Abbots Leigh. However, if due to unforeseen circumstances they are unable to be there they can always be reached on 101 and can come and visit or chat on the phone. They are always accessible via email, telephone or online at www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact/


Carl Francis-Pester holds a monthly surgery on the last Saturday of each month. Because of a clash in the Village Hall he will be holding the meeting on Saturday April 28th in Easton in Gordano Hall between 10.30 and 12.00 noon. He welcomes local feedback - so call in and see him.