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Village Noticeboard Repair

For information:

The noticeboard used for displaying village notices which is usually found by the lych gate has not been stolen, but has been removed for repair and will return shortly.

Anna Davison

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Council will provide free Christmas parking concessions

Cotswold District Council has announced that it will be providing free entry to its car parks to tie in with several Christmas events across the Cotswolds. 

Details are as follows:

Bourton-on-the-Water: Free parking after 3pm on Saturday 6 December – annual Victorian shopping evening (please note, however, that the local Rotary club will charge £3 parking fee which is donated to local charities.)

Cirencester: Free parking after 2 pm on Saturday 29 November – Christmas lights switch-on and Advent market 

Moreton-in-Marsh: Free parking all day Saturday 29 November – Christmas lights switch-on and Advent market.

Stow-on-the-Wold: Free parking all day Saturday 29 November – Christmas tree festival

Tetbury: Free parking after 4pm Thursday 4 December, Christmas lights switch-on and Advent market.

CDC officers will place signs at car parks, informing motorists about the free parking offers.

Commenting on this initiative, Cllr Chris Hancock, CDC Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Partnerships, said: “We hope that suspending charges to coincide with Christmas light launches and other festive events will ease the financial burden on families who plan to use their cars to get there. These concessions should also help to boost trade in local shops.

“We have already promised to allow motorists to park for free in our car parks on Monday and Tuesday afternoons during January and February 2015. This is on a trial basis and follows a Council decision earlier this year to set aside a fund of £25,000 for incentives to attract more motorists to the Cotswolds during traditionally quiet trading periods.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New gRRReen awards competition coming soon!

Cotswold District Council is on the hunt for communities who can find innovative ways to Reuse, Recycle and Reduce waste.

The Council is joining forces with its environmental services provider Ubico Ltd and the Gloucestershire Joint Waste Partnership to launch the gRRReen awards competition.  In line with the ‘three R’s’ (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), communities will be urged to find new ways to combat waste being sent to landfill. The three best performers will qualify for funding worth a total of £2,000 to finance further improvements.

The competition begins on 24 November and runs until 20 February 2015.  It will be open togroups of people of all ages who want to pool ideas and develop initiatives to reduce waste – and also show how their improvements can be sustained.

Application details will be announced on 24 November. The entries will be judged at the end of February by a panel drawn from the Council, the Joint Waste Team and Ubico, and they will award £1,000 to the best entry, £700 to the runner-up and £300 to the third placed group on the understanding that that prize money would be used to continue progress with green initiatives.

Commenting on the gRRReen awards, Cllr Sue Coakley, CDC Cabinet Member for the Environment, said:

“Thanks to our residents, recycling levels in this District are the highest in Gloucestershire, but the tonnage figures have dipped over the last year, and we hope that this new competition will boost our totals again. This is a great opportunity for communities to join together and really make a difference – we can make this beautiful district an even better place for residents and visitors to enjoy.”

“We are trying not to be too prescriptive about what comprises a ‘community’ for the purposes of this competition – the main objective is to encourage people to work together and take on the gRRReen challenge.  We are looking forward to see what they can achieve and, hopefully, all the competitors will inspire others.”

For more information about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle please go to www.recycling-guide.org.uk/

 

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**Mary Howard Ticket for TODAY**

Jane Pascall has a ticket for the Mary Howard Christmas Fair for TODAY, Thursday, cost – £9. They cannot be bought on the door. It can be collected from The Workshop in Kingscote if wanted. It tends to be a very good day.

Best wishes

Jane Pascall
Phone 01453 861643/ 07768 621896

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Anaerobic Digester – Chavenage – Update

A big thank you to Jenny Stuart and Graham Nichols for their tireless efforts to fight the planning application for the Anaerobic Digester at Chavenage. They have both given up huge amounts of their time to research and highlight to the community the potential impact the AD could have had.

The Planning meeting at Stroud tonight discussed the proposal thoroughly, a vote was then taken 1 abstention, all the others voted against the proposal to sight an AD Plant at Chavenage. There is still a possibility of an appeal.

 

Anna Davison

Clerk to Parish Council