June 2015 Newsletter
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PARISH June ISSUE 45 MarchMarch 2014 ISSUE 33 JUNE2015 2012 2014 This newsletter is distributed to every h ouse in the five parishes to commun icate the activities of the Bishopstone Group Parish Council and other local events . GARDEN EXTRAVAGANZA ! In aid of St Michaels Hospice Hardwicke Community Open Gardens The following gardens are open on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June 11am - 5pm Clock Mill, Middlewood HR3 5HB; Hardwicke Green, Hardwicke HR3 5HA; Highfield, The Bage, Dorstone HR3 5SU; The Cottage, Middlewood HR3 5SX; The Smithy, Pen-y-Parc, Clifford HR3 5HA Tickets are valid for the two days of opening and may be purchased at any of the gardens Adults £5.00 children (10-18) £2.50 children under10 free Refreshments available at several gardens Due to the terrain, access to some of the gardens may be limited for some disabled people Guide dogs only. Parking is available at or near to all of the gardens. Disabled drop off only at The Smithy with parking opposite the garden Weston-under-Penyard Community Open Gardens The following gardens are open on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June 11am - 5pm Bollitree Cottage, Weston-under-Penyard HR9 7PJ; Conifers, Bromsash HR9 7PL Tickets are valid for both days and may be purchased at either garden Adults £5.00 children u12 free Ploughman’s lunch and homemade cakes available to buy at Bollitree Cottage which is accessible to wheelchair users . Guide dogs only at Bollitree Cottage Dogs on leads welcome at Conifers . Parking available at both gardens Llangarron and Welsh Newton Community Open Gardens The following gardens are open on Saturday 20th June, 11am - 5pm The White House, Llangarron HR9 6PH ; Yew Tree Cottage, Welsh Newton NP25 5RT Langstone Court, Llangarron, Ross-on-Wye HR9 6NR Ticket price includes entry to all three gardens. Adults £5.00 children under14 free Tours of Langstone Court at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm by ticket only (must be supervised at all times) Refreshments served at Yew Tree Cottage & the White House (weather permitting) Plants for sale at the White House Most of the gardens are accessible to wheelchair users. Dogs on leads welcome Parking available at Langstone Court and Yew Tree Cottage. There is limited disabled parking only at the White House: parking for this garden by permission of Sheila and Vernon Jones, a short walk away. The following gardens are also open: 23 Traherne Close, Lugwardine HR1 4AF . 21st June 2 - 5.30pm Adults £3.00 Newport House Gardens, Almeley HR3 6LL. 27th June 11am - 5pm Adults £5.00 Upper Buckton Farm, Leintwardine SY7 0JU 5th July 2pm onwards Adults £3.00 Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, Pembridge HR6 9HZ . 28th June 11am - 5pm Adults £5.0 BishopstoneBishopstone Group Group Parish Parish Council Council The members of the Parish Council are elected to represent all residents of the Thevillages members in theof thegroup Parish and Council can influence are elected decisions to represent made byall theresidents various of the villagesdepartments in the group of the and County can influence Council anddecisions other mGovernmade by theent various organisations such as departmentsthe Police ofand the Fire County Brigade. Council and other Government organisations such as thePlease Police contact and Fire your Brigade. councillor if you have any concerns on: - PleaseHousing contact and your Planning, councillor Roads, if you Traffic, have Publicany conc Transperns on:ort and- Rights of Way, HousingRefuse and Disposal Planning, and Roads, Waste Traffic,Recycling Public or any Transp otherort lo andcal Rightsissues. of Way, Refuse Disposal and Waste Recycling or any other local issues. ListList of ofParish Parish Councillors Councillors Village represented Name Tel. number VillageBishopstone represented NameTrevor Hunt Tel. 590325 number Bishopstone Trevor Hunt 590325 John Macklin (Chairman) 590620 John Macklin (Chairman ) 590620 Rosemary Morgan 590282 Rosemary Morgan 590282 John Verry 590680 Bridge Sollers Lillian Allsopp 590210 Bridge Sollers Byford Muriel Holmes 590233 Sue Hubbard (Vice-Chairman) 590319 Byford Muriel Holmes 590233 Penny Redshaw 590634 Kenchester SueSerena Hubbard Crump (Vice-Chairman) 590319 590644 PennyPetra Redshaw Hickey 590634 590630 Mansell Gamage Cathie Draper 590284 Kenchester SerenaAnn ApperleyCrump 590644 590485 Mansell Gamage Cathie Draper 590284 Katrina Bevis 07980 652868 Clerk to the Council Email : [email protected] Clerk to the Council Rosemary Plant 01432 870720 Parish Paths Officers Village represented Name Tel. number Bishopstone John Macklin 590620 ParishByford Paths & Mansell Officers Gamage Sue Hubbard 590319 VillageBridge represented Sollers NameLillian Allsopp Tel. 590210 number BishopstoneKenchester JohnJohn Macklin Macklin 590620 590620 Byford & Mansell Gamage Sue Hubbard 590319 Bridge Sollers KenchesterHerefordshire County CouncillorJohn Macklin 590620 Adrian Blackshaw Tel: 01432 260201 (contact via Herefordshire Council Offices) Herefordshire County Councillor/Stoney Street Ward Steve Williams Tel: 07944 456445 Email: [email protected] ParishParish Council Council meeting Meetings dates 2014/2015 September 11th, November 13 th , January 8th 2015, March 12 th , May 14th TheJuly next 9th , 2012September Parish 10Councilth , November Meetings 12th will be on Thursdays July 12th; Sept.13th;These will Nov.8thbe held in the New Bridge Community Centre starting at 7.30 pm These will be held at The New Bridge Community Centre starting at 7.30 pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings and to raise matters of Parishlocal concern. Plan Members of Focus groups, ensuring that the Bishopstone Group Parish Plan is implimented,Parish Plan are as follows: Members of focus groups, ensuring that the Bishopstone Group Parish Plan is Trafficimplemented, and Rights are as offollows: Way John Verry and Sue Hubbard Local services Contact Clerk RecyclingTraffic and Rights of Way Sue HubbardPenny Redshaw CommunityLocal Services Centre ContactJohn Clerk Macklin and Sue Hubbard Recycling Penny Redshaw WebCommunity Page Centre John Macklin and Sue Hubbard Readers with access to a computer can read Council notices, past issues of this newsletterWebsite and other local information on the Parish Council Web site. This can be reached by logging on to www.bishopstonegroupparish.co.uk Readers with access to a computer and the internet can read parish council meeting minutes, past issues of the newsletter and other local information on the Parish NoticeCouncil Website:Boards www.bishopstonegroupparish.co.uk The appointed key holders for the Notice Boards in each village are:- Bishopstone John Macklin Tel. 590620 BridgeNotice Sollers Boards John Macklin Tel. 590620 ByfordThe appointed key holders for the PennyNotice RedshawBoards in each Tel. village 590634 are: ByfordBishopstone Common John Sue Macklin Hubbard Tel.Tel 590319 590620 KenchesterBridge Sollars John Petra Macklin Hickey Tel.Tel 590630 590620 MansellByford Gamage Penny Sue Hubbard Redshaw Tel.Tel 590319 590634 PleaseByford contact Common one of the above Sueto display Hubbard any arti cle ofTel public 590319 interest. Kenchester John Macklin Tel 590620 Mansell Gamage Sue Hubbard Tel 590319 Recycling Facility TherePlease is contact a local one recycling of the above facility to atadvertise Oakchurch or dis Faplayrm informationShop on the of main public A438 interest near Staunton-on-Wye. Sandbag Provision SandbagThe sandbag provision stores are at .the bottom of Bishon Lane, Bishopstone (contact number 01981 590620) and at Byford Common (contact number 01981 590319). The sandbag stores are at the bottom of Bishon Lane, Bishopstone, in Mansell GamageSandbags and are at also Bridge available Sollers. at the Herefordshire Council Highways Depot, Unit 3, Thorn Business Park, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT. Advice about In times of flooding call 01981 590620 for assistance with sandbags. flooding and road closures is available on the Herefordshire Council website www.herefordshire.gov.uk Parish Council Chairman’s Report The Parish Council started off this year without a Clerk. In June Rosemary Plant was offered the clerks position, after an interview. Rosemary accepted the post and clerked her first meeting with us on 10 th July. As part of the package agreed with the new Clerk, the Parish Council would fund Rosemary’s cilca training and update its reference books. I would like to thank Sue Hubbard for taking over the duties of parish clerk during this interregnum period. The conditions of the parishes roads is an ongoing problem discussed at every meeting. Mr Philip Pankhurst of Balfour Beattie, our locality officer, attended the July meeting to provide information to Councillors about the lengthsman scheme. He also agreed to meet Councillors in their parishes to discuss and log highway defects, pot holes, blocked drains etc. He agreed that this work should be carried out by Balfour Beattie to bring the road maintenance up to date before a lengthsman could be appointed. This work was carried out in the Autumn period. Also a new large diameter pipe was installed under the road at Shetton and the lower drain by the railway bridge dug out and cleared. At the September Parish Council meeting it was agreed that a lengthsman will be contracted for road maintenance during 2015/16 but not to include filling pot holes. Last year the Parish Council secured a grant of £1,385.00 towards the cost of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. The fine work started in 2013 was carried on throughout last year by the committee, which is made up of an equal mix