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Comments on Coronavirus by Timsbury Parish Council

9th April 2020 by admin Parish Council

9th April 2020

The Parish Council realise it is so hard for many residents but so pleased and thankful to everyone in Timsbury for showing the determination, compassion and organising skills to support each other in these challenging, unique, and for many frightening, times.

It is great to hear the ‘clapping’ for key workers across the Parish on Thursdays at 8pm. That includes our thanks to the teaching and other staff at St Mary’s School, looking after our key workers children, and the local staff of our Pharmacy and our Doctors. We are so lucky to have their hard work and commitment to support our local community.

Timsbury churches were amazingly quick in setting up a network of volunteers to get shopping for isolating residents, with a dedicated team for medication delivery, who have been specially trained by the Pharmacy.

The Teddy Bear and Rainbow spotting trails are a lovely diversion on our daily exercise time. Thanks to everyone who has taken and intend to take part.  As these walks are becoming part of life the ‘Timsbury Walks’ books have had a new rush of interest bringing variety to their lives – you can buy them in Health & More in the High Street.

An update of what is happening and available locally is shown on the Coronavirus village webpage here: timsbury.org.uk/coronavirus.

We are worried that some vulnerable residents may miss out on the various efforts of the Government, B&NES Council Compassionate Community scheme and local support. We will do what we can, with the help of others to fill any gaps as we find them. Please make us aware of any situation that you think we need to know about and we will help if we can.

The Parish Council will consider providing financial or support to groups, businesses or individuals to do things that support others in the parish during, and as a result of, the coronavirus outbreak, if it falls within its reserves, the law allows it, and where other resources are not available e.g. from the various Government schemes.

We are all having to cope and adapt, and we will need ideas for recovery when we come out of the lockdown. We all need to think about making a special effort to support our local businesses and groups when they open again to keep them going, especially those who have tried to carry on supporting us – the local butchers, bakers and veg growers etc. who have carried on providing and also set up home deliveries.

Meanwhile, the Parish Council will make urgent or necessary decisions remotely, as we are affected by isolation rules the same as everyone else. We are continuing to pay our staff and the contractors who regularly provide our services to support them and to ensure continuity of services in the long term. The legally required Annual Parish Meeting in April, the Parish Council’s own annual meeting in May and our financial audit processes are postponed by Government.

If you have any ideas or concerns please contact the Parish Council via the Clerk here.

From the Chairman on behalf of the whole Parish Council.

Filed Under: News, Parish Council

26 New Houses Approved in Timsbury

8th April 2020 by admin Parish Council

The planning application to develop the derelict site at the corner of North Road and The Avenue has at last been approved by B&NES Council, with some conditions currently being investigated. 26 new houses will be built, plus some office spaces. There will be a new road onto North Road and pedestrian facilities. This follows much consultation by the owner with the Parish Council and the village during 2018.

The development will be called ‘Upper Conygre’ after the name of the coal mine on the site which was in use from 1791 until 1916. Since then it was ‘Wheelers Yard’ which was a cement block works. The ‘Lower’ Conygre pit was off Radford Hill. Once the conditions have been met building will start soon with completion in stages in 2022.

The development in summary will include:

  • 26 dwellings, mainly houses plus some flats, with 8 ‘affordable’ as 5 ‘social rented’ and 3 ‘shared ownership’ by the owner.
  • 70 parking spaces
  • Offices with extra parking as required in this ‘mixed use’ site in the B&NES Local Plan
  • Widening of the pavement on the Avenue up to the bend, and new pavements in North Road
  • Pedestrian access through the site from The Avenue to North Road
  • New highway entrance on North Road with a speed table
  • Extension of the 20mph zone to include the whole site
  • Protection of wildlife and some trees linked to the batch next door, plus new trees and landscaping
  • Renewable energy & efficiency on houses

Funding will be provided for ‘play & recreation’ on the Conygre Field held by B&NES Council. Also, the Parish Council will receive Community Infrastructure Levy funding to pay for facilities and services in the village.

In addition, B&NES Council will work with the Parish Council to find a way to widen the pavement on the bend on The Avenue, which is not part of this development.

The naming of the site as ‘Upper Conygre’ was requested by the village in memory of the name of the coal pit on the site, with an information board at the entrance to the site.

A Plan of the site can be seen below and on the noticeboard beside the Fish & Chip shop and the full details online at B&NES Planning Portal here.

Upper Conygre Plan Final March2020

 

 

Filed Under: News, Parish Council, Planning

Parish Council Village Precept for 2020/21

24th February 2020 by admin Parish Council

The Timsbury Parish Council Precept for the village that will be included in Council Tax bills for the year from April 2020/21 will amount to £69,000. This total will be divided between the households in the village (approximately 1,200) according to Council Tax band and the number of adults in residence.

The charge for a Band D house is expected to be about £74 for the year, an increase of just over £1 per month compared with 2019/20.

In the current year to the end of March 2020 Timsbury Parish Council is expected to spend a total of £78,000. In the year to end of March 2021 the forecast spend is £88,800.

The increase in spending is necessary to replace services previously provided by B&NES Council. In the past few years B&NES Council has lost Government funding, increased its spend on social care and faced restrictions on Council Tax increases.

As a result, the B&NES has substantially reduced the amount it spends on other things and over the next three years it plans to cut another £15 million from its budget. As services disappear parish councils are left to provide such replacement services as they see fit.

For the coming year Timsbury Parish Council has decided to fund the Hub library to replace the discontinued mobile library service; to maintain provision of a youth service that would otherwise have vanished and retain the street sweeper, all previously paid for by B&NES Council.

The expected costs for these three elements in 2020/21 are hub library £12,800; youth service £13,300, sweeper £5,600. These are costs that will need to be met in future years and the increased Precept recognises this on-going commitment.

In addition, we also lost an annual grant from B&NES and the Parish Council is protecting its reserves in preparation for expected high spending in future years on street lighting and road safety improvements.

Full details of the Precept budget can be found on the village website www.timsbury.org.uk/parish council/finances

Filed Under: News, Parish Council

War Memorial Rededication & DDay Landing Commemorations Sat 8th June 3pm 🗓 🗺

31st May 2019 by admin Parish Council

by Chris Fiddes of the Timsbury Royal British Legion:

Many residents may have noticed the village War Memorial has been remodelled and looks fantastic.

As a result, everyone is invited to a Rededication Service at the Memorial to be conducted by the Rev Martin Blewett. Attending will be representatives from the Royal British Legion County, Branch, Club, Standard Bearers, Parish Council and William Bertram the Architect, also the Brownies and Guides TBC.

We will have a very special guest/VIP: Mr Bert Matthews, who was one of the original architects and builder of the memorial back in 1967-68 when the Legion Club first opened at its present location. Bert will be 100 years old in November this year, making him one of the oldest surviving heroes from the DDay landings in the area. Bert was called up for National Service in 1940 aged 21 and served in the Royal Engineers for 5yrs. He also survived active service in El -Alamein during WW2. Bert has said it will be a great honour to be our VIP for this event on this the 75th Anniversary Year of D-Day!!

We do hope to see as many residents from the village as possible attend the service and also after for refreshments in the RBL Club following the Rededication of our Memorial to the 29 men from Timsbury who gave their lives in WW1 – WW2.

It has taken a few years to get this beautiful remodelled Memorial and special event for our village! Thanks to the Royal British Legion, Parish Council who funded it, William Bertram (architect) and Gary Peggrum the builder.

Filed Under: Events, News, Parish Council

Invitation to Village Meeting

16th April 2019 by admin Parish Council

All Timsbury villagers are welcome to come to the Annual Parish Meeting on Thursday April 25th at 7.30 in the Conygre Hall, North Road.

In addition to the Parish Council reporting on what it has done in the last year, anyone can ask for any items of interest and concern to be raised.

Also, there will be a discussion about issues such as, the Hub Library, youth projects, buses/transport, planning developments etc.

See the formal agenda here and a summary of the Parish Council’s finances for the year to end of March 2019.

Also there will be an election of two Trustees to the Conygre Trust who are having their annual meeting on Monday 29th April at 7.30 in the Conygre Hall.

Filed Under: News, Parish Council

Lovely Painted Finger Post Sign

2nd July 2018 by admin Parish Council

Thanks to a volunteer resident, this 1930’s Somerset County Council sign has been spruced up so we can all see where we are going at the North / South Road junction. It was a big job and so many thanks for all his efforts.

South Rd Finger Post Painted June2018 lowRes

Filed Under: News, Parish Council

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