Category: News & Events

AGREED DATE FOR NEW MOBILE POST OFFICE VAN TO SERVE RURAL GLOCS COMMUNITIES

• New services for Avening, Brimscombe, Chalford, Kingscote & Shipton Moyne
• New Post Office mobile van service

To help serve five rural communities in the Stroud/Tetbury area, the Post Office is introducing a Post Office mobile van service.

The Postmaster for Royal Wootton Bassett Post Office will provide the service which starts the week commencing 6 February, with the exception of the Shipton Moyne service, where the date will be confirmed soon.

The mobile service is a travelling Post Office aboard a specifically designed vehicle that brings Post Office services and retail products to communities without relying on fixed premises that has formed part of our operational network for some years now.

Network Operations Manager, Neil Jenkins, said: “Since the temporary closure of the Post Offices for Avening, Brimscombe, Chalford, Kingscote and Shipton Moyne, we have sought a solution to restore services to these communities. The establishment of mobile services presents the best possible solution to restore Post Office services to these areas.”

During public consultation we received a small number of comments from customers and local representatives, mainly in support of our plans, as the communities welcomed the restoration of Post Office services to these villages, which currently have no Post Office services.

The agreed services are:

• Chalford mobile service, road behind 1 Belvedere Mews, Chalford, Stroud, GL6 8PF. Opening Monday & Thursday: 9 – 10am.
• Brimscombe mobile service, car park at the rear of The Ship Inn, Brimscombe Hill, GL5 2QN. Opening Monday & Thursday: 10.15 – 11.45am.
• Kingscote Mobile service, Village Hall Car Park, Kingscote, Tetbury, GL8 8YR. Opening; Monday & Thursday: 12.45 – 1.45pm.
• Avening mobile service, road opposite 65 Sunground, Avening, Tetbury, GL8 8NW. Opening Monday & Thursday: 2 – 3pm.
• Shipton Moyne Mobile service, on the road opposite 3 Southside, Shipton Moyne, Tetbury, GL8 8PP. Opening Monday & Thursday: 3.30 – 4.30pm

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See the full Press Release here Mobile Post Office Press Release 3 Feb 2017

Please click here for a link to next month’s Forerunner.

The Forerunner – February 2017

Thank you.

The next meeting of the Parish Council takes place on Tuesday 31st January at 8pm in the Hunter’s Hall.

A copy of the agenda for the meeting can be found here.

All are welcome to attend.

Anna Davison
Clerk to Parish Council

On Sunday 29 January at 3.30 pm in the Village Hall all families are invited to try out Messy Church.

What is it, you may ask !  There will be crafts and games, all linked to a theme, followed by a brief time of Celebration with a short talk, prayer and a song, finishing with a Bring and Share Tea together, aiming to close by 5.00 pm.  If you’ve never heard of it before, why not come along and try it.  Everyone is welcome – if you are coming all we ask is that you bring something to share for tea.

Rev. Mike Smith

Cleaner required for Kingscote Church & Village Hall approx. 4 hours per month.  Rates to be agreed.  Please contact Pauline (tel 861311) or Seema (tel 07791 360162).

Last chance to register today for Phase 1 of the rollout of High Speed Broadband in Kingscote & Bagpath.  Full details below:

Further to the presentation on Friday 6th January by Gary Day and Matthew Appleton of Voneus, please find attached a copy of their presentation and the essential information you need if you wish to register for high speed broadband:

1. Register for a BDUK voucher HERE http://www.fastershire.com/about-fastershire/better-broadband-scheme/register.
2. You will be send a BDUK Reference Number
3. Email your BDUK Voucher Reference Number to sales@voneus.com or to kingscotebagpath.broadband@gmail.com for collation.
4. Voneus will then be in touch to progress the installation.

See the attached presentation for details of expected speed, cost, delivery dates and more.

Voneus Presentation to Kingscote & Bagpath – 6th January 2017

Cotswold District Council will be allowing motorists to continue parking for free every day after 3 pm in the Forum and Brewery car parks in Cirencester until the end of Friday 31 March.

Additionally, with effect from Wednesday 18 January, the ‘free after 3 pm’ offer will also be extended to several other car parks* until the end of Friday 31 March as follows:

Rissington Road Bourton-on-the-Water

Old Market Way Moreton-in-Marsh

Maugersbury Rd Stow-on-the-Wold

Church Street Tetbury

West Street Tetbury

*Please note that parking is already free at the Fosseway car park, Stow-on-the-Wold and the Old Railyard car park, Tetbury

Commenting on the free offer, Cllr Chris Hancock, the CDC Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Partnerships, said:

“We introduced a similar free parking scheme for selected car parks across the District during the winter months of 2016 and many retail businesses welcomed the boost in footfall.

“We will ensure that signs are in place to stress that parking is free at the selected car parks AFTER 3 pm. I should also add that anyone who pays inadvertently after 3 pm will be reimbursed provided they contact our parking team at parking@cotswold.gov.uk with their details.”

“Our aim, as always, is to provide a good deal for motorists using our car parks. We have frozen parking charges since 2010 and the introduction of a half hour tariff in all our car parks has also gone down well. This ‘free after three’ parking incentive for several car parks during the early part of 2017 is yet another example of how we are trying to balance the need for parking income (to pay for services) with requests from traders to provide parking concessions on occasions.”

ENDS

Bob McNally
Press and Media Liaison Officer,
Cotswold District Council
Tel: 01285 623120
Website: www.cotswold.gov.uk
email: press@cotswold.gov.uk
Twitter: @CotswoldDC @CDCBizmatters

Release date: 11 January 2017

Waste and recycling collections might be affected by adverse weather tomorrow

The latest update from the Met Office indicates that kerbside waste and recycling collections in Cotswold District might be affected by adverse winter weather tomorrow (Thursday 12 January).

Nevertheless, residents should present their waste and recycling for collection as usual tomorrow (by 7 am at the latest) and the Ubico crews will aim to collect wherever possible.  If Ubico cannot carry out collections, residents should leave the waste and recycling at the kerbside and it will be picked up as soon as practicable.

The crews are still working in line with the revised Christmas/New Year timetable and will resume normal collections on Monday 16 January. This means that the arrangements until then are as follows:

Normal collections due on Wednesday 11 January will be made on Thursday 12 January

Normal collections due on Thursday 12 January will be made on Friday 13 January

Normal collections due on Friday 13 January will be made on Saturday 14 January.

As the crews are already out on Saturday, there may be scope for them to collect from any properties which might be missed due to adverse weather.

Commenting on the situation, Cllr Sue Coakley, CDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said:

“We always try to keep disruption to a minimum, as we know any delays in collections can be very frustrating for residents. However, the Council has to consider the health and safety of the Ubico crews – and the public – when assessing whether they can make collections.  We will issue further bulletins if the weather deteriorates and we will also provide information via our website www.cotswold.gov.uk , the media, and social media.”

Any queries regarding the Council’s waste and recycling services should be referred to the CDC Waste Hotline on 01285 623123.

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