See report below on the status of The Aspirational Plan for The Hall from Chairman Jim Walton, and a request for volunteers to help with the final touches to the Playing Field this Sunday April 13th from 10pm
Message from Jim Walton, Hall Chairman:
‘Work on delivering the Aspirational Development Plan for the land behind the Hall and the Playing Field continues. With safety of the young ones in mind a picket boundary fence has been built around the playground equipment to keep any temptation to run onto the road at bay.
Further tidying of brambles has been carried out thanks to a few willing volunteers and most of the concrete posts and rotten timber fence has been removed to the former boundary between the Hall land and the Playing Field. Volunteers are needed this Sunday 13th, from 10am for an hour, to finish off with seeding the grass to the bare area. It is hoped that this will soon green up to give the intended appearance of a single community facility.
A planting scheme is to be put together for the autumn, however the most expensive parts of the development plan we hope to be able to commence soon after the Cherington & Stourton Show (1st Saturday in August, don’t forget). This will hopefully include additional car parking to the rear of the Hall and land drainage for both fields so that they are less waterlogged particularly in the winter. Fund raising will be necessary to achieve the objectives set out in the development plan, so donations will be gratefully received. More on this in due course.‘
There will be an Extraordinary meeting of the Cherington and Stourton Joint Parish Council at The Hall on Thursday March 27th at 7.30 pm.
AGENDA
To accept apologies for absence.
To record declarations of interest.
Public Forum
An opportunity for members of the public to make representations relating to the business to be transacted.
The time for each member of the public to speak is limited to 3 minutes.
Please advise the Parish Clerk by Wednesday 26th March if you wish to speak.
Matters arising
Planning application 23/00597/FUL – Land adjacent to St Johns Road, Cherington Eastings 429184 Northings 23676 – Erection of 8 no. Local Need Dwellings and associated works.
Local Walk Led by the Cotswolds Wardens from The Hall at 10.00 on Thursday March 20th
On Thursday 20th March, the Cotswold Wardens are leading a 5.5 mile walk, meeting in The Hall car park.
Open to all, the walk starts at 10am and heads to Margetts Hill and Weston Park. Allow 3.5 hours.
Please wear good footwear and bring refreshments for a snack stop en route.
A £1/vehicle donation to The Hall is welcomed.
The Cotswold Wardens walks are free, but if you wish to make a small donation at the end, the money goes to the Countryside Fund and is used for things such as putting in kissing gates.
Dogs are not allowed on the walk, unless an assistance dog.
If you wish to get in touch, please call Angie on 0781 550 3186
Community Meeting Convened by Local MP to Discuss Flooding and Sewerage Issues to be held at The Hall on Friday March 14th from 13.00 – 14.30
Our local MP, Manuela Perteghella, invites all residents of the local villages to a community meeting at The Hall on Friday March 14th from 13.00 – 14.30 to discuss the serious flooding and sewerage problems affecting our area.
Items for Discussion Include:
Sewage Flooding
System Overload
Public Health Risks
Housing Development Concerns
Representatives from Severn Trent Water, the Environment Agency and Local Flood Authority will also be in attendance.
A message from the organisers of the first professional theatre night last Saurday at The Hall:
‘A HUGE thank you to all who came to The Hall on Saturday night for our first professional theatre night. We hope that you had a great evening!
“Old Herbaceous” was an absolute treat, thanks so much to Giles Shenton Productions!
We really enjoyed bringing this to our community in and around our parishes! Thanks also to our wonderful volunteers, without whom we couldn’t stage events like this.
Put Saturday 14th June in your diaries now – our next theatre night sees GSP presenting “Into the Breach”. Written and performed by Mark Carey, this is another absolutely fantastic show!’
Cherington and Stourton Village 