BISHAMPTON AND THROCKMORTON PARISH COUNCIL
PARISH COUNCIL NEWS: DECEMBER 2004
Council Tax Precept
The element of the Council Tax taken by the Parish Council
is to remain the same. At the annual budget
meeting, parish councillors decided to fix the precept at £14,000 for
the second year running. It was £14,165 the year before.
Bishampton Play Area
The parish council has agreed to take responsibility
for the new play area, when it is built, at the Villages Hall in Bishampton.
A steering group made up of members from the Villages Hall committee
and the Parish Council has been consulting widely on what parishioners want
for the children and
young people in the village. The group will also try to raise grants and
funds to pay for the develop ment. A number of comments have been received
which are being considered.
Wychavon's Planning Department is expected to examine any scheme in detail before construction goes ahead.
PACT Future of Funds
A fighting fund of £2,600 is to be kept ready in
case Throckmorton airfield is threatened again. The
money was originally raised by PACT, the Protest at the Asylum Centre at Throckmorton
campaign
group in 2002. The cash came largely from people in the four affected parishes,
Bishampton and
Throckmorton, Wyre Piddle, Lower Moor and Pinvin, as well as from Pershore,
Evesham and elsewhere. Although the battle was won, parish councillors and
local politicians have been warned there
is nothing to stop the Home Office trying again.
The PACT committee - made up of local parish chairmen and district and county councillors - decided to keep the money as part of the community's war chest for at least five years in case there is another attempt to exploit the airfield. PACT'S constitution will be amended to ensure the money can be used only for the defence of the airfield against nwarranted development.
Going Down the Drain
Parish and District Councillor Malcolm Argyle has been
going down the drain recently checking on the drainage pipes and ditches around
Bishampton. With the help of a lot of equipment from District he's managed
to dig up a number of gardens and says the work was mucky but it needed doing.
Rupert Segar