BISHAMPTON AND THROCKMORTON PARISH COUNCIL
PARISH COUNCIL NEWS: JUNE 2004
Councillor Vacancy
Your Parish needs you! If you are passionate about Bishampton or
Throckmorton, or both, and can give up just one evening a month, why not become
a Parish Councillor? There is currently a vacancy. The Parish
Council has an annual budget of £23,000. The PC supports community
groups and local businesses. Councillors promote what is best about
the parish and, when necessary, campaign against unwarranted and
unwanted developments likes the super camp for asylum seekers. And we
get the grass verges cut! If you are interested please call Anne
Boocock on 462551 or the Chairman, Eric Carter on 462847.
The vacancy arises because of the lamentable resignation of Annette
Bufton. Annette has done Stirling service for the community for the
past five years. She will be sorely missed.
Dog Bins
On a more humdrum note, more poop-and-scoop dog bins will be making
their appearance soon. There was such enthusiasm over a "buy one, get
one free" offer from Wychavon Council that the Parish Council decided
to buy four receptacles. If you feel strongly about where the bins should
go, let us know.
Highways
Several Parish Councils had a moderately successful meeting with the
Highways Partnership recently. The roads agency admitted that there
had been a funding bias towards A roads in past years. However, now
they were going to concentrate more on B and C roads. The long-term
deterioration of road surfaces is not confined to our parish and the
list of works to be done is long. The Highways Partnership assured us
they would be looking at our black spots as soon as possible. In
particular, Hill Furze road might soon get a visit from their new Tar
Jet machine, which fills holes 10 times faster and ten times cheaper.
Let's hope the patches don't fall out ten times faster too. The
message was keep them informed of pots holes (preferably Xs on maps)
and we are more likely to see action.
Grass Cutting
The grass-cutting contract has been extended to cover the new area behind
the Villages Hall at £5 per cut. Money well spent on the overspill car
park.
Rupert Segar