Olveston Parish Council

Vision Statement

Olveston Parish Council aims to provide an active and reliable organisation to meet the needs of the parish through its commitment, awareness of other's needs and effective communications within and outside the area.

It seeks to promote, maintain and improve a good quality of life by efficient maintenance of services and keen oversight of the needs of groups and individuals within the parish by making efficient use of the precept (annual financial allowance). It will also strive to be pro-active in the introduction of measures that will enable the community as a whole to live healthily and safely together.

The council will attempt to maintain strong links beyond the parish, especially with South Gloucestershire Principal Authority, where they will always attempt to represent the interests of the parish.

The council will make regular use of all means at their disposal to inform, and communicate with parishioners so that all councils business is unambiguously represented in the public eye.

Councillors

Chairman - June Lyons	632239
Vice Chairman - Irene Reid	613461
Allen Cogram	614821
Tony Heming	614906
Val Hudspeth	614984
John Spratt	619962
Jane Webb	201640
John Hughes	613754
Andy Clarke	613804

Clerk to the Council: Valerie Tutin	613730
Llyn-Din, The Common, Olveston BS35 4DQ
email: olvestonpc@googlemail.com


Chairmen of Committees:
Leisure and Recreation	John Hughes
Footpaths and Environment	John Spratt
Planning	Irene Reid

Footpaths Warden	Peter Cabban 612689

Council Meetings

You can read the most recently approved minutes of Olveston Parish Council here and the most recently approved minutes of the Council's Recreation and Leisure Committee here.

You can see the agenda for the next meeting of the Parish Council here.

Council News

South Gloucestershire Council has advised us that a short section of Moor Lane in Awkley will be closed from September 2008 for 15 weeks, to allow contractors to replace a weak stone bridge arch. You can read the Council's letter to local residents by clicking here. Work on the bridge started on 29 September 2008. According to an update received on 20th October, the old bridge has been removed and the concrete base has been poured. The next stage started on 11th November, with the lifting in of the culvert units with a crane. The timing of the lifting operation has been arranged with the National Grid who are carrying out a power outage on the affected overhead pylon cables. Carrying out the lifting operation during the power outage should protect the welfare of all involved. It is anticipated that the road will be re-opened to traffic, as scheduled, in late December 2008.

They have provided a map of the affected area and the diversion route which will be in operation. To see the map, click here. The map will take some time to appear. You can use one of the icons above the map to rotate it so that it appears the right way up.

Olveston Parish Matters

Andy Clarke, one of our Parish Councillors, writes regular articles for the community magazine, Meeting Point, highlighting local parish matters. His latest article is reproduced here:

On the face of it there is much to be grateful for living in a Parish like this one. Attractive location, good facilities, great walks and views as well as a good range of interest groups and activities. On top of that we are close (but not too close) to a great shopping mall and foodstores, with a country town nearby too, so what more could we want.

Well, like any community, we also have our problems - mostly out and about. A recent survey of traffic speeds in and out of the area showed up horrific statistics of a high proportion of road users (of course, not all are locals ) exceeding the designated limits on the Tockington Road, Haw Lane, Orchard Rise, the Aust Road and through Olveston itself. We can all perhaps consider how safe we want our local roads to be.

Perhaps even more alarming is the recent increase in anti-social behaviour on our streets but more especially in our parks and play areas indicating, we are forced to suppose, that our youngsters and their friends from further afield are responsible. There has been an outbreak of vandalism to our public property, fences, notices benches etc., all of which have to be repaired at public cost - you and I have to pay for this. If you see any anti-social behaviour and feel unable to deal directly with it please, for all our sakes, report it to the Police - ask for a crime number to make sure that it is logged and followed up. Staple Hill clearing centre can be used (0117 9454127) if you are unable to reach local officers on the numbers they publish. Damage can be reported to the Parish Clerk, Mrs Valerie Tutin ( 01454 613730 ). Let's not ignore this mounting problem but all try to deal with it.

Local activities and organisations were mentioned earlier and many of them display interesting profiles and information on the community website, which you can access on http://www.olveston.com/ or http://www.olvestonandaust.com/ (both take you to the website) if you want to learn more. Perhaps you run an activity that would benefit from similar exposure. You could join up too, so log on!

If there are any issues you would like to raise with the Parish Council, please contact me, Andy Clarke (01454 613804 ), Mrs. Tutin, or any other councillor (contact details above) and we will be glad to receive you.