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Death of Lady Eyleen Cotter

Sadly, Lady Eyleen Cotter passed away on Sunday 26th January in Weston Super Mare. She lived in the village until 2014, with her husband, Lord Brian Cotter. Brian was MP for the constituency that included Congresbury from May 1997 to May 2005. Brian passed away in 2023.

Eyleen’s funeral will be held on 27th February at 1pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Baytree Rd., Milton, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8HQ and then at 2:30 at the Crematorium. All are welcome to either service,

Trinity Singers

Local choir, Trinity Singers, will be presenting “Kirchenmusik”, an evening of lyrical and uplifting works by Schubert and Rheinberger at St Mary’s Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH, at 7.30 on Saturday 22nd March.

The concert, featuring beautiful sacred music from either end of the C19th, will be conducted by their Musical Director, Andrew Tyrrell, and accompanied by Alison Blundell.

A poster showing that Kirchenmusik: A concert of 19th century sacred choral music

Code Club Vacancies

The Code Club run at Congresbury Youth Club has a few vacancies for new members.

You can apply by dropping in to Congresbury Youth Club between 3.30 & 5.30 in term time.

Smallway Medical Centre Planning Application Update

We have been sent the following message with a “Briefing Note” by OG Group acting for Mendip Vale Medical Practice:

MR50004-Smallway-Briefing-Note-Nov24

Land At Well Park Congresbury

DateTue 22 Oct 2024
Application TypeTree Works
DevelopmentA group of trees (TPO refs – T9, T10 and G3), including sycamore, willow and poplar growing along the southern border of 24 well Park. These have been historically managed as pollards at 2.5m and now have regrowth between 10 and 15m. 2) A group of 3 willows (TPO ref – G2) to the rear of 24 Well Park includes a tree that is twin stemmed from base with a heavy lean towards the garden to the east. Tree to be pollarded to 7-8m and then managed as a pollard on a cyclical basis. 3) A smaller tree in this group (TPO ref G2) is directly impacting a wooden structure within the neighbour’s garden. To be coppiced to ground level and managed as such to ensure no future structural issues.

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