Community Café Events
The community café is raising money throughout March and April, to support St Andrew’s school’s Year 6 camp in May. It will be donating a minimum of £750.
On Friday 5 April the Police PCSOs will be at the cafe from 11am till 1pm if you want to have a chat or have your bike security marked.
Land And Building To The East Of Brinsea Batch Congresbury North Somerset
Date | Mon 26 Feb 2024 |
Application Type | Minor material amendment to planning permission 21/P/1783/FUL |
Development | Minor material amendment to planning permission 21/P/1783/FUL (extension of existing building and erection of a detached car port/store (amendment to approval ref: 19/P/1146/FUL – Change of use from agricultural to tourist/holiday accommodation)) to allow for an increase in ridge height from 2844mm to 2990mm; alterations to fenestration to allow additional windows/doors in the front (east) elevation; and reconfiguration of internal layout. |
Methodist Church News
Author’s talk by Fredrick Petford Tuesday March 26th
Congresbury Singers Concert
Congresbury Singers “A Celebration of Classical Music” concert, Sat April 13 @ 7.30 @ St Andrews Church Congresbury – tickets £12 (inc refreshments)
Tickets available from PO, Re-Store or on the door.
Opportunity for allotments.
Good news about the Millennium Green!
The Environment Agency drop in event in the Old School Rooms on 23rd February brought good news for the village. The plans for the Green have been abandoned. No trees will be removed, the Green will stay its present size and construction will take just a month, not 18 as originally planned. The Environment Agency will do some minor work along the rhyne and lower the river embankment in the field beyond the Green to improve drainage. They also promise to reinstate/repair the path from the car park to the Green after the work has been done this summer.
Geology talk: The making of the Mendip hills
A 250 million year, 7000 km journey from the southern tropics across the equator into the northern latitudes.
When: Thursday, 28th March at 7.30pm
Where: Methodist Hall, High Street, Congresbury BS49 5JA
Geology-talk-28-march-DRSoup & Puds Lunch
Thursday 21st March
Soup & Puds lunch in the Methodist Church Hall in aid of Children’s Hospice South West, 12.00 to 1.30.
Home made soup, bread roll, homemade pudding, custard, tea or coffee £5.
Raffle, produce stall, homemade cakes, jams etc for sale.
Bereavement Peer Support Group
The Yatton and Congresbury STAR group has moved! Now at:
Where: Congars Cafe, 1 Broad Street, Congresbury
When: 3rd Monday of every month, 2pm – 4pm. Starting Monday 18th March.
For more info please contact congarscafe20@gmail.com
NEW_STAR_POSTERYACWAG Newsletter
Star Inn Rhodyate Hill Congresbury BS49 5AJ
Date | Tue 13 Feb 2024 |
Application Type | Retrospective Planning Permission |
Development | Retrospective planning application to retain area of new external customer seating sited in existing car park, along with new timber picket fencing, new timber entrance arbour, new festoon lighting and support posts, and sections of new timber fencing forming enclosures to various areas around the site, and new festoon lighting and support posts to the eastern side of the site. |
Methodist Church News
Free Talk – Current Trends in the local Housing Market
Congresbury Youth Partnership’s Code Club
Congresbury Youth Partnership’s Code Club for young people aged 8 to 16 restarts after the half-term break on Monday 26th February.
The club runs every term-time Monday from 3.30 to 6pm at Congresbury Youth Club in the Riverside Car Park. Please drop in at any time to any session to find out more, or to get one off help with coding or basic electronics projects. First session is always free, after that we charge £1.50 per week to cover electricity costs. Contact Alex@congsyp.org.uk for more details.
Atea Wind Quintet Concert
7 Yew Tree Park Congresbury BS49 5EP
Date | Fri 02 Feb 2024 |
Application Type | Full Planning Permission |
Development | Minor material amendment to planning permission 21/P/0470/FUH (demolition of existing garage and proposed erection of a single storey side extension) to allow for a smaller side extension with flat roof |
Hill Cottage Rhodyate Hill Congresbury BS49 5AQ
Date | Wed 31 Jan 2024 |
Application Type | Full Planning Permission |
Development | Demolition of existing house and erection of a replacement dwellinghouse |
Brendon Cottage Wood Hill Congresbury BS49 5AF
Date | Tue 30 Jan 2024 |
Application Type | Full Planning Permission |
Development | Proposed erection of a carport/garage to the South-East of the application site. |
House-builder pledges volunteers to honour Congresbury’s kindest village legacy
To mark Random Act of Kindness Week (11th to 17th February) and Congresbury’s legacy of once being crowned the kindest village in the UK, a house-builder is pledging to help the local community.
Bovis Homes, which is building homes locally at St Congar’s Place, enables staff to take two annual volunteering days and a team will be donating their time this year to serve the village.
Natasha Palmer, head of sales, said: “Congresbury was once dubbed the kindest village in the UK – after the community showed many acts of kindness – and we’d love to pledge our support to the village too.
“We will provide a team of volunteers to work in Congresbury for a day and members of the community can apply for their help, which could be anything from painting sheds, gardening, litter picking, cleaning etc.”
If you have a club, organisation, community building, school or charity that requires an extra pair of hands then you can apply for support by emailing kindcongresbury@bovishomes.co.uk before 8th March with the following information:
- Contact details: your name, email address, telephone number
- Name of the community project and its address
- Details on what work is involved
- Any photos to support your application
Natasha added: “The volunteering day will take place this spring, once the applications have been assessed and we’ve ascertained which projects we are able to help with. Congresbury is a fantastic place to live with a thriving community and we’re pleased to honour its kindest village status and celebrate Random Act of Kindness Week. We’re looking forward to rolling up our sleeves and getting involved!”
Theft from a motor vehicle
A van was broken into whilst parked on Venus Street, Congresbury, at some point between the 31st January and the 4th of February. Returning to the Ford Transit in silver, it became apparent that the suspect had drilled a hole through the side door to gain entry, where inside it does not appear anything was stolen.
Any information, CCTV images, please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference number: 5224030242 stating NHW. Or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Thank you for your support.
theft-from-vans as-van-security-general-1A film presentation “Concorde – First to Last”by Peter Gibbs – February 22nd
Thursday 22 February at 7:30 pm at the Methodist Hall, High Street, Congresbury BS49 5JA
Tickets £4 from Congresbury Community Library.
Please note that this is not the talk advertised. Unfortunately our intended speaker for February has had to postpone so we are showing a film- Concorde – first to last. It tells the story of this iconic plane from its inception to it final flight into Filton Airport
Concorde-First-to-Last-poster-1Theft from a Garden Shed
A garden shed was broken into between the 2nd and the 5th February in Bristol Road, Congresbury. The method of entry has not been disclosed, however once inside a purple tandem bicycle, lawn mower and strimmer were stolen from within.
Any information, CCTV images, please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference number: 5224030950 stating NHW. Or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Thank you for your support.
Please see this previous post for advice on how to secure your sheds / garages.
Theft from a Shed / Nursery
A shed was broken into overnight on the 3rd February in Wood Hill, Congresbury. The suspect levered off the lock securing the shed door, where inside several chainsaws were stolen together with a hedge trimmer.
Any information, CCTV images, please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference number: 5224030117 stating NHW. Or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Thank you for your support.
sheds-and-garages-1Police Warning on Telephone/Courier Fraud
The Police has informed us that recently a resident in Somerset took a phone call from a man pretending to be a Detective Constable who falsely claimed their debit card was being used by someone else. He said they would hear a bleep and then should dial 999 – in reality the fraudster would hold open the phone line and would not be connected to police but instead would still be talking again with the fraudster or one of their accomplices.
Fortunately, they realised it was a scam and told the fraudster they would hang up and go to a local police station to report it – which we are grateful they did.
However, we are aware of other incidents recently in which people have received similar calls including from fraudsters claiming to work for the ‘Fraud Department’.
Earlier this month another Somerset resident was encouraged to check the legitimacy of an officer by calling 999 – again the phone line was held open, so they remained on the call with the fraudster and did not come through to our control room like they thought.
The victim was encouraged to withdraw thousands of pounds in cash from the bank to supposedly assist with a criminal investigation and was later asked to hand it to a courier who would take the bank notes away for analysis, after giving a pre-agreed password.
The courier attended the residents address in an estate car promising the money back within a few days, but when that date passed it became clear it had been a scam and reported what had happened.
What you should know:
“No police officer will ever ask you to hand over money, sensitive banking information or valuables to help with any criminal investigation.”
That is the message we want people to share with friends and family following several reports recently of fraudsters pretending to be police officers phoning potential victims.
Attachments:
Existing Agricultural Building Wrington Hill Wrington Congresbury
Date | Mon 08 Jan 2024 |
Application Type | Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 99/0102 |
Development | Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 99/0102 (retention of alterations and extensions to ex-shooting lodge) |