Date | Fri 05 Apr 2024 |
Application Type | Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension |
Development | Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a flat roof that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.95 metres; 2) have a maximum height of 3.51 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.40 metres high. |
Congresbury Scout Hut Mill Lane Congresbury BS49 5JE
Date | Tue 27 Feb 2024 |
Application Type | Tree Works |
Development | Oak – crown reduce by 1m |
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. |
YACWAG Cobthorn Reserve Work Party – Sun 10th March
When: Sunday, 10th March, 10-12am
Where: Cobthorn Reserve, junction of Cobthorn Way & Furnace Way, Congresbury
Hedge planting – 200 whips free from the Woodland Trust. All welcome. Sorry, no dogs and children must be always under close supervision. Please bring your own refreshments, work gloves and a spade if possible although YACWAG will have a few to lend. For more info email contact@yacwag.org.uk
YACWAG Cobthorn Reserve Work Party – Sat 2nd March
When: Saturday, 2nd March, 10-12am
Where: Cobthorn Reserve, junction of Cobthorn Way & Furnace Way, Congresbury
Preparation for hedge planting (next weekend) and a bit of tree/shrub planting as well. All welcome. Sorry, no dogs and children must be always under close supervision. Please bring your own refreshments, work gloves and a spade if possible although YACWAG will have a few to lend. For more info email contact@yacwag.org.uk
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. |
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. |
A 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-1Existing 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) |
Challacombe 5 Pauls Causeway Congresbury BS49 5DH
Date | Tue 09 Jan 2024 |
Application Type | Tree works |
Development | Leylandii (T1) – Crown reduction by up 2mtrs to side only over neighbours boundary |
2 Church Farm Station Road Congresbury BS49 5DX
Date | Thu 21 Dec 2023 |
Application Type | Full planning permission |
Development | Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey extension in place. |
Trinity Singers
YACWAG – Jan / Feb 2024 diary dates
Saturday 6th January: Window Wanderland workshop for youth group leaders. 10am – 12noon Yatton Library, High Street, BS49 4HJ and 3 – 5pm Congar’s Cafe, 1, Broad Street, Congresbury, BS49 5DG. Please email contact@yacwag.org.uk to attend.
Saturday 13th January: 10am – 3pm Trees for Climate planting day. Cobthorn Reserve, Congresbury, BS49 5DS. Please bring a spade and work gloves. Let us know you are coming by emailing contact@yacwag.org.uk.
Sunday 14th January: as above, reserve date in case of bad weather or work unfinished.
Thursday 25th January: 7.30pm for 7.45pm start at the Old School Rooms, Station Road (A370) Congresbury, BS49 5DY. “The Belmont Project” – an illustrated talk by Gil Martin, about the local regenerative farming project.
Thursday 15th, Friday 16th and Saturday 17th February: 5.30 – 8.30pm. YACWAG’s Window Wanderland on the theme “Nature as our Neighbour.” Please decorate your street-facing window and leave the lights on to help create an illuminated walking trail for the community.
Thursday 22nd February: 7.30pm for 7.45pm start at Horsecastle Chapel, Horsecastle Farm Road, Yatton, BS49 4QQ. “Round YACWAG’s Reserves” – an update by Richard Croucher. Illustrated talk suitable for those new to YACWAG and those who heard the previous talk some years ago.
Alzheimer’s Society Events
Methodist Church News
Greens win in Congresbury
The Green Party’s Dan Thomas has won the Congresbury & Puxton ward on North Somerset Council.
Thomas polled 831 votes, well ahead of the Lib Dem’s David Hayes and Conservative’s Colin Knott who both had 232 votes. Labour’s Paul Doolan had 91 votes.
Long Live King Charles the Third
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Soups & Puds
Thursday 23rd March, Methodist Hall, 2 High St, Congresbury.
Soup and Puds lunch in aid of Children’s Hospice South West. £5. Homemade soup, bread roll, homemade pudding and tea or coffee.
Raffle; cakes and preserves for sale.
Bluey day trips to Cribbs Causeway and Wells
Police – Be alert for courier scams
Police are advising that in 2021 alone, 3,625 people across the country were victims of courier fraud with loses totalling more than £15.2 million.
An analysis of data from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has highlighted four modus operandi (MOs) that are now more commonly being used by fraudsters:
– Bank card expiry: Fraudsters claim to be from the victim’s bank and say their card is no longer valid. The scammers ask for the pin number and then send a “courier” to collect the card before using it for fraudulent purposes
– Purchasing high end items: The suspects pretend to be police officers and ask the victim to help with an undercover operation by purchasing expensive items like watches, jewellery and gold. Once the item is bought, the victim will hand over the item to the criminals
– Counterfeit cash/ bank investigation: A person claiming to be the police or bank official informs the victim that they need to help with a banking corruption investigation. The victim is told to withdraw a large amount of money and the cash is picked up later by a “courier” to “check for fingerprints or to identify counterfeit bank notes.”
– Computer takeover: The fraudsters telephones the victim, purporting to be from their internet service provider, saying that they have had an issue with their internet connectivity and the victim is due compensation. The victim is persuaded to download a remote access application, giving the suspects access to their home computers. The fraudster persuades the victims into thinking they have been paid too much compensation and the victim then withdraws cash to pay the money back, which is later collected by a “courier”.
If you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, contact your bank immediately and report it to Action Fraud online at police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040.
Clevedon Literary Festival – 9th to 12th June
The More Than Words Clevedon Literary Festival returns for 2022!
Hosted over four days, this year’s Festival will bring music, art, spoken word, film and photography to the forefront of Clevedon’s cultural community.
Tickets Now On Sale!
MORE THAN WORDS is Clevedon’s Literary Festival of poetry, prose, performance, art, music and fun. We will engage the local and wider literary communities in opportunities to share and celebrate the written and spoken word and related art forms for mutual benefit. This will be achieved through high quality readings, open mics, public art, multidisciplinary events showcasing local talent, published authors, nationally recognised poets and performing artists, and fostering creative development for adults, young people and children. For more details https://www.clevedonliteraryfestival.uk/programme-2022/
20’s Plenty for North Somerset
Dear All,
Following the Zoom meeting yesterday evening, the presentation slides are available on Dropbox at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6lo3eg6y5h9un15/20mph%20presentation%20N%20Somerset%20supporters.pptx?dl=0
I also attach a ‘ How to Set Up a 20mph campaign’ leaflet
The advantages of setting up a local campaign for your town or village are that firstly other supporters have a local point of contact where they live, and there is access to the very helpful campaigners-only discussion group run by the national ‘ 20’s Plenty for Us’ organisation. Anyone wanting to find out more about organisations backing 20 mph in North Somerset, ( or elsewhere) then has an easy way to find your contact details via the ‘ 20’s Plenty ‘ website, www.20splenty.org, then going to ‘ Who we are, Local Campaigns and Places’. Please do consider setting up a local campaign. ’20’s Plenty for Us’ provides campaign materials, advice, research and resources, and deserves our support.
A 20’s Plenty for North Somerset Facebook page has been set up, which you are all warmly invited to join and contribute to. It will provide a useful point of contact for sharing ideas. If anyone would like to set up a Twitter or other social media group, please do get in touch. All contributions and comments are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1404083953292502
It was very useful, and much appreciated, to see Cllr James Tonkin and Rob Thomson of NSC Highways at our meeting yesterday, and to hear their views. We now know that there are numerous, probably in excess of 8, Town and Parish Councils who have applied for consideration of 20 mph speed limits, which a Highways Team is working through, at the rate of 1 or 2 a year. Austerity and the pandemic continue to take a serious toll on local authorities country-wide, but fortunately there is Housing Infrastructure and Active Travel funding available to bring in North Somerset traffic schemes, including a speed reduction scheme.
We also know now that the draft policy document on 20 mph speed limits, following the report to the Executive on 7th January 2020, is still in draft. This allows the possibility of a new policy for North Somerset, one which will benefit more towns and villages more quickly, by bringing in an authority-wide policy of 20 mph for residential streets, as many Traffic Authorities in the UK already have. That will be a decision for North Somerset Councillors to make, who will be invited to a separate ’20’s Plenty for North Somerset’ meeting later on this month. This gives us the chance, as supporters of a lower 20 mph limit, to get in touch with our communities and our councillors to spread the word.
Working from the Report to the Executive on 20 mph speed limits which was considered in January 2020, a comparison between that and current government policy,as set out in the Department for Transport Circular 1/2013, has been prepared by a member of 20’s Plenty for Sandford, also attached. Click here for report. This may be useful to you as background, as it talks about the issue of North Somerset Highways’ rejection of wide- area 20 mph limits for our County. We have yet to see the draft policy document from 2020, so that can’t as yet be commented on, but it is expected to follow the Report fairly closely, as that is what was voted on by Councillors.
We are looking forward to hearing from you all.
Sincerely,
Cresten and Ian for
20’s Plenty for Sandford
Tax Refund Scam by phone or email
If you get some unexpected news that you’re owed a ‘refund’ from the Tax Office, it may seem like good news. But, remember that with the self-assessment deadline looming on January 31, fraudsters will be bombarding people’s email inboxes and phones with fake offers of tax refunds. They may also cold call victims, or text or email links which will then take them to a false page, where their bank details or money will be stolen.
Over the past year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has received nearly 900,000 reports from people about suspect contact – including over 620,000 reports from people about bogus tax rebates.
Never give out your personal information or click on links or download information from unexpected emails. If someone calls you out of the blue and makes you feel under pressure, just put the phone down to give yourself time to think. Details of suspect calls or emails claiming to be from HMRC can be forwarded to phishing@hmrc.gov.uk and texts to 60599.
Reliable Carer needed
Friendly, reliable Carer needed for my wonderful mother – who lives between Wrington and Langford. Regular Saturday and Sunday morningshifts available. Car essential.
Responsibilities would include personal care, manual handling and food preparation.
If interested in joining a fantastic small team who help my mum maintain her independence at home, please contact Jess on 07595 024 811 or message me for details.
Young cricketers make most of disrupted season
Talk Postponed
Coffee morning
Anniversary Coffee Morning, in aid of Children’s Hospice South West. Saturday 25th April in the Methodist Hall, Congresbury. 10am to 1pm. £1.00 entry, to include tea or coffee and biscuits. Bedding plants and produce for sale. Tombola.
Aero Modellers Club
Activity | Aero Modellers Club |
Details | Aero Modellers Club meet in the War Memorial Hall on the 2nd Thurs of the month from 8pm |
Contact | Mr Flook | Phone | 07513744962 | Insert |