Pavement Parking in Abberley

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Dear Parishioners,

It is often brought to our notice that there is a problem with pavement parking in Abberley. It is misguided to think that it is helpful to park across the pavement. It may allow cars to pass unimpeded but it makes it IMPOSSIBLE for pedestrians, people with sight problems and pushchairs and prams to pass safely.
Below you will see the rules about parking as written in the Highway Code. They are advisory but extremely sensible. If it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to park on the pavement please make sure that you leave enough room for a pushchair to pass.

HIGHWAY CODE
244 You SHOULD NOT park on a pavement.
Parking on a pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

LAW GL(GP)A Sect 15
243 DO NOT park
– near a school entrance
– opposite or within 10 metres (32ft) of a junction
– near the brow of a hill
– where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
– in front of an entrance to a property
– on a bend

NB DO NOT instructions are prosecutable whereas SHOULD NOT is advisory

Parish Council thanks for support with comunity litter-pick on Saturday 12th October.

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LITTER PICK
Abberley Parish Council wish to thank all those who turned up for the Village Litter Pick on Saturday 12th October. It was amazing and really heartening to see our merry band of 15 set off to scour the hedgerows and verges for RUBBISH!! What had been forecast as a miserably wet morning actually transformed itself into one of those glorious autumn days where it is a joy to be outside.

Garbed in the ubiquitous high vis vest and armed with what turned out to be rather efficient grabbers we set off determined to give those litter droppers a trouncing.

We collected over 20 bags most of which I am thankful to say were accumulated at the Shaver’s End part of town. Our doughty volunteers did a lot of scrambling around down banks to retrieve some fairly unpleasant detritus. Shame on those who think that it is all right to bag up dog poo in plastic and just leave it lying around. And what makes those guilty parties think that it is all right to throw them into the undergrowth. The least you could do is use a compostable bag! I don’t think there is a rubbish fairy detailed off to collect them as you obviously think there is.

Which brings me to the Litter Angels whose name were whispered. It became apparent on our clearing of the countryside that that there are people who, without being asked, make it their business to regularly patrol our highways and byways collecting litter and debris and perhaps it is to them that we should give the biggest thanks of all.

Worcestershire County Council call out for local contractors to assist with snow clearance.

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Worcestershire County Council utilises local contractors to assist us with snow clearing across the County.
We’re always looking to increase these, as the service they can provide to us is invaluable, especially in assisting in clearing roads to local isolated communities during severe weather. Contractors are assigned to specific zones, based on where they live. This allows us to deploy them at very short notice to augment the gritters

If you are aware of any local farmer, or contractor, with a JCB, or tractor and plough/blade who would be willing to assist us when it snows, please respond to this email with any contact information you may have. We will then contact them directly to discuss it further.

Payment is made on based on their hourly rate for plant and labour.

Please contact below if you are interested.

Theresa Ashley
Worcestershire Highways
Worcestershire County Council
Sixways House
Warriors Way
Pershore Lane
WORCESTER
WR3 8ZE

Tel +44(0)1905 843036
Email tashley@worcestershire.gov.uk

Late Summer Shindig!

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Late Summer Shindig
Abberley Parish Council would like to send a huge thank you to all those who participated in the Late Summer Shindig.
The brilliant band of George Buchanan, fantastic food from The Crunchy Pig and delicious drink from Magic Bars and, last but certainly not least, Paddy Levack, complete with bagpipes, contributed to making it a foot tapping evening – even reluctant dancers were having a go by the end!!
A special thanks must go to Jim Gibson for heading up the whole thing and being a fabulous compere on the night and to Lisa Walker and Sarah Crabbe who were indefatigable in their enthusiasm for making sure the show stayed on the road.
Various clubs and groups active in Abberley produced some wonderful displays advertising what they do; by all accounts there is much in which to get involved.
The biggest thanks go, of course, to YOU – who came, who saw and who danced.

Catherine Knight
Chair – Abberley Parish Council

Apply for a Community Grant up to £20,000 funded by European Social Fund

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Apply for a Community Grant up to £20,000 funded by the European Social Fund
Worcestershire County Council are currently delivering a Social Fund that enables small businesses or charities support inactive individual’s back into further education or employment.
You must be a small business with 49 employees or less or a charitable organisation.

There are specific priority groups that ESF are wanting to target:
 Participants over 50
 Participants with a Disability
 Participants with Ethnic Minorites
 Participants who are Women

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SCHEME PLEASE CONTACT HOLLY ON 01905 843737 OR EMAIL HPITTS1@WORCESTERSHIRE.GOV.UK

CLICK HERE FOR Grants ESF POSTER

 

Malvern Hills District Council Annual Residents Survey- to be completed by 6th October 2019.

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Malvern Hills District Council is currently undertaking its annual Residents’ Survey, which gives people an opportunity to tell us what really matters to them and what they think of local services, including asking what they think our priority actions should be moving forwards. In previous years the survey has been carried out on our behalf by Worcestershire County Council, but for the first time in 2019 MHDC are delivering it in house. This gives us more control over what is included and how the survey is managed.

There is just under a week to go until the survey closes (Sunday 6th October).

MHDC are keen to receive as many responses as possible, particularly from residents under the age of 50 who are also currently under-represented in responses.

Click the link to the online survey https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/MHDResidentSurvey2019/

The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete, although it offers the option to save and continue responses later so that residents don’t have to complete all in one go”.

Abberley Parish Clean-Up, Saturday 12th October 2019- 10am to 1pm.

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Abberley Parish Clean-Up Saturday 12th October 10am to 1pm Start at the village green Abberley Parish Council are organising a village tidy-up.
Help us to give your village an autumn clean!

CLICK HERE for Tidy-Up poster

• Meet at the village green at 10am to collect equipment • Rubbish to be deposited at Village Hall Car Park where it will be collected. • All equipment must be returned on completion to the village hall area or to a member of the council team.
All welcome but children must be accompanied by a responsible adult
We will provide the equipment (high vis jacket and gloves, rubbish bags etc) Please tell us if you’re helping by 4th October.
Council can only support litter picking in 30 mile/hour zones – areas outside this are at your own risk.
Cathie Eberlin 07739 455827
cathie.eberlin@abberley.parish.org.uk

Catherine Knight
catherine.knight@abberleyparish.org.uk

 

Neighbourhood Development Plan Update Report September.

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Abberley Neighbourhood Plan Progress Report.

Councillors Knight and Andrew met with David Clarke of MHDC to brief him on progress to date, share with him the three documents created so far and talk about next steps. This meeting flagged up the current piece of work by MHDC on village categorisation, progress by MHDC on the review of additional sites put forward in the call for sites and the need to identify green spaces within the NP. David Clarke was given copies of all three documents created to date and shared the draft design guidance with the planning officers dealing with the two SWDP sites on Abberley Common.

The final signed off version of the Housing Design Guidance was received from Aecom last week and is now on the PC web site.

Part of the display space at the 21st Sept village Ceilidh event was used to make residents aware of work done to date and next steps.

David Nicholson will be writing the first draft of the actual NP plan in October 2019.

The NP working group will be meeting on 27th November.

All Minutes from the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group are available on the Parish Council Website at

CLICK HERE for Abberley NDP Working Group Meeting Minutes

All documents produced for the Neighbourhood Plan to date are available on the Parish Council website at
CLICK HERE for Abberley Neighbourhood Plan Policies and Documents

A hard copy can be obtained from the Parish Clerk, 1a Church Walk, Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire. DY13 0AL.

Abberley NDP Housing Design Guidelines

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Please click on link below to access the Abberley Housing Design Guidelines.

ABBERLEY PARISH NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN HOUSING DESIGN GUIDELINES