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Parish Council Notes

As a member of the public, you may wonder what happens at Parish Council Meetings. Of course, you can view the minutes of the meetings, but these minutes often contain a lot of routine Parish Council business that may not be of interest to you personally. Also, over the past year the minutes have become increasingly 'filtered' and often miss out important information.

You have an opportunity to attend and observe the meetings from the 'public gallery' and also a chance to ask questions of the Council. However, many of you may not have the time to attend.

We have therefore decided to post on this website as soon as possible after each meeting some meeting notes based on input from those members of the public who do attend the meetings.

• PC Meeting Notes 26th May 2010
• PC Meeting Notes 14th July 2010

Every effort is made to ensure that these notes are accurate; but if you have any issues with these notes you should address to the webmaster via the 'Have your Say' page.

Road Closures NEW

The road between Beckford and Kemerton will be close from 2nd to 8th August 2010 for highway maintenance. Please look at the Parish Council notice board by the Village Stores. Click here for a list and brief details.

News from Parish Council NEW

Following the Parish Council meeting on 14th July 2010, the Parish Council have officially withdrawn all "financial and status" support for this website, even though since October 2009 they have been providing neither - in fact their support for this website has been very negative over the past year.

We have therefore removed the Parish Council page from this website and have provided instead (in the local information menu item) a link to the now 'official' Parish Council website on the Wychavon hub.

This will give the Parish Council the opportunity to keep their documents more up-to-date than relying on the beckford-village.org webmaster to request the documents. This is a great pity, as the residents of Beckford will miss out on the following...

• The ability to see immediately when the new PC documents become available via the 'updates' dynamic menu on every page
• The ability to use the powerful search faculties on this site to use keywords for searching all the PC documents
• Access to all the archived PC documents, unless the PC fully populate their 'official' website.

We will however, whenever possible, continue to publish the Parish Council Notes that will be provided by any of the public who attend the Parish Council meetings and who wish to contribute. The Parish Council Notes will become a permanent feature on this home page (see left). You will be able to send in your comments for inclusion in the notes using the 'Have Your Say' page on this website.

Become a bell ringer

Beckford and Ashton churches are looking for new bell ringers to ring for weddings and the occasional service at the Parish churches. Take a look at the introductory leaflet, and if you want to have a go contact Nick Hopkins on 01386 881711.

New link in early history

While browsing the internet, I came across an interesting website which gives details of the history of 'The Beckford Priory and Church'. I am sure many of you will have already seen the website, but for anyone who hasn't, it is well worth a read. Go to the early history page and follow the link at the bottom of the page.

Housing plans for Beckford

As you are all aware, the new government have changed the goal posts as far as housing plans are concerned. The latest 'Wychavon' magazine, which dropped through our letter boxes recently has more information on the page 23. Also, there is more information on the South Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy website.

Waste collection

Recycling in Beckford is at last much improved. You can now recycle most things in your green wheelie bin. Click here for more information.

Flood presentation NEW

Steve Jorden from Wychavon Environmental Services has created a small presentation about local village flooding. Visit the flood page for more details.

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