Welcome
to the official website of the Parish Council of Ashby St
Mary in Norfolk.
It provides
not only the records of the Parish Council's proceedings,
but also more information about Ashby St Mary including its
features, history and much more. The Parish Council
hopes visitors to this website find it an interesting
and informative experience. Most documents in this website open in .pdf format which
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LATEST PARISH COUNCIL NEWS
(This replaces the update of 19th September 2017 - To
view previous updates, click HERE)
A
QUICK LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THIS RELEASE:
- The parish council has a new clerk Jayne Casey
- see below
- The draft minutes for the last meeting (22nd March
2018) have been published - see below
- A casual vacancy still exists for a parish councillor
- see on the HANDBOOK page or HERE
- For details of the Thurton and Ashby PreSchool
Playgroup Playground Project and its funding aims,
see below
- News from the Village Hall Management Committee
- see below
- Parish rainfall figures have been updated
Please take note of the REMINDERS
(if any) shown below the Latest News Section.
LATEST NEWS
New Ashby St Mary clerk The parish council extends a warm welcome
to its new clerk Jayne Casey. Jayne, who was appointed
in March, lives in Ashby so has a good background
knowledge of the parish - an ideal situation for
an incoming clerk. It is hoped she enjoys many happy
and interesting years of service!
Proposed Boundary Changes aka "Community Governance
Review" The parish council chairman successfully
argued Ashby's case at the South Norfolk Review
Committee meeting on 29th November 2017, for Ashby
St Mary to remain independent and not to merge with
Thurton. This followed the survey of Ashby households
carried out by the parish council in which 91.25%
of the responses received supported independence.
The Review Committee then withdrew its proposal
to merge the parish councils. The recommendation
was due to be ratified in February 2018. When last
checked this had still not taken place. Your parish
council is watching the situation closely. The details
of the survey were displayed in the previous Latest
News section of the website and can be found in
previous updates (see the link at the top of this
section).
Next
Parish Council meeting The next meeting is due to be held at the
Ashby & Thurton Village Hall on THURSDAY
17 MAY 2018 commencing at 7.30 p.m. The
draft agenda appears below and is therefore subject
to amendment.
Parish Council Meeting Minutes The draft minutes of the last (22 March
2018) meeting can be found in Latest Minutes
on the MANAGEMENT page.
Thurton & Ashby Playgroup Project (TAPP) At the parish council meeting in March,
Bridie Mickleborough, on behalf of the Thurton and
Ashby Playgound Project, explained the plans of
the Thurton & Ashby Preschool Playgroup for
a new park to replace the existing one in the playing
field at the village hall. A sub-committee under
the umbrella of the Village Hall Committee had been
formed with a view to oversee the project, including
fundraising towards a total of £65,000. Grants
are available which has resulted in the Preschool
Playgroup aiming to raise £10,000. £4500
has been raised so far. The hopeful completion date
is the end of this current year. The support of
Ashby St Mary parish council was sought which the
council was pleased to give.
Messages from the Ashby & Thurton Village Hall
Management Committee - There
is now an up and running Facebook page for the Village
Hall.
Future fundraisers are 19th May - Fish and Chips
Quiz, tickets £12 each - see below; November
(date TBA) - Yule Disco.
2019 is the 50th Anniversary of the Village Hall,
so a fete is planned to include the community. £2K
was received from the Tesco Bags scheme, which is
being used to update the kitchen. Quotes are currently
being sought and this will be completed with local
support. The 100 club almost has a full
takeup.
The Village Hall is working closely with TAPP.
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ASHBY
ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
NEXT MEETING - Annual Parish Meeting
at the Ashby St Mary & Thurton Village Hall on THURSDAY
20 APRIL 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
D R A F T A G E N D A
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 21st April
2017
3. Chairman's Report
4. Financial Report
5. Parish Council Website
6. Neighbourhood Security / Ashby Update Service
7. Police Report
8. Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate
9. County Councillor's Report
10. District Councillor's Report
11.
Ashby and Thurton Village Hall and Playing Field Committee
report
12. Village Organisation Reports including -
Church; BYRUS; Cricket Club;
PreSchool Playgroup; Women's Institute; Tree Warden; Footpath
Warden
13. Any other business to note for future Parish Council
Meetings
The Chairman and members of the parish council cordially
invite you to attend the Annual Parish Meeting
Date meeting notice published: 7th April 2018
Parish Clerk: Jayne Casey
Parish Office: 1 Hill House, Mill Road, Ashby St Mary,
Norfolk NR14 7BN Tel: 01508 480162
Email: clerk.ashby@gmail.com Website: www.ashbystmary.org.uk
ASHBY ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
NEXT FOLLOWING MEETING - Parish Council Meeting
at the Ashby St Mary & Thurton Village Hall on THURSDAY
17 MAY 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
D R A F T A G E N D A
1. Apologies
2. Declaration of Business and Pecuniary Interest
3. Minutes of the meeting held on 22nd March 2018
4. Matters Arising from the minutes of 22nd March 2018
5. Correspondence - tabled separately
6. Finance – tabled separately
7. Planning Applications – tabled separately
8. Report from Representative on Village Hall Committee
9. Web Site
10. Neighbourhood Security and Heating Oil Syndicate
11. Public Consultation including reports from County
and District Councillors
12. Other Matters for future agendas and items for information
The Press and Public are warmly invited to attend
Parish Clerk: Jayne Casey
Parish Office: 1 Hill House, Mill Road, Ashby St Mary,
Norfolk NR14 7BN
Tel 01508 480162
Email: clerk.ashby@gmail.com Website: www.ashbystmary.org.uk
Meeting dates for 2018 -
11th January; 22nd March; 19th April (Annual Parish Meeting);17th
May; 12th July; 20th September; and 22nd November.
(All Council Meeting Minutes are available to be accessed
from the Management
page. The Correspondence, Accounts and Planning list for
this meeting can be found in the appropriate section on
the Management page. All Council Meeting Minutes can be
inspected at any reasonable time by appointment with the
Clerk.)
Reminders
Unless stated otherwise, all parish council meetings now
commence at 7.30 p.m. [replacing the former 7.45 start
time].All meetings are of course available
for the public to attend.
Latest News Until otherwise advised all Latest News will
appear on this Home page so make a note to check it regularly.
For speedier access in the future why not add the link
to this Home page to the Favourites folder of your Internet
Browser? Latest News for approximately the previous
12 months from the date of the Update above can be found
in Latest News Archive on the Management page.
ASHBY ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
PUBLIC NOTICES
In line with statutory provisions, formal notice of forthcoming
Parish Council meeting agendas, latest meeting minutes
for public view and every parish election aredisplayed
on each of the Council's three noticeboards - at the junction
of Mill Road and Mill Common; the junction of Sandy Lane
and Spong Lane; and close to the junction of Chapel Lane
and Chapel Road.
DIARY (including other Meetings or Events held
in the Parish or that may interest Ashby St Mary residents) - 2018 PARISH COUNCIL
MEETNG DATES
- 11th January; 22nd March; 19th April (Annual Parish
Meeting); 17th May; 12th July; 20th September; and 22nd
November.
Unless otherwise stated, all Parish Council meetings take
place at Ashby & Thurton Village Hall commencing at
7.30 p.m.
Click HERE
to show the location of the hall. Always check Latest
News for advice of meeting date/time changes.
- ASHBY ST MARY FUNDRAISERS
Fish and Chip Supper
- Saturday 19th May 2018
Hosted by members of the Ashby & Thurton Village Hall
Management Commitee, the evening will start at 7 p.m.
and includes the meal, a quiz and raffle. Please bring
your own drinks.
Tickets are just £12 each, available from Carol
Powell on 01508 480089.
Proceeds go towards the maintenance of the Ashby &
Thruton Village Hall.
There are currently no / no other Ashby St Mary fundraising
activities or announcements concerning Ashby St Mary which
the Parish Council has been requested to advertise.
OTHER INTERESTS Ashby St Mary Cricket Club Details about the club, and
any other information provided by it, can be found on
the Handbook page.
When issued, a fixture list for the current season will
be found on the Handbook page.
For those interested, the Club has a Facebook page.
Ashby Broadband Speed Test In a bid by the parish council to assist the
Better Broadband campaign for rural Norfolk, Ashby residents
are asked to test their broadband download speed. Residents
undertook tests in 2015 - but we need more! If
you live in Ashby and are willing to help for the first
time (or to check your speed again) just carry out the
very simple test following steps 1 - 4.
1. Click on this website link http://www.speedtest.net/
(For consistency only this site is being
used)
2. When the speedtest page opens, click only on 'Begin
Test'. (Suggestion - ignore any other messages inviting
you to do a computer check or other function) 3. Wait a minute or so until the short test has
finished. This will have occurred when you see the figures
stop measuring 'Downlaod' and 'Upload'.
4 Make a note of the 'Download' figure, the time you did
the test and email the details HERE
For your interest the last reported download speed test
figure achieved by a resident was 6.33
Mbps.
ASHBY HEATING OIL SYNDICATE Do
you use Domestic Heating Oil? If so, why not join the
Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate?
It’s free to join and you could make real savings.
· Your parish council has set up the Ashby Heating
Oil Syndicate.
· The Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate makes worthwhile
savings for residents after compiling a bulk order.
· It works! The syndicate’s bulk order regularly
saves 2 – 4p per litre over a typical 1000 litres
amount.
· Come and join the increasing number of residents
who have already benefited.
· This is a free parish service.
· Like to know more? Email webmaster@ashbystmary.org.uk
for a fact-sheet.
- This is an Ashby St Mary Parish Council initiative
for serving the local community.
RECOMMENDED - A useful site that includes oil price trends
between one week and five years ago can be found HERE.
ASHBY HOMEWATCH / ASHBY WEBSITE UPDATE SERVICE
Ashby's Homewatch service is provided free and is available
to any resident.
For more information, please go to the HOMEWATCH page
on this website.
The Ashby Website Update service is also included as part
of its free service and is available to any Ashby resident.
If you know an Ashby resident who you think should join
this free information service, why not tell them about
it?
All that is needed is for the recipient to email a few
requested details.
The Parish Council's homewatch representative does the
rest - keeping residents informed when a Police Connect
alert message affecting our area has been received, when
our parish has been updated, plus occasional news of the
Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate.
Messages are usually issued once per month. For full details
look on the HOMEWATCH page.
This is a free parish service.
Contact the webmaster (click on the Contact Us tab near
the top of this page) for a fact-sheet.
This another Ashby St Mary initiative for serving the
local community.