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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the official website of the Parish Council of Ashby St Mary, 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 Council hopes visitors to this website find it an interesting and informative experience.
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LATEST PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

(This replaces the previous update of 27th April 2013 - to view previous updates, see below)

UPDATED in this release:
- Latest Homewatch / Police alerts and Ashby website update - see Ashby service on the Homewatch page
- Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate
- April rainfall statistics for Ashby St Mary
- Ashby St Mary & Thurton Village Hall Management & Playing Field Committee Chairman's Annual Report - see   Handbook page.
- Reminders - Annual General Meeting details, Annual Parish Meeting details, Thurton Autojumble, Craft Fair with Classic Car Show on Sunday 26th May 2013 and Village Garage Sale on Sunday 14th July 2013
- NEW: Links on the History page for ASHBY PAST and ASHBY CHURCH have been added.
  Further pages for the Churchyard and Ashby Parish Registers are undergoing preparation.
  Parishioners in receipt of the Ashby Update Service will receive a message when each section goes 'live'.

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 significant savings.
· Your parish council has set up the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate.
· It’s an alternative choice to the current AF Affinity scheme the details of which are already on this website.
· The Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate makes savings for residents after compiling a bulk order.
· It works – the syndicate’s last bulk order saved 2 – 4p per litre over a typical 1000 litres amount.
· Join the growing 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.

NEWS
- The Bramerton Group Of Churches Quiz Night took place on Saturday 11th May. Of 15 teams that took part, four   represented Ashby St Mary which clearly helped as one of their teams were victorious. Congratulations!
- The Sausage and Mash night held on Saturday 27th April in aid of the improved facilities at Ashby Church was very   popular and raised over £300. Thanks to everyone who supported the evening and to hosts, Roy and Margaret.

REMINDERS
Annual General Meeting
This is being held on Thursday 23rd May at the Ashby & Thurton Village Hall.starting at 7.00 p.m
CONFIRMED AGENDA
1. Appointment of Chairman – Acceptance of Offer
2. Appointment of Vice-Chairman - Acceptance of Offer
3. Apologies
4. Declaration of Interest
5. Minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2013
6. Matters Arising
7. Finance – tabled separately
    a. Asset Register
    b. Audit
8. Planning Applications – tabled separately
9. Date of next meeting 4 July 2013
Signed………Linda Gray…… Clerk - Date 24th April 2013

Annual Parish Meeting
This is being held on Thursday 23rd May 2013 at the Ashby & Thurton Village Hall.starting at 7.45 p.m. immedisately following the Parish Council's Annual General Meeting which commences at 7 p.m.
CONFIRMED AGENDA.
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 26 April 2012
3. Chairman’s report
4. Financial report
5. Local Development Framework
    a. The Parish Council’s response
    b. An Update
6. Parish Council Website
7. Neighbourhood Security / Ashby Update Service
8. Police report
9. Bulk Buying Oil Scheme
10. County Councillor’s report
11. District Councillor’s report
12. Ashby and Thurton Playing Field Committee report
13. Village Organisation Reports
14. Any other business
The Press and Public are warmly invited to attend
Signed………Linda Gray…… Clerk - Date 24th April 2013

Parish Office: 5 Cedar Drive, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 6LE Tel 07580 796044
(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.)

Sunday 26th May 2013 - Thurton Autojumble, Craft Fair with Classic Car Show
Held at Ashby & Thurton Village Hall, Ashby Road, Thurton Norwich, NR14 6AX
Gates open to public 9 a.m. Entry per person £2, children free.
Details from Keith on 01508 480036 or thurtonautojumble@virginmedia.com
See website at www.thurtonautojumble.co.uk
2012 saw over 40 autojumble stands, over 30 craft fair stalls and over 70 classic vehicles on display. This year's event is expected to be bigger and better.

Sunday 14th July 2013 - Village Garage Sale - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Do you need to de-clutter? To empty your loft or garage? Why not take part in this village sale?
There will be a route map handed out to the public showing participating households, parking and refreshment areas. There's a fixed charge each participating household which will be used for Ashby Church funds - all other money you take is yours.
For more details contact Margaret on 480533 or Eve on 484083

SOUTH NORFOLK LOCAL PLAN - Amendments affecting Ashby St Mary
Your Parish Council is pleased to report that the proposed development at Mill Common is to be reconsidered during a further consultation period with the possibility it will be deleted from the preferred options and excluded from the development boundary. The consultation period ends on 22nd May with a decision being expected in June.
A letter issued to 'consultees' in Ashby was received from South Norfolk DC in March and can be read HERE.
The Preferred Options document referred to above can be found HERE.

Ashby's Homewatch / Website Update Alert service
This free service 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's needed is for a recipient to email the few requested details.
The Parish Council's homewatch representative does the rest - keeping residents informed when a Police Homewatch message affecting our area has been received, when our parish website has been updated, plus occasional news of the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate.
Messages are usually issued once each each month. For full details look on the Homewatch page.
This is another Ashby St Mary Parish Council initiative for serving the local community.

Latest News Archive
To view the previous Latest News items appearing on the Homepage please click HERE

See below for Parish Council News, remaining Parish Council Meeting dates, Reminders, Public Notices, Diary dates plus the weather forecast for our area!

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?

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(If any pages, their contents or links do not function as they should, please accept our apologies and inform us promptly).

Your Parish Needs You!
Do you live or work in Ashby St Mary? Are you interested in your village and its facilities? Do you care about the future of the parish, its residents and the services provided to them? If so, why not offer to be a parish councillor - a vacancy currently exists on Ashby St Mary Parish Council. A councillor should expect to attend 8 evening meetings a year at which a number of surprisingly interesting and varied subjects are discussed.
Be a local representative, be a local voice.
This could be a first step towards your ambition to move in to Number 10!
For more details please contact Linda Gray, the Ashby parish clerk.
See Contact Us (left)

ASHBY ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Council details: Clerk: Linda Gray    Parish Office: 5 Cedar Drive, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 6LE
Tel: 07580 796044   Email: clerk@ashbystmary.org.uk   Website: www.ashbystmary.org.uk
(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.)

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 is displayed 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.

ASHBY OIL BULK BUYING SCHEME

Notwithstanding having its own parish heating oil syndicate, Ashby St Mary is now a parish linked to the AF Affinity Oil Bulk Buying Scheme in place through the Norfolk Rural Community Council. Anyone interested in knowing more can contact Ashby St Mary's Group Co-ordinator, the Parish Council's Vice Chairman, Peter Wright (480142 or email Peter HERE).
Scheme users first need to register.
To do this, complete the NRCC Bulk Buying Registration Form and return it as directed on the form.
Interested persons should be aware that even though one of its councillors is the co-ordinator, the Parish Council is impartial concerning this scheme. The scheme is just one of the usual number of competing sources for oil purchasing. There is an oil-buying guide for Ashby residents HERE.
RECOMMENDED - A useful site that includes oil price trends between one week and five years ago is to be found HERE. It shows the lowest price per litre in 2011 was during January and August, while in 2012 it was the end of June.

DIARY (including other Meetings or Events held in the Parish or that may interest Ashby St Mary residents)

- 2013 PARISH COUNCIL MEETING DATES
Thursday 24th January 2013;
Thursday 21st March 2013;
Thursday 23rd May 2013 (Annual General Meeting followed by Annual Parish Meeting);
Thursday 4th July 2013;
Thursday 19th September 2013;
Thursday 21st November 2013.
Unless otherwise stated, all Parish Council meetings take place at Ashby & Thurton Village Hall commencing at 7.45 p.m. Click HERE to show its location. Always check Latest News for advice of meeting date changes.

- ASHBY ST MARY FUNDRAISERS - draft fundraising programme of events

Sunday 14th July 2013 - Village Garage Sale - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Do you need to de-clutter? To empty your loft or garage? Why not take part in this village sale?
There will be a route map handed out to the public showing participating households, parking and refreshment areas. There's a fixed charge each participating household which will be used for Ashby Church funds - all other money you take is yours.
For more details contact Margaret on 480533 or Eve on 484083

There are currently no/no other forthcoming meetings or events in Ashby St Mary which the Parish Council has been requested to advertise.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
- ASHBY ST MARY & THURTON VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
New 100 Club
Ashby & Thurton Village Hall Management Committee have announced a new 100 Club. It offers a chance to win a monthly cash prize while also fundraising to support the Village Hall.
To find out if any of the 100 numbers are available, or for more details contact the VHMC Vice Chariman, Keith Lincoln, on 01508 480043 (evenings).   The 100 Club application form (which includes its rules and regualations) can be found HERE .

There are currently no/no other forthcoming meetings or events in Ashby St Mary which the Parish Council has been requested to advertise.

- ASHBY ST MARY CRICKET CLUB
Details about the club, and any other information provided by it, can be found on the Handbook page.
For those interetsed, the Club has a Facebook page.

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