LATEST PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

(This replaces the previous update of 5 October 2013 - To view previous updates, see below)

UPDATED in this release:
- Agenda (confirmed) for the next Parish Council meeting. Also the Correspondence, Finance and Planning schedule plus the draft Parish 2013-14 budget document can be accessed - see MANAGEMENT page.
- Update on the Local Plan development
- Collection for village sign maintenance
- Ashby rainfall for October - see HANDBOOK page
- Oil Syndicate alert. Members' minimum order now has now had to be amended, apparently due to a requirement of the 'Weights and Measures Act'. For information and more details about your local Syndicate, see below.
- Interested in finding out more about Bergh Apton Mystery Plays scheduled for 2014? See below.
Please take note of the REMINDERS shown below the Latest News Section

NEWS
The next Parish Council meeting is due to be held on THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER commencing at 7.45 p.m.
The confirmed agenda for the meeting is -
1. Apologies
2. Declaration of Interest
3. Minutes of the meeting held on 19 September 2013
4. Matters Arising
5. Correspondence - tabled separately
6. Village Sign Maintenance Update
7. Councillor Vacancy
8. Finance – tabled separately
    a. Budget Forecast
    b. Precept
    c. Appoint Internal Auditor
     d. Half Year Accounts and Controls and Checks
9. Planning Applications – tabled separately
    - Complaint re Mill Common
    - Local Plan site specific allocation
10. Report from Representative on Village Hall Committee
11. Web Site
12. Neighbourhood Security – Cold Calling
13. Public Consultation including reports from County and District Councillors
14. Other Matters for future agendas and items for information
15. Date of next meeting 23 January 2014

Local Plan Update
The most recent communication to reach the Parish Council (November) from South Norfolk District Council shows the map of Thurton and Ashby no longer has a site highlighted for allocation, confirmed by the statement within it that “no sites have been allocated for development due to a lack of sites that are both suitable for development and deliverable within the Plan period”. This is the confirmation that no sites have been allocated in Ashby or Thurton under the Local Plan for Development. The previously proposed Mill Common housing development is not proceeding.
To see the full statement by South Norfolk Distruict Council click HERE.

Ashby St Mary Village Sign - Maintenance
The Village Sign Maintenance Fund collection has been deemed a success. Donations collected amounted to a figure in excess of that required for the restoration so the overflow has been allocated to the maintenance fund for future work.   The latest position will be reported to the November meeting of the Parish Council.

Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate - minimum order
Ashby's Syndicate buyer has been informed that due to the Weights and Measures Act, a miminimum of 500 litres of domestic heating oil has to be ordered. It is apparently the smallest quantity the delivery lorry equipment now measures. The change has been incorporated into the introduction details of the Ashby Heating Oil Syndicate for anyone wanting to know more about how the Syndicate operates to its parishioners.
A reminder to new Members, to join is free (and the existing Members would be pleased as a bigger bulk purchase should provide them with more purchasing power!)   For more details see lower down this page.

Bergh Apton Mystery Plays
The Parish Council is pleased to accede to the request to give one of its neighbouring parishes some publicity for a 2014 event.  
Bergh Apton is planning an exciting new enterprise in May and June 2014. Visitors will experience a new take on a Mediaeval 'Mystery Play', especially commissioned from writer and storyteller, Hugh Lupton, who created the successful 'A Mighty Water' production held in 2011.
In Mediaeval times every city, including Norwich, had its Mystery Plays. They were rumbustious, community dramas loosely based on bible stories. In York, Chester and Coventry they are still performed and attract huge crowds.
In 2014, Bergh Apton plans not just one but a cycle of four plays set in leafy locations in the vicinity of the village church. Written by Hugh Lupton, each will be performed in a different location, with the audience and cast, led by musicians, being taken on a delightful! meander of exploration through woods and country. The plays are based on the ancient Legend of the Rood and will incorporate stories, current issues, local lore, and local characters being generated by the community in creative brainstorms.
The plays will be directed by David Farmer, who founded! Tiebreak Theatre Company, has stagings around the world and involvement in the Shakespeare Schools Festival, UK's largest youth Drama Festival.

For more information contact Christopher Meynell at c.m.meynell@gmail.com or on 01508 558440
Also see http://www.facebook.com/berghaptonmysteryplays

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REMINDERS

Links for ASHBY PAST and ASHBY CHURCH have been added on the HISTORY page.
  To Ashby parishioners - see whose names and faces you recognise!
  Further pages for the Ashby Parish Registers are undergoing preparation. Parishioners in receipt of the free Ashby   Update Service (see below) will receive a message as these sections go 'live'.

Ashby Homewatch  / Ashby Website Update Service
Ashby's Homewatch service is provided free and is available to any Ashby 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 again 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 a free parish service.
If you would prefer it, email webmaster@ashbystmary.org.uk for a fact-sheet.
This is another Ashby St Mary Parish Council initiative for serving the local community.