KEYNSHAM IN BlOOM AS THE SEASONS MOVE ON

KEYNSHAM IN BLOOM

AS THE SEASONS MOVE ON

s we say goodbye to the Town’s beautiful hanging baskets, the In Bloom volunteer A team move on to other projects. We recently, undertook a morning of litter picking and weeding of the Keynsham Railway Station which is now looking much smarter. The troughs on the platform have been planted up with ‘berries and cream’ hyacinths and these are soon to be joined by ‘berries and cream’ pansies. Our volunteer teams have been out planting up our estate shopping centre planters (Chandag Road & Holmoak) with winter bedding plants. The main planters on the High Street and Temple Street are to receive their winter bedding soon.

The Crown in the park is looking much brighter too with its colourful pansy bedding. Over 25 hours of volunteer time have already been spent on the Pocket Park, in memory of Dee James. They had weeded and removed bags of bind weed and brambles, created a colourful flower bed on top of one of the walls and In Bloom have appointed contractors to work on improving the lawn.

Recently, some fantastic troughs were installed, these were planted up by Barry and Susie from

Keynsham Mencap Group.

The troughs and plants were kindly funded by B&NES Ward Councillor Lisa O’Brien from her Ward Councillors’ Empowerment Fund.

In the next month or so, they will be installing two further planters, a bed of Remember Me Roses and a very special bench in memory of Dee.

COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

LEVY - SUGGESTIONS SOUGHT FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS

WHAT IS CIL

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a new tariff system that allows B&NES to raise funds from developers to contribute to the costs of providing some of the infrastructure needed for new development and to mitigate the impact of the increased number of homes/residents.

Unlike S106 money, CIL money does not need to be used for providing infrastructure on the site it is collected from.

The proportion given to Keynsham Town Council is known as a “meaningful proportion” and for areas where there is no Neighbourhood Plan in place, this equates to 15% of CIL receipts from development within the Town/Parish area up to a maximum of £100 per Council Tax dwelling per annum.

However the proportion will rise to 25% once the Keynsham Neighbourhood Development Plan is approved by referendum and, with the future plan for the Keynsham North new development, this could represent a substantial additional sum of CIL money being received by Keynsham providing the Neighbourhood Plan has been “MADE”.

What is the Town Council doing with its CIL?

The Town Council has already received a considerable amount of CIL over the last 3 years in response to the ongoing developments at Hygge Park and along Charlton Rd. Some has already been spent/allocated (e.g.£24k for Kelston Park play area, £40k for the Heritage Action Zone project in the town centre). However, in 2019 the Town Council also agreed to allocate up to £10,000 per year from the Town Council’s CIL receipts towards small value projects suggested by the community.

What can CIL be spent on?

CIL cannot be spent on just any old project – it must be spent on projects that satisfy one of the criteria below:

A) the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure; or

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SMALL COMMUNITY PROJECTS - CALL FOR SUGGESTIONS

The Town Council is therefore launching a suggestion register and is asking the community planting sites around the area. Tree planting is just one of the objectives the Council had to help meet our Climate Emergency target of being carbon neutral by 2030. Unfortunately, our tree planting project is currently on hold due to Covid-19 restrictions, but we are still preparing to start planting as soon as we can. The Environmental and Sustainability Committee of Keynsham Town Council which is made up of Councillors and community representatives is currently working on a strategy and project plan on how, to achieve this and improve our local environment. This follows on from the hugely successful Environmental showcase day that the to make suggestions on possible projects to be included as part of the budgets being drawn up for the next two years. A suggestions/application form is available from the Town Council by emailing deputytownclerk@ keynsham-tc.gov.uk or contacting the office on 07904 161097.

Remember the suggestions have to relate to improving physical or social infrastructure to help mitigate the increased demands that new development places on the Keynsham area. So whether this is some new play equipment, improving rights of way or a small project to benefit your local neighbourhood then please submit your suggestions to the Town Council for

TOWN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT AND

SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

eynsham Town Council (KTC) would like to thank everyone who has suggested tree K

consideration. Council organised in March. This event brought together many of the wide-ranging groups in the area already working to improve the environment and an opportunity to show how people can get involved. The Council has also increased the grants this year that community groups can apply for to support their environmental work and projects.

“We all need to work together and play our part in reducing our impact on the planet. We are lucky to have many fantastic groups working on reducing use of plastics and green sustainable energy for example already working in our community.” said Cllr Alan Greenfield, Chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Committee. “Keynsham Town Council will continue to help facilitate, support and cooperate in all environmental matters to become carbon neutral by 2030.”

NEW LOOK FOR UPPER MEMORIAL

PARK TENNIS/MULTISPORTS COURTS

he Keynsham Upper Memorial Park multi use/tennis courts are going to be closed T for refurbishment from February 2021. The Town Council is therefore only taking limited bookings until the end of December

The Town Council currently leases the multi-use from Bath and North East Somerset Council on a short-term lease following the expiry of the longterm lease in 2018.

B&NES have been working with the LTA over recent years to develop a plan to increase usage of the public tennis courts across Bath and North East Somerset. The objective is to refurbish a number of facilities across the area and then to put in place an operational model to drive participation in tennis and ensure that enough income can be derived to ensure a sustainable future for the new facilities.

The LTA has identified Keynsham Memorial Park within the top 1000 parks in the UK for demand and has a predicted unique usage of in excess of 1,000 players per annum which would make the courts well used. The plan is to refurbish the courts to bring them up to up to Lawn Tennis Association standards which will mean resurfacing the courts.

Although plans have not yet been finalised, it has also been proposed that one of the four courts could remain available for multi-sport use (such as netball and football) whilst the other 3 become dedicated tennis courts.

The works are being funded by the B&NES Council from a combination of CIL and grant funding from the LTA and Sport England together with a contribution of £7,500 from KTC.

between now and the end of December, please ensure appropriate risk assessments are supplied with any booking requests to the Town Council and that they comply with the COVID guidance issued by the respective sports association for team training/matches and any Government advice operating at the time.

Please send your requests to admin@keynsham-tc.gov.uk or ring the Town Council office on 07904 161097

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Additions to the weekly schedule since the last edition of the Keynsham News include the weekly Western League Football show which covers the progress of Keynsham Town FC and eight other local teams that are in the KTCRfm area, including Bitton, Brislington, Cadbury Heath and Oldland Abbotonians – the Western league covering west country football from Dorset to Plymouth.

Another welcome addition is the weekly Phil Gibbon’s What’s On Review covering all kinds of events in the Bristol and Bath area.

Due to lock-down and social distancing the KTCRfm staff have met together just once since the station began in January – and yet not one programme has been dropped or missed during the whole period. All communication and programme making is electronic, although never envisaged the production style has been totally successful.

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Anybody interested in working in radio, either in presenting or producing should contact KTCRfm in the same way. For those with enthusiasm there will be ways round the current restrictions. KTCRfm has also been part of a pioneering local radio national project promoting radio drama. The Connections series of radio dramas broadcast over August, dealing with lock-down and social isolation have now been booked by the BBC for Radio 4 broadcast in November. But you heard them on KTCRfm first – or could have! Subsequently KTCRfm broadcast further radio dramas under the title of Radio Zummerzet during October. The next project has to be radio drama written and produced in the KTCRfm home area. Budding playwriters are welcome to contact the station.

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TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES FINALLY REFURBISHED!

t has not been an easy 18 months for the Town Council. The offices at 15-17 I Temple Street had to be evacuated in April 2019 owing to the contamination with dust and noise from the Riverside construction works, followed by 3 separate water leaks over the summer, again as a result of the construction works.

So last year, the administrative staff had to work from the B&NES Civic Centre which meant residents needed to visit the library (or ring the temporary number 07904 161097) in order for the staff to meet with them to deal with their enquiries face to face. The offices were finally in the process of being refurbished when the country entered COVID Lockdown in March and the majority of office staff have been working from home since then (although you may have seen the Clerk or Deputy Town Clerk working in there throughout the course of the pandemic and residents have been able to visit the office by appointment if required). Our grounds maintenance staff have been out and about every day during the pandemic looking after the green spaces and Cemetery whilst the Youth Workers have been offering on-line activities for

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Please note that the door will remain closed so you will need to ring the (new) doorbell to gain entry and, in order to protect everyone’s health, any visitors will be required to use hand sanitiser upon entry, keep socially distant and to wear a mask at all times. Maximum two visitors at a time.

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OTHER WAYS TO CONTACT THE TOWN COUNCIL

BY TELEPHONE:

You can still contact the staff by telephone on 07904 161097 as follows:

Monday to Wednesday 8.30-5pm Thursday and Friday 9am to 3pm

The existing main landline number 0117 986 8683 still connects to an answer phone and messages are picked up on a regular basis and responded to. A new landline number will be published shortly once the new phone system has been installed.

BY EMAIL

• For general enquiries please email deputytownclerk@keynsham-tc.gov.uk

• For sports bookings and Winter Festival enquiries please email admin@keynsham-tc.gov.uk

• For Cemetery enquiries please email reception@ keynsham-tc.gov.uk • For Health and Safety issues or Complaints please email townclerk@keynsham-tc.gov.uk

CONTACT YOUR TOWN COUNCILLOR

A LIST OF Town Councillors contact details by Ward is provided in every edition of Keynsham News (see page 39).

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REPORT A PROBLEM? NEED TO PAY A BILL? NEED TO MAKE A BOOKING?

HERE’S WHO TO CONTACT

Many enquiries the Town Council receives are in relation to services provided by B&NES (e.g. waste collection, council tax, planning, highways and parking or environmental issues). A full list of activities and services dealt with by each Council is detailed below together with further details on the current COVID-safe arrangements to contact B&NES.

Keynsham Town Council Services

• The Town Council is responsible for numerous services and amenities on a local level, that benefit the town and residents including:

• Keynsham Cemetery - Including chapel and burial grounds • Allotments - 128 plots at the end of Park Road

• Street Furniture & Bus Stops - Including some notice boards, benches, bins and bus shelters

• Play Areas & Play Equipment - Upper Memorial

Park, Park Road, Lower Memorial Park, Downfield,

Kelston Road, Teviot Road, Holmoak Road,

Manor Road

• Basketball Facilities - Teviot Road, Manor Road,

Park Road and Kelston Road

• Football Pitches & Pavilion - Manor Road Playing

Fields

• Memorial Park Floodlit Multi-Sports Court - Including tennis, 5-a-side football and netball facilities

• Skate Park - In Memorial Park

• Grants to Help Local Organisations - £20,000 for general grants and £10,000 for environmental projects Town Council has the opportunity to comment on planning applications within the Keynsham area before they are considered by the Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Planning Committee

• Events - Including the Keynsham Winter Festival,

Bandstand Concerts and Keynsham Business

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• Youth Service - The Town Council offers a full programme of centre based and outreach sessions for young people aged 11-19

Bath & North East Somerset Council services

Keynsham is under the jurisdiction of Bath & North East Somerset Council which is responsible for many of the council services in the town, including:

• Parking & Travel - Including applications and renewals of blue badges and parking fines

• Rubbish & Recycling - Including rubbish collections

• Planning & Building Control - Including planning permissions and applications

• Schools, Colleges & Learning - Including admissions, school closures, term dates & SEND

Partnership Service • Council Tax & Benefits - Including paying council tax, tax bands, benefits and welfare support • Library & Information Services - Including reserve library items, print services, room hire and exhibition space

• Streets & Highway Maintenance - Including roadworks, street lighting, pavements, highways drainage, litter, street care and cleaning

• Housing - Including finding a home, energy advice and landlords

• Adult Social Care & Health - Including substance abuse, disability, mental health and available support

• Children, Young People & Families - Including adoption, fostering and help with SEND

• Leisure & Parks - Including most of Keynsham

Memorial Park and other Green Spaces in

Keynsham (not including play areas, Memorial

Park Tennis and Football Courts and Manor Road playing fields)

• Trading Standards - Including business advice, consumer advice, health & safety at work and food standards

• Tourism & Heritage - Including museums & attractions, Discovery Card and visitor information

• Public Health - Including the latest health messages and One You health help

• Environment - Including asbestos, flooding, pest control, climate emergency, pollution, trees and woodlands, ecology and biodiversity and green infrastructure

HOW TO CONTACT B&NES

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT B&NES WEBSITE

www.bathnes.gov.uk

BY TELEPHONE

Council Connect

BY EMAIL

01225 394041

councilconnect@BATHNES.gov.uk

IN PERSON

One Stop Shop, Keynsham Library All of B&NES One Stop Shops are currently providing a limited service until further notice. This includes: • Card or cash payments at our self-service machine

• Dealing with essential Welfare Support enquiries

One Stop Shops are no longer taking cash payments during the Coronavirus outbreak. To see other payment options view our Pay for It section.

KEYNSHAM LIBRARY - NEW OPENING ARRANGEMENTS

Keynsham Library reopened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020, for customer browsing and collection of reservations, from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. There will be some changes in place to protect public health, and these are as follows:

• Main library areas will be available for browsing following social distancing protocols

• Face coverings are required in our libraries, unless you have a special exemption, in line with the latest government guidance on face coverings. • The number of people entering the library at any one time will be limited

• Public computers and self-study areas will remain closed

• Books should be returned through designated drop-boxes at the entrance to the Library

• Follow social distancing protocols

• Use the hand sanitisers provided

B&NES KEYNSHAM WARD COUNCILLORS

There are two B&NES Ward Councillors for each of the three keynsham Wards, East, North and South. Contact details are as follows

Councillor Hal MacFie Liberal Democrats Keynsham East

43 Manor Road, Keynsham, BS31 1RB Home: 0117 986 3590 Home mobile: 0778 643 6656 Work: Hal_MacFie@bathnes.gov.uk Home: hal@halmacfie.com

Councillor Andy Wait Liberal Democrats Keynsham East

109 Manor Road, Keynsham, BS31 1SF Home: 0117 986 7389 Work: Andy_Wait@bathnes.gov.uk

Councillor Vic Clarke Conservative Party Keynsham North

c/o Conservative Group Room, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW Home mobile: 078 5577 6598 Work: Victor_Clarke@bathnes.gov.uk Councillor Brian Simmons Conservative Party Keynsham North

82 St Ladoc Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2EN Home: 01179 096596 Home mobile: 0785 5631 844 Work: brian_simmons@bathnes.gov.uk Home: simmonsconsultancies@hotmail.com

Councillor Alan Hale Conservative Party Keynsham South

Member Advocate for Safer Roads 91 Lays Drive, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2LD Home: 01179 837923 Work: alan_hale@bathnes.gov.uk Councillor Lisa O’Brien Conservative Party Keynsham South

Vice Chair of the Council The Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW Home mobile: 07867906163 Work: Lisa_O’Brien@bathnes.gov.uk

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PARISH COUNCILS’ AIRPORT ASSOCIATION

eynsham Town Council have agreed a sum of £2000 towards the legal fees to help K the Parish Councils’ Airport Association fight the appeal against the planning decision not to permit expansion of Bristol Airport.

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YOUR TOWN COUNCILLORS

Keynsham Town Councillors are elected to help you.

If you have any problems or want action taken on a local issue which concerns you contact one of your local Councillors below.

Andy Wait Liberal Democrat East Tel: 01179 867389 Email: andy.wait @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Dave Biddleston Labour South Tel: 0117 9870081 Email: dave.biddleston @keynsham-tc.gov.uk David Brassington Liberal Democrat North Tel: 0117 9867876 Email: david..brassington @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Caitlin Brennan Liberal Democrat East Tel: 01179 863905 07557 223037 Email: caitlin..brennan @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Charlotte Buxton Keynsham South Tel: 07886 739906 Email: chartlotte.buxton@ keynsham-tc.gov.uk

Deb Cooper Independent North Tel: 01179 864203 07564 155944 Email: deb.cooper @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Tony Crouch Independent South Tel: 01179 864648 07717 471265 Email: tony.crouch @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Clive Fricker Independent East Tel: 01179 869250 Email: clive.fricker @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Alan Greenfield Liberal Democrat East Tel: 07757 673492 Email: alan.greenfield @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Andy Halliday Liberal Democrat East Tel: 01179 865735 Email: andy.halliday @keynsham-tc.gov.uk

Andy McGuinness Labour North Tel: 07815 163036 Email: andy.mcguinness @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Hal MacFie Liberal Democrat East Tel: 01179 863590 07786 436656 Email: hal.macfie @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Brian Simmons Independent Tel: 01179 096596 07855 631844 Email: brian.simmons @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Allan Sinclair Independent South Tel: 01179 865658 Email: allan.sinclair @keynsham-tc.gov.uk Jonathan Wallcroft Labour South Tel: 07464 798073 Email: Jonathan.wallcroft @keynsham-tc.gov.uk