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Parish Council News
Bury Parish Council Edited extracts from the draft minutes of Bury Parish Council meeting held on 5th February 2020. Councillors updates Road safety - The Chairman reported logging several incidents of potholes via the County Councils online reporting tool. Arrangements have been made for the pavement and road opposite the entrance to the RAF Upwood Dehavilland Gardens construction site to be regularly cleaned in a bid to reduce the amount of loose stones being thrown up by vehicles. New legislation has been received with regards to accessibility for websites, the Clerk confirmed these details have been passed on to askIT for their thoughts on the matter and what can be done to the councils website to improve accessibility for disabled people. 2020 Village Fete - The planning for the event is going well. Initially the uptake of stalls has been slow so another letter has gone out to remind people. The Longhurst Group (clinic site developers) have been approached with a view to sponsoring the dog show. It has been arrangeed for Garden Reclaim to keep the grass cut leading up to the event and the Clerk will also make contact with the Fire Station to request an engine for the day. Straw bales for seating still need to be sourced. The event will be advertised on social media and the Council website.
RAF Upwood development The Clerk and Cllr recently met with representatives from the Longhurst Group, the owners of the Dehavilland Gardens development and RAF Upwood. Conversation was held with regards to suitable pedestrian crossings linking residents of the developments to the village and its facilities. Independent road surveys are being conducted and Longhurst have agreed to share the findings of the reports with the Parish Council. The Parish Council have been asked to consider taking on the maintenance of the green areas within the of the development. The Clerk and garden reclaim have been looking at the development brief to establish estimate costs for maintaining the public spaces, grassed areas and playparks on the site, the Parish Council will have ongoing discussions on this matter before coming to a decision. Current position The latest figures as of the third quarter end of the financial year. ÂŁ20,034.74 of the ÂŁ30,000 annual budget has been spent with a projected overall spend for the year of ÂŁ28,718.08 bringing the council in under budget for the financial year ending 31st March 2020. For more information or to contact the Parish council, visit www.buryparishcouncil.org.uk or you can reach Mike Simpson, Clerk and RFO, by sending an email clerkburyparishcouncil@gmail.com
