A reminder for the Community hedgehog event taking place at the pavilion on Friday 27th September at 3pm with a cake sale. Come along and see how to look after the hedgehogs in our gardens, and raise funds for Wildhogs Hedgehog Rescue Centre
The St Johns tombs project is soon to begin at the beginning of October, so there will be a conservation company on site carrying out the various works required to each of the 24 tombs. The railings and gates are also part of this project to be repainted and revamped, which will have some disruption on the road as traffic management will be required to do this works. Information will be published and updated regularly on the website, social media and via e-mails. There will also be information on the project inside the church where you can pop in and see what is happening. We plan to have an open event on Friday 25th October from 12-4 where you can come and see information on the project, plus Biodiversity plans for the churchyard and parish from the Parish Council and also about the church itself and its activities. Refreshments will be available too. Save the date and pop along. You’ll also be able to speak with the contractors as they work on some of the tombs. Some of the tombs will need the tops lifting off, some just re-pointing and others collapsed and re-built, plus ones that are currently laid down will be rebuilt. At all times, please be aware of the health and safety procedures in place whilst works are occurring and don’t get too close – they are heavy structures! Thanks goes to the recent volunteers who came out to help find some of the tombs that had become overgrown with brambles. We hope to have more working parties like this as other graves are also overgrown and it was very satisfying how quickly work got done by the group and what was achieved. This project is made possible through the National Heritage Lottery.
The Stroud Local Plan is currently open for further consultation on the items raised by the Inspectors. Those who commented on this previously can comment again on the new information supplied. This can all be found on the Stroud District Council website.
There is a planning application in currently for Wild Goose Lodge at the Patch to become a school / educational facility. The Parish Council have objected to this mostly on grounds of detrimental impact to highways in this area and through the village. The Parish Council have requested this goes to Development Control Committee. If you wish to comment on this, please go to Stroud District Council planning page to give your views.
The Road Safety Group continue to meet with Highways on looking at reduction of speeds in the parish and are having speed surveys done in a number of locations to assist in moving this forward.