Parish News

Good afternoon,

20mph consultation
Don’t forget that the consultation is now live and can be found at Gloucestershire County Council page Various Speed Limits (20, 30 & 50 MPH) – Slimbridge, Stroud | Highways; and information on this can also be found on Slimbridge Parish Council page at Slimbridge Road Safety Group – Slimbridge Parish Council
Any objections, support or general representations to the proposal together with the grounds on which they are made must be sent in writing to ADL Traffic & Highways Engineering Ltd, ADL House, Oaklands Business Park, Armstrong Way, Yate, BS37 5NA or emailed to info@adltraffic.co.uk no later than the 12th June 2026. (Please quote reference 5227-135)

Solar Farm
The Slimbridge Solar Farm panel is looking for a new member, if you are interested, please drop the Clerk an e-mail and names will be pulled out of a hat at the June Parish Council meeting (15th June). Applications for the solar farm will open at the beginning of August with the deadline of 16th October for applications to be received by.

Annual Council Meeting
Slimbridge Parish Council held the annual meeting of the council on the 18th May and Cllr Mike Stayte was voted in as Chairman with Cllr John Cullimore as Vice Chairman. All Councillors have designated roles looking after various aspects of the parish, and this is available on the Councillor section of the website.

Warm Homes Local Grant Scheme
Severn Wye are working on behalf of the Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire local authorities who have government funding available
📢 Fully-funded energy-saving improvements for homes in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire
🏡 Funded by the government’s Warm Homes Local Grant.
To benefit from a home upgrade grant, you must: live in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire, have an inefficient home (EPC rating of D, E, F, G) and total household income under £36,000 per year.
 ‘I’m very grateful to have received the grant and I hope others will take advantage’, this local resident’s home was fitted with solar panels and an air source heat pump.
This scheme will provide:

• Expert survey, report and recommendations for your home
• Fully funded energy-saving upgrades
• Improvements such as insulation, heating, renewables
• Support for you and your household at each step

Check if you qualify for a FREE home upgrade grant and save on your energy bills 💸
👉 Call 0800 500 3076 or visit severnwye.org.uk/upgrade
*subject to eligibility

20mph Traffic Road Order
The Parish Council has now been informed that the Traffic Road Order public consultation for the 20mph scheme in the parish will take place from 21st May – 12th June 2026.
We won’t have the paperwork in until a couple of days before when the Gloucestershire County Council legal team will send it out. We will publish this on the website Slimbridge Road Safety Group – Slimbridge Parish Council, and the Parish Council Facebook page, and send out on e-mails to those who are signed up (please sign up from the front page of the website if you wish to receive the Parish Council e-mails and encourage others to do so if they wish to hear of local information)

Parish working groups
As well as the Road Safety Group, we also have other working parties should you be interested in joining any of them, these include Flooding working party and Biodiversity working party. Please contact the Clerk if you would like to find out more and be part of these too.

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Local Government Reorganisation Consultation
The government is running a public consultation on Gloucestershire’s Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) proposals.
The consultation asks whether the proposals for either a Single Unitary, Two Unitary (East / West split) or Two Unitary (Greater Gloucester City)  :

• Are based on sensible geographies and economic areas
• Will deliver the outcomes described in the proposals
• Are the right size to be efficient, improve capacity, and withstand financial shocks
• Will enable stronger community engagement and support devolution
• Will deliver high-quality, sustainable public services that meet local needs

The government will use the responses to help assess which option best meets the criteria for effective local government.
The consultation will run for seven weeks from Thursday, 5 February. The link for this can be found: Proposals for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire – GOV.UK

Please do take the time to respond

STW and parish flooding
The Parish Council now have a flood working group set up with Cllrs and volunteer parishioners. We have made new links with STW who are trying to now have better communications. They have been invited to attend the Annual Parish Meeting and bring various advice leaflets. One of the things being stressed is that ALL flooding incidents, no matter what, MUST be reported. whether that be in the roads, gardens, toilets etc. This will then help build up a bigger picture for them and move Slimbridge issues up their priority list. The link to report is: Wastewater services | Contact us | Help and Contact | Severn Trent Water Videos and photos of issues happening at the time are also appreciated as they can’t be there straight away at times to see. there are a number of ways to report – phone, text, WhatsApp,

Parish Council news
20mph Traffic Road Order is still with Gloucestershire Highways and we are waiting for the public consultation date which we will publish as soon as we know.
Cllrs proposed and resolved to set the precept at £75,740 which is an increase of £5,070.00. This equates to a 7% increase, and for a Band D household equates to £10.41 per year increase (87p per month or 20p per week). Budgets, alongside the general running of the Council, will be for IT and data security, playing field management and pavilion projects, recycling and waste bins as part of changed legislation, Devolution as more work may come down from this to Town and Parish Councils, and continued work on flooding aspects in the parish such as ditches and culverts. The increase comes after the freezing of the precept last year.
The Council is also at the very early ideas of considering a mural on the wall in the playing field to brighten up this space, and look at grant funding for this.
The Neighbourhood Development Plan will also be under review considering any impacts Government Housing numbers may have on Stroud District and in turn within Slimbridge.
The Parish Council will be letting the grass grow in the back areas of the Churchyard again this year, so please do look out for the varying biodiversity this brings with it.
The Annual Parish Council meeting will be on Monday 13th April with the hall opening from 7.15pm and the meeting starting at 7.30pm

Just to let everyone know that the next Parish Council meeting is on Monday 9th February, not the 16th for this month.

Parish News

Good morning

Thank you to those who were able to attend the Gloucestershire highways open event on the proposed 20mph scheme in the Village. We hope to hear on the next phases after the 21st November, and will continue to keep you all updated.

Upcoming Road closures
Please be advised of the following closure: Tyndale Road, Slimbridge
This road will be closed (as per the attached plan) from 16/12/2025 to 18/12/2025 to allow for sluice valve and chamber rebuilding work by Severn Trent Water.
Emergency and pedestrian access will be maintained.
If you should require further information please email streetworks@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Tyndale Road Closure plan

Warm Homes Local Grant Scheme
📢 Fully-funded energy-saving improvements for homes in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire 🏡 Funded by the government’s Warm Homes Local Grant.
To benefit from a home upgrade grant, you must: live in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire, have an inefficient home (EPC rating of D, E, F, G) and total household income under £36,000 per year.
 ‘I’m very grateful to have received the grant and I hope others will take advantage’, this local resident’s home was fitted with solar panels and an air source heat pump.
This scheme will provide:

• Expert survey, report and recommendations for your home
• Fully funded energy-saving upgrades
• Improvements such as insulation, heating, renewables
• Support for you and your household at each step

Check if you qualify for a FREE home upgrade grant and save on your energy bills 💸
👉 Call 0800 500 3076 or visit severnwye.org.uk/upgrade
#SevernWye #WarmHomesLocalGrant #EnergySavings #HomeUpgrades

Gloucestershire Highways 20mph public drop in consultation

Good morning,

Gloucestershire Highways are wishing to carry out a drop in session to consult on the 20mph proposals before they put out their official consultation. This is an early chance to look at the proposed plans and give any initial feedback for them to consider, with the aim of making the official consultation go smoothly.

This will be held on Thursday 6th November at Slimbridge Village Hall from 3-7pm. Please see the below links to information on this consultation. Please note this is a Gloucestershire Highways consultation and therefore comments are best directed to them using the e-mail provided. The Slimbridge Road Safety Team will also be available on the day as we work with Highways on this project.

20mph consultation invite letter

Proposed map of speed reduction roads

Please do pop along on the day to give feedback on this scheme.

Kind regards
Helen Dunn, Parish Clerk

Parish News 4th September 2025

Good afternoon,

The Parish Council are busy with a number of things presently.

St John’s Road culvert
The culvert on St John’s Road where there is a blockage, causing flooding of property gardens and St Johns Road in heavy rains, will be repaired this month. This will cause some minor disruption on the pavement whilst the works take place, but the long term benefits will obviously outweigh this. The Parish Council and Gloucestershire Highways are paying for this as a one off goodwill gesture with future maintenance and responsibilities to be sorted.

Planning applications
The Battery Storage planning application will now go to Stroud District Development Control Committee in October, and the Parish Council will make representations. The Parish Council are still waiting for the planning application for Wild Goose Lodge.

Playing Field
The Parish Council are also in the process of getting the playing field assessed to see how this can be managed going into the future. Cllr Steve Tilley is seen below digging out for soil samples. reports are expected soon and then Cllrs can look at options for maintenance.

St Johns Churchyard
Cllrs and volunteers also took part in a working party this morning at the Churchyard making sure that the listed tombs and other graves are kept free of brambles. We are looking at having regular dates for this and would love to have more volunteers involved. Cake is always available! Below is Cllr Anna Butcher clearing a cross at the entrance.

Solar farm Fund
Finally, if you are part of a community group undertaking any projects or activities, don’t forget to look at the Solar farm Fund for opportunities to apply. Details are on the Parish Council website at: Solar Farm Community Fund – Slimbridge Parish Council. Applications are now open with a deadline of 17th October.

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Battery Storage planning applications
Slimbridge Parish Council had their planning meeting last night, where the Battery Storage application has come back again as a new Variation application which is the same as the previous Variation application that has gone to appeal.
So this means that the applicants have a current application at Stroud District Council (S.25/1339/VAR) which the Parish Council have resolved to object to, and request that it is called into the Development Control  Committee; the applicant also has the previously refused application (S.25/0713/VAR) going to appeal. Therefore if you commented on the previous application through Stroud District Council, then you will now need to go to the new application to submit your comments again.

Churchyard working party
We are planning another working party date at St Johns churchyard on Thursday 4th September at 10am. If anyone would like to join us it would be much appreciated. Please bring gloves and any small tools to use. If you would like to let me know if you can join, then I can plan for the jobs we need to carry out.

Upcoming roadworks
Please find attached letter and map regarding the upcoming works on CAMBRIDGE LAYBY OFF A38 GLOUCESTER starting 20th August 2025.
Road closure for Spray Injection Patching.
Cambridge Layby letter
Please find attached letter and map regarding the upcoming works on ELMCOTE LANE CAMBRIDGE  starting 21st August 2025
Road closure for Spray Injection Patching
Elmcote Lane letter

Churchend Roadworks

Good morning all,

I have had notification that the roadworks planned for Churchend, Slimbridge will now take place on the 28th – 30th July.
Road closure map
This is due to works by Severn Trent Water

Kind regards
Helen Dunn, Parish Clerk
07943 894637