The popular village coffee mornings will resume on 8 September at 11 am and thereafter every first WEDNESDAY in the month from 11-1 in the Reading Room

The coffee mornings are sponsored by Avon Dassett Parish Council.

A planning application that proposed to build two large houses on farmland adjacent to the Grade II listed, historic house of Avon Carrow was refused by Stratford District Council on 18 August. Avon Carrow was built by Cecil Boyle at the end of the nineteenth century. It was bought by the Profumo family in 1926 and it was from the Carrow that John Profumo escaped the press when the spy scandal was exposed in 1963.

The planning officer at Stratford recommended that the application be refused on two grounds:

1. The placement of new residential development outside of the existing settlement pattern detracted from and confused the legibility of the established characteristics of the village Conservation Area. The proposal, thus would negatively affect the existing experience of Avon Carrow as the dominant element within the landscape on the south east side of the village. As such, harm would be caused to the buildings’ special historic and architectural interest and the development would therefore fail to preserve the setting of the Listed Building.

2. The proposal would introduce residential development into an open and green agricultural setting and not be sensitive to the Special Landscape Area.

In proposing the motion to support the planning officer’s recommendation and refuse the application, Councillor Louis Adam (Long Itchington and Stockton) said that he had to take into account the numerous objections from local residents. Councillor Bill Fleming(Bidford West and Salford) who seconded the motion noted that over 20 objections had been received which was striking for such a small village.

The proposal to refuse the planning application was carried by 6 votes to 2.

There will be a pleasure ride around the farmland of Avon Dassett on Thursday 19 August at 6 pm. Meet at Oxbow Farm, Avon Dassett. Cost: £20

Our next pop-up market will be on Saturday September 4th, 0930-1130 at The Yew Tree.

Support these great local businesses!

• Hippy Hare eco products
• Lindsey Pickering leather goods
• Napton Water Buffalo meat, cheese and ice cream
• JRB Creative watercolour art and gifts
• Frellies dog biscuits and doggie ice cream
• Gillian at Kcarers4carers crafts
• Kate Enock biscuits
• Claire Bennett crafts
• Megan Coy cakes
• Woolly Wonders crafts
• Avon Dassett locally grown fruit and veg (pick up some locally grown produce and give a donation to the air ambulance)
• Nicky Jones @thecraftstudiokineton
• Barry Allaway Cruises (Cruise with Barry)
• Marsh Melts luxury candles
• Adrienne Obard crafts
• David Hicks plants

The Yew Tree will be serving breakfasts and the Shack hot drinks, ice creams and smoothies.

The market is supporting Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance

Come and have some Summer fun at Avon Dassett Village Social on 29 August at 3 pm.

There will be a village rounders match (runners provided!) followed by a BBQ (please bring your own food and drink, BBQs will be provided for cooking food)

Coventry and Warwickshire councils, health services and the community and voluntary sector want to commemorate the lives lost to COVID-19 by considering memorials in locations around the county for people to go to reflect on the past year and look with hope toward the future.  As these spaces will be for the community, we want to know what you think about this idea? 

Please let us know by completing this short form by Sunday 8 August 2021: https://forms.office.com/r/A4S1NMVCvN

Free lateral flow home test kits are available in Avon Dassett.

To obtain one please contact 07860 702749 or covid19@avondassettparishcouncil.com