A new edition of Stratford District Council’s newsletter, Parish & Partners has been published. It has information on planning, council tax, the core strategy, Stratford Mop Fair and much more!

• Parish and Partners – September 2016

Do you have memories of Southam or Warwickshire?

Do you remember the ox roasts in years gone by, or your school and work
years?

Maybe you recall the windmill or shopping in the High Street?

Join the Our Warwickshire community and share your memories with others who would love to read about them.

If you have a story to tell and would like to learn more come to:

Tithe Place,
High Street,
Southam,
CV47 0HB.

21st September, 2.00pm
FREE refreshments!

The application relating to The Avon (ref 16/01974/FUL) has been withdrawn and therefore will not be considered by the Committee Members tonight (September 14th).

Is your child due to start school in September 2017?

The Dassett C of E Primary School’s Open Day is on Monday 17th October with tours every hour from 9am until 2pm and then in the evening at 5pm and 6pm. No appointments necessary – just come along. If you have any questions please contact Mrs Alison Hine (Headteacher) on 01295770267

Autumn News and Events at Farnborough Village Hall

TAI CHI – Tuesdays 13 Sept, 27 Sept and 4 October 7pm £6 each, qualified instructor, beginners most welcome.

HARVEST SUPPER Monday 3rd October 7.30pm, tickets £8 to include a hot 2 course supper, no speaker and of course the ever popular and lively auction of produce and other tempting items at ridiculous prices.  Call  Fiona on 690039 or Anna on 690723

TABLE TOP SALE Sunday 9th October 11am – 2pm Hire a table for £10 and turn unwanted items into cash or just come along for a real bargain, many well-known brands available. No admission fee. Call Pam on 690170

SKITTLE NIGHT Saturday 15 October 7pm to include hot snack supper £10 per person children under 14 years free. Tickets from Pam, Kathy or Anna

AGM Village Hall – Monday 31st October at 7.30pm. A short meeting to update everyone on the year’s events with wine and cheese after, please let us have your ideas and interests for the coming year, we would love to see you.

CHURCH CAROL SERVICE  Thursday 15th December at 7pm

The planning committee considering the application for change of use of The Avon will be webcast live by Stratford District Council on 14 September and will be available on their archive site thereafter. The link is: http://council.webcast.vualto.com/stratford-council/live-webcast?EventId=16506

The Agenda for the Planning meeting to hear the application for the change of use of The Avon is here. The meeting will take place on 14 September at Kineton High School at 6pm.

There are strict requirements regarding the meeting and who can speak. See information from Stratford District Council below:

Please note that this is not an open forum; it is a meeting of the Councils Planning Committee at which the public is welcome to watch and listen. Questions cannot be taken from the audience and only those who have already registered to speak will be allowed to do so. It is requested that the audience respects the Committee and allows the meeting to progress in accordance with the procedure described below and without interruption. The Chairman will introduce the application which will then be supported by an officer presentation. These will be commensurate with the scale and complexity of the proposal and the level of public interest.

The names of those people who have registered to speak on the application will be called in the following order:

1. Town or Parish Councils; (3 Minutes)

2. any objectors; (3 or 6 minutes)

3. the applicant, their agent, or any supporters (3 or 6 minutes).

If speakers are registered in all three categories, in the interests of fairness time limits will be increased for either the objectors or supporters depending on whether the Parish Council opposes or supports the application. For example where the Parish Council speaks in opposition to the application and objectors are also registered to speak, the Parish Council representative could speak for 3 minutes and the objectors could speak for 3 minutes, therefore to ensure an equality the applicant or supporters would be entitled to 6 minutes.

After each speaker has finished, the Chairman will ask if the Committee has any questions to put to them. Ward Members may then be entitled to address the Committee for up to 5 minutes in accordance with Committee Procedure Rule 11.2. Committee Members will then have the opportunity to ask for further information or clarification following which the debate will be opened up to the Committee. The Planning Officer will be asked to comment if necessary. Finally, the Committee will be asked to take a decision on the application, and this will take the form of a motion from a Councillor to GRANT or REFUSE.

If you WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING, you MUST register with the committee managers by 2.00 p.m. the day before the meeting.

EMAIL: committeemanagers@stratford-dc.gov.uk or by

TELEPHONE: 01789 260245

A committee date has been set to hear the planning application regarding The Avon public house (ref: 16/01974/FUL). The committee will meet at Kineton High School on 14 September 2016 at 6 pm. The agenda and papers will be published a week in advance. For more information see here.

In addition, there has been an amendment to the application. Please see below:

PLANNING NOTIFICATION

AMENDED/ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Date:    2 September 2016

To:  Avon Dassett PARISH COUNCIL

Application(s) reference: 16/01974/FUL

Proposed            :    Change of use of public house to single dwelling and retrospective permission sought for external changes to the east elevation

At                      :    The Avon, Avon Dassett, Southam, CV47 2AS

For                    :    Mr Stephen Chick

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An amendment/additional information has been received for the application shown above as follows:

Revised/updated plans received for the avoidance of doubt. The side elevation of the building has been drawn twice to illustrate firstly, the elevation in its original condition (i.e. before works were undertaken to the ground floor windows and doors in the single storey projection) and secondly, the side elevation in its existing state (i.e. after the works were carried out).

This information is available to view on the website as part of the application file and is included for the avoidance of doubt. These retrospective works are incorporated into the description of development and are being considered as part of the overall development for which planning permission is being sought. The alterations to windows and doors do not change the principle of the development which relates to the change of use of the building and accordingly this is sent for information purposes only.

This letter is for information only.

The Queen has written to thank residents of Avon Dassett and Farnborough for their birthday wishes.