Councillor Vacancy

A vacancy exists for 1 Parish Councillor on Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council

Any person who would like to express an interest in being elected onto the Council by co-option should apply to the Parish Clerk in writing on or before the 29/06/18.

In your Expression of Interest please indicate why you would like to be a councillor and the skills that you will bring to the role. Co-option will take place at the Meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday 11^th July.

To be qualified to be elected a member of a town/parish council, a person must be 18 years of age or over and a commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another member state of the European Community, and either:-

1. a local government elector for the area of the parish; or
2. he/she has during the whole of the twelve months preceding that day occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the parish; or
3. his/her principal or only place of work during that twelve months has been in that area; or
4. he/she has during the whole of those twelve months resided either in the parish or within 4.8 kilometres of it.

If you wish to be considered for co-option onto the Parish Council, please apply in writing (or via email) to The Parish Clerk Amy Jones, Hawthorn Cottage, Porthywaen, Oswestry, SY10 8LX

Tel. 01691 82957

clerk@selattyn-gobowenpc.org.uk

Notice Dated: 1^st June 2018

Shropshire has nearly 3½ thousand miles of footpaths.  With dwindling resources, the County Council is unable to maintain all of these.  They have invited volunteers to help and Selattyn and Gobowen is the latest parish group in the Oswestry area helping to look after a large network of rights of way.

This P3 group (Parish Paths Partnership), was set up a year ago and has already carried out works such as clearing undergrowth, replacing parts of stiles, way-marking and discovering a backlog of problems including blocked rights of way.  It is a small, friendly gathering that meets in the morning of the second Friday of the month.  No special skills are required.  Tools are supplied and the County provide insurance and offer expert support for larger jobs such as installation of kiss-gates.

It is a good way, and a healthy way, to get to know the local area which is more extensive than one might imagine.  At the same time there is the satisfaction of ensuring that footpaths which have existed for hundreds of years continue to serve the community.

Anyone interested in joining the group should contact the coordinator :- Michael McKenna on 07565 528821.

The AONB Management Plan in under review and they would like to hear your views on

• What do you most value about the Shropshire Hills?
• What is changing, for better or worse?
• What needs to be done, and how can we work together to do it?

The new AONB Management Plan will set out priorities to build support for the landscape over the next five years.  The more people they involve, the more successful the Plan will be.  Please follow the link to fill in our online survey – it should take no more than 10 minutes.  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YJGY7FS

NOTICE UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (SECTION 87(2)

VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

That a casual vacancy has occurred in the Office of Councillor for Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council following the resignation of Councillor Michael Keeling.

Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.

The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the parish in which the casual vacancy has arisen to request the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy.* That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules,** of the date of this notice.

The fourteen-day period ends on WEDNESDAY 30^TH MAY 2018

What if a request to hold an election is not received during the permitted time?

Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Parish Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.

The Returning Officer’s address is: Electoral Services, Shropshire Council, The Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND.

The telephone number for further guidance is 0345 678 9015.

This notice is dated WEDNESDAY 9^th MAY 2018

Mrs Amy Jones

Parish Clerk

Hawthorn Cottage, Porthywaen, Oswestry, SY10 8LX

E: clerk@selattyn-gobowenpc.org.uk

T: 01691 829571

* There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as “We the undersigned being electors for the [Ward of] … Parish, call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the [death][resignation] of …”. A template entitled “Request for an Election” is available to download from Shropshire Council’s website – http://www.shropshire.gov.uk – under “Current Council Vacancies”. It is helpful if the ten signatures are accompanied by printed names and addresses.

** In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice. Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.

Severn Dee News – Issue 86

The Annual Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Meeting will take place on:

Wednesday 16th May

7.00pm

Gobowen Pavilion

A copy of the agenda can be downloaded below:

Annual Parish Meeting Agenda 2018

Please click below to download the March Affordable Housing Newsletter from Shropshire Council.

Affordable Housing March 2018 Newsletter

Our parks and green spaces are where we go to play, relax and escape – but right now they’re in crisis. Cash strapped councils have been forced to slash the funding used to keep these public spaces alive. [1] And now, one of the last pots of money our parks could rely on has been axed. [2]

Heritage Lottery Fund’s parks programme invested millions of pounds in our parks and green spaces. [3] But they’ve just scrapped the fund, putting the future of our parks at risk. Now they’re asking the public how they should spend their money next year. [4] If thousands of us speak up for our parks now, we could secure the money they desperately need.

The Parks Alliance have started a 38 Degrees campaign to make sure parks get this vital funding back. [5] If hundreds and thousands of us add our names, it’ll show the Heritage Lottery Fund how much the public love their parks – and convince them to once again give them the cash they need.

SIGN THE PETITION 

From children playing sports with friends to families enjoying a sunday afternoon stroll, parks are for everyone. Unless they get the money they need, we could could see our much loved parks sold off to the highest bidder, or fall into disrepair. [6] It’s not about replacing council funding for our parks. But with councils struggling under the weight of huge government cuts, we can’t let this vital funding pot disappear.

Time and time again, 38 Degrees members have come together to celebrate and protect our beautiful open spaces. When the government planned to sell off our beloved national forests – we came together in our hundreds of thousands to stop them. [7] And just last year hundreds of us descended on parks up and down the country with our friends and family to celebrate our parks and show politicians that our green spaces are valued by everyone. [8]

NOTES:
[1] The Guardian: The end of parklife as we know it? The battle for Britain’s green spaces:
https://38d.gs/theguardianparks
[2] Heritage lottery fund: Changes to our grant making:
https://38d.gs/hlfstrategy
Horticulture week: HLF ending of Parks for People programme “a black day”:
https://www.hortweek.com/hlf-ending-parks-people-programme-a-black-day/parks-and-gardens/article/1452469
[3] See note 2
[4] Heritage Lottery Funds: We want to hear from you on HLF’s future direction and funding:
https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/news-features/we-want-hear-you-hlfs-future-direction-and-funding
[5] 38 Degrees: Protect Heritage Lottery Funding for Parks:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/protect-heritage-lottery-funding-for-parks
[6] LocalGov.co.uk: Council agrees to sell off 10% of its parks:
https://www.localgov.co.uk/Council-agrees-to-sell-off-10-of-its-parks-/44308
[7] 38 Degrees: Victory! Government to scrap plans to sell our forests:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2011/02/17/victory-government-to-scrap-plans-to-sell-our-forests/
[8] 38 Degrees: Have a Field Day:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/07/19/have-a-field-day-2/

Thanks to the dedication of parish based community groups who have fundraised and applied for various grants, the Parish Council now has two new defibrillators in the Parish. The Gobowen Cabinet and Defibrillator was installed in January and was kindly funded by:

• The British Heart Foundation
• Three Parishes Big Local
• STAR Housing
• The Co-op and its members and customers

 The defibrillator is owned by the Parish Council and is for the benefit of the local community and anyone who may be visiting the village. The defibrillator is in an UNLOCKED cabinet so can be accessed 24/7.

Lucy Crane, Area Manager for the Co-op, said: “As a community retailer the Co-op is committed to making a difference locally and is delighted to have been able to support this appeal – we would like to thank our colleagues, Members and customers locally for helping to raise vital funds and contributing towards the cost of installing this life saving equipment in our community.”

Amy Jones, Parish Clerk, commented, “As well as it being a condition of the British Heart Foundation Grant, it is very important to train as many people as possible to use the Defibrillator, should a situation arise where it is required to help save someone’s life”.

The Parish Council has, therefore, arranged a training session (Defibrillator Awareness Course) which is organised in conjunction with the Oswestry Cambrian Rotary Club and will be delivered by a Heart Start Tutor and Community First Responder. The Course will take place on:

Saturday 14th April at 11am in Gobowen Pavilion

The session will last approximately 2 hours and there is no charge to attend. The trainers just ask for donations to support the life-saving work they do.

Mike Lade of Oswestry Cambrian Rotary Club, commented, “This training is part of a community project that has been running around 3 years now to train as many people as possible, from Oswestry and surrounding areas, in CPR and using a Defibrillator. To date, in excess of 200 people have been trained. The biggest fear that people have is that they are going to hurt somebody by using the defibrillator. This is not the case. You can do no harm but you can save a life”.

If you would like to book a place on the course, please email / call the Parish Clerk:

E: clerk@selattyn-gobowenpc.org.uk

T: 01691 829571

Attendees are asked to wear suitable, comfortable clothing to the training.

Highways England’s Strategic Road Network Initial Report: consultation closes on 7 February 2018:

Highways England published its first Strategic Road Network Initial Report on 13 December last year. This sets out their advice to government about where they believe priorities should be focused for the second road period, which runs between 2020 and 2025.

The SRN Initial Report forms part of the Department for Transport’s public consultation on future funding on the SRN. This focuses on how best to invest the new National Roads Fund – ring-fenced money collected from vehicle excise duty – to ensure roads are fit for the future and to give people better access to jobs, schools and their community.

This is your chance to tell them what you think so we urge you to take part. It closes on Wednesday 7 February.