Latest important announcements within the Parish.
New Service – Your local bus service
Starting from Tuesday 07th May 2024 ABILITY will be running a bus service from your parish weekly on a Tuesday and Thursday into Banbury. As we are an demand service people will need to register first before they can use the service. The bus is open to all, we accept concessionary bus passes and non-pass holders will be charged a fare.
We are a not for profit community bus company that was started back in 2018 with the aim to help fill the transport void where bus routes were being cut or cancelled altogether. Our service has been described as a social club on wheels as we aware that people who struggle with transport may feel isolated or lonely. We can connect them to where they need to get to and help with these issues. We are thrilled to be able to support the need for transport and provide this lifeline service for the residents in your community.
Full details can be found at the following website: www.abilitycic.org.uk/
Parish Council – Councillor Vacancy x2
Claydon with Clattercote Parish Council currently has a vacancy for 2 volunteer parish councillors.
If you are enthusiastic about your community and would like to work as part of a team to maintain and improve the village then, please consider joining the Parish Council.
The Parish Council meets bimonthly on the second Tuesday of the month. The next meeting being at 7:30pm on Tuesday 19th March and it is hoped that the council can co-opt the new members at the meeting after this.
If the parish council become inquorate (less than 3 members) the council can no longer legally function and the running of the village will be passed over to the District Council. This should be of great concern to the parishioners as the District Council have no personal experience of the village and therefore do not know what issues actually concern the parishioners.
“But I don’t have time to be a Councillor; I’m too busy.”
The Parish Council should be a team of five people from across the community – young and old, retired and working, parents and grandparents. If you have lots of time – that will be useful, if you are busy at work all day the council could benefit from your work and business experience. If you are bringing up children, you will know what young people in our community want to see. The Parish Council needs members with a range of experience and knowledge.
“You must be joking, I’m not political.”
The Parish Council is not a party-political organisation – all councillors represent the whole community.
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for co-option please contact the Chair on [email protected] or 07950195636 or speak to any of the existing councillors (Mark Ames, Gary Denham and Rebecca Meyrick).
Alternatively, download and submit the following application form: CWC Councillor Vacancy Application Form
CRITERIA FOR STANDING AS A PARISH COUNCILLOR
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
- On Electoral Register (i.e. registered to vote) for the parish.
- Have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the parish/community area over the last 12 months.
- Lived within 3 miles of the parish over the last 12 months.
- Their principal place of work is in the parish and has been for at least 12 months.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 14th May 2024
Kings Coronation Commemoration Tree
To commemorate the Kings Coronation the Parish Council have agreed to purchase and plant a tree. The tree selected was a Scarlet Oak Tree, this came runner up in the survey for the Jubilee tree choice, that we purchased and planted previously.
The Parish Council believe that the planting of this tree close to the allotments contradicted the proposed planting scheme in the village vision. It is for that reason it has been decided to postpone the purchase of the tree until such times that the planting scheme has been finalised.
The Scarlett oak is very large tree that is not native to the UK, advice from professionals is that we should endeavour to plant native trees where possible. Maybe an English oak to commemorate an English Kings Coronation would be more appropriate. This would need to be planted in a suitable position not just for our generation but for our children’s.
This decision has been made in the best interest of the village and we understand that this does not sit comfortably with all, but we hope you understand the reasons for this considered approach. As Parish Councillors we feel a responsibility to carefully consider our decisions that have a lasting impact on future generations.
Your views on this are very welcome. Please email any of the councillors your views directly or via [email protected].
Recent Criminal Activity
Sadly there has been another reported incident of a parishioner having logs stolen from their premises. These were located in a log store at the top of their drive.
It seems that the perpetrators may of reversed up the drive in van and casually helped themselves while the parishioner was out. This way from the road side it would look like a delivery and not necessarily a theft.
In the first instance, please report ALL criminal activity to the Police and make sure you obtain a reference number from them. This way it encourages them to do something about the matters over time due to raising incident numbers.
Even if you think that the Police are needed in more important criminal activities, if criminals believe that stealing is relatively easy here, then they might be encouraged to escalate from logs to other things.
There are many CCTV solutions that are available on the market, ranging from the expensive to the relatively cheap options.
It should be noted that while a CCTV monitoring system can be a deterrent, it does not necessarily stop someone.
Sometimes installing a simple hidden wildlife motion detector camera may help in gathering information about the criminals, which may be used in their prosecution if they are subsequently caught.
Examples below:
If You Suspect it, Report it.