Aust Parish Council

MEETING on 5th August 2010

Aust Parish Council called a meeting at Littleton Village Hall on Thursday 5th August 2010 at 8pm to discuss the appeal by Heritable Bank against South Gloucestershire Council's enforcement proceedings at land adjoining Quarry House, Littleton. Here is a report on that meeting:

 

Unauthorised Development adjoining Quarry House

As many will know, Quarry House in Littleton has now been sold. The former owners of the site have retained the right hand side of the property on which they have constructed what appears to be a separate dwelling. Now that the site has been divided, this development is unauthorised and South Gloucestershire Council has initiated enforcement proceedings to have the development stopped, and certain works undone.

The Parish Council convened a meeting of Littleton residents on 5 August to see what people think about the matter. Over 40 people attended and the general view was that to permit the building to remain and be occupied as a separate dwelling would be wrong. There was considerable anger that the developer appeared to be trying to avoid planning controls by presenting the council with a fait accompli; and that his actions meant that South Gloucestershire Council had to take action at Council Taxpayers’ expense.

Any representations about the appeal should be made to: The Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/04 Kite Wing Temple Quay House 2 The Square Temple Quay Bristol BS1 6PN. The reference to quote is: Re:   Enforcement Ref: COW/09/0580/5; DoE Appeal Ref : APP/P0119/C/10/2132442;  Title:  Land adjacent to Quarry House, Littleton upon Severn, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

 

The civil parish of Aust 

This is a small rural parish with a large acreage but an electoral roll of only about 400. The Council does not own any property or land nor does it provide any services like grass cutting or cleaning of public places. There are two very small parcels of registered Common Land in the parish. These are The Pound by the side of the Village Hall, Aust and The Pond in Rushen Lane, Littleton. Oversight and care of these sites are the responsibility of Aust Parish.

Councillors aim to promote the wellbeing of the parish and protect parishioners' interests. Main tasks are reviewing Planning Applications and submitting written comments and recommendations when necessary, and monitoring the conditions of roads and rights of way.

Noticeable achievements in recent years have been obtaining speed controls through Elberton and Aust villages and a 7.5 ton weight restriction on Passage Road, Aust.

Council meetings are currently held monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month, with the exception of August and December, when there are no meetings.  The April Council meeting is held on the same evening as the Annual Assembly. 

Click here for our Model Publication Scheme, produced in February 2009, itemising how and where all parish information can be obtained.

 

Councillors

Chairman - Michael Hawkins

418249

Vice-Chairman - Ronald Gwyther

412258

John Alway

632591

Gina Dobbins

632306

John Pullin

633143

Stephen Meredith

411065

Peter Ellis

412463

   

Clerk to the Council:

 

Tim Pyper, Stock Farm, Stock Hill, Littleton-upon-Severn, Bristol BS35 1NL

07802 419451

email: austparishcouncil@googlemail.com

 

  
  
Council Meetings

Parishioners are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings.  Check out the Events page on this website for dates and times of meetings.   

You can read the most recently approved minutes of Aust Parish Council here. (These minutes are put on the website once they have been approved and signed as an accurate record at the subsequent meeting of each committee.)

The next meeting will be in Elberton Village Hall on Tuesday 14th September 2010 at 7.30pm. 

The Annual Parish Meeting was held on 13th April 2010.  You can read the unconfirmed minutes for that meeting here and the annual accounts for the year 2009-2010 here.