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:Next Parish Council Meeting:
Thurs 17th January 2019 in Church Hall at 7:30pm Click HERE for Meeting AGENDA Minutes of the 20th December 2018 PCC Meeting HERE ASHFORD PARISH STOP PRESS
JANUARY 2019 EVENTS IN ASHFORD PARISH
Sun 6th Jan: Epiphany Sunday - Holy Communion at St Peter's Church at 9am
Mon 7th Jan: Knitting & Crochet Circle at St Johns 2:30pm - 4pm Weds 9th Jan: Parish Coffe Morning in the Church Hall from 10:30am Sun 13th Jan: Morning Worship at St Peter's Church at 9am Mon 14th Jan: Knitting & Crochet Circle at St Johns 2:30pm - 4pm Sun 20th Jan: Holy Communion at St Peter's Church at 9am Mon 21st Jan: Knitting & Crochet Circle at St Johns 2:30pm - 4pm Sun 27th Jan: Family Worship at St Peter'd Church at 4pm Mon 28th Jan: Knitting & Crochet Circle at St Johns 2:30pm - 4pm TO BOOK THE CHURCH HALL - Contact Serena Hughes 01271 345378 Interested in learning how to ring Church bells? Practices at St Mary's Church in Pilton: Tuesdays at 8pm 13.1.19 Invitations to join the Neighbourhood Plan team READ MORE HERE
13.1.19 Invitations to join the Play Area Steering Group READ MORE HERE 13.1.19 Braunton Rural Newsletter HERE 30.12.18 RING O'BELLS - SAVE OUR PUB Click HERE for an update 30.12.18 Air Ambulance News HERE 22.12.18 Click HERE for BRAUNTON RURAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 201820.10.18 Telephone Kiosk Library Birthday: The Village library received it's annual re-vamp with re-stock of new books and donation of the old stock to charity. An afternoon tea part was held for villagers. 24.9.18 Red Box Project: DETAILS HERE 17.9.18 Gas Week: Make sure you know how to keep yourselves safe : READ HERE 25.7.18 Devon Remembers Read HERE about how communities can research local stories from the First World War, and to commemorate the sacrifices made by the people of Devon between 1914 and 1918. 16.7.18 ASHFORD PARISH COUNCIL will be welcoming representatives from Telent at the meeting on Thursday next, 19 July at 7.30pm who will give a presentation on the Gigaclear work they will be carrying out between 15 August and 15 December 2018. Under the Connecting Devon and Somerset broadband programme, Telent have orders to connect homes and businesses who will benefit from access to a new ultrafast full fibre network built by Gigaclear direct to each property. Telent are planning to shortly start a community build programme of works within Ashford and they would like to provide the Parish with the opportunity to review this build and provide any further details required. The work will involve road closures and diversions but Telent aim to maintain access for all residents and will attempt to minimise disruption. All residents and businesses will be contacted directly by letter and visits to the property if the plans by Telent have a direct impact on access to the property or street. 15.7.18 Ashford Parish Council Meeting Minutes 21.6.18 HERE 12.7.18 Ashford Parish Accounts Year End 31.3.18 HERE Ashford Parish Declaration of Payments over £100 in 2017-18 HERE Explanation of financial variances HERE Letter to external Auditors re. Ashford Parish Accounts 2017-18 HERE Ashford Parish Annual Governance Statement 2017-18 HERE Registration of Councillors responsibilities 2018-19 HERE
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ASHFORD WEATHER!
Click HERE for a breakdown of our weather statistics over the past 7 years as collected by Mike Moss Click HERE for BBC daily forecast 
GET TO KNOW THE ASHFORD WILDLIFE
over the next few months we will be publishing photos of local wildlife which have been taken by local photographers Bird of the Month: Woodpecker Click on the Leisure in Ashford header above to follow the monthly archive ASHFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
HAVE YOUR SAY ....... UPDATE SEE BELOW Go to the Ashford Neighbourhood Plan page for new information The Parish website now has a separate page for this new and very important initiative which encourages all Ashford Parish residents and land owners to have an informed and relevant input into how the Parish is developed in the future. Click on the dedicated header tab at the top of this home page to access the initiatial information on this project. ASHFORD PARISH COUNCIL Chairmans Update, 22/11/2018 At our November meeting the decision was taken to disband the Neighbourhood Plan (NP) Working Party (WP). This does not mean that we are no longer creating a NP for Ashford. It was felt that as there was so much bad feeling, divisive comments and a lack of confidence in the procedure that we should stop the process for now. We will be taking advice from the Devon Association of Councillors (DALC). If they agree that Ashford would benefit from having a NP in place, then we will proceed. This will mean drawing up selection criteria, advertising for any interested members of the Parish to put their names forward to be part of the new team to take the NP to a draft stage. Our next meeting is December 20th and obviously this item will be on the agenda for discussion. We look forward to seeing anyone who may be interested in this subject at that meeting. Geoff Holder Chairman, Ashford PC. NORTH DEVON COUNCIL COMMUNITY MESSAGE:
As 2018 draws to a close, North Devon Council is thanking residents for their efforts in recycling this year, and reflecting on the improvements made to its waste and recycling service over the last 18 months. In June 2017 the council introduced a weekly food waste collection service across the district, and started a recycling trial in a small part of the district. Recycling trial 3,400 properties were included in the trial of three-weekly black bin collections and unlimited recycling and the results have been very successful, with recycling rates in these properties doubling! The council measured the volume of waste going to landfill and the amount being recycled in the trial area:
Weekly food waste collections North Devon Council is currently collecting up to 60 tons of food waste a week; waste which would otherwise have gone to landfill. Food waste is taken from your kerbside to the council’s recycling centre at Brynsworthy, and later transported to an anaerobic digestion plant in Holsworthy, where it is converted into energy. Next year efforts will be made to encourage households to cut down on the amount of food being wasted through education and awareness campaigns, helping North Devon get even greener and hopefully cut down those food bills! New waste transfer station Deep Moor landfill site is full, so Devon County Council is constructing a waste transfer station in Brynsworthy. From 11 February the district’s black waste will be taken to the transfer station, then compacted and directed to another plant, where it will be converted into energy rather than buried in the ground. Northern Devon plastic consortium Together with Torridge Council and a range of local organisations, charities and businesses, North Devon Council has formed the Plastic Free Northern Devon consortium. The group aims to collectively and individually eradicate single-use plastics in northern Devon. Lots of progress has been already been made and efforts will continue next year and beyond. The council is reminding residents to keep up the good work and ensure they continue recycling throughout the festive period. Waste and recycling collections are different over Christmas and New Year, so make sure you know when to put your bins out over the festive period. Check the council’s website northdevon.gov.uk/collectiondates, where you can also download a collection calendar specifically for your property.
Welcome to Braunton Rural Police’s monthly news letter
Click HERE to read the Deember 2018 issue Check the latest planning applications affecting the Parish by visiting the website's dedicated planning application section which can be found by clicking on the Parish Council header on this home page.
Ashford has a regular email newsletter which circulates some village and local information and alerts residents to Parish Council Meeting agendas and minutes, and to planning applications for new dwellings in the village. If you would like to receive this email please contact ashforddevon.comms@gmail.com
or phone Sarah Bleach on 01271 267716. South West Water Helpline 0344 346 2020 - for general enquires and emergencies. You may also phone this number to report any strong sewage smells from the Ashford Sewage Treatment Works, and when this is a problem the more calls they get the more they are likely to quickly rectify the problem. NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
Details HERE and recorded in the Parish Council documents page. The Herbert Protocol
The Herbert Protocol is a simple risk reduction tool to be used in the event of an adult with care and support needs going missing. Read more HERE School Bus Pick Up Point. Representations were received by the Parish Council over concerns of the safety of children waiting for the bus at Church corner. These concerns were sent to Devon County Council where the issue was looked at on 5 January 2018
Their response may be read HERE UPDATE - HORSEY ISLAND BREACH
In her capacity as Clerk to Braunton Marsh Drainage Board our Parish Clerk updates us HERE DEVON AND CORNWALL ALERT.
Devon and Cornwall Alert is a two-way community messaging system operated by Devon and Cornwall Police. Devon and Cornwall Alert helps us to connect with our communities. it tells you what is happening in your area and allows you to respond directly with information for the police. Chose what information you receive... Crime: Specify what time of day messages will arrive Anti-social behaviour: Email, text or telephone Witness appeals: Police, Action Fraud, Crimestoppers, Neighbourhood Watch Missing person appeals: Free: no contract, cost or obligation Community events: Devon, Cornwall and Scillies Local good news Register online at alerts.dc.police.uk |
ST PETER'S CHURCH YARD MAINTENANCE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!
Mark Watson has kindly agreed to co-ordinate a group of volunteers to maintain the grounds of St Peters Church - maInly grass cutting, strimming and general tidying up verges and paths. This will be a monthly task May - September, on Thursdays starting 25th May at 10am. If you can offer your services, even on an occasional basis your help would be greatly appreciated.
Mark can be contacted as follows: Mobile 07917290299, Landline 01271 343833, and email ms.watson@hotmail.co.uk.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!
Mark Watson has kindly agreed to co-ordinate a group of volunteers to maintain the grounds of St Peters Church - maInly grass cutting, strimming and general tidying up verges and paths. This will be a monthly task May - September, on Thursdays starting 25th May at 10am. If you can offer your services, even on an occasional basis your help would be greatly appreciated.
Mark can be contacted as follows: Mobile 07917290299, Landline 01271 343833, and email ms.watson@hotmail.co.uk.
ASHFORD is a small settlement 1.5 miles from the main north Devon town of Barnstaple and when the last Register of Electors was prepared, had an adult population showing 241.
The village faces South and has very pleasant views of the River Taw as it flows along the estuary to it's confluence with the Torridge river and the Atlantic Ocean
Ashford has a different origin to other place-names called Ashford, the origin being "ash-tree enclosure" Old English æsc "ash tree" and worō / worth "enclosure".
The name was recorded as Aiscawurde in 1182.
The OS grid reference is SS5335.
It is served by North Devon Council as the Local Authority and Devon County Council.
Police: Devon and Cornwall
Fire: Devon and Somerset
Ambulance: South Western
The Parish Church is dedicated to St Peter. Church and village events, including monthly Parish Council Meetings, are held in the Church Hall.
The village faces South and has very pleasant views of the River Taw as it flows along the estuary to it's confluence with the Torridge river and the Atlantic Ocean
Ashford has a different origin to other place-names called Ashford, the origin being "ash-tree enclosure" Old English æsc "ash tree" and worō / worth "enclosure".
The name was recorded as Aiscawurde in 1182.
The OS grid reference is SS5335.
It is served by North Devon Council as the Local Authority and Devon County Council.
Police: Devon and Cornwall
Fire: Devon and Somerset
Ambulance: South Western
The Parish Church is dedicated to St Peter. Church and village events, including monthly Parish Council Meetings, are held in the Church Hall.