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Parish Councils are at the heart of the communities they serve. In Burton Joyce the Parish Council maintains, manages and improves facilities for local residents such as the Cemetery, allotments, Poplars Sports Ground and the Grove. It has recently taken on services previously provided by the County and Borough Councils, such as the cutting of…
A Community Theatre Working Group has been established to support an increased programme of performance events in Burton Joyce. An application has now been submitted for membership to the County Council sponsored Village Ventures. Further details will be provided in a future issue.
Following the success of last year’s Christmas Fair, the Parish Council has agreed that the 2015 Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 5th December. Due to the popularity of the event anybody interested in helping on the day or having a stall at the Fair should contact the Parish Office as soon as possible.
A working group of the Parish Council is now actively putting together a business plan to support the funding application in respect of a proposed new floodlit, 3G pitch at the Poplars Sports Ground. The deadline for submission is 31st March 2015. Key tasks to be achieved by that date are to identify additional funding…
At its meeting held in January, the Parish Council provisionally approved its budget for 2015/16. Formal adoption of the budget is expected to take place at its meeting on the 3rd February 2014. The primary source of income for most Parish Councils comes from the Precept, which is a local tax collected by the District…
PROVISIONAL BUDGET 2015/16 At its meeting held in January, the Parish Council provisionally approved its budget for 2015/16. Formal adoption of the budget is expected to take place at its meeting on the 3rd February 2014. The primary source of income for most Parish Councils comes from the Precept, which is a local tax…
The Parish Council has commissioned a topographical survey to be carried out to establish the exact levels of the surface outside the row of shops on Main Street. Once the result of this survey is back designers can begin to put together a draft design proposal for consultation. The Parish Council is trying really hard…
The Parish Council resolved at its meeting in September to exclude dogs from the Grove and the Roberts Recreation Ground. Arrangements are now being made to enforce the exclusion order. A decision on the situation with regard to dogs at the Poplars Sports Ground is still to be approved by full Council.
Work will be undertaken during September to resurface the all-weather kick-about area in the Roberts Recreation Ground. The Autumn will also see the start of the third and final phase of the overall improvement programme which will provide additional play equipment, landscaping and improvements to the perimeter fence.
Gedling Borough Council’s Planning Committee is to consider the application by STW to erect a single wind turbine on the edge of the village at its meeting on Wednesday 18th September. Burton Joyce Parish Council has written to each member of the Planning Committee individually to reinforce its objections to the development on the following…