Notices

The Bathampton Parish Council meeting will take place on the 21st April at the Bathampton Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. The meeting Agenda can be found on the ‘Meetings and Minutes’ section of the website.

Bathampton Parish Council are delighted that Bathampton Meadows will be protected from future development following the transfer of this land from BANES to the National Trust with improvements planned to benefit wildlife including foraging habitat for greater horseshoe bats, wetland habitat for wading birds and increased numbers of wildflowers for pollinators. A programme of community engagement to develop a vision for the future of this cherished local green space will begin in the Spring. 

To view the National Trust press release, visit:

National Trust announces plans for first green corridor to link historic city centre to surrounding countryside | National Trust

WECA have opened a consultation on several supported bus services which also includes the Bathampton number 11. If you wish to respond and provide feedback (whether you are a current user of the services or a potential user), please do so via the link below: WECA are keen to hear from the community to find out how the bus services can be improved and what would encourage people to use bus services more often. https://consultation.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/…/west-of…/

The 2021-22 Grant application process is now open. The Grant application form can be found at the below link:

Bathampton-Parish-Grant-application-form-PDF

Bathampton Parish Council 2021-22 Grant Application for Community and voluntary groups for the benefit of the Bathampton Community. The fully completed application must be received by 30^th November 2021. Late applications will not be considered. To find out if you are eligible to apply, please read the Terms and Conditions at the end of the Grant Application Form. All successful applicants should receive the funding by the 30^th April 2022.  

We have been made aware of issues regarding the Bathampton number 11 Bus service which has become increasingly unreliable over the last few weeks.

Cllr Sarah Warren has raised this with First and First have apologised for any inconvenience caused to Bathampton residents as result of their service delivery.  
First noted that they are having to run small buses for this service which they have struggled to obtain spare parts for due to the supply chain being badly disrupted. This has led to cancellations across the ‘small bus’ routes covering Bathampton, Larkhall, Fairfield Park and Haycombe. They have been able to swap parts around to keep enough buses on the road to provide the 11 service more reliably going forward, but things are additionally quite difficult with the nationwide staffing situation and staff sickness. 

Please continue to make us aware of any on-going issues and we will relay this information back to First.

The accounts have been subject to external audit in addition to our independent internal audit. Please find the notices and documentation below, for financial year 2020/21.

AGAR Sections 1 & 2
AGAR Section 3
Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2020-21

The Parish Council have prepared a Financial Summary for the years ended 31st March 2020 and 2021 to help parishioners learn more about the councils income and expenditure. To view this document, please Click here.

Planning Applications:

21/02816/TPO – 19 Trossachs Drive. Sycamore tree works. Received 21st June 2021.

21/02974/FUL – 111 Holcombe Close. Erection of side extension extending first floor loft rooms, proposed front porch and layout changes. Received 28th June 2021.

21/03215/TCA – Ashley House, Dark Lane. Tree works in Conservation Area. T1 Ash – fell. Received 07.07.2021.

21/03087/VAR – The Abbey Rectory, Redwood House. Variation of conditions 3 and 6 of application B.1661 (Conversion of stable block to dwelling house). Received 7th July 2021.

All applications can be viewed at www.bathnes.gov.uk/developmentmanagement and searched for by the reference numbers detailed above.

If you wish to let us know your views on any of these applications, please email the Clerk by the 14th July 2021.

Due to the delay in the removal of Covid-19 restrictions, the Parish Council have made the decision to cancel the July Parish Council meeting. The hope is to navigate back to a face to face meeting from September which is scheduled to take place on September 16th (no meeting takes place in August).

The Parish Council will however continue to hold an Advisory meeting for July which will take place on July 15th. If during this time you have anything that you wish to bring to the Council’s attention, please contact a Councillor or email the Clerk on Bathamptonparishclerk@gmail.com

Notice of right to inspect unaudited accounting statements

Section 1 – Annual Governance Statement 2020-21

Section 2 – Accounting Statements 2020-21

Analysis of variances 2020-21

Bank reconciliation 2020-21

Annual Internal Audit Report 2020-21

Annual Internal Audit Report explanations 2020-21