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Planning Application for Land Adjacent to Avon Carrow Refused

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Avon Carrow

 

A planning application that proposed to build a modern ‘dutch barn’ on farmland adjacent to the Grade II listed, historic house of Avon Carrow was refused by Stratford District Council on 22 May by a unanimous vote. Avon Carrow was built by Cecil Boyle at the end of the nineteenth century. It was bought by the Profumo family in 1926 and it was from the Carrow that John Profumo escaped the press when the spy scandal was exposed in 1963.

A previous application for two residential dwellings was also refused and went to appeal. The appeal was dismissed.

The full discussion can be seen on the Stratford District Council webcast.

Warwickshire County Council’s Councillor Grant Fund now open for applications

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Warwickshire County Council’s Councillor Grant Fund is now open for applications from community and voluntary groups across the county.

Each year, Warwickshire County Council allocates £8,000 to each of its 57 councillors for them to support small-scale projects within their division, whose aims align with the some of the many following areas: improve access to services; reduce loneliness and isolation; improve physical and/or mental health and wellbeing or improve the local area to support the ambition of becoming a Net Zero county by 2050.

The full category list can be seen on the website:  https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cllrgrants

Applications can be submitted on the council’s website, and there are two different forms depending on whether the grant needed is over or under £350. Applications can be submitted from Monday 20 May at 9am, and the deadline for submission is Sunday 30 June at 5pm.

To support the application process, the Community Partnerships Team and WCAVA will be holding engagement sessions which will provide guidance and answer questions related to the application process. Contact your local Localities and Communities Officer (below) for more information and to book onto a session.

For more information about the grant and to submit an application, please visit https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cllrgrants 

Avon Dassett Parish Council Launch New Website

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Avon Dassett Parish Council have launched their new, refreshed website:

The website includes information on:

  • Parish Council agendas and minutes
  • Parish councillors and clerk details
  • Policies, procedures, finance and projects
  • The Parish plan
  • Reading Room bookings calendar
  • Parish Council news and notices
  • Parish Council run facilities

All other community information is hosted on www.avondassett.com and the two websites have links to each other where relevant.

The parish council website has an Email Subscriber facility to enable interested parties to keep up to date with agendas, minutes and parish council news.

The parish councillors and clerk have new dedicated Parish Council email addresses:

Darrell Muffitt – cllrmuffitt@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk
Trevor Gill – cllrgill@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk
Mike Blakeman – cllrblakeman@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk
Liz Hirst – cllrhirst@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk
Alex Jackson – cllrjackson@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk

Jo Jarman, the clerk to the parish council: clerk@avondassettparishcouncil.gov.uk