Vintage Style Afternoon Teas will be held in The Reading Room, Avon Dassett on Sunday 14th June, from 2 til 6pm. It’s free entry/donations to The British Red Cross.

On behalf of the Parish Council, the incoming chair, Cllr Trevor Gill thanked David Hutt for his seven years of service to the parish council, latterly as chair. David retired from the parish council at the election on May 7th. He oversaw a wide number of initiatives on behalf of the village focusing on the improvement and maintenance of key facilities.

Jeremy Wright was elected as Member of Parliament for Kenilworth and Southam in the elections on 7th May 2015.

Election Result for Kenilworth and Southam

Bart Dalla Mura was elected as the District Councillor for the Red Horse ward which includes Avon Dassett.

Declaration of results

Warwickshire County Council proposes to make a Temporary Traffic Order closing C35 Avon Dassett Road, Avon Dassett, between The Dassett Road, to vehicular traffic.

The closure is required to facilitate drainage works.

The Order will commence on 27 April 2015 and will last for a period of 18 months, or until the works are completed, whichever is the earlier. However, it is anticipated that the works will be completed by 1 May 2015.

Pedestrian access to and egress from properties and land situated adjacent to the length of road to be closed will be maintained at all times. Vehicular access will be maintained where possible.

An alternative route will be signed and is available via: Church Hill, Lower End, Dassett Road, Banbury Road, Village Road, Bottom Street, Blacksmiths Lane, Northend Road, Bridge Street (and in reverse order).

The Contractor dealing with this matter is Adrian Gill for Balfour Beatty (Tel: 07837 319212).

The Council regrets any inconvenience that may be caused. The person dealing with this matter at Warwickshire County Council is Michael Rogers, County Highways (Tel: 01926 412515).

S Duxbury, Head of Law & Governance, Shire Hall, Warwick, 10 April 2015

CROPREDY TENNIS CLUB

Cropredy Tennis Club is a small friendly club offering facilities for family, social and competitive play to residents of Cropredy and surrounding area. Club nights are from mid April on Mondays for all members and on Wednesdays for ladies only. Anyone interested in joining the club can come along to any club night to meet and play along with the other members.

The club is offering a Summer coaching course for juniors (8-16 years) on Saturday mornings from 30 May for six weeks.  Adult coaching will also be arranged if there is sufficient interest from members.

2015 Events include:

• Wimbledon Tickets Ballot will be held on 27 April at 8.30pm
• Junior Fun and Skills Event will be held on 25 April.  Open to members and non members (8-16 years).  Pre-registration is needed
• Club Social Event : An Open Day will be held on 5 July from 2.00 to 6.00pm, for members and non members, as part of the LTA’s National Tennis Awareness initiative.  To arrange the event we need to know numbers in advance, so please pre-register your interest.

New members of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Contact the Secretary, Simon Bright  or Membership Secretary, Beryl Lascelles on 01295 758244.

There will be an election for the Member of Parliament for Kenilworth and Southam on 7th May. Please see the full notice for details of nominations, postal and proxy votes:

Notice Of Parliamentary Election

An election is to be held on May 7th 2015 for five parish councillors for Avon Dassett and one district councillor for the Red Horse ward, Stratford-on-Avon.

More details may be found here: Notice of Election AD 23rd March 2015

Nomination forms may be obtained from the Clerk to the Parish Council or the Returning Officer at Elizabeth House, Church St, Stratford-on-Avon and returned no later than 4 pm on April 9th 2015.

For information on becoming a parish councillor and the duties, knowledge and skills required see here.

There will be an Extraordinary Planning Meeting in the Reading Room at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 7 April 2015.

This is to discuss the following planning application (full details may be found on the Planning pages of the website):

Application(s) reference: 15/00411/OUT

Proposed: Outline application for the change of use of land from agriculture to residential and the erection of 5no. dwellings, including 2no. affordable, along with access to be determined (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for subsequent approval)

At: Land To North Of Lime Cottage , Church Hill, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire CV47 2AE

For: Mr Nick Paxton

There have also been two recent decisions on local planning issues:

• 14_03543_LBC
• 15_00237_FUL