Parish Council Grants

A reminder that the Budget and Finance Committee will be meeting in early December to set a budget for the next financial year. Bona Fide organisations are invited to submit written applications to the Clerk by the7th December 2007, in order that requests for grants may be considered at the Budget and Finance Committee meeting. Previous successful applicants may reapply. There are very limited funds available for small grants for the remainder of this financial year, i.e. year ending 31^st March 2008.

Remembrance Sunday

The Royal British Region has organised the annual parade for Remembrance Sunday which this year falls on the due date, i.e. Sunday 11^th November 2007.

Correspondence with the Clerk to the Council

If you are writing to the Clerk to the Council, would you please actually put Cawthorne Parish Council on the envelope, so that the recipient is aware that it is not personal or other business mail.

Garden Bonfires

Further to my article on garden bonfires in the September issue of Parish Notes, parishioners are respectfully reminded that if they are having garden bonfires to be mindful of, and considerate to, their neighbours. Smoke pollution from bonfires can be very unpleasant and can interfere with the well being, comfort or enjoyment of others and their property. Bonfire Guidelines are detailed in the NSCA Information Leaflet: Local Environment – Garden Bonfires, which is available from BMBC. Whilst there are no specific byelaws prohibiting garden bonfires, if once a bonfire has been lit it becomes a nuisance to others, through smoke etc, then those affected may have cause to take legal action under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, or the Clean Air Act 1993. If a bonfire is causing such a nuisance, and an approach to the person who has lit it is unsuccessful, then the next step is to notify the environmental health department of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, which will investigate the complaint. Further information on the law and bonfires is also contained in the quoted leaflet.

 Bus services through Cawthorne

SYPTE has confirmed that the 0845 hours route 92 service to Barnsley will with immediate effect operate on Mondays to Saturdays throughout the year. Parishioners are reminded that the new English National Concessionary Pass for Senior Citizens and Mobility Pass Holders will come into effect from April 2008. Existing pass holders will be individually notified of the details of the scheme by the SYPTE in due course.

Parish Council Meetings and Public Question Session

The following procedure to enable parishioners to address the Council came into effect from the July 2007 meeting of the Council. Councillors and the Clerk attend at 7.30 pm as per usual practice; members of the public who are in attendance are allowed to ask questions of the Council, on any matter, from 7.30 pm to 7.40 pm; at 7.40 pm the formal meeting of the Council commences. Members of the public are not permitted to participate in the formal meeting unless they have complied with the requirements previously advertised.  

Next Meeting of the Parish Council

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Thursday 6^th December 2007, at 7.40 pm, in the Moxon Room, Village Hall. All parishioners are welcome, and are encouraged to attend at 7.30 pm.

F. Johnston, Clerk to the Council.                                            Telephone: 01226 765569.