Aust Parish Council

 

LATEST NEWS

  • There have been articles in the Nov. 2011 and Jan. 2012 editions of Meeting Point about the proposed wind farm at Ingst.  Aust Council will be asked to comment, even though the site is not in our parish but in Olveston parish. You can see a map here, showing the location of the proposed wind farm and the three turbines. But your councillors would like to hear your views about this scheme before formulating their view. We expect the developers to make an application in February. What do you think? Please let Tim Pyper, the parish clerk, or one of your parish councillors know what you think - contact details below.
  • Have you heard about Walking to Health? South Gloucestershire Council has a very varied programme of 'health walks' of ¾ mile to 4 miles. Each one is led by a volunteer leader.  The walks are for South Glos residents of all ages and levels of fitness.  They are carefully graded, so that you can choose the ones which are right for you to work your way back to better health - perhaps after an illness or an operation.  Click here to see the Nov 2011 - Feb 2012 programme.  You'll want to get your diary out and pencil a few in!

  
The civil parish of Aust 

This is a small rural parish with a large acreage but an electoral roll of only about 400. There are two very small parcels of registered Common Land in the parish. These are The Pound by the side of the Village Hall, Aust and The Pond in Rushen Lane, Littleton. Oversight and care of these sites are the responsibility of Aust Parish. The Council owns the nature reserve known as Woodwell Meadows in Field Lane, which was acquired with the help of South Gloucestershire Council recently.  It is managed by South Gloucestershire Council as a nature reserve, because of the interesting flora in the meadow. A recent article in Meeting Point, the community magazine, gives some information about the Woodwell Meadows nature reserve and its history.

Councillors aim to promote the wellbeing of the parish and protect parishioners' interests. Main tasks are reviewing Planning Applications and submitting written comments and recommendations when necessary, and monitoring the conditions of roads and rights of way.

Noticeable achievements in recent years have been obtaining speed controls through Elberton and Aust villages and a 7.5 ton weight restriction on Passage Road, Aust.

Council meetings are currently held monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month, with the exception of August and December, when there are no meetings.  The April Council meeting is held on the same evening as the Annual Assembly. 

Click here for our Model Publication Scheme, produced in February 2009, itemising how and where all parish information can be obtained.

 

Councillors

 

 

Chairman - Michael Hawkins

418249

Deputy Chairman - Ronald Gwyther

412258

John Alway

632591

John Pullin

633143

Stephen Meredith

411065

Peter Ellis

412463

Andrew Learmonth

631377

   

Clerk to the Council:

 

Tim Pyper, Stock Farm, Stock Hill, Littleton-on-Severn, Bristol BS35 1NL

email: austparishcouncil@googlemail.com

07802

419451

 
  

 

Council Meetings

 

Parishioners are welcome to attend Parish Council meetings.  Check out the Events page on this website for dates and times of meetings.   

You can read the most recently approved minutes of Aust Parish Council here. (These minutes are put on the website once they have been approved and signed as an accurate record at the subsequent meeting of each committee.) 

You can read the unconfirmed minutes for the 2011 Annual Parish Meeting, held on 12 April 2011, here.  (The minutes have to be approved at the 2012 Annual Assembly.) You can read the annual accounts for the year 2010-2011 here.