The notices of poll for the contested district ward and parish council elections on Thursday 2 May 2019 are published today.
The polling station for residents of the parish of Upper Rissington is the Village Hall, Wellington Road, Upper Rissington GL54 2QW.
Polling stations are open 7am to 10pm on the day of the election.
Residents are asking about the completion of the Public Open Spaces (POS) in Victory Fields:
Officers at Cotswold District Council have provided some responses.
On the handing over of the POS:
“Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the S106 legal agreement (dated 29th January 2010) relates to the provision of the Public Open Space within the development. I attach the relevant extract for information (see S106 extract on POS). A number of the clauses within that part of the S106 have been breached because the developers were required to complete the POS and to offer it to the Parish Council (in the first instance) prior to the occupation of the last 2 residential units (of course all residential units have now been occupied). I have requested that the breaches are addressed by way of a Deed of Variation to the S106 agreement and expect to meet with Bovis Homes and Linden Homes representatives to discuss this matter further very shortly.
“It is appropriate that the playing field within the village and owned by the PC is included within the POS provision because that area of land was shown and accepted as part of the original planning permission (i.e. within the outline and reserved matters applications for the development) and clearly, it can be delivered as POS. It’s important to remember that the POS is being delivered for the benefit of the whole community, not just the new residents of Victory Fields. It may be, that for legal/ownership reasons, if the PC does not take on the management of the POS, that the playing field is not included within the transfer of land, but it is wholly appropriate that for the purposes of determining the current planning application, the land is included within the POS breakdown.
“I have advised Bovis and Linden Homes that it is not appropriate to include areas that are within the ownership of Albion Water as clearly these areas will not be accessible to the public. I understand that Bovis and Linden Homes are taking advice in this matter and I will not therefore be in a position to issue the decision notice on application reference 17/04151/FUL until this issue has been fully resolved.”
On the management company charges:
“My experience of Management Companies on all new developments is that all owners would be required to be shareholders and then manage the common areas or a separate Management Company will own all the common parts and all owners will sign up to pay a service charge. If the latter is the case, there is a possibility that service charges may increase a lot after the initial few years.”
CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) is holding a public meeting to discuss the question “Should the Cotswolds be a national park” in Stow-on-the-Wold Town Hall on Friday 26 April, 7pm.
The Cotswold Conservation Board will make a presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A session.
More information:
https://www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cotswolds-National-Park-Position-Statement-Dec-18.pdf
Voting for the European Parliament will take place on 23 May 2019. Cotswold District is part of the South West Region of the UK, which will return six MEPs. The relevant Notice of Election has been published and is available now on the Council’s website.
To be able to vote at any election, you must be included on the electoral register. If you are not already on the register of electors, and wish to vote at this election, we must receive your application to register by midnight on Tuesday 7 May. You can register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or contact the Council’s Elections Team for a paper form.
If you are not sure whether you are on the electoral register, please telephone 01285 623002 to check. Similarly, if you are registered to vote and have recently moved, please contact the elections team to ensure they have a record of your new address.
Poll cards will be sent out to all registered electors on 23 April 2019.
If you can’t make it to the polling station on polling day, you can choose postal or proxy voting.
If you want to apply to vote by post at the European Election, then we must receive your completed form by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 8 May. The same deadline applies if you want to make changes to an existing postal or proxy vote arrangement.
If you would like to vote by proxy, you must return your application by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 15 May.
Visit www.yourvotematters.co.uk for details on how to register or to apply for postal and proxy voting.
The Elections Team will be available to provide help and assistance throughout the election process. Contact details are as follows:
Press release by Cotswold District Council on 12 April 2019
