This issue contains an update on the
roadworks and a reduction in bus services.
In this issue:
- Birlingham BBQ, Sunday 19th August
- Canapes and Fizz, Friday 21st September
- Roadworks in Rectory Lane and Church Street
- Bus Services During Roadworks
- Revised Bus Timetables
- Planning Applications
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1. Birlingham BBQ, Sunday 19th
August
Birlingham BBQ, Sunday 19th
August at Birllingham Village Hall. Food served at 2.00pm.
Homemade
burgers – choice of beef: plain or spicy, lamb: plain or spicy; venison &
beetroot; and, of course, there will be homemade veggie burgers as
well.
Add to the above: assorted sausage, including veggie sausage and
Cajun chicken fillets, all accompanied by a cornucopia of salads, bread rolls
and relishes, followed with fresh fruit salad with cream or ice cream. Bar
available.
To ensure your place at the BHV BBQ please order your
tickets from June Barke on 01386 750949 by Monday 13th August. Tickets £12
adults, £6 children. Full details at www.birlingham.org/docs/bbq_2018.pdf.
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2. Canapes and Fizz, Friday 21st
September
The Friends of St James’ and
the PCC will be holding a ‘Canapes and Fizz’ evening event on Friday 21st
September from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. All are invited.
Please save the date –
more details to
follow.
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3. Roadworks in Rectory Lane and Church
Street
The Parish Clerk
writes:
I have been informed that the drainage works in Rectory Lane will
be scaled down (or even closed down) this week due to shortages. Rectory Lane
was ahead of schedule, albeit still needing to do the connection below the war
memorial but this is now delayed.
Works at the Short Hill end of Church
Street will not now begin until the Rectory Lane work has been
completed.
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4. Bus Services During
Roadworks
The Parish Clerk
writes:
Despite assurances by First Bus that the bus service would resume
its route through Birlingham during the roadworks, and the placing of a
temporary bus stop at the cricket ground entrance, it appears that the company
have instructed their drivers not to come into the village. The reason given is
the tightness of the turn into Church Lane. As a result, several residents have
waited for buses that did not turn up.
For the time being, the nearest
pick-up/drop-off point is in Eckington Road by Brook Cottages. We will let you
know when buses are running into the village centre
again.
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5. Revised Bus
Timetables
The Parish Clerk
writes:
You may have seen an article that appeared in Worcester News
relating to cuts in First Bus services (http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/16396531.lifeline-rural-bus-services-to-be-cut-in-worcestershire).
It
is disappointing to be sent a revised bus schedule, which commences on Monday
17th September 2018. The bus service will be greatly reduced. There will be no
subsidies as the County Council has no spare funding. Service 53 will no longer
run from mid-morning until early afternoon and service 54 no longer runs in
early evenings.
The timetables for revised services 53 and 54 can be
viewed at www.birlingham.org/docs/bus_timetable_53_2018.pdf
and www.birlingham.org/docs/bus_timetable_54_2018.pdf
.
As the two services follow different routes, we have summarised the
times for the main destinations in a single timetable, which can be viewed at www.birlingham.org/docs/
bus_timetable_2018_sep.pdf.
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6. Planning
Applications
The following planning
applications have been received by the Parish Council:
- Hall Farm House,
Whitehall Lane: Single storey rear extension (Case No. 18/01417). Awaiting
decision by Wychavon District Council. (Consultation period ends on 21st
August.) Full details can be viewed on the Wychavon DC website at https://plan.wychavon.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=97519.
- Woodfield Farm,
Broadway Road: Extensions to existing packhouse facilities and dismantling
three existing buildings and two glasshouses (Case No. 18/01442). Awaiting
decision by Wychavon District Council. (Consultation period ends on 30th
August.) Full details can be viewed on the Wychavon DC website at https://plan.wychavon.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=97544.
The following planning application has been determined by Wychavon
District Council:
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