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LECKHAMPTON AND CHARLTON KINGS
» Charlton Kings in Bloom group will be holding its annual Plant Sale again this year. It will be mainly online and will include vegetables, some herbs and mushroom compost. Orders are now being taken and for more information check their website at www. charltonkingsinbloom.ald.me.uk
» The Finance and General Purposes committee meeting due to be held tonight is cancelled.
» The Parish Council Planning committee meeting will be held virtually next Monday at 7pm.
» Following the disappointment of having to cancel last year’s annual Allotment competition due to COVID-19 restrictions the Allotments Committee is delighted to announce its intention to hold the competition this year. Shortlisting for the competition will be carried out during the week commencing June 21. The shortlisted plots will then be judged by an independent panel in the first week of July. If COVID19 restrictions at the time allow it is hoped to hold the awards ceremony in the Stanton Suite in September.
» The Regency Probus Club has kept in touch with all members during the past year, with a weekly newsletter and also providing an invitation to a virtual Zoom presentation each week.
They hope to restart meetings on Wednesday June 23 ( pandemic rules permitting) from 10am at Cheltenham Bowling Club. The first meeting will be the Annual General Meeting followed by a program of talks arranged to the end of October.
» The Georgian Spa Probus club for retired businessmen who met fortnightly on Tuesday mornings has now sadly been disbanded. The long period of Covid restrictions and reduction in numbers has made the decision inevitable. Charlton Kings Probus club for men will continue to meet on Thursdays when restrictions are lifted and will welcome new members.
» The Parish Council’s Community Development Committee loves the historical photographs that are now displayed in the windows of Smith and Mann in Lyefield Road West in Charlton Kings. What a great way to show people the history of their area!
» Rose Ashton 01242 262042 ashton.r@btinternet.com
BISHOP’S CLEEVE
» Bishop’s Cleeve Players are proud to present an online Zoom charity performance of Murder on the Overnight Express by Patricia Gay tomorrow, at 7.30pm.
The play is set in the 1960s. The overnight express from Sloth in Scotland to London has come to an emergency stop. The body of a government minister has been discovered in his First Class sleeping berth. Who killed him and why? You are invited to solve the mystery along with Inspector Pluckett as he interviews the passengers and railway staff.
Only one place required per Zoom account. A performance not to be missed! All proceeds, by donation, are to support GRASAC, the Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse charity. Please apply to bishopscleeveplayers@yahoo.co. uk to book your space on Zoom and for details on how to make a donation to GRASAC.
» Cleeve Common is the largest common in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The common is a conservation area and Site of Special Scientific Interest for its geology, habitats and botany and it contains a wealth of archaeological interest, including three Scheduled Monuments. It is looked after by Cleeve Common Trust, and this year the trust has joined the Giving Tuesday Movement, a means whereby supporters can give something back.
As a charity the Cleeve Common Trust does not receive any government funding or financial support, so if you feel you could help by joining the practical conservation team, contact conservation@cleevecommon.org.uk For information regarding other ways to support the trust and for future events on the common contact Parish Office, Church Road, Bishops Cleeve, 07471 687 877 – Ranger: 07756 828 458
» St Michael and All Angels is now closed for public worship until further notice. This decision was taken with sadness and reluctance. The church is still open for private prayer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 10am to 11am. For any information regarding St Michael’s and All Angels Church, contact admin.stmichael@ gmail.com
Biblewatch: www.facebook.com/ groups/stmichaelbishopscleeve/
Children’s Ministry: cafministry.
stmichael@gmail.com. Or telephone 01242 673612
St Michael’s online services are continuing, reaching out to the community, especially the young. Sunday morning service 11.15am on St Michael’s Facebook page. Also now a list of events to include virtual pub nights, Urban Saints Zoom session for school years 4-8, home prayer sessions, as well as a Lenten Alpha course. For more information, contact Church Office, St Michael’s Centre, School Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8BA (telephone 01242 673612 or go online to the following addresses:
» www.facebook.com/groups/ stmichaelsbishopscleeve/
» www.stmichaelsbishopscleeve.co.uk
» www.achurchnearyou.com/ church/14402/
» You can take any foodbank donations to Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Office (next to Tesco’s car park) any Friday morning between 9am and noon. Thank you for your generosity supporting local people who don’t have the money and are really struggling to feed their families at this time. Please refer to the latest shopping list for further details of shortages on the donating food link at northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk and details for making monetary donations.
» Badham Pharmacy has a special collection point to tackle hygiene poverty in the UK.
Required donations include toiletries, female sanitary products, baby wipes, nappies and laundry products.
Tesco now has installed a foodbank drop-off station. The Co-op on the Green is also taking donations for the foodbank, and is now operating a system whereby you can donate monies to the foodbank charity.
Lidl Supermarket also has a foodbank collection point in store.
» There will be no table top sales at Denley Hall, Bishop’s Cleeve, until further notice.
» Bishop’s Cleeve Methodist Church Wednesday Fellowship – no meetings until further notice. For more information, call 01242 673612.
» Cleeve Ladies’ Probus Club – for any information about meetings in the current situation, contact 01242 529664.
» The Bishop’s Cleeve WI – for any information about meetings in the current situation, contact bishopscleevewi.org.uk or 01242 676647
» Gotherington, Woolstone and Oxenton WI – for any information about meetings in the current situation, contact 01242 317276 or go to gwowi. org.uk
» Bishop’s Cleeve Library – for any information, contact 01242 672217.
» Serious Scam warning. There is a gang operating in the area targeting the 50+ age group. They make contact by phone and pretend to be from ‘Safety Awareness in Cheltenham’ and connected to first responders. The service they purport to offer concerns safety alarm systems for your home and personal safety devices.
The matter has been reported to Gloucestershire police, who advise that you do not continue any conversation with them and do not invite them to your home, under any circumstances. Please contact the police 101 line or Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 to report any incidents.
WOODMANCOTE
» Woodmancote Village Hall has been saved from closure. The chairman of the hall committee was delighted to announce that, due to a fantastic response to the public appeal for prospective committee members, the Woodmancote Village Hall executive committee has now been formed, with all four executive officer roles being filled. In due course the non-executive committee members will be co-opted and so the full committee will be formed. It will include deputy positions for each of the four executive officers and they will, if required, step into the executive roles, so succession is guaranteed.
So, our beloved village hall has been saved by you, the generous residents of this wonderful village. Thank you – Stephen Barnes, chairman at Woodmancote Village Hall Committee.
» Woodmancote Probus Club – all meetings cancelled due to the coronavirus until further notice.
» Woodmancote WI meetings cancelled due to coronavirus until further notice.
» Dog training classes, Woodmancote village hall – for information regarding this group in the present situation, contact 07830 247691.
maggieann1949@hotmail.com
» THE following list, sent by Cheltenham Borough Council on April 30, contains planning applications that became valid last week. ALL SAINTS 21/00712/FUL: Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of contemporary Corten clad single storey extension to include alterations to basement. Replacement windows. 17 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00712/LBC: Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of contemporary Corten clad single storey extension to include alterations to basement. Replacement windows. 17 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham.
21/00900/FUL: Two storey side extension. 136 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00960/PIP: Permission in principle for the erection of one infill dwelling to the rear of 33 and 34 Keynsham Street. 33 Keynsham Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00971/FUL: First floor side extension. 28 Westdown Gardens, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00991/FUL: Demolition of existing side extension, construction of new side extension to existing garage, new cantilevered canopy to front elevation for use as a car port. New lower ground floor extension to create new terrace with access to garden. 41 Sydenham Villas Road, Cheltenham. BATTLEDOWN 21/00866/FUL: Single storey annex extension. 4 Battledown Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00986/CONDIT: Variation of condition 2 (substitution of drawings) of planning permission 19/02350/CONDIT - revisions to approved soft landscaping and tree retention and new tree planting proposals. Oakfield Rise, Ashley Road, Cheltenham.
21/00996/FUL: Proposed retention of existing gazebo structure and cedar fencing (retrospective). 3 Whitefriars Court, Ryeworth Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. BENHALL/THE REDDINGS 21/00964/FUL: Removal of existing liquid nitrogen tank and installation of new larger liquid nitrogen tank. Ultra Electronics, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00975/FUL: Installation of five air conditioning condenser units. Arle Court, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham.
21/01010/ADV: Erection of three fascia signs and four panel signs to retail pod. ASDA Stores Ltd, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/01010/FUL: Erection of retail pod at front of store. ASDA Stores Ltd, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham. CHARLTON KINGS 21/00946/FUL: Change of use of existing buildings and associated land to a studio dwelling. Land Rear 116 Horsefair Street, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. CHARLTON PARK 21/00893/FUL: Two storey side extension. 108 Charlton Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00910/FUL: Retrospective application for the retention of alterations and extensions as built (following previous applications 19/01419/CLPUD and 19/01198/PDE). 15 Greenhills Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00947/FUL: Amend existing elevations from mock-tudor timbering/ render and facing brickwork to render and timber boarding. 25 Pinetrees, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00952/FUL: Demolition of existing house and construction of replacement dwelling. The Hills, 20 Greatfield Drive, Cheltenham.
21/01000/CONDIT: Application to vary conditions 2 and 9, and remove condition 12, on Appeal Decision: APP/ B1605/W/17/3175411 (application ref. 16/01149/FUL), under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 199), to allow for the retention of the original access arrangements. 15 Greenhills Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. COLLEGE 21/00663/FUL: Externally insulate and render rear, side and gable wall elevations, and replace existing upvc windows to grey aluminium windows on rear and side elevations. 61 Naunton Park Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00883/LBC: Replacing the existing up lighting in the banking hall and public areas for new LED up lighting. 130 High Street, Cheltenham.
21/00887/LBC: Removal and replacement of existing flat roof covering to link block. Installation of safe roof access (revised scheme ref: 19/00883/LBC). 15 Montpellier House, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham.
21/00973/PDE: Single storey rear extension to extend beyond the rear wall by 4.5m, for which the maximum height would be 3m and an eaves height of 3m. 11 Naunton Park Close, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. LANSDOWN 21/00890/FUL: Conversion of ground, first and second floors to separate flats. Butlers Hotel, Western Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00978/FUL: Removal of existing conservatory and construction of new single storey extension with balcony, new two storey garage structure with annex over, new railings to front elevation and pedestrian and driveway gates to match and associated alterations. Overton Lea, Parabola Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00984/FUL: Proposed rear single storey extension and alterations. 20
Eldorado Road, Cheltenham. LECKHAMPTON 21/00917/FUL: Single storey front extension with a two storey side and rear extension. 41 Pilley Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00923/FUL: Replace the existing permeable block paving on drive with newer permeable block paving and re-level. Extend the existing drop kerb by five kerb stones. 25 Church Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham.
21/00932/FUL: Single storey rear extension. 14 Collum End Rise, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00935/FUL: Fitting of an air source heat pump on wall. Pavilion, Burrows Sports Field, Merlin Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. OAKLEY 21/00896/FUL: Proposed new dwelling (resubmission). 77A Cleeve View Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00899/FUL: Proposed side and rear single storey extension. 198C Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00926/FUL: Demolition of existing storage building on land to rear of 98 Whaddon Road and replace with new coach house consisting of two one-bed apartments. 98 Whaddon Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00967/PRIOR: Proposed 18m phase eight monopole, wrapround cabinet at base and associated ancillary works. Telecommunications Mast, Priors Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00987/FUL: Provision of a singlestorey front/side extension providing a ground floor bedroom. 119 Clyde Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. PARK 21/00682/LBC: Replace gas fire. 71 Painswick Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00894/FUL: Proposed rear single storey and two storey extensions and minor internal alterations. 15 Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00894/LBC: Proposed rear single storey and two storey extensions and minor internal alterations. 15 Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00962/FUL: Single/two storey rear extension. 3 Princes Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. PITTVILLE 21/00934/FUL: Single storey front extension to form new entrance hall and cloakroom. 24 Cleevemount Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. SPRINGBANK 21/00872/REM: Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to outline planning permission ref. 17/01411/OUT for residential development of up to 90 dwellings. Phase 1 Land At Old Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ST MARKS 21/00915/FUL: Outbuilding in rear garden (retrospective). 14 Cornwall Avenue, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00963/P3OPA: Change of use from B1 office to C3 Residential. 57G Rowanfield Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
21/00985/FUL: Provision of a single storey rear extension providing a bedroom and shower room. 7 Brooklyn Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ST PETERS 21/00966/PRIOR: Proposed 20m