Welcome to the website of Yatton Parish Council.
LATEST NEWS
North Somerset Council officers are recommending that there should be no change to the name of Yatton Parish Council. Only three comments were received during the consultation process. The final decision will be taken at a meeting of North Somerset Council on 13 April so if you feel strongly please contact your North Somerset councillors, Ericka Blades, Jill Iles or Tony Moulin (contact details here).
Revised page on policing, PACTs and Neighbourhood Watch here.
Yatton and Claverham have been awarded £45,000 to spend on play equipment, primarily for young people aged between 8 and 14. The money comes from the national Playbuilder project. The Parish Council and North Somerset Council will be consulting widely, especially with young people, on how and where this money might best be spent (it can be spent on several sites). If you have any ideas please contact us.
There have been several improvements recently at Hangstones field, owned by the Parish Council. The untidy mounds by the BMX track have been cleared, making the track safer to use and improving visibility. An expert hedge-layer has laid a hedge behind the skatepark and fencing elsewhere has been improved. The long grass near Stowey Road has been cut back to make management easier. We also intend to construct a path from the access between 38 and 40 Stowey Road to the car park. The path would be suitable for wheelchairs and buggies (using the same material as the Strawberry Line). If you have other suggestions for improvements at Hangstones, or any of our other properties, please contact us.
The Parish Council is still keen to make improvements to, or rebuild, Hangstones pavilion. We need the help and commitment of users and potential users to do this. A major improvement of this kind cannot happen unless the community backs it. If you think you could bring some enthusiasm to this project please contact us.
Yatton Junior Football Club has now started work on its project to build an all-weather pitch on the Rock Road sports field. The pitch will be available for community use when not needed by the football club. The project also includes replacing the car park, available to all users of the field; this part of the project has been partially funded by the Parish Council.
More work will be taking place on the footpath between Stowey Road, Yatton (south of Hangstones), and Streamcross, Claverham, to improve accessibility, including the replacement of stiles by kissing gates. This work will be funded jointly by the Parish Council and North Somerset Council.
In November the Parish Council agreed to work with North Somerset Council on improvements to road safety in High Street, Yatton. The improvements will be jointly funded by the Parish Council and North Somerset Council and we expect them to be carried out in the forthcoming 12 months. They include a mini-roundabout at the junction of High Street and Claverham Road, flashing advisory 20 mph signs on either side of the zebra crossing at Well Lane and more clearly emphasised parking bays and bus stops near The Precinct. There will also be flashing advisory 20 mph signs on either side of Court de Wyck School, Claverham, and possibly on either side of the schools entrance in Stowey Road, Yatton.
The Parish Council has set its budget for 2010/11. Expenditure, net of interest and other income, for 2010/11 is estimated as £208,346. Of this £31,067 will be met from reserves and £177,279 will be met by council tax payers. This means that a Band D property will pay £64.96 towards the Parish Council's expenses. For more detail about the budget please contact us. Note that your council tax also includes contributions to the expenses of North Somerset Council, Avon & Somerset Police and Avon Fire Authority.
Yatton Parish Council and Avon & Somerset Police have written an Action Plan for Hangstones field and its neighbourhood. You can see a copy here.
YATTON PARISH COUNCIL
Yatton Parish Council provides services to people living in, working in and visiting Yatton and Claverham. This website aims to provide as much information as we can about the Parish Council. The Parish Council is committed to making information about the Parish Council widely available. You can see a copy of our Freedom of Information Publication Scheme here.
To find more information about Yatton Parish Council, including details of councillors and committees and minutes and agendas of meetings, click on 'Council' on the green bar at the top of any page. There is also a calendar of meetings here.
If you click on 'Local Information' on the green bar at the top of any page you will find some information about the villages, and about local clubs, organisations and activities.
If you cannot find what you are looking for please contact us and we will do our best to help. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for improving this (new) website.
The Parish Office is in Yatton Library, High Street, Yatton BS49 4HJ. It is open to the public on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10.30 to 1.30. The Office may be open at other times but there is no access to the Parish Office on Wednesdays because the Library is closed. There is parking for people with a disability at the back of the Library, the Library has an automatic front door and there is full wheelchair access to the Library foyer.
Most meetings of the Parish Council and its committees are held at Hangstones Pavilion, Stowey Road, Yatton BS49 4HS. There is parking for people with a disability and a ramp to the front door. A few meetings are held in the Wake Worlock room, Yatton Library, which is accessible by means of a lift.
Please contact us for details of the following services, including fees:
Crispin Taylor
Clerk to Yatton Parish Council