Cold Ashton Parish Council

Dear Residents of Cold Ashton.  I have been contacted by the mast operators of the Shaplands mobile phone mast – about their intentions to upgrade the kit on the mast to make it a 5G mast.  I am proposing that a part of the Extraordinary Parish Meeting on Tuesday June 3rd be extended to cover this issue – the meeting will start with some important financial governance stuff – but if you are inclined to attend we will then move onto the mast.  There was a lot of discussion via the whatsapp group.  So I am going to post the pre-application materials on the Parish Council Website.  I look forward to hearing more of your views as will the Council (who are the important part of the whole process).  If you want to see the pre-application documentation supplied by the mast operator go to: Pre-application consultation for mobile mast at Shaplands Farm site – Cold Ashton Parish Council

It appears we had a problem on the website with the “contact us” page.  That problem has been resolved.  But you can always contact the Parish Council via the pcc.cashton.gmail.com email account.

Parishioners, we have two meetings on Tuesday May 13th where we will discuss Parish Council business.  An ordinary meeting where we will talk about the everyday business of a rural Parish council (planning and the business operations of the Council) and we also have the Annual Parish meeting where we look back over the past year as well as looking forward to the upcoming financial year.  You are welcome to attend and listen to the proceedings – there are opportunities for you to contribute to the discussion.  The agenda for the meetings are posted under “council business”.

Please remember that there is a Mayoral Election in the West of England – the Parish sits within the Combined Authority area of the West of England.  Combined authorities (and their elected mayors) are responsible for delivering strategic roles such as transport planning and strategic planning (especially on economic development).

Your local polling station will be the Cold Ashton Parish Hall – so come along and vote.  In a democracy it is our duty to do this – even if you are going to write “none of the above”.  This time the election will be run with a “first past the post” system.

For more information, go to: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/about-us/democracy-funding-transparency/2025-west-of-england-mayoral-election/

Cold Ashton might be busy on Saturday March 29th.  Cold Ashton is on the route for the Bath 50 Ultra Challenge 2025.  This is a charity event that is made up of a series of looped runs – the longest of which is a stonking 50km whilst the shorter route are merely 10km.  Cold Ashton Parish Hall will be a service point for eventers.  It all kicks off from the Racecourse at 7.30.  For residents of Cold Ashton Parish we may see a trail of eventers from the East coming up St Catherine’s Lane round to Fry’s Farm before turning right into the bridlepath behind Henley Hill before joining Slough Lane and climbing into the village (that slope will seem harsh to the eventers).  Eventers will be taking the route from the Parish Hall west following the Cotswold Way up onto Lansdown again.

Good luck to all participants and we hope you raise lots of money for your chosen charities.

For more information about the event click here: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/bath-50-challenge/

It might not surprise you to hear that the Royal United Hospitals Trust is very busy.  The RUH Trust currently states “the Trust is currently very busy and [the Trust] is working hard to manage demand and to maintain the quality of service to patients.   Help [the RUH Trust] to help you by using the right service for your needs”.  Here is the current advice from RUH Trust [as of January 11th 2025] about how to select the right service for your needs:

Accident & Emergency | Royal United Hospitals Bath

Keep well, keep safe and of course go to Accident and Emergency if you feel you are in an Accident and Emergency situation.

Residents of Lower Hamswell, there will be noisy and major road resurfacing announced for the Bath Road from the Freezing Hill Lane junction to the Battlefields lay-by.  Work will take place from 7pm to 6am along this stretch from September 20 to September 27.  We are informed that it is likely to be noisy.

It is the season of mists and mellow yoganess.  Come along for “village yoga” from September 16 from 6.30pm.  Jan Lunts will be your yoga facilitator.  We will be in the Cold Ashton Parish Hall.  All welcome.

The mandate by which we get to vote our national and local governments is a precious and hard earned thing.  As a Parish Council we encourage all of our residents to exercise your democratic duty/right on July 4th 2024.  If you are going to vote in person, the Parish Hall (in Cold Ashton) is where our lovely election officials will be waiting for you.  Remember to take a form of photo ID.  The booths will be open from 7am to 10pm.

I also give notice that the bi-monthly Parish Council meeting will be held on July 10th also in the Parish Hall – the meeting will start from 8pm.  All residents of the Parish can attend and we will be discussing the recent planning application for the refurbishment of the Parish Hall.  Come along, have your say and impact on future Cold Ashton communities.