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As electors and parishioners, you have the right to inspect the accounts of the Parish Council that you pay for with a precept on your Council Tax and that represents you within the functions of local government. All the relevant numbers are available for inspection on the Cold Ashton Parish Council website.
Contact the clerk of the Council (clerk@coldashton-pc.gov.uk) should you want copies or if you would like to inspect the original documents.
Fellow Parishioners, we need to postpone the Parish Meetings scheduled for May 12th due to illness – I will get new dates up as soon as I can agree them with the Council.
Dear Parishioners – on this 8th day of May 2026, due to the retuirement of Ken Purnell from the Parish Council of Cold Ashton, I formally give you notice that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the Parish of Cold Ashton
An election will be held to fill the vacancy if notice of a request for such an election is given to the Returning Officer, South Gloucestershire Council, PO Box 1953, The Council Offices, Badminton Road, Bristol BS37 0DB by ten Local Government electors for the said electoral area no later than Friday May 29th 2026.
If no request for an election is given, the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option. If you would like to informally discuss this opportunity, please contact me (Ian – clerk@coldashton-pc.gov.uk)
DATED this 8th day of May 2026 (I will post a hard copy of this notice on the Parish Noticeboard as of today)
John McCormack
The Returning Officer
South Gloucestershire Council
Badminton Road
Yate
Bristol
BS37 5AF
| The Village Hall Committee did a cracking job in putting together the Cold Ashton calendar for 2026 but they want to go one better for the 2027 Calendar. Got those phones out and get ready for the July 3rd Calendar meeting. You all enjoyed the calendar design meeting last year. We still have 10 weeks to get those shots. |  |
It is with sadness that we announce the retirement of Ken Purnell from the Parish Council – one beating heart of the Cold Ashton community.
The Parish Council is thus looking for a new councillor – a parish councillor in Cold Ashton gives the Cold Ashton community a voice, can shape decisions on Parish life (albeit with a very limited budget) and helps protect community interests. Parish councillors support planning, rural services and amenities, while working with neighbours and higher authorities (South Gloucestershire Council) to strengthen local democracy and improve the quality of life within the Parish. Your commitment is to attend six meetings a year, to keep your metaphorical finger on the metaphorical pulse of the Cold Ashton community and to dutifully read the materials that your Parish Clerk prepares for you. If you would like to chat about this opportunity – contact me on clerk@coldashton-pc.gov.uk.
Don’t worry – Ken will still be up for all comers in the pumpkin weighing competition in the Autumn. Good luck with that.
Hello everyone – it is an exciting day when we migrate the Cold Ashton Parish Council website to our new .gov.uk domain. As part of a digital facelift for all small councils, we are all migrating to a more professional and better surveilled government domain. So enjoy our new digital parish domain