Cold Ash Parish is in West Berkshire and lies just outside Newbury and Thatcham
Please note that due to the Clerk taking their annual leave, the Parish Office will be closed from the 7th August until 14th August 2020.
If you have any queries please email or leave a voicemail message and the Clerk will respond when they return.
See the contact us page for our details.
From the 1st September 2020 there will be some changes to the 41 and 44 services that are operated by West Berkshire Council Transport Services Team.
Continue reading “Changes to 41 & 44 Bus Services”West Berkshire Council Countryside Service were contacted by the Newbury Friends of the Earth group to discuss a project they have been working on which has the aim of marking the current lockdown and the impacts of the C-19 virus. This project is to be known as the Lockdown Wood Project. We have agreed to help promote the project, hence this post.
Continue reading “Lockdown Woods Project”The agenda and joining details for the online July 2020 Environment Committee meeting has been published here.
Cold Ash Parish Council has reviewed the position regarding children’s play areas and has concluded that they can now be opened. Signs will be displayed at each site providing guidance for users, in order to minimise the risk from Coronavirus.
Continue reading “Children’s Play Areas Re-open”West Berkshire Council have released a document about using Public Rights of Way during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Please note that due to the Clerk taking their annual leave, the Parish Office will be closed from the 4th July until 13th July 2020.
If you have any queries please email or leave a voicemail message and the Clerk will respond when they return.
See the contact us page for our details.
M4 Junctions 12 (Theale, West Berkshire) to 15 (Swindon, Wiltshire) – Weekend Closures
Highways England would like to advise that resurfacing work along the M4 between junctions 12 and 15 is ongoing and progressing well.
In July we have the first of our weekend closures along the M4. These are required as some sections of resurfacing will replace all layers down to the foundations. To allow time for the materials to harden, we will undertake this work whilst closing the M4 over entire weekend periods.
Continue reading “M4 Closures”The Cold Ash Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) is a legal process that will allow Parishioners to have a greater say in where new housing will be built in the Parish of Cold Ash. It will also give Parishioners a greater say in the style and type of housing.
The NDP is being developed by the Cold Ash NDP Steering Group. The Steering Group publishes regular updates for parishioners.
In the latest update Ivor McArdle gives feedback on the activities undertaken this year and details recent announcements by West Berkshire Council.
The full update can be found here.
West Berkshire Council is to launch a residents’ survey to gain insight into the impact of Covid-19 on the district.
Continue reading “WBC Coronavirus Survey”