Don’t forget your recycling will be collected on SATURDAY 11 May because of the bank holiday on Monday.

Residents in Somerset are being urged to register to vote and check their Voter ID so they can have their say on who represents them in the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) oversees your local police force and ensures they are prioritising what matters to you. The Avon and Somerset Police Area includes Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council.

The notice of election was published on Monday 18 March and the nomination period for prospective candidates for the Avon and Somerset Police Crime Commissioner opened on Tuesday 19 March. Further details can be found on the website  www.avonpccelection.org.uk

To vote, residents must be on the electoral register. With the deadline to register to vote fast approaching, Somerset Council is urging people who have not registered at their current address to make sure they are registered in time.

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Tuesday 16 April. It takes just five minutes to apply online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm Wednesday 17 April.

Residents who are already registered to vote will have received their poll card in the post.

Electors voting in person at the polling station are now required to present an accepted photo ID before being issued with their ballot paper.

Those who are registered to vote at the polling station but do not have an accepted photo ID can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate before the deadline at 5pm on Wednesday 24 April. You can apply online via: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

Voters have a range of options for casting their vote – in person, by post or by appointing someone they trust to vote in their place, known as a proxy vote. The deadline to apply for a proxy vote is 5pm on Wednesday 24 April.

Will Godfrey, Police Area Returning Officer for the Avon and Somerset Police Area, said: “This election is an important opportunity to make your voice heard and have a say on who represents you on issues that directly affect day-to-day life here in Somerset. If you are not registered by 16 April, you won’t be able to vote. Voters will be required to take photo ID with them when they vote in person at the polling station.”

If you have recently turned 18 or moved home, it is particularly important that you act to ensure that you are registered to vote. If you were registered to vote in the last election and your details have not changed, you don’t need to take any action. If in doubt, you can check with your local authority on 0300 123 2224.

If you have any questions about Voter ID or would like to request a paper form to apply for the Voter Authority Certificate, contact 0300 123 2224 or elections@somerset.gov.uk.

WANTED!

CLEANER FOR THE
PUBLIC TOILETS

Main duties:

• Open and close the toilets every day
• Clean the toilets daily

The post is ideally suited to someone living locally who can reliably visit a couple of times a day, 30-40 minutes per day. All necessary equipment and products provided. Job sharers welcome!

Pay – £320 per month.

For further details see the full job description page or please contact Caro at the Parish Office (733779) or by e-mail to: clerk@netherstowey-pc.gov.uk. Deadline for applications: noon on Tuesday 9 April.

Introductory sessions at the Thomas Poole Library in February and March.

No experience necessary, new players welcome!
All equipment and instructions provided.

Ages 8 and over.

Footpath BW 22/19 (part) and BW 22/21 (part) in the Parish of Nether Stowey

On 17 November 2023 Somerset Council confirmed the above order made under section 257 Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert:

1. Part of footpath BW 22/19 in the parish of Nether Stowey starting from the junction with BW 22/18 at OS grid reference ST 19472, 39764 (point A) and running in a generally easterly direction for approximately 65 metres to the junction with BW 22/21 (point B on the order plan) TO a route which starts from the junction with BW 22/18 at OS grid ref ST 19472 39764 (point A) and runs in a generally northerly direction for approximately 78 metres to OS grid ref ST 19490 39831 (point E) and then in a generally easterly direction for approximately 166 metres to OS grid ref ST 19649 39798 (point F) as shown on the order map. The width is 2 metres.

2. Part of Footpath BW 22/21 in the parish of Nether Stowey starting from it’s junction with the A39 (point K) and running in a generally northerly and then easterly and then northerly direction for approximately 281 metres to OS grid reference ST19657 39798 (point D) TO a route starting from OS grid ref ST 19534 39608 (point K) and runs in a generally north easterly direction for approximately 79 metres to OS grid ref ST 19575 39675 (point J) and then in a generally easterly direction for 59 metres to OS grid ref 19631 39668 (point I) and then curves to the north east and then runs north for approximately 98 metres to OS grid ref ST 19647 39739 (point H) and then runs east for approx. 10 metres to OS grid ref ST 19655 39739 (point G) and then runs in a generally northerly direction for approximately 70 metres to OS grid ref ST 19649 39798 (point F) and then in a generally easterly direction for approximately 8 metres to OS grid ref ST 19657 39798 (point D) as shown on the order map. The width is 2 metres.

A copy of the order as confirmed and the order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge by appointment (Tel: 01823 359 520) at Somerset Council, County Hall, The Crescent, Taunton, TA1 4DY from 9.00am until 3.00pm Monday to Friday. Copies can also be obtained there free of charge or by contacting rightsofway@somerset.gov.uk. It is also available from the Parish Office, Nether Stowey or from the link here

The order comes into force on the date on which Somerset Council certify that the terms of Article 2 of the order have been complied with, but if a person aggrieved by the order wants to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the above Act, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act,  or of any regulation made under it has not been complied with in relation to the order, he or she may, apply to the High Court  for any of the purposes under section 287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within six weeks of the date on which notice is first published as required by paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to that Act.

19 December 2023

Andrew Turner – Strategic Manager – Highway Operations
Economic and Community Infrastructure , County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY