Coleford Town Council is offering an invitation to tender. Please find the description below:

The demolition of a sports pavilion, the clearance of the area to provide a carpark and the acquisition and installation of modular buildings. The relocation of several large containers.

You will be expected to manage the project, and liaise with the service providers to ensure that the modular buildings are in full working order.

Please supply sealed tenders to Coleford Town Council by 14 June 2013.

The Council will decide on the winning tender within 2 weeks of the closing dates.

To obtain an information pack please contact:

Annie Lapington Town Clerk

No. 2 The Town House, Lords Hill Walk, Coleford, GL16 8BD

01594 832103

townclerk@colefordtowncouncil.gov.uk

DESIGNATION OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA APPLICATION

relating to the Parish of Coleford

LOCALISM ACT 2011

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 Sections 61F-G

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2012

FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

The Forest of Dean District Council hereby gives notice that on 9th May 2013 it validated an application from Coleford Town Council to designate the Parish of Coleford as a Neighbourhood Area within the meaning of Section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended. The application is with a view to making a Neighbourhood Development Plan in relation to the proposed Neighbourhood Area.

A copy of the Neighbourhood Area application may be seen on the Council’s website at www.fdeangov.uk or free of charge at the Council Offices, High Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire during normal office hours.

Any representation or objection to the Neighbourhood Area application may be sent or delivered in writing to the Group Manager for Planning and Housing, Forest of Dean District Council, Council Offices, High Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire not later than 27 June 2013. Please quote reference ‘CTC – Nieghbourhood Area’ and state the grounds on which it is made.

The Forest of Dean District Council will then determine the application.

Dated this 15th day of May 2013

Peter Williams

Group Manager Planning & Housing

If you would like to know the meetings which the Town Council are holding this month Click Here

All of our meetings are open to the public. Come along!

Coleford Town Council is about to have its Annual Audit of Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2013 completed by an external auditor appointed by the Audit Commission. Any person has the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the Annual Return and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts etc. relating to them.

The dates that the public can visit are:

Commencing on: 17th May 2013

Ending on: 14th June 2013

Between the hours of: 10:00AM – 3:30PM

In order to visit, the public must first make an appointment with Coleford Town Council, either by visiting the Council offices, or contacting us on our telephone number: 01594 832103.

Please find the official Notice here.

Coleford Town Council will be holding its Annual Assembly on Tuesday 28th May in the Coleford Town Council offices from 6:30PM onward.

It’s your Town – and it’s your right to know whats going on! Feel free to join us as we discuss the upcoming year.

• You can listen to what has been happening
• You can make suggestions for the future
• You can raise your concerns
• You can meet your Town Councillors

Coleford Town Council offices are in the Co-Op car park next door to Fairways Furnishing. If you wish for more information, simply visit us, call us on 01594 832103 or use our Contact Form.

As you know, Crisis Loans & Community Care Grants end on March 31^st  2013. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is transferring funding used to provide Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans Schemes to all top tier authorities in England.

As of the^ 1^st April 2013, the Gloucestershire Local Welfare Reform Offer  will  provide one-off practical support or other forms of assistance for people who are eligible. The offer is discretionary. There will be an emphasis on the use of non-cash scheme,  recycled goods and food parcels.

A contract has been awarded to Auriga Services Ltd to administer the delivery of the Local Welfare Reform Offer in Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Council has agreed criteria for the discretionary awards, but  will not be involved in the processing of applications which must  be channelled through Auriga Services, to ensure a speedy response. The council  is overseeing the policy and development of the scheme and will be closely monitoring the new arrangements to ensure that a high quality service is delivered.

From 1st April 2013, people in Gloucestershire who are eligible for emergency support should call 0330 123 5550.

 

If you have any queries about this up-date, please e-mail: localwelfarefund@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Coleford Town Council has been chosen as a location for the Forest Foodbank charity. This is a food donation service in order to provide emergency food supplies to people in crisis within the Forest of Dean. Find out more on this wonderful charity here

We are now accepting donations within our normal working hours. If you have anything to contribute, please feel free to come in.

Councillor Iain Baird has presented the Mayor of Chatan-Cho in Okinawa with a complimentary Coleford Town Guide and a book of photographs depicting the Forest of Dean in all its glory. The visit was in celebration of a school linking agreement that has bought pupils from Japan to the Forest of Dean for the last ten years, and to make plans to bring youngsters from the Forest to visit partner schools in Chatan next year.

Councillor Iain Baird with Mayor of Chatan-Cho, Okinawa, Mr Masaharu Noguni and Mr Keiichi Kawakami, Superintendent of the Chatan Board of Education.

Looking for something to pass the time? Fancying trying your hand at something different? Weather getting you down? Unfortunately we can’t help you with the last one but we suggest you take a look at our new Events page here. This now lists many of the upcoming events in and around the Forest of Dean over the course of 2013. You might just find a unique experience waiting there for you. And if you have a unique experience we have yet to list, then please let us know via our Contact Form and we’ll be more then happy to put it on the website.

In the meantime, go, explore, and enjoy.

Coleford Town Council’s Full Council Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of every month, starting at 7:00pm. A Public Forum is held at the beginning of the meeting for members of the public to voice their concerns and speak about matters arising. We wish to reiterate that should you find anything within Coleford Parish that you feel needs to be brought to our attention then you are more then welcome to come.

During each month we will be holding Committee meetings as well, these are also open to the public and the Agendas are posted in advance on our window. If you wish to see the dates for each meeting, please consult our calendar on this website.