Parish boundary review

The review of Parish Boundaries in South Gloucestershire has been
completed.

• Proposals to move houses and industrial estates between Nibley and the railway line into the Yate Town Council area were rejected after representations from residents, the Parish Council and councillor Claire Young.
• There will be a small change to the southern boundary of Westerleigh Parish, an area south of the M4 will be added to the new Emerson's Green Town Council. No houses will be moving into Emerson's Green and there will be no loss of income for Westerleigh. All Westerleigh Parish's facilities, including Bitterwell Lake, remain in the Parish.
• Westerleigh will gain a small piece of countryside to the north of the M4 from Mangotsfield Parish.
• The houses on the Park side of Court Road will now all be in Frampton Cotterell Parish rather than Winterbourne.

Could you help your community?

Now is a great time to be looking for ways of becoming more involved in the community in Coalpit Heath and Frampton Cotterell.

There are currently 4 vacancies on Westerleigh Parish Council in the Coalpit Heath ward. Find out more at http://communities.southglos.gov.uk/sites/westerleighpc .

The Friends of Ram Hill Colliery are looking for new members and someone to chair the group. Please contact Steve Hillyard at s.hillyard00@btinternet.com .
The Joshua Group, which cares for people with severe learning diffculties and runs every other Tues evening from 6-8pm, is looking for volunteers to help staff the group. For more info contact Helen at the Zion Church office 01454 776618.

New adventure play area for Coalpit Heath

You may have read in the Gazette that a project to create a new adventure play area at Newman's Field off Ram Hill near Coalpit Heath will go ahead after winning £35 000 of lottery funding.

Karen Mitchell, Chair of Friends of Newman's Field, had the idea for the project and it is being led by Westerleigh Parish Council's Newman Field Committee. The funding forms part of a successful bid by South Gloucestershire Council for £454,400 to provide better access to play, better quality play areas and help children to feel safe playing outside.