Welcome to the Bathford Parish Council Website
This site is intended to provide easy access to information about the activities of the council in their representation of the people of Bathford, Warleigh and Shockerwick.
Bathford Parish Council meet on the third Monday of the month in the Parish Council office beneath the Post Office on the High Street. Meetings start at 7.30 pm. All Bathford residents are welcome to attend, and are encouraged to bring up any matters of particular interest or concern during the first five minutes of the meeting.
Minutes of Council meetings can be seen on this website, on the Council noticeboards in the village and in the Post Office. The notice boards are at the junction of Dovers Park and the High Street and on the corner between 36 and 37 Meadow Park.
The clerk to the council is Ruth Holding and we can be contacted by email, post or telephone and details can be found on our Contact Us page. To reduce spam there are no email addresses on this website so please use the contact page to make the initial approach but please remember to leave your postal or email address or a telephone number to enable us to reply.
Latest News
Extraordinary meeting of Bathford Parish Council
Notice is hereby given of an Extraordinary Meeting of Bathford Parish Council to be held on Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 6.30pm in the Parish Office, Bathford Hill to discuss the proposal for spend to obtain a valuation from the District Valuer of the land for sale by the river in the parish of Bathford.
3 September 2010
Agendas on Line
The Agendas for council meetings are now available on line
Agenda for June 2010 meeting
Electors rights to see the Annual Return
Each year the Council’s Annual Return is audited by an external auditor appointed by
the Audit Commission. Any person interested 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 prior to completion of the audit.
More details can be found here
15th June 2010
Bathford Link - can they help you?
Bathford Link can provide transport to appointments and other services to residents in the parish. More details about the help available from Bathford Link can be found in the attached document.
Bathford Link Poster
3 Apr 10
Directory of Services for Older People and other Adult Social Services and Housing Publications
B&NES has produced a range of information for Older People and Carers. Details of the publications available can be found in the attached document Adult Social Services and Housing. If you would like a copy of any of the leaflets listed, then please contact the Clerk or B&NES direct.
12 March 2010
Broadlands Orchardshare Community Orchard
Broadlands OrchardShare is a thriving community orchard in Bathford parish. It is run by volunteers, who are working to conserve and maintain the orchard to supply locally grown apples to the Bath area.
There are over 1000 trees at the orchard and in 2006 the whole site was very overgrown and choked with creepers and brambles. Since then lots of people have come along to monthly volunteering days to prune the trees, clear the brambles and pick apples.
We have made great improvements so far but there is still plenty to do to save the mature apples trees and improve their health and productivity. We aim to plant more trees to produce a greater variety of fruit. We are also creating wildlife habitats to increase the biodiversity of the site.
We hold seasonal community events throughout the year, such as a Wassailing day, a Blossom Day picnic, a Wild Night out in the summer and, of course, an Apple Day in the autumn Sunday 11th October 2009. We run training days too, such as pruning trees or an Earth Oven making course.
More information about coming events and contact details can be found on Broadlands Orchardshare Community Orchard
Website updates link added at the bottom of the page to show new features and changes made
to this website
Bathford Neighbourhood Watch
is coordinated by Jean Vesey assisted by Stan Cherry.
The neighbourhood watch is a very important part of the network that keeps Bathford a safe and pleasant place to live.
More details can be found on Bathford Neighbourhood Watch
Use the contact us link at the bottom of every webpage and an email
will be sent directly to them whereby they can contact all the local watch members.
Complaints under the Code of Conduct
The responsibility for considering complaints that a council member may have breached the Code of Conduct is moving to B&NES’ Standards Committee. Anyone wanting to complain about the conduct of a member of Bathford Parish Council or B&NES Council must submit their complaint to the Standards Committee instead of the Standards Board for England. The address for submitting complaints is “c/o The Monitoring Officer, 3rd Floor, Riverside, Keynsham, BS31 1LA. Further information about the new local assessment system is available on the Standards Board’s website www.standardsboard.gov.uk
4 June 2008
The Bathford Bulletin
Please submit articles and submissions or offers of help for the next issue of the Bathford Bulletin either through the new Bathford Bulletin website, in the box in the shop/Post office or they can also be contacted through our contact us link at the bottom of the page.
11th Dec 2007
