TETSWORTH PARISH COUNCIL - CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2024 Monday 8th January 2024 - School Spring Term Starts Monday 8th January 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm - View AGENDA here Tuesday 23rd January 2024 - Extraordinary Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.00pm - view AGENDA here. Monday 12th February 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm - view AGENDA here. Monday 12th - Friday 16th February 2024 - School Half Term Holiday - see further down the page for SODC-organised events! Monday 11th March 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - view amended AGENDA here. Tuesday 10th March 2024 - Extraordinary Council Meeting - view AGENDA here. Friday 29th March 2022 - School Spring Term Ends Monday 8th April 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm - view REVISED AGENDA. Monday 15th April 2024 - School Summer Term Starts Monday 13th May 2024 - Annual Parish Council meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm - view AGENDA here. Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Annual Meeting of the Parish, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Tuesday 28th May 2024 - Extraordinary Council Meeting - view AGENDA here. Monday 27th May - Friday 31st May 2024 - School Half Term Holiday Monday 10th June 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Monday 8th July 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Wednesday 24th July 2024 - School Summer Term Ends Monday 3rd September 2024 - School Autumn Term Starts Monday 9th September 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Monday 14th October 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2024 - School Half Term Holiday Monday 11th November 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Monday 9th December 2024 - Parish Council Meeting, Tetsworth Memorial Hall - 7.30pm Friday 20th December 2024 - School Autumn Term Ends |
This website was created by Tetsworth Parish Council as a means of distributing and sharing information about the Parish Council and its business. The site is expanding into a richer information hub reflecting and supporting the whole of the Tetsworth community; it will bring together news of village organisations and information on those services that are available.
The Parish Council meets at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month in the Tetsworth Memorial Hall; there is no meeting in August. Members of the public are welcome. To find out more about the Role of the Parish Council please click HERE. The Minutes of previous meetings are posted in the 'Parish Council' area of this site. Parish Council Clerk and RFO: POST VACANT - SEE ADVERT BELOW. Pending the appointment of a new Clerk, the Chairman, Paul Carr, is covering the clerk's duties. email: clerk@tetsworthparishcouncil.co.uk phone: 07523 907741 The Patch Play Area Resurfacing Project
UPDATE: The Patch will be closed for 2 weeks from 3rd June 2024 whilst the surface is installed! The Parish Council plans to replace the current earth and bark surface in the play area with a more durable artificial surface in the spring of 2024. This will remove expenditure on bark and provide a level surface for wheelchairs and buggies. The Council is able to provide half the cost, and has applied for grant funding for the difference. We have secured grants of £18,749 from South Oxfordshire District Council, £7,600 from the National Lottery Awards For All scheme and £3,000 locally from the Cozens Bequest. Coupled with our own funds, this project can now proceed. UPDATE: The Patch will be closed for 2 weeks from 3rd June 2024 whilst the surface is installed! Tetsworth Neighbourhood Development Plan Review
The Tetsworth Neighbourhood Development Plan is being reviewed to ensure that it will align with the new Joint Local Plan that is being prepared by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils. The Steering Group's meeting records can be found on the Planning page. |
TETSWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
PARISH CLERK & RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER WANTED
Seeking job flexibility? Wanting to work from home?
Tetsworth Parish Council is looking for a parish clerk to support its activities. The job is mainly home-based but includes at least 11 council meetings a year.
It is part-time (14 hours a week) at a starting salary of £16.67/hr plus £10/month for working from home. The Council will also make the statutory NI and pension contributions.
The job includes:
Supporting the council in carrying out its duties, and implementing its decisions.
Providing independent advice and support, including managing the Council's website.
Preparing the agenda for and taking minutes at council meetings.
Dealing with correspondence and enquiries from the public.
Managing the council’s finances and preparing its annual accounts.
Previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage but not essential as training will be provided if needed.
If you would like to apply for this post, please send a brief resumé by email to clerk@tetsworthparishcouncil.co.uk by 30th June 2024. If you would like more information first or have any questions, contact Paul Carr at paul.tetsworthpc@gmail.com or on 07523 907741 or 07545 323317
PARISH CLERK & RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER WANTED
Seeking job flexibility? Wanting to work from home?
Tetsworth Parish Council is looking for a parish clerk to support its activities. The job is mainly home-based but includes at least 11 council meetings a year.
It is part-time (14 hours a week) at a starting salary of £16.67/hr plus £10/month for working from home. The Council will also make the statutory NI and pension contributions.
The job includes:
Supporting the council in carrying out its duties, and implementing its decisions.
Providing independent advice and support, including managing the Council's website.
Preparing the agenda for and taking minutes at council meetings.
Dealing with correspondence and enquiries from the public.
Managing the council’s finances and preparing its annual accounts.
Previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage but not essential as training will be provided if needed.
If you would like to apply for this post, please send a brief resumé by email to clerk@tetsworthparishcouncil.co.uk by 30th June 2024. If you would like more information first or have any questions, contact Paul Carr at paul.tetsworthpc@gmail.com or on 07523 907741 or 07545 323317
Community First Oxfordshire - Parish Transport representative.
Community First Oxfordshire runs a Parish Transport Representative (PTR) network, backed by the County Council, to give communities a means of voicing their needs and concerns about local transport. A PTR is appointed by their local council. Meetings are held three times a year. As a PTR, you would be able to help identify, raise and discuss the transport needs of our community. You would also be a link between our community and the range of organisations and individuals involved in transport provision in the county. If you would be interested in representing Tetsworth as its PTR, please see Parish Transport representatives | Oxfordshire County Council or contact clerk@tetsworthparishcouncil.co.uk for more information. |
VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE - UPDATES AND NOTES
Please leave suggestions for future village infrastructure projects.
New benches to replace the 3 metal benches on the green, the one on the Jitty, and the one by the war memorial have been installed.
Two additional dog waste bins have been installed at the entrances from the A40 to Tetsworth Common and Judds Lane.
Funds have been given to the Memorial Hall to help with the refurbishment of the Memorial Hall and to the Primary School towards the refurbishment of its trim trail.
Wicket gates for the entrance to the village from the Milton Common direction have been installed. The proximity of the Stoke Talmage road junction prevents them being from installed by the village nameplate at the other end, but an option to locate them further up the A40 has been costed. Hopefully, this can be implemented during 2024.
Thanks to Owain Devey of Devey Tree Care, the First World War memorial tree, which hadn't taken root, has been replaced free of charge by a sturdier tree, as have two diseased trees near the play area.
Two kissing gates to replace two of the dilapidated stiles on the Oxfordshire Way to the south of the village have been sourced, thanks to the Open Spaces Society and a local farmer, Rob Redman. Their installation is now in the hands of OCC and the Open Spaces Society.
The Parish Council has applied for grant funding to match its own to enable it to replace the bark surface of the play area with a more durable one (see panel above).
To better enable it to support our Emergency Plan in concert with Oxfordshire County Council, a backup generator will soon be installed at the Tetsworth Sports and Social Club so that it can act as a refuge in the event of a large-scale power outage. The SSEN Resilient Communities Fund has provided £10,000 towards this and there have been generous grants from both our SODC and OCC Councillors Priority Funds. The Parish Council will provide the residue of the funding required.
Survey work has been carried out and has established the feasibility of a zebra crossing between the Memorial Hall and the green. It would be too expensive for TPC to fund alone but has been added to the list of projects to be considered by the highways department of the county council. Speed and safety surveys demonstrated the need for a crossing but finding a location that would allow traffic to stop in time, or funds for a more elaborate crossing, has proved difficult.
The implementation of a 20mph speed limit through the village has moved one step closer now that plans have been drawn up by OCC's Highways Department. They will arrange a consultation soon, before the plans are implemented.
Please leave suggestions for future village infrastructure projects.
New benches to replace the 3 metal benches on the green, the one on the Jitty, and the one by the war memorial have been installed.
Two additional dog waste bins have been installed at the entrances from the A40 to Tetsworth Common and Judds Lane.
Funds have been given to the Memorial Hall to help with the refurbishment of the Memorial Hall and to the Primary School towards the refurbishment of its trim trail.
Wicket gates for the entrance to the village from the Milton Common direction have been installed. The proximity of the Stoke Talmage road junction prevents them being from installed by the village nameplate at the other end, but an option to locate them further up the A40 has been costed. Hopefully, this can be implemented during 2024.
Thanks to Owain Devey of Devey Tree Care, the First World War memorial tree, which hadn't taken root, has been replaced free of charge by a sturdier tree, as have two diseased trees near the play area.
Two kissing gates to replace two of the dilapidated stiles on the Oxfordshire Way to the south of the village have been sourced, thanks to the Open Spaces Society and a local farmer, Rob Redman. Their installation is now in the hands of OCC and the Open Spaces Society.
The Parish Council has applied for grant funding to match its own to enable it to replace the bark surface of the play area with a more durable one (see panel above).
To better enable it to support our Emergency Plan in concert with Oxfordshire County Council, a backup generator will soon be installed at the Tetsworth Sports and Social Club so that it can act as a refuge in the event of a large-scale power outage. The SSEN Resilient Communities Fund has provided £10,000 towards this and there have been generous grants from both our SODC and OCC Councillors Priority Funds. The Parish Council will provide the residue of the funding required.
Survey work has been carried out and has established the feasibility of a zebra crossing between the Memorial Hall and the green. It would be too expensive for TPC to fund alone but has been added to the list of projects to be considered by the highways department of the county council. Speed and safety surveys demonstrated the need for a crossing but finding a location that would allow traffic to stop in time, or funds for a more elaborate crossing, has proved difficult.
The implementation of a 20mph speed limit through the village has moved one step closer now that plans have been drawn up by OCC's Highways Department. They will arrange a consultation soon, before the plans are implemented.
Tetsworth Village History Project
Putting together a few high level facts about Tetsworth’s past and present to support the village’s Neighbourhood Plan sparked John Gilbert’s interest to undertake far more detailed personal research to compile a comprehensive picture of the village’s history as ‘Tetsworth Through the Ages’. He has recorded the story of what made Tetsworth the place it is today under a series of topical themes and, whilst the document is not intended for publication, John is willing to offer his findings as a free resource to any Tetsworth residents who share his interest in the history of the village. He also plans to offer Tetsworth residents one or perhaps a series of public talks about the evolution of our rural Oxfordshire parish.
Putting together a few high level facts about Tetsworth’s past and present to support the village’s Neighbourhood Plan sparked John Gilbert’s interest to undertake far more detailed personal research to compile a comprehensive picture of the village’s history as ‘Tetsworth Through the Ages’. He has recorded the story of what made Tetsworth the place it is today under a series of topical themes and, whilst the document is not intended for publication, John is willing to offer his findings as a free resource to any Tetsworth residents who share his interest in the history of the village. He also plans to offer Tetsworth residents one or perhaps a series of public talks about the evolution of our rural Oxfordshire parish.