The Parish Council.
The Chairman of the Council is Beryl Toon who was unanimously elected by all parties. Jamie Winstone is the Vice Chairman and the other members areRebercca Carlton
Brian Chinn
Barry Edwards (co-opted)
Andy Fitton
John Morris (me)
Sheila Redgrave
Paul Taylor
Jim Toon and
Cath Warren
The clerk is Heidi Light and she can be contacted on telephone 812538 or by email on hlight@btinternet.com.
The Parish Council is working well as a team irrespective of our political labels in the election.
The Parish Council meets every month on the second Monday of the month at 7.30 in the Methodist School Room. Members of the public are welcome to attend so why not drop in and see what is going on in the village.
Latest News
14/07 The Parish Council agreed to go ahead with plans for a picnic area in Craythorne Woods adjacent to the car park. The work will be done by volunteers and will cost very little.14/07 The Parish Council welcomed an offer from the County Council to erect a bus shelter opposite Hall Road. This will be a perspex shelter. I objected to the type of shelter as I do not think it is suitable for a rural location. I argued for putting some Parish Council money towards the project and building a brick and wood shelter. However I do welcome a shelter at this spot; it has been asked for for years.
14/07 The Parish Council are further investigating building a multi user games area (MUGA) on Elizabeth Avenue playing field. This is an expensive idea with lots of ramifications and the Council is rightly taking its time and getting as much information as possible before committing money to the project.
29/04 The Parish Council has decided (not surprisingly) to object to all the proposals for development on land within or near to Rolleston contained in the Sire Allocations document. (See Borough Council page).
07/04 The Parish Council is still trying to get a bus shelter at the top of Hall Road. This has been going on for years but we are still pressing.
07/04 The attempt by Bryan Chinn and myself to run a hospital bus has stalled. We have the offer of a minibus and a licensed driver (Bryan) but the publicity in the Rollestonian generated no interest. Please get in touch with me or Bryan or Heidi if you are interested otherwise the project will die.
05/04 The County Council have cut back drastically the number of farms they want to close. We still do not know how this will affect the farms around Rolleston and we are watching carefully.
24/11 The recent working party to clear the brook in Brookside was turned into a party political stunt by the appearance of the Tory prospective parliamentary candidate together with a photographer from the Burton Mail. According to the story in the Mail the candidate turned up because he wanted to help Rolleston. According to the Burton Mail it was a coincidence that that a photographer came for the first time ever for a clean up day. The Tories then have the bare faced cheek to criticise me for being political because I was annoyed that this will stop people from volunteering in future. It's a strange world!
20/08 Chance of surgery disappears In the light of the latest letter from the local health authority, the South Staffs Primary Care Trust, to the Parish Council it seems that the chances of getting a doctor's surgery in the village now or in the future are zero. This is in spite of the petition which got over 800 signatures. The Rolleston people who are with the Bridge surgery (historically a lot of Rolleston people), if they are too ill to drive, have to get two buses and spend a large part of the day getting to and from the surgery. The anonymous group who organised and printed the misleading leaflet and posted it through every door must be proud of what they have done. I am really boiling mad about this; I could go on at much greater length but it would achieve nothing. I and the Parish Council have worked very hard to try to reverse the damage done by these people but to no avail. I would like to thank Heidi, the Parish Clerk, for all her hard work.
14/08 Last night the Parish Council voted that , in principle, they are in favour of allowing cycles to use our end of the Jinny Trail. This is still a long way from any changes as Sustrans now have no money to develop a track and Stretton still do not allow cycles. Personally I think any move that encourages more use is sensible as the Jinny is getting more and more overgrown and I know a number of ladies who do not now use it for walking dogs as it is too dark and oppressive and lonely.
21/07 The hedges around the village are starting to get overgrown and to restrict footways. This is a perennial problem. Everyone with a hedge needs to think of mothers with pushchairs who have to push the child on to the road (one or two are that bad) and also partially sighted people who can be hurt quite badly by thick branches.
16/07 The latest news is that the County Council are to sell off the 'returning soldiers' farms. This includes the land in the big triangle between Knowles Hill/Rolleston Road, Beamhill and Anslow Lane. This is disastrous news for the tenants and possibly very bad news for Rolleston and Outwoods (see home page).