Bridgerule Parish Council

The next meeting of Bridgerule Parish Council is on Wednesday 15th September at 8pm

Members of the public are welcome to attend any meetings or request the services of the Parish Council

Please contact the parish clerk or one of the councillors below if you have anything you would like bringing up at future meetings.

We want to tell you what we are doing!

The recent questionnaire results were very critical of the parish council for not publishing enough information about it's meetings, decisions and finances

To help correct this the parish council now has this web page and it will be putting regular reports in the Bridgerule Buzz.

Click on the links below to see minutes of recent council meetings. Full details of monthly payments, receipts, bank balances etc are in the minutes

Scroll down this page to see details of parish councillors and some recent council achievements.

If you want to find out first hand what is going on you are very welcome to attend a council meeting. Just turn up at the meetings or contact Maureen, the parish clerk.

Bridgerule Parish Clerk

Mrs Maureen Fenner
44, Southfields
Bridgerule
Holsworthy
Devon
EX22 7DX

Tel 01288 381762

email  bridgerulecouncil.fenner@uwclub.net

Bridgerule Parish Councillors

The Parish Council is normally made up of 10 parish councillors

The Chairman is Ken James

Merrifield Farm
Bridgerule
Holsworthy
Devon
EX22 7ED

Telephone 01288 381279

Email

The Vice Chairman is Cliff Seymour-Smith

Glencarne
Bridgerule
Holsworthy
Devon
EX22 7ED

01288 381690

email cliff.smith@btconnect.com

Kelvin Davey

Telephone 01288 381627

email kandkdavey@tiscali.co.uk

John Stoneman

Telephone

Email

Gary Abbott

Telephone

Email

John Medland

Telephone

Email

Ken Chilton

Telephone 01288 381118

Email

Jimmy Giles

Telephone

Email

John McDougall

Uplands
Bridgerule
Holsworthy
Devon
EX22 6XY

Tel 01288 381237

Email

Amanda Linney

Tel 01288 381184

email amandaanddarren@btinternet.com

Minutes of recent meetings

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Minutes of meeting held on 21st April 2010

Minutes of meeting held on 17th March 2010

Minutes of meeting held on 17th February 2010

Minutes of meeting held on 20th January 2010

No meeting was held in December 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 18th November 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 21st October 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 16th September 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 19th August 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 15th July 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 17th June 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 20th May 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 15th April 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 18th March 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 18th February 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 21st January 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 17th December 2008

Minutes of meeting held on 19th November 2008

Minutes of meeting held on 22nd October 2008

Recent achievements by the Parish Council

Do you remember the dangerous state of the pavement by the phone box and the loose block of granite on the bridge ?

After complaints by local residents the parish council reported it and sent photos to Torridge District Council.

The pavement was so dangerous it was fixed within a few days and the bridge has now also been repaired.  

We told Torridge DC about the bad potholes that appeared on the B3254 after the cold weather and they were repaired within a few days and the ones on the Bridgerule to Newacott road which we also reported were repaired shortly afterwards.

We want to do more !  Please let the parish council know if there is anything you want to be brought up, preferably by emailing or by writing to the parish clerk (details above) so we have it in writing.

The new childrens playground by the hall

Thanks to some very generous donations and a lot of hard work the new childrens playground has been completed.

A new seat was recently added so that parents could watch their children enjoying themselves in comfort.

A recent inspection found that the swings were in need of maintenance and they are being repaired.

One of the main expenses the parish council has is grass cutting

The playing field is used by children, the school, and the football teams. The grass by the river, the play park and other grass around the hall and an area of open grass at Southfields all have to be kept cut to a standard where they can be safely used for walking and playing.

To enable the football teams to play football regularly the football pitch often needs cutting more regularly than the other areas and this puts quite a strain on the small local budget . (See the August 2009 minutes)

Football is a key provider of entertainment in the village with 2 good teams and a good local following so the parish council has always felt it has a duty to make sure the pitch is kept cut to the required standard.

Please email any comments, suggestions, news, photos or announcements to info@bridgerule.co.uk