KING'S STANLEY PARISH COUNCIL - Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire
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  •  NEW STONEHOUSE INSPECTOR, ERIC MOORE, HAS BEEN INVITED TO KING'S STANLEY PARISH COUNCIL'S MEETING ON JANUARY 17TH AT 7.30PM IN THE LOUNGE OF KING'S STANLEY VILLAGE HALL.THE PARISH COUNCIL WANTS TO SPEND THE FUNDS RAISED BY THE FORMER KING'S STANLEY VILLAGE ACTION GROUP WHICH IT HAS BEEN LOOKING AFTER SINCE 1998 TO HELP FINISH THE SAFER ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROJECT BEING LED BY JUNIOR SCHOOL GOVERNOR, JOHN MEADLEY.  MUCH OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING THE COUNTY COUNCIL, BUT THE LOCAL GROUP IS STILL FUND-RASING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AS THEY WOULD WISH.  KINGS STANLEY PARISH COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIS LOCAL INITIATIVE, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO WALK TO SCHOOL IN GREATER SAFETY, AND WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDS USED, RATHER THAN LYING UN-USED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VILLAGE.THE VILLAGE ACTION GROUP RAISED FUNDS IN THE NINETIES TO FIGHT THE THREAT OF UNWELCOME LARGE-SCALE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF KING'S STANLEY BUT THEY WERE NEVER NEEDED AND HAVE REMAINED UNSPENT SINCE THEN WITH A RESTRICTIVE CONDITION PLACED ON THEIR USE.  KINGS STANLEY PARISH COUNCIL HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE TWO REMAINING "ACTIVE" MEMBERS OF THIS FORMER GROUP TO REMOVE THE CONDITION BUT HAS YET TO RECEIVE THE FINAL GO-AHEAD  .  THE PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTED PARISHIONERS VIA THE VILLAGE MAGAZINE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE RESPONSES TO THE PROPOSAL TO USE THE FUNDS IN THIS WAY AND NO NEGATIVE RESPONSES.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. CLERK TO THE COUNCILMRS E J ROBERTSclerk@kspc.org.uk2nd JANUARY 2006
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