Yelvertoft Parish Council

NOTICE UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (1972 (Section 87(2))

VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the Parish of Yelvertoft following the resignation to accept office of Mark Elliott.

Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 now applies.

The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the ward in which the casual vacancy has arisen to request the Proper Officer to hold an election to the vacancy.* That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules, **of the date of this notice.  The fourteen-day period ends on 2^nd October 2023.

What if a request to hold an election is not received during the permitted time?

Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply.  The Parish Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.

The Proper Officer’s address is:

Electoral Services, West Northamptonshire Council, The Guildhall. St Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE

The telephone number for further guidance is 0300 126 7000 or email: electoralservices@westnorthants.gov.uk

This notice is dated 16^th September 2023.

Name: Samantha Haywood, Clerk to Yelvertoft Parish Council

* There is no form of word for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as ‘We the undersigned being electors of the [Ward of] …. Parish, call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the [death][resignation] of *.  A template entitled “Request for an Election” is available from the Parish Clerk.  It is helpful if the ten signatures are accompanied by printed names and addresses.

** In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice.  Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities)(England and Wales) Rules 2006 now applies.

What: Road Closure- to renew ironworks and installation of road marking.
Following recent surfacing works here, we are now carrying out further work. This includes renewing the ironworks such as; gullies, manholes, service chambers, etc.
Where: Ashwells Lane, Yelvertoft
When: Monday 11th September 2023
How long: 1 Day
Working Hours: 08:00 -16:00 (Road accessible outside these hours)

What: Road Closure- to renew ironworks and installation of road marking.
Following recent surfacing works here, we are now carrying out further work. This includes renewing the ironworks such as; gullies, manholes, service chambers, etc.
Where: Brookside Close, Yelvertoft
When: Thursday 7th September 2023
How long: 1 Day
Working Hours: 08:00 -16:00 (Road accessible outside these hours)

What: Road Closure- to renew ironworks and installation of road marking.
Following recent surfacing works here, we are now carrying out further work. This includes renewing the ironworks such as; gullies, manholes, service chambers, etc.
Where: Drayson Lane, Crick
When: Tuesday 12th September 2023
How long: 1 Day
Working Hours: 08:00 -16:00 (Road accessible outside these hours)

What: Road Closure- to renew ironworks and installation of road marking.
Following recent surfacing works here, we are now carrying out further work. This includes renewing the ironworks such as; gullies, manholes, service chambers, etc.
Where: Oak Lane, Crick
When: Tuesday 12th September 2023
How long: 1 Day
Working Hours: 08:00 -16:00 (Road accessible outside these hours)

Emergency Vehicles: If you need assistance for emergency vehicle access you can contact our traffic management team during working hours.

Pedestrians and Cyclists: Pedestrian access to properties. Cyclists will be asked to dismount and use the footway.

Residents/Businesses: Please be assured that we aim to maintain access for residents and businesses. During working hours, vehicle access will be restricted. However, we will have personnel on-site to assist where required. Please allow extra time for your journeys and consult with the Site Manager on the contact details displayed on signs if you require assistance.

During our works, please ensure that your vehicles are not parked on the highway, as the operations will require full access at all times to the road. ‘No Parking’ signs will be put in place 48 hours before the works begins throughout the site to inform residents of the times when vehicles should be removed.
We hope this information is helpful and we apologise for any inconvenience these essential works may cause. We will make every effort to minimise any unnecessary disruption.

Our team on site will be ready to assist you with any issues you may have during the work, and we hope you will find our employees courteous and helpful.

Apologies I’ve gone quiet this month. Things have been moving unexpectedly on Yelvertoft and I wanted to get everything in order to give a proper update when we knew what our plan was.

As you may be aware the EA process for new flood risk schemes involves producing a number of reports. This generally starts with an Initial Assessment before moving through the three business cases, Strategic, Outline and finally a Full Business case. As we move through the stages we gather more data, do more investigations and narrow our options down until an approved Full Business case which has a single option which we then, assuming we get approval construct.

After reviewing the information we already hold and the options we, along with the community have already we’re not going to produce an initial assessment report. Instead, we’re going to focus on getting the data and flood model to a place where we’re ready to move on to the next stage. We took this decision due to the amount of information we already have on Yelvertoft from previous studies and we were concerned that if we produced a full initial assessment report we would end up a couple of months down the line with a report that re-iterates things everything involved already knew.

With this approach we are further along the process and closer to delivering however it does mean that it will be a longer time until a written report is produced and able to be shared. Whereas before I was expecting to have something to share in the summer the autumn is now looking more likely. I can still share our progress through monthly updates and at any meetings.

In terms of meetings and how those take place. My personal preference is in person. It my be my personal bias but I find those can be more productive and getting people into Yelvertoft can help sharpen focus on the issues. That being said I recognise this can make it harder to get a date that everyone who is needed to attend. Therefore what I would suggest is that the first meeting is virtual, once we have everyone we need at that virtual meeting we spend 10 minuets at the end finding a date and time that everyone can attend an in person meeting in Yelvertoft.

If this approach sounds okay to the parish council then I will get about organising it, probably through a doodle poll and we can go from there.

May 2023

Part of the road from Yelvertoft to Elkington will be closed on 17^th July to allow Sunbelt to complete a gas connection. Please find below the plan.

Road closure map 17.07.23