Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is money paid by developers to the local planning authority (North Somerset Council) to support local infrastructure that helps communities manage the changes brought about by the development. Parish Councils gets a proportion of this money.
Please see below the latest CIL report for Flax Bourton Parish Council:
CIL report for Flax Bourton Parish Council (reported year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022).
For further information about Community Infrastructure Levy in our area, please visit North Somerset Council’s website.
Defibrillators
Did you know Flax Bourton has access to vital life saving equipment? An AED (automated external defibrillator) is a device that gives the heart an electric shock if it has stopped (cardiac arrest) and there are now two defibrillators in the village. Using a defibrillator in the minutes before an ambulance arrives can double someone’s chances of survival! The defibrillators are stored in distinctive green ‘HeartSafe’ AED cabinets, with a green sign above. One is located on the side of the village hall (Flax Bourton Hub), one outside the Flax Bourton Primary School gate and one at the A370 end of Post Office Lane. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you think you need to use the defibrillator dial 999 and the emergency services will guide you through what to do.
Village Clubs and Groups
Flax Bourton has many thriving groups and clubs. Please contact the Parish Clerk if you would like to have details of your Group/Club on this page.
Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club
A friendly, sociable and inclusive cricket club that play at The Clubhouse, A370, Flaxmead, Main Road, Flax Bourton, Somerset, BS48 3QA.
For more information visit the Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club website.
Village Agent
Employed by the West of England Rural Network (WERN) – a charitable organisation covering the old Avon area for the over 60s in need of help. https://www.wern.org.uk/north-somerset-village-agents
Flax Bourton C of E Primary School
A busy and friendly school, with lots going on. Their website aims to give you a taster of the school, as well as providing up to date information for parents, pupils and the wider community.
For more information visit the Flax Bourton C of E Primary School website.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
The Church of England churches serving the villages of Barrow Gurney and Flax Bourton. A mix of old and new hymns and a friendly welcome. We worship together in a variety of ways on one site – usually at Barrow Gurney on the EVEN dated Sundays of the month and at Flax Bourton on the ODD dated Sundays.
For more information, please visit their Facebook Page.
The Church is open every day from 10.00am but on Thursday afternoons, from 2.00pm until 4.00pm, there is now also a Warm Welcome Café which is open to all.
Stancombe Quarry Community Fund
Stancombe Quarry has established a Community Fund to provide facilities and services for the benefit of communities within the parishes of Flax Bourton, Backwell and Barrow Gurney.
The Community Fund seeks to support projects within those parishes that improve the lives of the residents and have clear benefits in terms of education, recreation, nature conservation and sustainability.
Requests are to be made electronically or by hard copy using this application form. Applications cannot be for the benefit of individuals or profit making organisations. Requests can be made for a financial contribution or a contribution in materials from the quarry.
Requests are considered twice a year (March and October) and the deadlines for submission are 31 January and 31 July, respectively.
Please send your completed application form to the Fund Administrator, Vickie Watts, at stancombequarryfund@gmail.com .
Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team
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Nailsea Police Station Update
“NEW SARGEANT
Sgt 2119 Gemma Harper joins us in Nailsea after a number of years working at the town centre team in Weston. No doubt some of you will meet with Gemma over the coming months.
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING TEAM PAGE
It is perhaps a good time before the end of the summer holidays to remind you that you can see who your local officers are, what events we are attending, what priorities have been set for us to look at (these can be influenced by your input) and the crime figures for your area, by looking at your neighbourhood policing webpage. You can find this by going to: www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/your-area and typing in your postcode or picking a team from the list.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH & COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH SCHEMES
Neighbourhood Watch: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/apply/neighbourhood-watch-scheme
Community SpeedWatch: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/apply/community-speedwatch
BURGLARY/ CRIME PREVENTION
As the evenings start to pull in I would like to remind everyone about target hardening premises and outbuildings. Darkness is the criminals’ friend so think about installing additional lighting, video doorbells or CCTV as well as utilising timer switches to turn table lamps on and off to make it look like someone is home. You can get lots of crime prevention advice from our dedicated crime prevention website at: https://www.aspolicestaysafe.co.uk
NAILSEA POLICE ENQUIRY OFFICE
Nailsea Police Station has an Enquiry Office which is scheduled to be open from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The address is: Pound Lane, Nailsea BS48 2NN.
Before you attend check the opening times on our website at: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact/police-stations/nailsea-police-station to ensure its not closed due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Nailsea Enquiry Office can also process documentation for the release of vehicles that we have seized.
It’s also worth noting we only collect/ will take in the following items of lost property. We will make efforts to identify and get items back to the owner but will dispose of them after 28 days:
- Items capable of containing data i.e. mobile phones; computers; tablets.
- Cash within wallets that are identifiable
- Unidentified cash
- Passports
- Bank Cards
- Identity Cards
- Personal Documentation i.e. Bank Statements; Benefit Books
- Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
- Driving Licences
Any Items not in these categories should be disposed of by the finder responsibly i.e. recycling where possible or disposal in the black rubbish bins.
DO NOT DISPOSE OF DANGEROUS ITEMS THAT COULD CAUSE HARM TO WASTE COLLECTION OPERATIVES BUT SEEK ADVICE FROM NORTH SOMERSET COUNCIL.
TALK TO US
We are looking to increase the number of locations where we can do our ‘Talk To Us’ events (beat surgeries) which we run on a regular basis. If you can suggest any locations you think we might get more people to attend, please let us know. We can be quite flexible because we do a mixture of early shifts (0700-1600hrs, mid shifts (1000-1800hrs) and late shifts (1400-0000) and we work every other weekend, one late shift and one early shift.
BIKE MARKING
We offer FREE Bike Marking for Pedal Cycles and e-Bikes (not e-Scooters which are illegal to use in North Somerset in any public area). We are happy to come along to your pre-organised events or we can be the organised event! If you feel this is something that would add value to your event then please get in contact with us.
REPORTING ROAD INCIDENTS & OFFENCES
You can report these to is via our website at: www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/roads
If you have any video footage of the incident you can upload it as well.
STREETSAFE APP
StreetSafe is an online tool that can be used by anyone to anonymously tell us about public places where they have felt or feel unsafe. You might have felt unsafe in your local area due to anti-social behaviour or environmental factors, such as a lack of street lighting. We encourage you to share your experience using the StreetSafe tool. The information you provide will be considered alongside evidence already gathered by police forces and will be used to inform policing and local authority safety activities within your community. You can access it online: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/streetsafe “
Top 10 Biodiversity tips!
Find our Ten point plan for easy win wildlife action by clicking on the heading above.
Speed Indicator Devices are bringing down speeds in Flax!
Click here to see the graph relating to the SID by Post Office Lane and here for the SID located in the layby.
NSC’s Scoping request regarding proposed expansion of the airport
For further details and documents type in 24/P/2508/EA2 and press search https://planning.n-somerset.gov.uk/online-applications