Brilley Parish Council serves the civil parish of Brilley. The parish is in the north-west of Herefordshire, bordering Wales and the Herefordshire parish councils of Huntingdon, Kington Group, Eardisley Group and Clifford.
The contact details for Brilley Parish Council are:
Postal address - Parish Clerk, 7 John Davies Place, Westcroft, Leominster, HR6 8JD
Email: brilleypc@gmail.com
Phone: 07789 322771
The parish council meets on alternate months. Meetings are held in Brilley Village Hall - public and press are welcome to attend.
Dates for 2018 are as follows:
Tuesday 16 January at 7.30 pm - Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday 6 March at 7.30 pm - Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday 8 May at 7.00 pm - Annual Parish Meeting followed by the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council
Tuesday 10 July at 7.30 pm - Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday 11 September at 7.30 pm - Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday 6 November at 7.30 pm - Parish Council Meeting
The draft minutes of the parish council meeting on 6 March are available on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or follow this link http://www.brilley.co.uk/media/14101/draft-bpc-minutes-6-march-2018.pdf
All rubbish & recycling collections are being carried out as normal today, Monday March 5. However, due to snowy and icy conditions in some areas and streets collections may not be possible. If your collection is not take place today please leave it out and we will try to return before the end of the week.
If you did not have your household collection on Thursday March 1 or Friday March 2, please take your waste back in and place out on your next scheduled collection for that waste in 2 weeks time. If your rubbish was not collected we will take additional rubbish up to a maximum of 4 black sacks. If your recycling was not collected and you have extra please use clear or transparent sacks and label ‘RECYCLING.’ Please do not use black sacks for your recycling. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Trade waste – collections are taking place as normal today. Please try and ensure access to your bin/s is snow/ice free to increase the possibility of collection taking place.
The agenda for the parish council meeting on 6 March can be accessed on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or follow this link http://www.brilley.co.uk/media/14013/bpc-agenda-6-march-2018.pdf
The following WARNING has been Updated for your area.
NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WARNING SERVICE
Warning
- Snow and Ice
A Warning has been issued for the following regions
- South West England (Amber) - Wales (Amber) - London & South East England (Amber)
- West Midlands (Amber)
A spell of heavy snow is expected to move north across Southwest England and Wales through Thursday afternoon and evening. Some places could also see significant ice build up overnight into Friday. The snow is likely to be accompanied by strong easterly winds.
Long delays and cancellations to public transport is expected, whilst some roads may become blocked by deep snow, stranding vehicles and passengers. Long interruptions to power supplies and other utilities are likely to occur.
For more details please go to:
The draft minutes of the extra parish council meeting on 30 January are available on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or follow this link http://www.brilley.co.uk/media/13502/draft-bpc-minutes-30-january-2018.pdf
There will be an extra parish council meeting on Tuesday 30 January at 7.30 pm for planning and a few other matters.
The draft minutes of the meeting on 16 January are available on the next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or use this link http://www.brilley.co.uk/media/13358/bpc-agenda-30-january-2018.pdf
The agenda for the parish council meeting on Tuesday 16 January is available on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or use this link http://brilley.co.uk/media/13022/bpc-agenda-16-january-2018.pdf
COULD YOU BE A PARISH COUNCILLOR?
Brilley Parish Council needs to co-opt a new Councillor at the meeting on 16 January 2018.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email the Parish Clerk on brilleypc@gmail.com or phone 07789 322771.
You will be asked to speak for 2 mins on what you can offer the Council and the parish as a councillor.
To be able to stand as a councillor:
you have to bea qualifying Commonwealth citizen (a UK citizen by birth or naturalisation or a Commonwealth citizen) or a citizen of Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of European Union
and aged at least 18 years old
and on the electoral register for the parish
or have for the preceding 12 months occupied as owner or tenant land/other premises in the parish or your principal/only place of work has been in parish for last 12 months or you have been resident in the parish for the last 12 months or for the whole of the preceding 12 months you have lived within 3 miles of the parish.
Please see the poster below with details of changes to rubbish collection over Christmas and New Year.
Changes to rubbish collections
Cover over Christmas and New Year will be provided by out-of-hours teams who will be on call 24 hours a day, so if you need to report an emergency please call 01432 26180.
For up-to-date information regarding Highway works in Herefordshire, please take a look at Roadworks.org
The Notice of Vacancy for a new parish councillor is published here.
If 10 electors call for a election, the parish council must have an election and cannot co-opt anyone onto the council. The cost of the election would either be solely paid by Brilley, or it would be shared if other elections were held on the same day.
If an election is NOT called for, the parish council can co-opt a new councillor, without cost.
Please follow the instructions on the form, if you and 9 other electors wish to call for an election.
The C1072 (main road through the village) will be closed by Brilley Court from 3 November to 14 December. Further details will be uploaded to the website when available.
The A4103 Hereford to Worcester road is now reopened.
The A49 at Newtown Bridge in Hereford is now reopened.
Challenge Fund resurfacing works update:
A438 Willersley to Winforton Village
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 to (and including) Monday, 27 November 2017
Day time road closure between 09.00 hours and 16.45 hours. Please note that the road will re-open at 16.45 hours each evening. There will be no works taking place over the weekend. Please refer to plan showing approximate location of work and diversion route.
A438 Kings Acre Road, between Huntington Lane and A480 Junction
Revised Date Changes [Originally programmed to start on Tuesday, 14 November 2017 – delayed due to recent bad weather]
Monday, 20 November 2017 to (and including) Thursday, 24 November 2017
Night time road works between 18.00 hours and 01.00 hours each evening. Convoy traffic management will be in operation whilst these works take place.
Herefordshire Tree Network events poster
A438 KINGS ACRE ROAD, BETWEEN HUNTINGTON LANE AND A480 JUNCTION
Tuesday, 14 November 2017 to (and including) Friday, 17 November 2017
Night time road works between 18.00 hours and 01.00 hours each evening
Convoy traffic management will be in operation whilst these works take place during the above mentioned times
Please note that the road will NOT be closed
However, for a short duration only, the actual A480 junction with Kings Acre Road will be closed whilst the resurfacing materials are being laid, so please follow the diversion route – this will only affect some time on the last night of works (Friday) and then the road will remain open and pick up the convoy traffic management on the A438.
Please refer to the attached plan showing the approximate location of this work. The diversion route is only for the short duration when the resurfacing takes place at the A480 junction on the Friday evening.
The agenda can be accessed on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab or follow this link http://brilley.co.uk/media/12582/bpc-agenda-7-november-2017.pdf
A438 BRIDGE SOLLERS, HEREFORDSHIRE
Thursday, 16 November 2017 and Friday, 17 November 2017
Day time road closure between 08.45 hours and 17.00 hours
Please note that the road will re-open at 17.00 hours each evening
Please refer to the attached plan showing the approximate location of this work and the diversion route.
Challenge Fund resurfacing works update:
A438 WINFORTON VILLAGE TOWARDS WHITNEY ON WYE:
STOWE FARM TOWARDS WHITNEY ON WYE
Monday, 30 October 2017 to Friday, 3 November 2017
Day time road closure between 08.45 hours and 17.00 hours
Please note that the road will re-open at 17.00 hours each evening
WINFORTON VILLAGE TO STOWE FARM
Monday, 6 November 2017 to Thursday, 9 November 2017
Day time road closure between 08.45 hours and 17.00 hours
Please note that the road will re-open at 17.00 hours each evening
WINFORTON VILLAGE
Thursday, 9 November 2017 to Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Day time road closure between 08.45 hours and 17.00 hours
Please note that the road will re-open at 17.00 hours each evening
No road works will take place over the weekend
A438 RHYDSPENCE TO JACOB’S LADDER
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 until (and including) Monday, 30 October 2017
Day time road closure between 08.45 hours and 17.00 hours each day
The road will re-open each afternoon at 17.00 hours
No works will take place over the weekend
Information about the Warm Homes scheme can be found here Warm Homes Discount 2017
HARC (Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre) is running the following sessions:
House History course – Monday 16th October
Performance of “My Dearest Girls” – Thursday 9th November
HARC Bookings – for events at HARC and Learning Room hire
HARC (Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre)
Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Hereford HR2 6LA
01432 260750
Challenge Fund resurfacing works update:
A438 – SWAINSHILL TO A480 JUNCTION (Wyevale junction towards Stretton Sugwas)
Monday, 16 October 2017 until (and including) Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Day time road closure between 09.00 hours and 17.30 hours
The road will re-open each afternoon at 17.30 hours
No works will take place over the weekend
Please refer to plan showing extent of works and diversion plan.
The draft minutes of the parish council meeting on 5 September are available on the Next Agenda and Minutes page via the Parish Council tab.
Adopted minutes and relevant documents can also be found on this page.