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PFCC Notice of Election – 2.5.2024

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Election

For the Staffordshire Police Area

1. An election is to be held for a Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for the Staffordshire Police Area.
2. Nomination papers can be obtained from the office of the Police Area Returning Officer, Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB, during the times stated below.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Police Area Returning Officer at Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB, between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Friday 5 April 2024.
4. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 2 May 2024.
5. Applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 16 April 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
6. The £5,000 deposit can be paid by legal tender or by means of a banker’s draft from a drawer which carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom. Payment will be also be accepted by card or electronic transfer of funds.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
8. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate can be made online: https:www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
9. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024
10. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on 2 May 2024.

For more details please visit Stafford Borough Council website: www.staffordbc.gov.uk/elections-2024

The Parish Council has received a Planning Application for the installation of a 49.5MW Solar Energy Scheme, consisting of non-reflective photovoltaic (PV) solar panels and associated infrastructure including sub-station, containers for transformers & inverters, CCTV, access tracks, landscape & ecological enhancements and means of access.

This is proposed for installation on Land North of Lower Hanyards Farm, Hanyards Lane, Tixall.

The Parish Council will be holding an extra ordinary meeting to discuss this application and you are welcome to attend.  The meeting will take place on Weds, 19 July from 7.30pm in Tixall Village Hall.

It has been brought to the attention of the Parish Council, that has been a rumour circulating recently that the Lion Lodges, Ingestre, which have been acquired by HS2, will be demolished.

The purpose of this post is to clarify and confirm that this is not the case and HS2 have no intention of demolishing the Lodges.

In response to the rumour, HS2 have provided the following response:

“These buildings are identified within our Environmental Statement as being of heritage value, and our impact assessment at the time of the ES set out that that we did not intend to impact the buildings.

 Having checked with our property management and construction teams, this remains the case and we have no intention of demolishing these structures. Wherever it is financially viable, we will seek to bring properties up to required standards for us to be able to rent them out”.

The Parish Council wish to express their thanks to HS2 for providing the clarification in a timely manner and we hope that this will alleviate any concerns that residents may have had.

Stafford Borough Council wish to remind residents living in properties in Council tax bands A to D that you are likely to receive a £150 council tax rebate from the Government to help with the cost of living.  For more details, click on the link  press release

Please see details of a very generous offer that has been made by Ingestre Park Golf Club, which may be of interest to residents within Ingestre and Tixall.  Please see the details of the offer below:

Following engagement with HS2 and as part of the reconfiguration of the golf course Ingestre Park Golf Club would like to offer all residents of Ingestre and Tixall social membership free of charge. This would allow residents of the villages to have access to the bar and restaurant facilities at the club  and as such the clubhouse can then be seen as an asset for the use of the community as a whole.

Social membership would also allow residents to be able to use the facilities for private functions such as weddings, birthday celebrations etc subject to availability.

We believe that residents would like to have this opportunity and we would like to promote this opportunity via yourselves and feel this could be achieved via your parish newsletter and via your web site.

The golf clubs new membership year starts on 1st April and it would seem sensible if this could be promoted to coincide.

I would suggest that any resident who wishes to avail themselves of this opportunity either contacts the office at the club and speak to Sarah Sharp ( the club manager) or Louise Upton ( managers assistant) on telephone 01889 270845 option 1 to record their details and interest or they e mail their details to office@ingestregolf.co.uk and they will issue cards to verify their membership and said card will also provide access to the clubhouse.

Stafford Borough Council have released a Press Release

Residents in more than 100 properties in parts of Staffordshire can look forward to better heated homes following a £1 million investment.

For more details click here press release

Stafford Borough Council have established a new group to help tackle climate change and 12 members of the new group helping to tackle climate change and increase green recovery in Stafford Borough have met for the first time.

For more details click the link press release

Stafford Borough Council have issued a Press Release outlining a long weekend of entertainment that is taking place in Victoria Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this summer. For more details, click on the link  press release

Stafford Borough Council has released a Press Release about proposals that are being considered to protect Cannock Chase.  For more details and to view the Press Release click here press release