🛝 8 PLAY AREAS TRANSFERRED TO WESTON TOWN COUNCIL

At Weston-super-Mare Town Council we've been working on negotiating the transfer of 8 play areas into the town council's ownership from North Somerset Council, and I'm pleased to share that has now happened.

As a ...ward councillor I'm pleased to see the play areas in Plumley Park and The Runway park have been transferred in this phase, as I have confidence the town council will have the capacity to maintain these play areas and invest in them.

You can find more details here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/186MS3tMvy/

🌳 WEEDS AND HEDGES: WESTON VILLAGE

At the moment it feels like a constant battle to cut back weeds and hedges across Weston Village, and in some parts, particularly the weeds in the block paving, the current approach isn't effective.

Thanks to the residents who have been ...getting in touch about that various areas that need to be cut back.

I'm frustrated by this too and so far for Weston Village I've:

🌳 Contacted the Cabinet Member and asked them to reconsider how weed management is dealt with in Weston Village as the current approach isn't working

🌳 Been chasing up and reporting overgrown areas

🌳 Written to the different land owners of the ditches and rhynes asking for them to cut these back

🌳 Requested I'm given permission to cut back some of the epicormic growth on trees myself

Please do keep reporting overgrown areas across Weston Village and if you could let me know the areas you've reported and the reference number you're given I'll chase this up.

Haywood Village residents - Most of the green areas are still owned by Persimmon Homes so if there are issues please do get in touch with me directly, either via Facebook or email ([email protected]). I'm aware of the issue at Victor Landing and have asked Persimmon Homes to resolve this.

📄 AGENDA FOR NORTH SOMERSET COUNCIL FULL COUNCIL MEETING

Tomorrow (Tuesday) at the town hall at 6pm is the full council meeting of North Somerset Council where all 50 councillors will be debating and making various decisions.

On the agenda is ⤵️

1️⃣ Disposal ...of Castlewood for £7.5m to Avon and Somerset Police

2️⃣ Accepting the additional £19m funding for Birnbeck Pier from the Government

3️⃣ Cabinet priorities for 2026/27

4️⃣ Commissioning plan for substance use contract

5️⃣ Adopt changes to the council's constitution

6️⃣ Corporate parenting report

7️⃣ Question time for councillors to the Cabinet

You can find the papers here 👉https://n-somerset.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=169&MId=1376&Ver=4

You can watch online here 👉 https://youtube.com/live/qhAfnmZUJEU?feature=share

I've never been so stressed. Big win. 👍