Alcester Town Council

Your Town Council for the parish of Alcester

Alcester Town Council has responsibility for the Parish of Alcester which has the most inhabitants of any parish or Town Council outside Stratford, in the Stratford District of Warwickshire. Following the 2015 Boundary review there were slight changes to the boundary of the Alcester Parish, the wards within the Parish also changed with the Birmingham Road, Priory Road and Stratford Road forming the boundary between the three Wards: Alcester, Oversley and Oversley Green. The Council has 16 Councillors and every year elects a Mayor and Deputy Mayor, who act as the Chairman and Deputy.
The Council operates not only with monthly Council meetings, but also with three project based Committees – Strategic Planning, Community Care and Community Facilities. The Council added a Communications Committee in 2015 to assist in managing communication between the Council, its Committees and the residents. The Council also have an executive Presidium, which is made up from the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the Chairmen from the other Council Committees and two Council-led Committees; Alcester Health and Wellbeing Board and Alcester Community Trust.
The Council runs the following facilities for the town:
• The recreation fields at Moorfields, Westbury Park and the Jubilee Centre and fields
• Four allotment sites (Allimore Lane, Bleachfield North and South and School Road)
• Two Cemetery sites
• Four Play areas (Jubilee Fields, Moorfields, Bleachfield Street and Collins Way)
It has also provided, looks after or continues to look after:
• Over 70 benches
• Over 500 trees
• Many of the town’s litter bins and dog litter bins.
Through the Section 137 of the Local Government Act the Town Council annually award grants to local organisations which benefit the residents of the Parish.
Alcester Town Council actively works on behalf of the Community of Alcester bringing issues to the attention of its partners as a recognised trusted partner, including Stratford on Avon District Council Warwickshire County Council, Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire NHS and others.

The Town Council has two noticeboards in the town; one on Market Way (the footpath from the Bulls Head Yard car park to the High Street) and one on the High Street outside the Post Office. Agendas for meetings appear on the noticeboards on the Wednesday or Thursday before each meeting and are also available online.

Full Council meetings are the first Tuesday of the Month (unless there is a significant public event which would warrent a change of date) at the Jubilee Centre, off St Faiths Road, at 7pm, Community Care Committee will be the second Tuesday in the month, also at the Jubilee Centre at 7pm, Community Facilities Committee will be the third Tuesday in the month also at the Jubilee Centre at 7pm, Strategic Planning Committee meetings will be every other Monday in the Council board room in Globe House at 7pm (unless an alternative location is required, this will be specified on the agenda). Members of the public are welcome to attend all our meetings.

If you need to talk to someone from the Town Council our number has remaining the same; 01789 766084, plus all Councillor Telephone numbers are published on the back of the newsletter. In addition the Town Council office is open Monday-Friday 9am-1pm. Appointments with Clerks and Councillors can be made at other times by contacting the appropriate person.

The Clerks of each Committee can also be contacted via the email addresses:
The Town Clerk, Chris Wright – for all general enquiries regarding Council processes and full council meetings, which are the first Tuesday in the month at the Hertford room, Jubilee Centre 7pm: clerk@alcester-tc. gov. uk
Clerk of the Planning and Communication Committees, Kate Wright – for all enquiries about planning applications in the parish and communication issues. Planning meetings are fortnightly on a Monday at the Depot room at the Jubilee Centre 7pm, Communication meetings are the second Tuesday 10: 30am, also in the Depot room: administration@alcester-tc. gov. uk
Clerk of the Community Facilities Committee, Jan Rowlatt – for all enquiries regarding play areas, allotments and burials in the parish. Meetings are the third Tuesday in the month at the Hertford room, Jubilee Centre 7pm: reception@alcester-tc. gov. uk or for the Jubilee Centre administration – info@alcester-tc. gov. uk
Clerk of the Community Care Committee, Jenny Theobald – for all enquiries regarding community safety, business and health issues. Meetings are the second Tuesday in the month at Hertford room, Jubilee Centre, 7pm: office@alcester-tc. gov. uk