The Parish Office is manned Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm, but there will be times when the clerk is unavailable. We endeavour to respond to emails and calls within three working days. Please try not to call at weekends Clerk: Heather Finlay 01285 760840 Email: admin@bisley-with-lypiatt.gov.uk Office address – Robins Way, Oakridge Lynch, GL6 7NZ |
Gloucestershire County Council Elections
Have you got photo ID to be able to vote?
The Gloucestershire County Council Elections will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025. All voters are required to show an accepted form of photographic identification (photo ID) to be able to vote at a polling station. This will affect all voters who vote at a polling station. This change will not affect postal voters.
Your ID can be expired however your photo must still resemble a likeness to you to be able to present it in the polling station and be issued a ballot paper. If your name on your ID does not match what is listed on the electoral register, you may need to provide additional documentation (such as a marriage certificate) to confirm your identity. If you do not know if you have updated the electoral register you can re-register online on the link below or contact the office on the number below.
If you or someone you know doesn’t have photo ID, then you can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate to use instead. Details of how to do this can be found on the link below.
You can apply online for a postal or proxy vote at https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote and register to vote online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Key dates for Thursday 1 May 2025 elections:
Registration Deadline – Midnight, Friday 11th April 2025
Deadline to apply to vote by Post- 5pm, Monday 14th April 2025
Deadline to apply to vote by Proxy- 5pm, Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate – 5pm, Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Polling Day – Thursday 1 May 2025 7am – 10pm
For more information about the upcoming elections and for a full list of accepted photo ID’s, please go to the website www.stroud.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections or call 01453 766321.
Fires being lit in the small recreation ground in Eastcombe
We are still experiencing anti-social behaviour in the smaller of the two recreation grounds in Eastcombe. Along the southern boundary, amongst the line of conifer trees, people are gathering to meet and leaving behind rubbish including broken bottles, as well as taking down the stone wall and building fires. Despite signs and patrols by the Neighbourhood Warden and local PCSOs, this is continuing to take place. If you see any anti-social behaviour, please ring 101 and report it. If you see fires being lit, this is arson and you should dial 999 and ask for the fire brigade.
Installation of swift boxes at Thomas Keble
full details including more photos can be found on the Local Nature Action Plan page
Tree Planting in Waterlane Community Orchard
see the details of the first planting party here and find out how you can get involved
Recommendations from the review of the Gloucestershire County Council boundaries
The recommendations of the recent review of County Divisions can be found in the link below; changes come into force at the 1 May 2025 elections. There is also a pdf showing the changes in map form
https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/gloucestershire#43456 Changes To County Divisions Maps
Reporting Bonfires and Pollution – please report any disruptions or pollution to SDC via the following web page: https://www.stroud.gov.uk/report-it/pollution-eg-bonfire-or-smoke-nuisance/
Community Land Trust for affordable housing – Would you like to be involved in creating a community-led, affordable, sustainable housing project? Find further details on the Community Land Trust Page
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Highways issues
The following roads are currently or will be closed:
- A419 Cowcombe Hill, Stroud – Ash Dieback – 22nd – 25th April from 09.30 – 15.30 daily, road closed from A419 junction with High Street, Chalford and the A419 roundabout at Aston Down
Airfield/ Cirencester Road junction (see Roads & Transport Page for map) - Oakridge – Waterlane and Oakridge Crossroads – this will be closed from 22nd – 24th April (see Roads & Transport Page for map)
- Eastcombe / Chalford – Toadsmoor Road – closed from 11th – 16th May 2025 (see Roads & Transport Page for map). Diversion via Bisley and Bisley Road to Stroud
- Bournes Green – Moon’s Lane from Hydes Bottom to Solomons Court – 12th May from 09:30 – 15:30 (see Roads & Transport Page for map)
- Slad / Vatch – Vatch Lane and Toadsmoor Road – 26th May to 13th June between 20:00 – 06:00 each night to allow for installation works by Virgin Media (see Roads & Transport Page for map)
- Ash Dieback rolling programme – 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026 – Dane Lane and Calfway – more information will be available nearer the time
Please see the Roads and Transport page for more information
If you need to report any issues regarding potholes, drainage, verge cutting, pavements
please use the GCC Highways reporting tool Fix My Street
Please note that this year most verges were cut in June. If an area becomes a safety issue then do report it using the link above and someone should come out and strim it with 48 hours. Please note that verges are only cut a metre back from the road, unless on a corner or junction when they are allowed to cut up to 9 metres back
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The Civil Parish of Bisley-with-Lypiatt is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to the east of Stroud, Gloucestershire in the south west of England. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Chalford, Edgeworth, Miserden, Painswick and Thrupp.
The parish is split into three wards, based on the the hilltop villages of Bisley, Eastcombe and Oakridge, together with their surrounding hamlets – Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Tunley, Througham, Lypiatts and Bournes Green.
See maps showing local footpaths around our villages here: Bisley, Eastcombe, Oakridge