The May elections were uncontested. Five candidates were nominated for the nine seats.
Jane Godsell, David Preece, Mort Watkins, Mike Woods and Vernon Williams were declared elected. Maureen Nulty, Will White and Malcolm Elliot have been co-opted onto the Council. There is still one vacancy.
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Gloucestershire Rural Community Council has used Randwick Parish Council's Parish Plan as a case study.
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At the January Parish Council meeting Michelle Oliver, the local National Trust Warden, gave a talk about recent NT activity in the woods.
Paths, bikes, horses and motorbikes
Robbers Road has been scraped back to a hard surface. Poorer, muddier areas of this track will be monitored.
As part of the Trust’s plans for managing bicycle riding in the woods the circular, way-marked bike trail is now in use.
Following the voluntary agreement with bike-riders the Trust intends to work with horse-riders.
Michelle advised parishioners who wished to report motorbikes misusing the woods to contact Stonehouse police station and to refer to Ash Lane rather than Randwick Woods as a location. Riders have committed offences if they have used a highway on an unregistered trail bike. The public can contact the Trust (01452 810052 or 07795 644381).
Managing the Woodland
Work is planned, in conjunction with GCC Archaeological Services, to conserve and protect the eroded parts of the long barrow, which will be fenced.
The meadow where the millennium steps bench is sited is grazed, strimmed annually to cut back dogwood, and stumps are ground to prevent regeneration. A “higher level stewardship plan” will be created when resources allow.
The Trust will consider re-establishing a viewpoint to the west, which has become overgrown.
Michelle explained that the Trust cuts ivy from trees in exposed places and near roads where the effect of wind could bring the trees down, but leaves ivy on trees within woodland as it provides a valuable habitat.
