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Please could any matters arising from illegally parked vehicles on Mustang Drive be reported to the Staffordshire County Council Enforcement Team.

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Highways/

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DVSA have an Intelligence service where reports are submitted and may be investigated by our Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU). Information can be left anonymously via the email address enquiries@dvsa.gov.uk or by using our Freephone number 0800 030 4103. Our opening hours are Monday – Friday 07.30-18.00

Community Speedwatch

The parish council recognise there are issues with speeding vehicles on Creswell Grove Road, two speed indication devices have been installed.

Civic Amenity Visits 2024

There will be no civic amenity visits in 2024, the parish council are looking at other way's to help residents dispose of unwanted items that cannot go in your normal kerbside collections.

Creswell Grove Development

Update received on 25th January 2024 from Strawson's Property:

"SCC and NH are completing documents together so that the highway works can be commenced.

We are in their hands but hopefully their contracts will complete soon. The works will then be programmed in to the highway’s bookings (which could take around 8 weeks) we are expecting the works to commence by late spring or early summer.

We will continue to provide updates as and when we receive them.

Community Questionnaire

Creswell Questionnaire

As your recently appointed Parish Councillors, we would like to take this opportunity to formally introduce ourselves and ask for your help in understanding how best we can serve you, the residents of our Parish, going forward.

To help with this, we have put together a summary of what is being discussed at Parish Council meetings, some suggestions/ideas that have already been put forward for consideration and an invitation to yourselves to contribute your own ideas or maybe raise any issues you would like us to address, in the comments boxes on the next page.

Please note that all data collected will be secured, for use by the Parish Councillors/Clerk only, to help us determine the best way forward.

Smart Alert

Lets talk Transport

Let’s Talk Transport is the easiest way for people to get involved in shaping the future of Staffordshire’s transport network.

In 2024, we’re developing a new local transport plan (LTP). It will describe Staffordshire's future transport network and the practical steps we, and others, need to take to get there. The plan will include all the ways we get around, and how we manage our roads.

The plan will:

Outline the future vision for our transport network in 2050, together with the policies, plans, and programmes needed to realise it.
Describe our aspirations for walking, cycling, wheeling, public transport, rail, car-based travel, and freight.
Describe our aspirations regarding the management and maintenance of local roads.
Explain how we will prioritise, fund, deliver and monitor the schemes necessary to achieve the vision.
Set out our 'asks' of our partners and Government, whose cooperation is essential to realise the vision.
Align with, and support, the council’s broader strategies, plans, and priorities.

Since we have launched let’s talk transport we have:

Launched our walking and cycling maps and survey, to engage with communities being included within our next local cycling and walking infrastructure plan (LCWIP).
Held a poll regarding what transport issues are important to you.
Regularly updated let’s talk transport with content such as scrutiny reports and the Staffordshire business & environment network (SBEN) breakfast video.

We now have live:

The electric vehicles survey. Please follow the below link to view EV Survey | Let's Talk Staffordshire.
Walking maps regarding our upcoming LCWIP. Please follow the below link to view Let's Talk Transport | Let's Talk Staffordshire.
The youth transport map, which seeks to understand what and where the important transport issues are for young people Transport Issues Map for 14-18 Year Olds | Let's Talk Transport | Let's Talk Staffordshire .

Get Involved

We’re putting this plan together with the help of Staffordshire residents, local businesses and key partners.

We’re really keen to know what you think, so we’ll be holding some face-to-face sessions, online webinars, and surveys over the coming months.

Click here to join our email list.(External link) You’ll be the first to hear about any new events regarding the LTP, giving you the chance to voice your opinions.

All data collected on this page will be processed in line with our privacy notice. We will use the information that you have given us in order to:

Enable us to develop transport strategies, including but not limited to the LTP and ensuring equality of those strategies to all of Staffordshire’s residents,
Secure funding for transport infrastructure, transport services, travel planning and behavioural change programmes, and
Construct traffic, transport and carbon models and support analytical transport planning.

Creswell Parish Council

The Local Parish Council is the first tier of local Government, it is generally considered the first step into local government before moving on to higher tears. They can levy a precept which has to be spent within the parish. By becoming a parish councillor, you will be able to contribute to the Parish. A parish councillors’ primary role is to represent the people who live with their parish, provide a bridge between the community and the parish council, be an advocate for local residents and signpost them to the right people within higher tiers.

To be eligible to stand for election to a parish council, you must be:

- be a UK or Commonwealth citizen and an elector of the parish
- be a citizen of the Republic of Ireland
- be a citizen of another Member state of the European Union
- be at least 18 years old
- for the whole of the previous 12 months have occupied (as owner or tenant) land or other premises in the parish
- during the previous 12 months have worked in the parish (as your principal or only place of work)
- for the whole of the previous 12 months lived in the parish or within three miles of the parish boundary
- Sign up to the Parish Council's Code of Conduct, which is based on the Nolan Principles.

You may not stand in an election to become a local councillor, (Local Government Act 1972 (section 80) if you have been convicted and received a prison sentence (or suspended sentence) of three months or more in the five years before the election.

Meetings

Councillors have a duty to attend all meetings, they take place every other month, meetings are open to the public and press. Meetings should last no more than two or three hours. Some councils also have sub-committees to deal with specific subjects, such as planning matters, but this generally makes for shorter council meetings rather than a much greater time commitment.

Length of service

Parish councillors are elected for a four-year term, but you may stand down at any point in the term, if you decide you are unable to continue.

If you would like to serve as a Parish Councillor, please contact the parish council clerk clerk@creswellparishcouncil.co.uk – 45 Thorn Close, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 1TA – 07971226170.