Parish Council

The Parish Council has an official website which documents the day to day business of the Council


The Parish Council runs and maintains the  fabric and infrastructure of the village for the benefit of its residents. To help us in this task we would be  grateful  if residents could report to the clerk any issues that  they notice  and which concern them in the village. The Council does employ a lengthsman to do maintenance and clearing works around the village, so anything reported could receive prompt attention.

Gullies
Blocked gullies are always an issue in the village at times of heavy rainfall , often leading to localised flooding. The Highways Department of WCC now has a process for reporting  these blocked gullies, and your assistance in the reporting of issues would be appreciated.
             [ Please click the map below and it will take you in to the Highways process along with
                               the interactive map indicating the individual gulliy positions]
                               

West Mercia Police
The Police team try to visit the village once a week to make themselves available to the residents
The February Dates
Wednesday       1st February,  7.00pm
Thursday           9th February. 10.00am
Thursday          16th February, 7.00pm
Thursday          23rd February 10.00am
Friday                3rd March       10.00am


We still have high levels of anti social behaviour in the village. Following an issue in July last year the Police issued the following statement as guidance to villagers.

                             

The Parish Council Supports Community groups and their Projects

Through the period from 2018 to 2021,
The Parish Council has worked with the  Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Services, The Heritage Trust and the Chroniclers  to obtian a grant from the National Lotteries Fund to restore a local "Market Gardening Time Capsule". The building, better known as a "Hovel", was located in one of the orchards at the Heritage Trust, and was part of a wider market gardening project in the vale.
This was an important project, preserving a piece of village history and was known as the Vale Hovel Project.       

Projects in 2022
The Cleeve Prior Heritage Trust- Sanctuary Wood- Quarry Lane

The Cleeve Prior Heritage Trust [CPHT] was offered and has bought, at its own cost, a parcel of abandoned land in the heart of the village of Cleeve Prior. This land is located on a popular footpath , Quarry Lane,  and  was attracting tipping and ibecame an eyesore and dangerous with  derelict buildings,  fly tipping and a vast amount of broken glass. Backing on to the CPHT sanctuary,  a quiet place for villagers and bird watchers to retreat to, the CPHT intend to turn this area back to natural woodland, to plant more trees and to create a natural environment for village use.  The Parish Council  have supported this project and have made available to the trust, £2406 of funds allocated by Wychavon to the village.This contribution is to provide the materials required to secure the site and start the project

 

The Cleeve Prior Millenium Green Trust- Land Drainage -The Millennium Green

The Cleeve Prior Millennium Green Trust applied for a grant from the Parish Council monies allocated to the village  by Wychavon for community projects. This was to cover land drainage works to the Millennium Green where there was poor land drainage,  and large areas were subject to flooding, especially in the wet winter period

The Parish Council supported this application and was able to source £2723 of funds,  from section 106 monies allocated for supporting public open spacesl. The project has been completed .

 

The Compulsary Purchase Land, Evesham Rd - Landscaping Project 

Wychavon has made grants available for community prjects through its Legacy Grant Scheme.

Thie council has succesfully submitted a project which proposes to landscape the CPO land owned by the Parish Council, which comprises of  c 4.2 acres,  situated on the edge of the village of Cleeve Prior, adjacent to the proposed new development  of c80+ houses.

Over the past 20 years this site has been subject to  a high level of fly tipping,  and the area is now devoid of any grass, trees or wildlife.

This now derelict land sits on and is the hub  of the Green-link at the heart of a series of village walks .

The project itself will involve the following works:

1.     A car park to take 12 cars, consisting of a stone base, finished with gravel and wooden sleepers to the boundary.

2.     Services, comprising of power and water to a secure service box for use at event

3.     A double car charging point

4.     Repairs to the existing stone track around the site

5.     A grassed area set aside for village activities.

6.     The remaining landscaping to be 70% flowering meadow and 30% to be ordinary grassland with circa 1,000 trees.:

 

It is intended that this area will be a transition between the new developement and the new Heart of England Forest area , planned on c 22acres on adjacent agricultural land.

The Parish Council was successful with the application and works are expected to start in 2024 once the housing scheme has been finally approved.

Upgrading the Village Playground
This year we have added two new items of play equipment to the village playground along with a protective boundary fence.

Installing Village Gates
The council lstalled 'road gates' at North end of the village,

Built a new Bus Shelter
Following the destruction of the bus shelter the council funded and had built a replacement.

Jubilee
The Parish Council Funded and facilitated the very successful Jubilee Celebrations arrangements.