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Next Parish Council Meeting July 12th at 8.00pm in Aston Cricket Club Pavillion preceded by Councillors Surgery at 7-45pm

ASTON PARISH COUNCIL

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING WEDNESDAY APRIL 28 7-30 IN SCHOOL HALL Agenda 1.Luton airport anti terrorist policing policy 2.Aston Parish Plan Supplement 3. Questions on Councils Work plus any others ASTON CENTREFIELD TRUST AGM Minutes 2009 AGM Annual Report Annual Accounts AOB Welcome to the Aston Parish Council web site. This site is not designed to give full information about the Parish since much can be found in the Aston Village Plan and other Aston web sites which can be accessed from here. This site has been designed to give information about the activities and duties of the Aston Parish Council. To this end the following information is contained here. Parish Council Meetings - dates, Agenda and minutes of meetings Parish Councillors contact details Annual programme of APC Policies of APC Planning applications, current, past and views of APC Working documents Useful contacts News Items	LATEST PARISH NEWS FROM MAGAZINE Aston Parish Council N Aston Parish Council: ASTON PARISH PLAN SUPPLEMENT: This document is now complete and is back from the printers. It is a very good read about Aston, its current situation and aspirations. A copy will be delivered free of charge to every household in the Parish and it will come with the invite to the Annual Parish Meeting. The cost of producing it has been met totally by a grant from Total Action East so it has not cost the Parish a penny. The Parish Council does still have a few copies of the original Parish Plan, so if people have moved in since they were distributed, and you would like a copy, please let the clerk know and they will go out to you. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING: This will be held on Wednesday, April 28^th, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row! This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row! RETURN TO SENDER: The Parish Council are very grateful to a Parishioner who found a fly tip of household goods including two suitcases (one a large leather variety) at Stoney Ford. Even more so, as the large suitcase had a name and address tag still attached. The Parishioner removed this and passed it to the clerk. Details were passed to the Environment Agency but a prosecution could not be brought since there was no witness to them being dumped. However that did not stop the cases being returned to Mrs.Odell at an address in Blacksmith Hill, Benington. They were quite surprised to get them back, certainly confused, but difficult to know whether they were grateful that their property had been lovingly returned to sender. A warning letter then followed with a copy to Benington Parish Council. ews APRIL This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row!This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row! The Parish Council are very grateful to a Parishioner who found a fly tip of household goods including two suitcases (one a large leather variety) at Stoney Ford. Even more so, as the large suitcase had a name and address tag still attached. The Parishioner removed this and passed it to the clerk. Details were passed to the Environment Agency but a prosecution could not be brought since there was no witness to them being dumped. However that did not stop the cases being returned to Mrs.Odell at an address in Blacksmith Hill, Benington. They were quite surprised to get them back, certainly confused, but difficult to know whether they were grateful that their property had been lovingly returned to sender. A warning letter then followed with a copy to Benington Parish Council. This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row!This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row! The Parish Council are very grateful to a Parishioner who found a fly tip of household goods including two suitcases (one a large leather variety) at Stoney Ford. Even more so, as the large suitcase had a name and address tag still attached. The Parishioner removed this and passed it to the clerk. Details were passed to the Environment Agency but a prosecution could not be brought since there was no witness to them being dumped. However that did not stop the cases being returned to Mrs.Odell at an address in Blacksmith Hill, Benington. They were quite surprised to get them back, certainly confused, but difficult to know whether they were grateful that their property had been lovingly returned to sender. A warning letter then followed with a copy to Benington Parish Council. This will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at Aston School, at 7.30pm. There are 3 main items on the agenda. Firstly, a presentation by Bedfordshire Police on their work to keep the flight paths into Luton safe. Secondly, questions and discussion on the Parish Plan Supplement. Finally, questions and discussion of the Parish Council’s work since the last Parish Meeting. At the suggestion of Dave Wilson, the work will be printed on the reverse of the invite to be delivered so that everyone knows what has happened. It is this last item, which allows Parishioners to raise any item of their choosing and no doubt an update on Little Orchard will be requested by someone. Come early to avoid the front row! The Parish Council are very grateful to a Parishioner who found a fly tip of household goods including two suitcases (one a large leather variety) at Stoney Ford. Even more so, as the large suitcase had a name and address tag still attached. The Parishioner removed this and passed it to the clerk. Details were passed to the Environment Agency but a prosecution could not be brought since there was no witness to them being dumped. However that did not stop the cases being returned to Mrs.Odell at an address in Blacksmith Hill, Benington. They were quite surprised to get them back, certainly confused, but difficult to know whether they were grateful that their property had been lovingly returned to sender. A warning letter then followed with a copy to Benington Parish Council.
	Aston Parish lies on the extreme western boundary of the East Hertfordshire District and on the eastern boundary of the Stevenage Borough . The Parish of Aston comprises of three areas, each with its own character. Aston Village is situated on the top of the Beane Valley ridge and has developed historically around the church of St. Mary's. It has many older properties and now embraces a number of small developments and is home to the local school, village hall, cricket, bowls, football and tennis club together with 2 public houses. Aston End comprises a number of active farms and small clusters of houses and cottages, many of which are listed . A butchers shop and public house are located there. Hooks Cross ,situated on the busy A602 which dominates the character of this area , is a series of active farms and houses in a rural setting . It is bounded by the civil parishes of Walkern(NE), Benington(E), Watton(SE) and Datchworth(S).
The Parish covers 712 hectares running broadly SSE to NNW direction. It straddles the strategic ridge line between Aston Brook and the River Beane. Overlooking Stevenage to the west and the Beane Valley to the east, the ridgeline is a significant planning watershed and natural boundary. The entire Parish is located within the Metropolitan Green Belt and is designated as a Landscape Conservation Area. Much of the Village of Aston is designated as a Conservation Area although a number of the most historic building are located outside of this. The Beane valley has been occupied since Palieolthic Man 150,000 years ago and there are several several sites of archaeological interest in the Parish. The river Beane which is a tributary of the Lea and hence the Thames, flanks Aston?s eastern boundary. It was once a much larger river ssuporting boating and fishing activities. Aston or Estone as it is referred to in the Dooms day Book formed part of lands belonging to Odo, Bishop of Bayeux. Until the 2nd World War, it retained a quiet existence and even as late as 1991,10% of Aston's residence still had agricultural interests.