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Welcome to Clive parish

Village Hall renovation project

Parish Council loan advance received 05.05.2022

The Parish Council was successful in its loan application and the advance for the £7500 loan for the Village Hall project was received in the PC's bank account on 05.05.2022, so all that we are waiting for now is the CTP agreement from Veolia, which is expected towards the end of June or early July. Once we have signed and submitted that we can send Veolia the £7500, which will trigger the release of of the £75,000 grant to the Village Hall Committee. 

Parish Council Borrowing approval granted 21.03.2022

We're pleased to announce that the Secretary of State has recently granted borrowing approval to Clive Parish Council. What this means is we are now allowed to apply for a loan to facilitate the Village Hall Committee's Veolia grant, but we must first resolve to take out a loan at a Full Council meeting. This will be on the agenda at the April meeting (expected 21.04.2022) and the aim is to put in the loan application with the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) shortly after. Even though this loan application is another step in the process, in practice, once borrowing approval has been granted by the Secretary of State there is no reason why the PWLB loan application will not be approved. 

Precept increase survey results and Council decision

Results of precept increase survey

A big thank you to everyone who responded to our loan and precept increase consultation! We received 61 survey responses in total (response rate of 25%) and the results are as follows:

  • 92% in favour of the PC supporting the Village Hall renovations (56 responses)
  • 8% against the PC supporting the Village Hall renovations (5 responses)
  • 89% in favour of the associated increase in precept and council tax (54 responses)
  • 8% against the associated increase in precept and council tax (5 responses)
  • 3% did not answer the question about precept increase and council tax (2 responses)

The figures above give a margin of error of 11% which means the PC can be 95% confident that between 78% and 100% of all the households would support the proposal to take out a loan to support the renovations, and would support the associated increase in precept and Band D council tax.

Parish Council decision

The survey results were discussed at the PC meeting on 20th Jan (view meeting minutes here), and as a majority of respondents supported the proposals, it was resolved to seek borrowing approval from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing, and Communities (formerly Housing, Communities, and Local Government) to apply for a PWLB loan of £7500 over the borrowing term of 10 years for the purpose of a Third Party Contribution for the Village Hall grant application to Veolia (for the final stage of Village Hall renovations). The annual repayments will come to approx. £831 (the interest rate increased slightly since the survey).

Following the formal precept increase consultation from 12th December 2021 and 7th January 2022, it is also intended to increase the Council’s precept for the purpose of loan repayments by 3% (just for the loan repayments, 9.7% total increase) which is the equivalent of an additional £831 per year (just for loan repayments). Band D Council tax equivalent will be an additional £2.99 per year (5.1% increase). The increase in band D charge attributable to the Village Hall loan repayments will be £0.93pa.

As stated in the survey fact sheet, if the Village Hall Committee is unsuccessful in their grant application with Veolia, or if the PC is unsuccessful in its loan application, the additional £831 for the first year’s loan repayments will no longer be needed. This will be held in reserve and taken into account when setting the 2023-24 budget.

View Report to Council on Village Hall loan

View agreed budget 2022-23

 

Village Hall renovations loan: precept increase survey (now closed)

The Parish Council is undertaking a community survey to establish levels of support for a proposed loan of up to £7500 to facilitate a larger grant to the Village Hall Committee for the final stage of renovations to the Village Hall. Councillors are delivering surveys to residents (one response per household) and completed forms should be left in the postbox outside the Village hall before the deadline of 07.01.2022. If you have lost your survey form and need a replacement, or wish to review the FAQs you can download a copy below. Once the responses have been collected after the 7th January 2022 deadline, addresses will be checked to ensure there is no duplication. Once responses have been validated, personal data will be separated from response forms and destroyed, i.e. we will not keep any record of how individuals voted in this survey, just the anonymised responses. 

Download a copy of the survey form and FAQs.

View the Scope of Works for the renovation project here.

NB. The PC's Third Party Contribution (up to max £7500) would not go towards the overall renovation project costs, and is not deducted from the amount the Village Hall is requesting from Veolia. The TPC would be sent directly to Landfill Operator (Veolia) which enables them to make grants to projects like the Village Hall renovation project. More information is found in the PDF below.

What you need to know about Veolia and the Contributing Third Party.   

 

About Clive

Clive is a village situated around the west side of Grinshill Hill. Grinshill sandstone, from the nearby quarry at Grinshill is used throughout the village for building material from walls and houses to the village church. Grinshill is a nearby village and beauty spot.

The English Restoration dramatist William Wycherley was born at Clive. 

Clive is situated just off the A49 and the B5476. The village itself has country roads throughout, where in places the passing of two cars require one to pull in.

There is a railway station nearby, on the Welsh Marches Line at Yorton, between Wem and Shrewsbury. The station at Yorton is served by roughly one train every 2 hours in either direction, and is a request stop, requiring the station passenger to wave at the approaching train in order to stop it and be picked up.

The village is served by the 511 bus service to nearby towns Wem, Shrewsbury, and Whitchurch.

Community life

In the centre of the village is the All Saints church which holds regular services. Clive Church of England primary school is situated halfway up Grinshill Hill.

The Village Hall is a community hall which houses the Post Office on Monday afternoons, as well as holding a range of evening classes. It is where the local bridge groups and Parish Council meet, and is also available to hire for public and private events. 

The village is served by a newsletter every two months with input from both the Clive and Grinshill communities as well as the parish council, and this is delivered to each household free of charge.

You can find more Community information under the "Community" heading of the website main menu. 

Local services and night life

The village is served by a mechanics, car dealership, hair and beauty salon, and a number of small businesses such as decorators, electricians, etc., are based in and around the village. The Village Hub is a members clubhouse (membership is free of charge) which has a licence to sell alcohol, as well as selling bar snacks, pool table etc. The Hub also hosts a range of events including quizzes, televised sport events, live music etc.

Parish Council

The Parish Council is made up of 8 elected or co-opted members, who are classed as holders of office, and they are not paid for their time. Find out more about the Council and who your councillors are. The Council employs a part-time clerk to act as Proper Officer and Responsible Financial Officer. The clerk is available to contact by email and phone in the daytime on Mondays - Friday, but as they only work 9hrs/week please note there may be a delay in response.