This website provides information about the work of Bishop's Cleeve Parish Council together with local information and news. Bishop's Cleeve is a large village in Gloucestershire, lying within Tewkesbury Borough. The Parish is divided into three wards which each have serving Parish Councillors in addition to the elected Borough and County Councillors.
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March 25, 2026
The Council budget for 2026 - 2027, which was agreed at the Full Council meeting held on the 15th January 2026, has required a precept of £583,363 which, whilst a 10% increase is actually less than 19p extra per week for a Band D property. For Bishop’s Cleeve residents living in homes in Bands A to C, you will see an even smaller increase. The Council has endeavoured to keep the increase as low as possible, however, with the cost of all services increasing, and with a growing requirement to provide for the community, the precept has had to rise to fund those services that are essential, as well as desirable for residents. The decision to increase the precept by 10% was carefully considered and made with the aim of ensuring that vital local services are preserved and enhanced for the benefit of our community. The money raised through the precept stays within Bishop’s Cleeve, directly supporting local projects and services, and this year is helping to ensure that the area is maintained to a higher standard than last year by taking over the maintenace and cutting of the highway verges in the parish from Gloucestershire County Council. The County Council will continue to be responsible for the roundabouts and the verges along the A435 bypass. With Local Government reorganisation only two years away, the Council has also got to be mindful of the additonal responsibilites that will be filtering down to the Parish, and start preparing for trying to ensure that our community doesn’t suffer as a consequence of the changes coming. The Council will continue to protect and maintain important services, including: Maintenance of open spaces, the Community Building and Sports Pavilion and pitches Ongoing improvements to play areas Provision of Christmas lights and the Switch-On event on the 21st November Community Grants for local organisations Issuing of Foodbank Vouchers (which are availalbe from the Parish Office) Facilitate the weekly Citizens Advice Bureau
February 12, 2026
The closures and restrictions for roads during Cheltenham Racecourse events can be found on the below link
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January 20, 2026
Citizens Advice will be at the Parish Council on Thursday mornings 10am-12pm from February 2026. These are booked appointments so please call us here in the office on 01242 674440 or pop in during our opening times of 10am-2.30pm to make an appointment. Citizens advice can be reached directly on 0808 189 6280 Monday – Friday 10-4. Online advice can be found here https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
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December 2, 2025
The latest Newsletter for the A435 Cycleway can be found below. Please note the upcoming closures on page 3.
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September 26, 2025
The Parish Council is committed to keeping you informed and values your input on the issues that matter most to our community. The future of Bishop's Cleeve begins with you. Stay informed. Get involved. Be heard.
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September 1, 2025
Please be aware of the road works affecting the Parish this week can be found below. Live updates on road closures can be found on the Highways website; https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/highways/roads/roadworks/
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August 8, 2025
The planning application for the new Aldi supermarket next to The Grange is due to be considered by Tewkesbury Planning Committee on August 19th 2025. If you wish to comment on this application please follow the link below, and use reference number 23/00990/FUL and follow the prompts.
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August 5, 2025
Gloucestershire County Council is proposing to introduce a 40mph speed limit by reducing the extent of the existing 50mph speed limit along part of the A435. It is also proposed to introduce a shared use footway/cycleway and splitter islands. The scheme is being proposed in association with the new residential development currently under construction to the west of the A435 (Planning Ref - 20/00245/FUL). To view the documents for this proposal, please see
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July 1, 2025
The Parish Council has been receiving an increasing number of enquiries concerning the lack of grass cutting taking place on the verges around the village. These verges are the responsibility of Gloucestershire County Council (GCC), however, local residents are being told that they are the responsibility of the Parish Council. THIS IS NOT TRUE. The map on the GCC website has also been changed to show that the Parish Council are now responsible for cutting the verges but this is not the case. At no time has the Parish Council been contacted or asked to undertake this responsibility, and it is not something that can be taken on without time to prepare, both in terms of contractors and financing this additional work. Numerous attempts to meet and discuss this with GCC officers have proved fruitless, and even a meeting with the County Councillor has failed to move this matter along. The Council will continue to pursue this matter and further updates will be made when further information is available.In themeantime, if you wish to report any particular issues, please do so on the FixMy Street part of the County Council’s website, and contact your countycouncilors, Councillors Alex Hegenbarth and Richard Stanley. Their email addresses are alex.hegenbarth@gloucestershire.gov.uk and richard.stanley@gloucestershire.gov.uk
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1926 - 2022
It is with great sadness that we have learned the news of the death of our Monarch, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Most of us have not known life without her as our Queen, a Queen who led the Country and the Commonwealth with a lifelong dedication to duty, the like of which we will never see again. On behalf of Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Council and all of our residents we offer our sincere condolences to her family at this very difficult time. A Book of Condolence is available in the Parish Office for residents to sign. As a mark of respect, the Council will be flying the Union Flag at half-mast and over the coming days we will be following the national protocol to mourn Her Majesty. Anybody wishing to lay floral tributes is asked to do so at the flag pole in the Parish Garden, Church Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, but please do not leave them wrapped in paper or plastic and avoid leaving candles. Those placed outside of the designated area will be moved to the official area. All items will be removed the day after the State Funeral for HM Queen ElizabethII. In accordance with protocol all Council meetings scheduled to take place before the 26th September have been postponed. Further details of the revised dates will be available on the Council’s website shortly.
Councillor Wendy Hopkins, Chair of Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Council
