SO many people are using Powick Parish Council's noticeboards at Colletts Green, Powick and Callow End that the council has decided to put a stop to it.

Council member Brian Moriarty said some of the notices were about issues that had never been discussed by the council, but the impression was being given that they had council approval.

The clerk, Michelle Phillips, said she did not know who else held keys to the glass covered boards, but there was never any space for the council's own notices.

"People are very keen to put notices in, but I am the one who has to take them out after the event," she said.

John Mason said he believed the board at Colletts Green was being opened with a screwdriver and that people believed it was for public use.

It was agreed that notices should be displayed on the boards stating that they are strictly for the use of the parish council and that any unauthorised notices will be removed.