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Parish Council office closed over Easter
The Parish Council office will be closed from 9-18 April inclusive.
Any communications received during this period will be answered as quickly as possible on our return.
Posted: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:42 by Claire Hilton
Consultation on taking a loan from the Public Works Loan Board
West Hoathly Parish Council wish to know whether the community support the Parish Council taking out a loan to a maximum value of £20,000 repayable over 10 years to fund the Community Archive Project, creating a purpose-built archive store in the Village Hall so that the Local History Archive is available for all.
The work will involve upgrading the old chair and table store in the Village Hall... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:50 by Claire Hilton
Public Notice - closure of Vowels Lane, Kingscote 05/04/21
Temporary closure of Vowels Lane, East Grinstead CP, 5th April 2021
Posted: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:29 by Leanne Andrews
Symptom-free Covid-19 community testing now available in West Sussex
Adults in West Sussex who have to leave home for work or caring responsibilities can now book a symptom-free Covid-19 test.
As efforts to combat the spread of the virus continue, more local testing is being rolled to help identify as many people as possible who have Covid-19 but not the symptoms.
The pan-Sussex Community Testing Programme launches this week as a partnership between West Sussex County... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:00 by Leanne Andrews
Roadworks 09 March - C319
Notification of roadworks taking place on 09 March on the C319. Traffic lights in operation. Please note that due to changes in WSCC data protection policy, we no longer see the description of the works.
Posted: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:26 by Claire Hilton
Parish Budget agreed for 2021/22
The Parish Council unanimously agreed the Budget for the next year from April 2021 to March 2022 at the meeting in January. A precept of £76,399 with a Band D increase of 2.9% is the outcome; this is the same increase as Mid Sussex District Council.
Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:00 by Claire Hilton
Parish Assembly - postponed until May
The Parish Council has agreed to delay the annual Parish Assembly from 01 March to, provisionally, the 10 May. This is in the hope, possibly forlorn, that socially distanced meetings could actually become a reality. Senior officers from the Police Traffic Team have been invited principally to address the C319.
In mid February, coincidentally, the Police gave a presentation to a group of Parish &... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:38 by Claire Hilton
Future Parish Council and Committee Meeting
The Parish Council, with all eleven members, has continued to meet using Zoom for both full Parish Council meetings and committee meetings during the current lockdown period. The legislation permitting 'remote' meetings ends on 7th May 2021 and the Government has not yet announced if this will be extended. There is a very strong likelihood, due to a lack of Parliamentary time, that there will be no... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:16 by Claire Hilton
Interested in local history? This could be for you
The Parish Council is looking for an interested and enthusiastic individual to become the Parish Archivist. The Archive has been assembled over many years but Dr John Ralph and this work will involve working with Dr Ralph to transfer the physical archive to the Village Hall and then, going forward managing both the physical and electronic archive which the Parish Council hope to make widely available.... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:26 by Claire Hilton
Parish Assembly - postponed until May
With the current Covid restrictions still in place, the annual Parish Assembly, originally planned for 01 March 2021, will be postponed until May. We will post the new date here as soon as it is confirmed.
Posted: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:00 by Claire Hilton
