Clerk Corner

If any resident has still not received a copy of the 2022 calendar please let me know and I will be happy to supply one. 

I would like to start with going back to Remembrance Sunday on 14 November and thanking everyone who took part, particularly all the volunteers from various organisations who turned out on the day to help to make a huge success of what is a sombre occasion, when we remember the…

Lyndhurst Parish Council was finally able, for the first time in almost two years, to celebrate with its residents by holding the Parish Awards evening on 13 October.

I’m very pleased to say that by the time you read this article the picnic benches should be here and installed in the Recreation Ground.

Quick update on the benches ….. We now have five picnic benches on order for Coles Mead Recreation Ground

I would like to start on a high note and thank the generous residents and the business who have each donated …

So high summer is here and Lyndhurst is buzzing with activity (and, unfortunately, traffic). Firstly, can I express my thanks to District Councillor Hilary Brand and the staff at the Fox & Hounds for diligently watering the plants in the plant border island outside their shops. I know Hilary would…

As I write this article we have just held our first face to face Parish Council meeting this year – two in fact, on the same evening.

We were somewhat surprised to hear from the Hampshire Association of Local Councils that we now need to revert to holding our meetings face to face.  While meetings held by Zoom are not ideal they proved to be a very important piece of Government legislation during the Covid pandemic and…

We have had another Councillor resignation. This time it is Mark Rollé, one of our very experienced Councillors who has been with us for over 20 years. In fact he, along with Anne Butcher and Jim Wilding, interviewed me for the position of Clerk/RFO in 2003. I always enjoyed working…