Clerk Corner

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…

Stating the obvious, here we are in February and Easter is round the corner.

I will start by wishing all our residents a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Another year has rolled by so I would like to start by wishing all our residents a Very Happy Christmas

We didn’t get 10 members of the electorate asking for an election for the position of a new Councillor