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Parish Council needs YOUR ideas

HAVE YOUR SAY: The Parish Council are asking all their Parishioners to suggest what the Council should do with a plot of land that now appears cannot be used for its original intention as a village car park.

Read more about this land and how you can communicate your views to the Parish Council.

See ideas collected so far

GROUP WALK of the new Windmill Lane footpath with Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle is taking place on Sunday 19th May 2013 at 2pm. Meet at the top of Three Acre Lane. Round walk around 6 miles.

WINDMILL LANE "IT'S OPEN" - START WALKING: The Windmill Lane footpath is now officially open to walkers. Finger post signs and proper gates will soon appear at both ends but walkers can enjoy this footpath now.

PROBLEMS WITH ACCESS: When anyone walks it and encounters ANY problems including locked gates they should report it to the Parish Council's Rights of Way Officer Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle who is co-ordinating all complaints.

Ian's email address: ian@ianva.co.uk

View the modification order and associated map.

ALLOTMENTS AVAILABLE NOW: If you live in the Parishes of Langton Matravers OR Worth Matravers/Harmans Cross and would like an allotment then the Council has some half plots available now. Email or contact the Clerk using the details below. The Council runs an Allotment Garden, with both full and half sized plots, in the centre of the village.

For more information on the allotments including a photo gallery follow the Allotment Information link.

NOTE:CHANGES TO INSURANCE RULES. The Parish Council pays the Product and Public liability insurance for members of the Allotment Association for their activities on their allotment plots. The cover for this insurance has recently been enhanced, at no extra cost to the Council, to cover not only the members but also any of their helpers, friends, family etc, for their activities on the allotment plots.

PARISH PLAN UPDATE 2011- ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS: The Parish Council at their 12th January 2012 meeting have reviewed the recommendations of their working party and have with a couple of changes, noteably opting to attempt to provide a car park in the centre of the village, adopted the recommendations in full. These recommendations to update the Parish Plan of 2005 were as the result of the Parish Plan Update Survey carried out by the Parish Council during 2011. To see the adopted recommendations click Adopted Recommendations.

NEXT MEETING: For the time, agenda, draft minutes and planning information for the next Parish Council Meeting, which always takes place in the Village Hall, please follow the Next Meeting Information link.

All are welcome to attend the Parish Council meetings.