Parish Council News

From Jan Martin — Chairman of Hurst PC
contactable on 0118 934 xxxx

Parish Council Web site

With assistance from Duncan Kendall, a new web site (www.hurstpc.org.uk) was launched by the Parish Council in November last year. The aim of the site is to keep residents informed on the activities of the council. A monthly crime report from the Loddon Valley Police is published on the News sections, along with details of the Council’s major projects. The planning section is updated as soon as applications are made available, giving residents the opportunity to make comments within the notification period, and also to see the decisions. Elsewhere on the site is information and advice on commenting on planning applications, crime prevention, transport, schools and even refuse collections.

Community Shelter

At the January meetings, residents were invited to voice their opinions with regard the proposed community shelter to be sited in the recreation ground opposite Townsend Road. Beverley Stevens, the Mobile Provisions Co-ordinator and a member of the Youth Street Worker scheme run by Wokingham Youth and Community Service, gave a very good insight into the work done to help young people and explained that the shelter is a vital part of the youth provision programme. At the end of the meeting both residents and Councillors were in agreement that the project should go ahead.

Youth Provision

From 25th January, the popular Mobile Youth Facility will meet on Friday evenings from 7pm in the Village Halls.

Vehicle Activated Signs

After a submission by the Parish Council to the highways department at WDC, the highways board decided that Hinton Road, Lodge Road, Davis Street and the A321 Wards Cross are to be included in a programme of assessment for future implementation. Full details of this can be found on the web site. The Council is keen to get some more input from residents and invite anyone in the parish to e-mail their suggestions regarding traffic management, speed limits, vehicle activated signs, etc to clerk@hurstpc.org.uk.

Village Clean-up

The annual village clean-up, sponsored by the Parish Council, will take place on Saturday 20 March. As usual, please report to the Village Hall car park between 9am and 12 noon to collect safety tabards, litter pickers and rubbish sacks. This is an opportunity for you to spend an hour or two clearing hedgerows and verges of rubbish. Please wear waterproof boots which are recommended for this activity and provide your own gloves.

Keep Mobile

Operates a fleet of accessible mini-buses, all of which have adaptable seating arrangements to suit various needs. Keep Mobile are always looking for volunteers and especially need more drivers to help our 37 members. Please let us know if you would like to help Keep Mobile.