Contact details for parish councillors can be obtained from the parish office, the Useful Contact Details leaflet or the website
Boxley Parish Mail Orchard Open Day at Penhurst Close
CHAIRMAN: Martin Pepper CLERK: Pauline Bowdery ASST CLERK: Melanie Fooks
Parish Office, Beechen Hall, Wildfell Close, Walderslade, ME5 9RU Tel: 01634 861237 email:
bowdery@boxleyparishcouncil.co.uk Website:
www.boxleyparishcouncil.co.uk
Boxley residents are invited to an
GROVE Green residents are to be invited, by a flyer, to an open day at the orchard site. The in- vitation to the rest of the parish is being issued here, in the Downs Mail. Residents will be able to see the plans in detail,
talk to councillors involved in the work and also give in their votes on what additional play equip- ment they want to see there. The council is also appealing for residents to submit memories and photographs of the Grove Green area as it used to be – before the large-scale development took place. It is planned to produce a community orchard booklet with recipes recommended by residents. Recipes, for food and drink, related to apples,
Stand for election
as a councillor ELECTIONS to the council are due in May next year and the council is looking for residents to stand for election as councillors. If you wish to take part, further information is on the website or can be supplied by the parish office. Not sure what the council
does? – Agendas and min- utes are on the website and all the meetings are open – you would be most welcome to attend. Still not sure what the council does? – This page and other pages in the Downs Mail will show you the diverse work taken on by a parish council while representing its community.
Volunteer tree
planters wanted THE council is hoping to work with Maidstone Bor- ough Council to plant addi- tional trees atWeavering Heath. The trees (small whips) would be provided free but volunteers are needed to plant them. Anyone interested should
log their details with the parish office and they will be contacted once the plant- ing day is organised.
Parish website COUNCILLORS were in- formed that the parish office and Cllr Vic Davies would soon start designing the new website and that it was planned to change the do- main name to a “
.gov.uk” address.
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Saturday, October 1, noon to 3pm.
– All are welcome
damsons, cherries, hazelnuts and cobnuts can be sent to the parish office – local Kentish recipes would be particularly welcome. The open day will include children’s games,
and refreshments will be provided. Any resident interested in becoming involved
in any way can contact the parish clerk, Pauline Bowdery, or visit the council’
swebsitewww.box- leyparishcouncil.
co.uk for more information.
Puffin crossing will help make Provender Way safer
BOXLEY Parish Council agreed at a specially arranged meeting on August 22 to allocate more of its reserves so that a puffin crossing could be installed out- side St John’s School. Having considered a zebra crossing, members decided that they wanted more safety for children and residents and so dug deeper into the reserves. Chairman Martin Pepper said:
“This has taken a lot of time to sort out but happily we are al- most there. “We are trying to plan for the
future and it is worth taking a little extra time and spending a little more to get it right. “Having failed to attract fund- ing from the highways budget it
New village sign THE new sign will soon be in- stalled at Sandling and the coun- cil is planning an unveiling. It would like to hear from any
of the children, and their fami- lies, who were originally in- volved in the design of the sign. The new sign is a copy, as far
as possible, of the old sign and children from Sandling School submitted ideas and pictures for the artist to consider.
was decided we would act rather than face a child being injured.” It is hoped that with a safe crossing point, more parents will allow their children to walk to school, taking more ve- hicles off the road. In today’s age of cuts, this project has been an example of three organisations working to- gether to achieve something.
The road outside St John’s School where the puffin crossing will be
Be alert to anything suspicious THE council was informed that there has been a mini crime wave in Boxley village and the surrounding rural area. A fuel bowser was stolen from a site and there have been nu- merous cases of diesel fuel being stolen. A trailer has also been stolen andmetals theft is on the increase. PCSO Andy Hawthorn said: “Anyone seeing something suspi-
cious should take down details and ring the police. “We need the support of local residents to stop this, because, ul- timately, it is us, the public, that pay for this through increased bills or insurance premiums.”
Energy efficiency at Beechen Hall THE new ceiling and lights at Beechen Hall were unveiled. The estates committee chairman, Vic Davies, said: “The hall
is often described by our staff as the prettiest one inMedway. Everyone who uses it seems to agree but it is important that the hall is kept refreshed and in good condition.” Energy saving light fittings have been included, along with additional insulation which will help reduce the hall’s energy bill and carbon footprint.
Annual acccounts
are signed off THE council’s 2010/11 ac- counts were successfully signed off without any qualifi- cations by the Audit Commis- sion. Full details are included on the council’s website.
You can e-mail the Downs Mail —
info@downsmail.co.uk
Boxley Parish Council has agreed to contribute £28,652, county Cllr Paul Carter has allo- cated £16,000 of his devolved budget, CllrWendy Hinder con- tributed £1,000 and St John’s School will contribute £5,000. Without councillors willing
to work towards this, the cross- ing would not have happened. Will you think about standing for election? (See panel, left.)
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