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Hedge End Town Council are currently looking for volunteers to help with a couple of projects. Firstly to form a new committee which will help to develop the green spaces around the Dowd’s Farm development. The Hedge End Town Council website currently contains the following appeal; Hedge End Town Council are hoping to engage with...
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Hedge End’s Town Councillors have voted to allow themselves to claim Travel and Subsistence expenses on official business that is conducted outside of the Town boundaries. Facing the unenviable task of having to vote on this recommendation in times of austerity and with public opinion still less than charitable sometimes, following the MP’s expenses...
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The Highways and Planning Committee at Hedge End Town Council was blessed with full attendance this evening. Everybody who was supposed to attend was there. No apologies were recorded or necessary. Unlike Eastleigh’s Borough Councillors, who only just scraped together a quorum at the Policy & Performance Scrutiny Panel last week, Town and Parish Councillors...
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Eastleigh Council have been accused of ‘steamrollering through’ their decision to purchase the Rose Bowl cricket stadium for £6.5 million. John Martin, a West End resident and Ukip activist challenged a poorly attended meeting of the performance and policy panel last Wednesday over the haste the council had shown in pursuing the proposed deal. Mr Martin...
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Hedge End Town Council’s Community & Culture Committee returned to business as usual this evening, after failing to raise a quorum in December. Present this evening were Cllr Lousie Bloom, Cllr Daniel Clarke, Cllr Cynthia Garton and Cllr Stan Sthankiya, which was sufficient to form a quorum. Apologies were formally received from Cllr Hicks,...
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Hedge End Town Council have been forced to re-start the process of filling a vacancy on the Town Council. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Hedge End Town Councillor David Humby, on 21st December. The process of selecting a new Councillor was set in motion on the 21st December, with the publication...
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Eastleigh Borough Council has confirmed that it will be freezing its Council Tax for 2012 and setting a council tax of 1% below inflation for 2013 providing borough residents with a ten year period of below inflation council tax. Following the Government’s Autumn Statement the council has had confirmation of its financial settlement for...
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Botley Parish Council have urged all Botley residents to respond to the consultation on Eastleigh’s draft local plan. At their Parish Council meeting this evening, Botley’s Parish Councillors discussed the Councils formal response to the Boroughs new plan, but concluded that more work was needed before it could be submitted. It will be discussed...
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Sixty pupils representing Eastleigh’s secondary schools and colleges recently attended a conference at Eastleigh’s Civic Offices. The conference was organised by Eastleigh Borough Council in co-operation with Eastleigh Safety Partnership and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and it covered topics such as such as cyber bullying, sexting and grooming. Speakers at the conference...
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The government’s flagship policy the Localism Bill has been given royal assent. The new act introduces many new measures which could have a profound effect on Eastleigh residents. The Act will enable councillors to openly discuss planning issues with residents; the council can revert to a democratic committee style of governance; taxpayers will able...
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