News & Events
Full Council Meeting
The next Full Council meeting is on Tuesday 7th February at 8pm (at South Lodge, Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood).
Press and public are cordially invited to attend.
Parish Councillors Surgery at Chorleywood Library Saturday 10th March 2012
There will be an opportunity to meet some of your Parish Councillors and raise any questions or concerns with them at the next Parish Councillors Surgery to be held on Saturday 10th March 2012 between 10am and 12 noon at Chorleywood Library.
Planning Consultation - 23 January to 5 March 2012
Consultation on Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Documents.
Cattle Update
Following a stunning show of wildflowers this summer, the cattle returned to the Common in September. They were the same cattle as in the spring and they settled back in happily. The fencing contractor has assured us that he now has equipment to remove the posts from the slotties at the end of the grazing period.
However, despite general enthusiasm for the grazing project from a large number of our residents, there have been concerns expressed regarding the fencing. The Council applied to the Planning Inspectorate under Section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 to retain the fencing in the woodland but the Inspectorate have responded by requiring the Council to hold a public enquiry. Since the cost of such an enquiry would place a heavy financial burden on the community, the Parish Council have decided to withdraw the application for the present. When the cattle leave the Common, all the fencing, with the exception of the permitted fencing on the boundary of the allotments and Berry Lane, will be removed, although this may take several weeks to complete.
The Council is in favour of continuing with grazing on the Common as the ecological benefits are already apparent with the increase in the wildflowers, and will now be reviewing the grazing scheme before deciding upon further action.
Village Day
Once again the Parish Council’s Village Day event was considered to be a great success and even described as ‘The Best Ever’. From all the feedback we have received, the day was both fun and profitable for all the 98 stall holders, who we would like to thank for joining us, and for helping to make the day so enjoyable.
The Parish Council would also like to say a BIG thank you to all our sponsors:
- Chorleywood Business Association
- Oscar Pet Foods for their organisation of the ever popular ‘Dog Show’
- Chorleywood Cricket Club for providing the Dog Show ‘Best in Show Cup’
- Victor Shack for capturing the event photographically
- Sevenoaks Sound and Vision for providing prizes of a DVD Blu Ray Player and Stereo Headphones
- Poores of Chorleywood for donation of outdoor games for the ‘Fancy Hat Competition
- Binks Estate Agents for the publicity boards
The lucky winner of the Parish Council competition was Mrs Holloway of Clements Road, who correctly guessed that the number of goldfish removed from Darvels Pond was 422.
Next Years Village Day will be held on Saturday 14th July 2012
For further information please contact Di Horwood 01923 285594 email dihorwood@chorleywood-pc.gov.uk
