Annual Village Meeting
This took place on 9th April 2008 when the Parish Council activities for the year 2007-2008 were reported to the 45 members of the public in attendance. Lt Col T Pemberton, our County Councillor, also updated the meeting on the many ongoing road safety issues that WSCC are pursuing, relative to Easebourne, in addition to other matters of general interest.The meeting also gave members of the public the opportunity to ask questions about issues affecting Easebourne, notably education and the future of the former King Edward VII Hospital. Following refreshments, the evening’s speaker was David Hamilton-Fox, Farm Manager for the Cowdray Estate, who gave an informative talk about “Organic Farming at Cowdray”.
Annual Village Spring Clean
This took place on 31st March, with 11 helpers collecting 12 sacks of rubbish in just over an hour!
Highways Rangers
From 1st April 2008 the County Council has introduced this new service. The role of the Highways Rangers is to act as “custodians” for the public highway, providing a highly visible service, carrying out a wide range of small-scale street scene improvement works. They will spend time in Easebourne, probably every 5 weeks. Some of the tasks they will undertake include clearing overgrown vegetation, cleaning dirty signs, removing unlawful signs, clearing pavements of weeds and hand clearing debris from drainage grips and some ditches, together with general tidying of an area.
Easebourne Post Office Closure
Sadly, and despite all our efforts, Post Office Ltd announced on 8th April 2008 that Easebourne Post Office will close on 21st May 2008. This will be a great loss for the village and we hope that Alex and Sharon will be able to keep the Village Stores trading viably for the benefit of the residents of Easebourne.
King Edward VII Hospital
You will probably have seen in the local paper that the developer of the disused hospital is proposing a “care village” on the site. We are expecting to receive a planning application, for our consideration, in the near future. When this application is received we will call a public meeting to discuss the proposal.
The next Parish Council Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 14th May 2008 at 7pm in the Refectory. All are welcome.
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