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Announcements
PC meeting – Monday 4th July
The Parish Council meeting has been moved one week earlier than normal and will be held on Monday 4th July at 7.45 pm in the Supper Room, Parish Hall.
Councillor Dale will be available to answer questions from the public from 7.15 pm and questions may be put to the Council from 7.30 – 7.45 pm.
For a copy of the agenda please click on the link below:
Bonfires
The PC receives complaints from residents whose neighbours regularly light bonfires. Please read the attached leaflet before lighting a fire and be considerate to those around you.
Notice to view the accounts – 13 June until 22nd July
If you would like to view the Parish Council’s accounts for 2015/16 please click on the link below for further details:
Notice to view the accounts 2016
Notice of Referendum
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
Referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union in the Northumberland voting area
1. A referendum will be held on Thursday 23 June 2016 to decide on the question below:
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
2. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 7 June 2016. Applications can be made online: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
3. Postal vote applications, amendments or cancellations must reach the Electoral Registration Officer, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF by 5pm on Wednesday 8 June 2016.
4. New applications to vote by proxy at this referendum must reach the Electoral Registration Officer, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF by 5pm on Wednesday 15 June 2016. Requests for changes to existing proxy vote arrangements and cancellations must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 8 June 2016.
5. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this referendum on the grounds of disability or for work/service reasons must reach the Electoral Registration Officer, Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF by 5pm on 23 June 2016. The disability must have occurred after 5pm on Wednesday 15 June 2016. To apply on the grounds of work/service, the person must have become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5pm on Wednesday 15 June 2016.
17 May 2016 Counting Officer: Geoff Paul
Printed and published by the Counting Officer, Northumberland County
Council, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF
PC meeting and AGM – Monday 9th May
The Parish Council will next meet on Monday 9th May at 7.45 pm in Church Cottage, Church Lane. Cllr. Dale will be available to answer questions from 7.15 pm and members of the public can put questions to the Council from 7.30 – 7.45 pm.
For a copy of the agenda please click on the link below:
Annual Parish Meeting
BROOMHAUGH & RIDING PARISH COUNCIL
| ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
To be held on Thursday 12th May 2016 at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall, Millfield Road ALL WELCOME
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AGENDA
- Apologies
- Minutes of 2015 meeting
- Report from Broomhaugh C of E First School
- Report from County Councillor Anne Dale
- Report from the Village Hall Trust
- Chairman’s report
- Draft Financial Statement – for information only
- Minor Matters
Sports for All
A review of the sports available in the village and how residents can get involved. Brief presentations from the following clubs:
Cricket/Football
Table Tennis
Carpet Bowls
Tennis
Cllr. Andy Dunhill, Chairman
4th May 2016
Litter Pick – Saturday 19th March
Have you an hour to spare on Saturday morning? We’re having the annual village spring clean and would welcome your help. Please meet at 10 am at the Parish Hall.
Volunteers should wear suitable clothing and sturdy shoes. Litter picks, gloves and bin bags will be provided.
Parish Council Meeting – Monday 14th March
The Parish Council next meets on Monday 14th March at 7.45 pm in Church Cottage, Church Lane, Riding Mill.
Cllr. Dale will be available to answer questions from 7.15 pm and members of the public may put questions to the Council from 7.30 to 7.45 pm.
For a copy of the agenda please click on the link below:
Parish Council Meeting – Monday 8th February 2016
The Parish Council will next meet on Monday 8th February 2016 in Church Cottage, Church Lane, Riding Mill.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
There is an opportunity to put questions to the Council from 7.30 pm and the meeting starts at 7.45 pm.
Please note: Cllr. Dale is unable to attend this meeting. If you have a question for her please pass to the Clerk who will forward it on or email her directly at anne.dale@northumberland.gov.uk.
For a copy of the agenda, please click on the link below:
Local Police Funding – views wanted by 22nd January
Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner is asking for the views of local residents on the amount of money local households are asked to pay for local policing.
The Government recently announced that Northumbria Police would receive £217.5m BUT the only basis on which the police budget will not be cut, even beyond the cuts imposed over the last three years, is if the police precept part of the local council tax is raised by £5 per year for a Band D property. George Osborne has set the budget expecting the Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria to raise the precept by £5.00 for a band D property to raise £2.05m.
Therefore if the police precept is set any less than this it will impact on the cash available for local policing in Northumbria. In previous years the Government has made grants available to those Police & Crime Commissioners who did not increase their precept – this has been scrapped.
Here in Northumbria a band D property currently pays £1.70 per week in council tax for their police service. A £5.00 increase, as suggested by the government, over the year would mean a band D property owner would pay an extra 10p a week. However, most residents living in Northumbria have a band A property and currently pay £1.13 per week, so for those living in a band A property the increase would be an extra 7p a week (£3.64 for the full year).
Northumbria currently has the lowest police precept of all the 43 police forces in England and Wales, the average for a band D property nationwide is £3.36 per week compared to Northumbria’s £1.70 a week.
Vera Baird said “The Chief Constable and I are doing our very best to preserve the high standards of policing that we are used to here and we have looked at all options to save money to protect neighbourhood policing. If the police precept is not increased by £5 per year for a band D property, it will have an impact on the cash available for policing in Northumbria. The Chancellor did not consult on whether our, or anyone else’s, police precept should be increased but has budgeted on the basis that it will be. He is, in effect, saying that we must raise the precept or lose out. I am therefore asking if people would be content to pay a maximum increase of 10p a week on a Band D property to protect our local policing. I want to hear what local residents think is best for Northumbria.”
Local residents can email their views to enquiries@northumbria-pcc.gov.uk To ensure their views are part of the consultation, residents must include their home address. All responses should be received by 22nd January 2016.
Revised Train timetable
Due to the land slip between Riding Mill and Corbridge, Northern Rail has issued a revised timetable. A replacement bus service is running between Hexham and Prudhoe stopping outside the Wellington Hotel.
There are now two trains on a morning from Riding Mill to Newcastle and a return service on an evening – see revised timetable below. Indications are that Network Rail hope to reopen the line next week (1st week in Feb).
To download the weekday timetable click on the link below:
Corbridge_landslip_SX_v4 (updated timetable 25/01/16)
Weekend timetable:
West Line SO Newcastle-Carlisle (1) (updated timetable 27/01/16)
