Horley Parish Council Meeting on Thurs 15th January 2026 at 7.30pm

A meeting of the Parish Council will be held in the Old Schoolrooms at:

 7.30 pm on Thursday 15th January 2026  

Notice of any items members of the public wished to be raised at the meeting should be sent at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to David M.Beck Clerk to Horley Parish Council – horleypc@gmail.com

Agenda items:


1) Apologies for absence
2) Declaration of Interests
3) Minutes of the Meeting held on 16th October 2025
4) Matters arising
5) Finance
– The reconciled bank statement to December 31st 2025
 – 2025/26 Budget Monitoring Report
– The budget monitoring report to December 31st 2025           
– 2026/2027 Budget setting and Precept
6) Relevant Correspondence received since last meeting:
Planning Applications received since last meeting
Planning Permissions received since last meeting
7) Affordable Housing – Hornton Lane. Any updates
8) Parking issues at Wroxton Lane
Update/current position
9) Proposed Solar Farm – top of Banbury Lane
– Update/current position
– Planning application
10) Proposed Housing Development west side of Warwick Road
11) Village intra communication
12) Dates of next Council meetings:
Currently:
15th January 2026
23rd April 2026
21st May 2026 AGM 7.00 pm Annual Parish Meeting 7.30pm
16th July 2026
15th October 2026
It is accepted extra meeting(s) may need to be called to discuss any outstanding matters when and if the situation is necessary
13) Any other urgent business

See: https://thehorleyviews.com/parish-council/meeting-minutes/

David Beck

Clerk to Horley Parish Council

horleypc@gmail.com or 0785 2998172

Hornton & District W.I. – next meeting on 8th January 2026

Hornton & District Women’s Institute

Emma Hamer, President of the Hornton and District W.I. writes:

We have had a great year with a varied and interesting programme of meetings and outings. Our last meeting of 2025 was our Christmas meal held at the Moon and Sixpence in Hanwell. We had a delicious meal, exchanged Secret Santa gifts and the Christmas Cup was awarded to Horley’s Caroline Pearce for gaining the most points in “bloom of the month”

Our committee have put their heads together and I hope you’ll agree we have an interesting, varied and hopefully fun set of meetings planned for the year ahead. One of the highlights will be the fashion show in May where there will be an opportunity to buy good quality fashion at great prices. We’ll open this up to villagers and non-members so please do come along.

Our usual meeting day of the first Thursday in the month for our next meeting falls on January 1st next year, so we will meet a week later on Thursday January 8th at 7.30pm. 

We will have a social evening with hobbies, crafts and collections. Members will bring their passion and create displays, demonstrations and skills to share something they love with fellow members. Non-members will be very welcome  so please do pop along to discover the sorts of things we get up to. This meeting will be at Hornton Pavilion as the Chapel is booked for something else that evening. I really hope we’ll see you there.

Warwick Road – Proposed Housing Development

From Horley Parish Council:

There is a consultation meeting being held for up to 200 houses on the west side of the Warwick on the land next to the Roman Fields development.

For anyone who would like to attend it is at North Oxfordshire Academy on Tuesday 6th January 2026 5.30-8.00pm.

Christmas Services at Horley and Hanwell

There will be Christmas services in Horley on Sunday 21st December (Nativity and Carols) and on Christmas Eve (Midnight Mass). See below for details of all services in Horley and Hanwell this Christmas.

Rosie has been nominated for The Times Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year

A massive congratulations to Rosie Tubb (Chairwoman of Horley Cricket Club) who has been nominated for The Times Grassroot Sportswoman of the Year. Details of how to vote for Rosie are below.

Rosie’s story so far:

Rosie took over the role of Club Chair 2 years ago and with the aim to bring the cricket community back together in Horley.

Rosie said: “I knew that the on field side of things would, in the most, look after itself, but if we created an atmosphere where people could enjoy themselves after the game as well, this would encourage not only spectators but players too.”

The biggest project during her time, thus far, as chairwoman has been the a new pavilion, which Horley is hoping to have up by April!

“This has been a long time coming, and it feels like at times, any stopper that can be put in place has been. But we as a committee are determined to push through the barriers as we know this too will help with player retention and encourage new people to join and use the facilities at Horley.”

Beyond being the chairwoman Rosie has taken on numerous jobs from assisting with the ground, setting up and packing away the clubs fields to remarking and preparing wickets, to helping with teas and running both social media pages and training sessions. Rosie has done it all.

What does the future look like for Horley through Rosie’s eyes?

“Looking forward, I am looking to put together a ‘Junior Committee’ to bridge the gap between the current ‘olds’ of the cricket committee world and those younger players who should and need to have a say in the shape of the cricket club going forward. I hope to have a mix of 13+ year old boys and girls involved in this. Excitingly for me, we are hoping to have a girls development team playing competitive cricket and that ladies softball cricket will return to Horley.

For myself, I’m excited to spend more time on the pitch playing both Seniors and Ladies cricket, watching my children enjoy cricket and welcoming everyone new and old to our club over the season. It’s a big and exciting season at Horley and I’m so proud to be at the front of it.”

Voting closes on December 21st so please use the link below to support and vote for Rosie to be the Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year:

Vote here

The Times Grassroots Sportswomen of the Year Nominations

Recent shed break-ins

As you may be aware there were a number of sheds and out buildings broken into this week. It appears that garden tools and machinery are the main items being targeted.

At the recent meeting with Matthew Barber, the Police and Crime Commissioner for TVP, the advice was to mark any equipment with a suitable marker with your name and address. It may not stop the burglaries but it will make it easier for stolen goods to be returned if found and make the resale of them more difficult. Another good way to prove your ownership of any items would be to make sure that the equipment is registered with the manufacturer for warranty.

Security measures are also important but it is evident that locks etc are not a deterrent to a determined burglar using angle grinders and bolt cutters to gain entry.

It may seem futile, but please report any incident to the police. They probably won’t be able to do too much to alleviate the problem but they definitely won’t if they don’t know about it.

The parish council is looking into setting up a village WhatsApp group so in the future incidents such as these can be communicated quickly around the village.

Liza Hopkinson’s funeral

The funeral of Liza Hopkinson will take place at St. Etheldreda’s Church on Thursday 4th December at 12 noon. All are welcome – no mourning attire as Liza liked life to be colourful. There will be drinks and nibbles in the Red Lion afterwards.

No flowers please, but donations to Green Pastures Nursing Home can be made in Church or via https://elizabethlizahopkinson.muchloved.com/

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

The Ironstone Benefice of eight churches has once again offered to provide Christmas presents for children who use The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

Each parish has been asked to give presents for a certain age group and Horley has been asked to buy presents for the age group 0 to 2 years old.  

If you feel you can help this year, please donate toys/gifts which are NEW and cost up to £10. 

Please wrap your gift(s), label with the age group and where necessary indicate whether the gift is suitable for a girl or boy.  Wrapped gifts should be left by the font in the church. They will be collected regularly and then delivered to the Sunshine Centre in good time for Christmas.

The appeal is already underway and runs until Sunday 7th December.  Thank you so much for your generosity.

Note: The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area. It provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

Thank you from the staff and children of The Sunshine Centre.

Reminder: Horley Christmas Market this Saturday (29th November)

Don’t miss Horley’s Candlelit Christmas Market in St Etheldreda’s Church on

Saturday 29th November from 4-6pm.

Lots of Christmassy stalls and games and a fabulous hamper raffle.