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Horley Summer Fete – Saturday 8th June

Don’t miss Horley’s Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June.

If you have any plants, home made cakes or children’s books and toys that you could spare, please bring them along on the day of the fete or contact horleyladiesguild@gmailcom and we will collect them.

Horley Annual Parish Meeting on Thurs 9th May 2024 at 7.30pm

The annual Horley Parish Meeting will take place at The Old Schoolrooms at 7.30 pm on Thursday 9th May 2024.  This is an open meeting organised by the Parish Council at which any parishioner is welcome to address the meeting or ask questions.

 Could parishioners please confirm their intention to attend the meeting to the Horley Parish Clerk David M.Beck,  along with any subject(s)/questions they wish to raise at horleypc@gmail.com   0785 2998172 

AGENDA

  1. Introduction of Parish Councillors
  2. Wroxton Lane parking issues & Vistry Development Warwick Road updates
  3. Michael Hardinge Trust Annual Report
    • John Tite to report 
  4. Cricket Club
    • Rosie Tubb to report
  5. Parochial Church Council
    • Representative to report
  6. Ladies Guild
    • Representative to report
  7. Red Lion Public House
    • Dave Morris to report
  8. Parish Council
    • Chairman of the Parish Council to report
  9. Any other business
    • Any questions or issues raised by members of the public

Horley Parish Council AGM on Thurs 9th May 2024 at 7.00pm

The Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in the Old Schoolrooms at 7.00 pm on Thursday 9th May 2024.
David M. Beck Clerk to Horley Parish Council

Agenda items:

  1. Apologies
  2. Declaration of Interests  
  3. Nomination and election of the Chairman for the year
  4. Nomination and election of the Vice-Chairman for the year
    • Allocation of responsibilities (2023 year’s allocations shown)
      • Finance and general purposes (Cllr Raper)
      • Highways and footpaths (Cllrs Curd and Hamer)
      • Wroxton Lane Parking issues   (Cllrs Attfield and Wythe)
      • Planning (Cllr Barnwell)
      • Cricket club liaison (Cllr Attfield)
      • School liaison (Cllr Raper)
      • Michael Hardinge Trust liaison (Cllr Tite)
      • Quarrying, Ironstone and scout camp liaison (Cllr Barnwell)
      • Communications and notice board (Cllrs Barnwell and Curd)
      • Parochial Church Council and Ladies Guild liaison (Cllr Wythe)
      • Any other roles?
  5. Minutes of 2023 May Meetings
  6. Dates for Future meetings
    • 25th July 2024
    • 17th October 2024
    • 16th January 2025
    • 24th April 2025
    • 15th May 2025  
    • 7pm Annual General Meeting and approval of accounts after audit
    • 7.30pm Annual Parish Meeting/Village Groups.
  7. Annual Audit
    • The Council’s Internal Auditor is auditing the Council’s accounts for the year 2023/24, and if his report is available at the meeting it can be accepted/approved. 
  8. Date of next meeting
    • To be agreed at item 6 above.
  9. Any other urgent business
    • Further signatories on the bank mandate?
    • MHT donation

Save the date for this year’s progressive dinner – 10th August

Horley Progressive Dinner 2024 will be on Saturday 10th August. Always the Horley social event of the year and generally talked about for many months afterwards, many of the stories have now become part of Horley’s history!

It is such a lovely evening and the perfect way to connect with your neighbours, a big part of what makes our village so special.

Clear your diaries and book your babysitters.

Numbers increase every year so let’s see if we can make this a record breaking one.

Booking details to follow soon.

New Bus service is up and running on Thursdays

The new once a week bus service to Banbury started last week and will run every Thursday as follows:

A Horley resident who tried out the service last week gave this report:

‘It provides a quick and flexible way to get to and from Banbury without the use of a car. The journey starts from Hornton then through Horley etc. Depending on the requirements of the passengers the driver will go to the Banbury bus station or miss that out and go straight to the Gateway Retail Park. There is certainly enough time to shop there and or in Banbury etc.

As you can see from the timetable the bus will pick you up from the retail park for the return journey so no need to use the current service to get back to Banbury. Speak to the driver on the inward journey and he will adapt the route to suit the passengers.

The service is free to everyone both young and old, infirm or not. 

Speaking to the driver he explained that the service was not a trial run but was intended to be a permanent feature. However, he did go on to say that after a period of time, it is quite possible that the popularity of the service will be looked at and if it was not used to any great extent it could be stopped.

The provision of a bus service has been the subject of much debate with pressure being applied on the council regularly. So please use the bus. It is flexible, comfortable and gives you enough time for shopping.‘

Election of Councillors for Horley Parish Council

See below for details of who has been nominated as Parish Councillors for Horley . The Parish Council Election is uncontested as there are seven nominations for seven Councillors.