Village Hall refurb gets underway

Piddinghoe Village Hall Committee has succeeded in raising the funds required for the work to refurbish the village hall to start on site in the first week of January 2025.   Huge thanks are due to our parishioners and supporters, in particular to the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bernard…

The Egrets Way, north from Piddinghoe

PUBLIC PRESENTATION, 7 to 7:30pm,  TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2024 The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) has commissioned Sustrans to draw up potential designs for the next, final phase of the Egrets Way.  This ‘Phase 7’ is the missing link between the northern junction of Piddinghoe with the C7 and Deans Farm.  Most of the…

THREE WEEKS TO FIX OUR VILLAGE HALL!

In August the parish council consulted Piddinghoe households about covering the funding shortfall for the refurbishment of the village hall from the council tax precept.  We concluded that there was insufficient support for that proposal and decided not to take it any further. However it was evident from the consultation exercise that there is strong…

Consultation results

The report on the consultation on raising the parish precept to cover a funding shortfall for the village hall refurbishment project is available here.  It concludes that the balance of opinion in the parish does not support such a plan of action.

Consultation on Village Hall Funding

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Parish Council has been called for Tuesday 13 August to decide whether to raise council tax to cover the funding shortfall for the village hall refurbishment. The Village Hall Management Committee has so far raised two-thirds of the £200,000 required for the refurbishment project, leaving some £67,000 to find.…

Speeding car down a country lane

Safer C7 Draft Study Published

The draft report of the Safer C7 Project was presented on 17 June to an advisory group of parish councils and other funding stakeholders. This initial draft, by specialist transport planning, urban design and engineering consultants PJA, is available here.   As well as traffic data, it includes an extensive analysis of the context, role…

Annual Governance and Accountability Return

The Parish Council has published its Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ending 31 March 2024. Under the Notice of Public Rights, from 3 June to 12 July 2024 any person interested may inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates and…

Speeding car down a country lane

Safer C7 update

The Safer C7 Project reports as follows: Project consultants, Philip Jones Associates (PJA), are now completing their baseline assessment of the C7, and are in the process of formulating a longlist of recommendations, aiming to make the road safer for all its users. The C7 is a corridor dominated by fast flowing traffic, where the…

July roadworks closure

The Street in Piddinghoe will be closed during a fortnight in mid July. UK Power Networks plan to carry out installation works between 11th and 24th July.  Advanced warning signs giving the actual dates of works will be placed on site.   The road will be closed between the junctions with Village Green and Court…

Speeding car down a country lane

A Safer C7

We have received the following update: At the end of last year The Safer C7 Project commissioned the specialist transport consultants, PJA, to produce a design strategy to improve safety on the C7. PJA have now completed their baseline assessment and are in the process of developing a design strategy and identifying an initial list…