The Parish Post – The Red Lion Pub

The Red Lion Pub – Decision to sell. The parish council has been informed by the solicitors at East Staffs Borough Council that owner has decided to sell The Red Lion Pub. This has triggered a 6-week moratorium period ending on the 17th of April 2024 in which a community interest group may make a written request to be treated as a potential bidder. If there is such a request a 6-month moratorium period will follow when the owner may negotiate sales but may not exchange contracts. However, th...
Read More

The Parish Post – June 2023

The Village Clean Up The Newborough Doing Crew have been at it again with a clear up in the centre of the village, spreading out to Elton Close and Squirrels Corner and up to the traffic calming by the church, although following last night’s heavy rain, you wouldn’t think we had done anything! Thanks, as always, to all who attended. We will try to do this at least three times a year and it would be great to see a few new faces rather than just the usual bunch who regularly help with th...
Read More

The Parish Post – Annual Meeting of the Parish Council

Annual Meeting of the Parish Council – A change of date The next meeting date for the parish council has changed. The meeting will now be held on Tuesday 16th May at 7.30pm. This is a meeting that is held annually to elect both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Parish Council and to discuss the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), which includes the findings of the Internal Auditor, together with Governance Statements and Financial Statements. The AGAR is then submi...
Read More

The Parish Post – Puddling & Petaling

Puddling A great success at puddling yesterday!! Don’t forget to join the well dressing committee for petaling from today until Saturday. Scarecrow Competition – a reminder Note - although it would be good to have people from outside the centre of the Village display their Scarecrows outside their houses, it will not be possible to include them in the judging because of distance. Please, therefore, bring your creations to the Events Field, Yoxall Road before ...
Read More

The Parish Post – Notice of Uncontested Election

The Parish Post Newborough Parish Council – Notice of uncontested election Election of Borough Councillor – Crown Ward How to vote in the Borough Council elections Register to vote. The deadline to register to vote for the elections taking place in May 2023 is 11:59pm on 17th April. How do I register to vote? Registering to vote is easy – you can now do it online! It takes about 5 minutes. Go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Fill in your nam...
Read More

The Parish Post – April

The Parish Post Annual Parish Meeting – This Evening! Parish & Borough Council Elections – A final reminder   Should you wish to know more about standing for election as a Parish Councillor then please do not hesitate to contact us on clerk@newboroughpc.org or attend this evening’s meeting to discuss further The final date for any nomination papers to be submitted to the election’s office is the 4th of April at 4pm
Read More

Notice of Election of Borough Council

NOTICE OF ELECTION Election of Borough Councillors An election is to be held for the following Wards: Name of Electoral AreaNumber of Councillors to be electedAnglesey2Bagots & Needwood3Blythe1Branston3Brizlincote2Burton & Eton3Crown1Dove3Heath3Horninglow & Outwoods3Shobnall2Stapenhill2Stramshall & Weaver2Stretton3Town2Winshill2 Forms of nomination may be obtained, during normal office hours, from the Returning Officer at the address shown below. Completed nomi...
Read More