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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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The Parish Post – Council Tax

All parishioners should have received the council tax information for the year 2023/2024 this week. You may notice that the increase in the parish council amount is 7% for this year. The Newborough Parish Council budget was discussed extensively at both the November and January meeting and with the council being responsible for all village maintenance, playpark upkeep and any village additions we have seen a notable increase in costs over recent months that apply directly to the parish counc...
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The Parish Post – February 2023

Happy New Year It has been some time since our last newsletter and on behalf of Newborough Parish Council I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. We look forward to celebrating many incredible events with you all this year. Save the Date Road Closure TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC Dark Lane Newborough The order will come into operation on 6th March 2023 and the said works will commence on or as near as practicable to that date. It is anticipated that the works wil...
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