The parish council (PC) is very aware that residents in most of our semi-rural parish face the issue of poor public transport links to access facilities and onward connections, to Storrington as the local ‘hub’ village, and in other directions. This forces over-reliance on private
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Tree Planting at Tesla
Tesla Engineering is working with the Woodland Trust to plant 4000 trees at their site in Water Lane. Students at Thakeham Primary planted trees in December and were joined by parish councillors and the Parish Clerk. Going forward the parish council (PC) is looking at
Winter Road Clearance Plans
As one of many local parishes to raise concerns about West Sussex County Council’s November proposals to reduce their gritting and snow clearance commitment, the parish council was relieved when these proposals were withdrawn in December, but this will likely remain an area of funding
Thakeham Community Events Funding
There is now funding available to other groups who wish to hold their own community events within the parish. If you are a potential event organiser and would like further support or funding, you can contact Thakeham Community Events by email at thakehamcommunityevents@gmail.com.
Monaghan’s Access Improvements
These works are now expected to begin in March, and as an early warning there will be likely be temporary traffic lights in place for at least some of the timeframe. Monaghan’s have been very proactive with trying to remedy the problems caused by some
High Bar Lane playground: January works
ADVANCE NOTICE: further refurbishment works at the High Bar Lane playground will start in w/c 6 January 2020, meaning that the playground will be closed until at least the end of January. This phase of improvements will result in the changes set out below. Older
Water Lane roundabout Xmas arrangements
WSCC Highways advise today (16 December): The contractor has programmed work so that it will be possible to remove the temporary traffic lights, and revert back to a mini roundabout operation, over the 2 week Christmas shut down. The site will be left safe and
Co-opted Governor vacancy – Final days to apply
Find below the advert and FAQs for a co-opted Governor vacancy for Thakeham Primary School.
Parish council meetings 16th December
There is no urgent business that requires either the full parish council or the neighbourhood planning committee to meet on 16 December, both meetings have therefore been cancelled. The next meetings will be Monday 20 January: environment committee meeting at 6:15pm and full parish council
Greenhurst Lane 40mph change
After reducing the speed limit on the B2139 (Jacket’s Hill) earlier this year, West Sussex County Council have agreed to reduce the speed limit on Greenhurst Lane to 40mph in 2020. We don’t have any exact timings for this yet but will provide further updates