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Botley Parish Council have resolved to continue the fight against Eastleigh Borough Council’s decision to develop 1400 new homes in Boorley Green, for the time being at least. At an extraordinary meeting of Botley Parish Council this evening, 19th February, the seven Councillors who were present passed a resolution; “That the Council shall agree to allocate a budget of...
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Hedge End Town Council have commented in public on the resignation of Chris Huhne. Much of the media attention has, to date, been focused on the railway town of Eastleigh, but the Parliamentary constituency is a lot more diverse than that, extending to include the nautical communities on the west bank of the River Hamble and the edge of...
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Hedge End may have found a solution to the problematical planters in the Village Centre. As previously reported by Eastleigh News, in Serving the Community, the brick planters in the centre of Hedge End are often to be seen in a weed-ridden state. Conveniently for the Town Council, one of the brick planters has recently been demolished, as...
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Hedge End Town Council have taken possession of their new Groundsmen’s store. The brand new, purpose built, £675,000 (+VAT) building is situated in Woodhouse Lane Hedge End, near existing recreational facilities. Although a short drive from existing recreational facilities at Norman Rodaway, Greta Park and St Johns Road, the new Groundsmen’s store is ideally placed for the sports fields that have been proposed in the...
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Hedge End’s Christmas lights have been officially switched-on, with the traditional ceremony on Hedge End’s “Village Green” on 6th December. The lights comprise the same set of illuminated panels with flashing stars and chains of lights draped around trees that have been seen in previous years. But eagle-eyed Hedge Ender’s and passers-by will notice that there is already a failed panel, exactly where it...
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Hedge End Town Council have declined an invitation to twin the Town with Möckmühl in Germany. The Town Council received an unsolicited invitation to twin with Möckmühl last year (2011), subsequently met with representatives from Möckmühl when they were in the UK and went to visit Möckmühl 12 months ago (Dec 2011). That particular trip was...
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Eastleigh’s MP Chris Huhne, and Hedge End Town Council, have formally announced on their websites today, the news that Hedge End has been awarded “a £10,000 Government boost to help local traders in the Town” As previously reported by Eastleigh News, in Hedge End also a Town Team Partner, the money has been awarded as part of...
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One of Hedge End’s stalwart Town Councillors finally had his chance to chair a meeting of the Full Council this evening. Cllr Shankerlal Sthankiya, a regular attendee at many of the committee meetings that take place in Hedge End during the course of each month, was elected to Vice Chair of the Town Council earlier this year. With...
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Eastleigh News has learned that Hedge End Town Council have been awarded a cash sum by the Dept for Local Communities and Government, after qualifying to become a Town Team Partner. The news that the £10K lump sum will be used to take forward elements of the Towns original bid to become a Portas Pilot, was revealed at...
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A rare meeting of Hedge End Town Council’s Strategy Committee looked to the future this evening. The Strategy Committee includes all of Hedge End’s Town Councillors, but is chaired by Cllr Keith House, leader of Eastleigh Borough Council, instead of by the leader of Hedge End Town Council, Cllr Louise Bloom. Although this evenings meeting should have included all of...
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Hedge End Town Council, keen to take advantage of the festive shopping season, have launched their “Past & Present” calendar for 2013. Developed over the last few months under the direction of the Community & Culture Committee, the A4 spirally-bound calendar is printed on top-quality glossy paper and features photographs of Hedge End Village as it...
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Residents of the Borough of Eastleigh, and more widely across Hampshire (but not Southampton & Portsmouth), have until 30th September to register for a scheme that could see your home insulated for free… The Insulate Hampshire scheme is a council-backed scheme, funded by Scottish Power, that currently offers free cavity-wall and loft insulation to householders living in...
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A Hedge End Town Councillor has suggested that Councillors should consider “digging our own graves”… In a slightly off-guarded moment at this evenings Recreation & Ameneties Committee meeting, a Town Councillor was heard to use that exact phrase. But all was not quite as it may seem. There was a serious point being made. The discussion had started...
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Hedge Ender’s are outraged at the state of the brick planters in the Village centre. Within moments of Eastleigh News arriving to take photo’s of a weed-ridden brick planter outside of Mann Countrywide Estate Agents, passers by were stopping to chat about the poor state of the planters and more generally about the weed-ridden...
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Hedge End Town Council have proudly unveiled the new gate for the Town’s War Memorial. Announcing the completion of the project on their website, Hedge End Town Council say; We are thrilled to finally see the newly installed War Memorial Gate at St Johns Road, in all its splendid colour and glory! The Recreation and...
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