Our defibrillator at The Ash Tree Inn is now registered on The Circuit – the national defibrillator network. It’s also now connected to South East Coast Ambulance Service and more likely to be used in an emergency.
Every year the parish council must post a notice stating that the public have a right to see the accounts. To read more follow this link Finance, regulations and your public rights
The Trustees’ AGM is open to the public and this year it will be held on a Saturday morning before a coffee morning at the sports pavilion. The AGM will be at 9.30 am on Saturday 20th May 2023 with the coffee morning at the usual time of 10 am.
The Short Mat Bowls Club at the village hall has been so successful that a second mat was clearly desirable. John Walter and Jay Ashworth successfully bid for a grant for the full cost of £2,240 from N+P IN EAST SUSSEX COMMUNITY FUND. Congratulations – watch this space for news of the procurement of the new kit.
Ashburnham and Penhurst Parish Council are giving commemorative mugs to any child aged sixteen or under in either village as part of our Coronation celebrations. The mugs can be collected in person at the Village Picnic on Sunday 8th May at the Sports Field. If you would like a mug but won’t be at the event please get in touch with Jay Ashworth – ashworthjay1@gmail.com
We are celebrating the Coronation with a special commemorative service led by Revd Gary Cregeen at the Sports Pavilion on Sunday 7th May at 12.30pm followed by a toast to our new King. We will then gather for a community picnic and games afternoon on the Sports Field – do come and join us!
Six nominations were received for the seven places on the parish council so no ballot will take place on 4th May for parish councillors. The persons therefore declared elected are Nicci Gagel for Penhurst Ward and Jay Ashworth, Ron King, Richard White and Chris Sinden for Ashburnham Ward. One vacancy remains. The election of a councillor for Catsfield and Crowhurst Ward of Rother District Council will go ahead on 4th May. There are three nominations for the one seat.
Thursday 4th May is Polling Day for electing councillors to Rother District Council and to the Parish Council of Ashburnham with Penhurst. Click the header above to download the official Notices including the timetable for nominations.
Notice of Election – District Notice of Election – Parish
Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday 4th March to collect litter and others who committed to pick up litter at other times. We managed to cover most of the roads in the villages and collected a large number of bags on the Saturday.
Greystoke Development wants to drop 211 Holiday lodges onto the Normanhurst Estate. The planning application states that the building period would take up to 4 years, but they don’t state where the materials are going to come from. They do state that they will enter the site off the A271 and then use the Lodge Gate entrance, close to the Senlac Camping site. They also want to place the main entrance to their proposed site, between the entrance to The Pines and the drive down to Starcroft Farm TN33 9DT. This is possibly the worst location they could have picked being located between two local accident blackspots. Local infrastructure cannot support this development whose scale is out of proportion with the local environment. To have your say you have until 30 th March only. Go to the Rother District Council planning portal and look for RR/2023/217/P or follow this link Normanhurst Estate
To see full details of the terrible effect of this application you can download this document Normanhurst Estate