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Please contact fonscommittee@gmail.com for details. Friends of Nettlebed school are holding a Quiz Night at 7 p.m. on Friday 9th March at the school to raise money for classroom equipment. £12 per person includes food. Cash bar. Teams of 6. Early bird tickets - 5 for the price of 6 until March 2nd.  ...

Please reply tp Sue Worth s.worth999@btinternet.com Pleased to report the roof and window repairs are now complete. We now strive to do further refurbishment to this grand old building so we still need even more money! We have spent the generous donations already given so if anyone feels they can do anything to raise money it would be much appreciated. As we always say, the halls are there for this purpose and, once again, very many thanks to all that have made these recent repairs possible....

The council has received a planning application, reference P18/S0530/T28, for development work at the following location: PCP009v2 Crocker End OPP Flint House Catslip Nettlebed The application is for: Installation of 1x DSLAM equipment cabinet olive green, the dimensions of which are: Height 1300mm x Length 1430mm x Depth 450mm You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link...

Dear friends, You are of course aware that the loss of our Post Office at Nettlebed is imminent, one example of an ongoing and seemingly inexorable withdrawal of postal services from our local communities. So what options are available to stem the tide? Nettlebed Parish Council will host a meeting for John Howell MP to debate this issue with local Parish Councillors. The meeting is also open to any interested members of the public. It is to take place on THURSDAY 15th FEBRUARY, 7:30pm, AT NETTLEBED VILLAGE CLUB. It is a matter of deep concern to a great many of us, so I look forward to seeing you there and to hear your contributions. Best regards, Cllr Jonathan Sedwell, Chair, Nettlebed Parish Council...

There will be a public meeting to discuss the future for local Post Offices in the Village Club on Thursday 15th February. MP John Howell and Cllr David Nimmo-Smith will be there along with reps from all local Parish Councils. More details to follow....

Nettlebed School are starting a Gardening Club! We are on the hunt for Green Fingered folk who might be growing an excess of veg or flowers and who might be willing to donate some to a worthy cause! Please email fonscommittee@gmail.com if you are able to help....

Dear All As some of you will already be aware, following discussion with David Nimmo-Smith, it is suggested we meet to discuss the post office issue. Before we meet I want to set out the situation with regard to Nettlebed Post Office as I see it. I do appreciate how important this Post Office is to you and have been in regular touch with the PO since the Network Transformation Programme began. Let me start by reminding you that the Government is very committed to rural Post Offices. Perhaps you missed the investment of £370 million announced just before Christmas. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-to-secure-the-future-of-the-post-office I have challenged the PO on many occasions over particular issues in the constituency including Nettlebed Post Office. Change always brings its challenges and on the whole, the Network Transformation Programme that PO Ltd embarked on seems to have been successful. It is good to see that at last the business has turned around to make a profit after many years in the...

Dear Suzanne (Parish Clerk) I fear the letter you have is now dated and the situation is not now as optimistic. We were all hopeful that Malthouse would continue to operate the Post Office until a mobile service was in place. However I was advised on 23rd January by Laura Tarling, External Affairs Manager for the Post Office, that Malthouse had advised that it would not be possible to continue under the current way they operate the branch and thus there will be a temporary closure of the service. I am, of course, keeping up the pressure on this and have asked the Post Office to give me an indication of timescale and also to keep me updated on progress. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news in this instance. With best wishes John (Howell MP) ...

The council has received a planning application, reference P18/S0249/DIS, for development work at the following location: 39 Catslip Nettlebed The application is for: Discharge of conditions 3 - levels, 4 - schedule of materials, 6 - tree protection, 7 - landscaping on application ref. P17/S3846/FUL Erection of two storey dwelling to replace single storey dwelling approved by application P15/S0788/FUL You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link ...

Please reply to Jodi Butler jodimb@hotmail.co.uk It's that time of year again. Time to organise our village fete. We will be having the first meeting Tuesday 20th February 8pm at Nettlebed village club. If you can't make the meeting but can definitely help on the day please let me know. This years date for the fete is Saturday 30th June....