Freshwater Parish Council Annual Report, April 2008 - March 2009
The Chairman gave her apologies for missing the meeting and Cllr Barnes, Vice Chairman, gave the report. Thanks were
given to both Mr Edney (IW Parks and Countryside) and Mr Jarman (West Wight Heritage Centre representative) for giving up
their evening to speak at the meeting.
The past year has been a very active one for the Parish Council. We have continued to work on building good relationships
with partners within the community and we are particularly pleased to see that the working relationship with our
neighbourhood policing team, Environment and Neighbourhood Officer aka Bob and local associations has led to a very
considerable reduction in nuisance crime within our Parish. The Community Engagement sessions continue to be well
supported and I hope that those people attending find them useful and informative.
This year has seen the challenge of the loss of many of our beautiful Horse Chestnuts in School Green Road and Queens
Road. These trees are the best part of a century old and like most of the residents of Freshwater we are saddened by their
loss through disease. However, we are working on a comprehensive programme of replanting and we are very grateful to local
residents who have donated memorial trees helping us add to the number of trees replanted.
The Manorial Land has now been registered other than two areas which have required more investigation and input. This land
is now secured for the future for the residents of Freshwater.
I am pleased to say that Totland Parish Council will be working with Freshwater in helping maintain and develop the Skate
Park at Moa Place and it will be very productive to be able to work with our neighbouring Parish Council in ensuring the
future of this very popular facility.
One of our joint projects with the community led to the restoration of The Pound on Pound Green. Freshwater Community
Initiative worked with the Parish Council to achieve the funding for the project and we have heard recently that the
project has been successful in achieving a Conservation Award.
The Parish Council are looking forward to another busy year in which we hope to see the toilets at Moa Place refurbished
and other projects that we have been working on moving forward.
I would like to thank all of the councillors for their continued hard work and support and also our Parish Clerk, Sally
Woods, for her help and guidance throughout the year.
Gill Kennett
Chairman
| You may contact your Parish Councillors as follows: | |||
| Gill Kennett (Chair) | 01983 755036 | Linda Barnes | linjim19@btinternet.com |
| Brenda Hobbs | 01983 752457 | John Belcher | 01983 755271 |
| George Cameron | 01983 752060 | Val Ottway | 07833 903154 |
| Colin Lillywhite | 07518 347998 | David Eccles | 01983 759691 |
| Clive Fleury | 01983 756117 | Andy Sutton | 01983 754661 |
| John Medland | 01983 756526 | jcmedland@turboweb.org | |
| John Tadley | 01983 752383 | john@tadley3033.freeserve.co.uk | |
The Parish Clerk is Mrs Sally Woods - 01983 752000. Parish Office open Monday to Friday between 10:00am and 12:00noon.
You can view the Parish Council Minutes on this website by clicking menu item Documents/Minutes.