The Department for Transport is currently running a consultation on the future services across the Great Western Rail network. They are seeking the views from passengers, businesses and communities on how the service can be improved and what should be its future priorities. Members of the OkeRail campaign group and Okehampton Town Council have put together responses to which they have …
New Market Manager Needed!
The cessation of trading for Vicks Market auctioneers at the end of February and their role as manager for the Tuesday produce market at the end of March will mean a new Tuesday market manager has to be found. Although there is still much to be worked through on the exact logistics for market stall trading once the market area …
Fund Raising Events: Air Ambulance Night Landing Site
As work goes on behind the scenes to progress on the logistics and administration of bringing Hatherleigh’s air ambulance night landing site, we have very welcome news that resident Mrs Caroline Munn is to lead a community fundraising campaign to help support this initiative. If you wish to support these efforts then here are some dates for your diary: February …
OkeRail Coffee Morning
Tuesday morning in Old Schools on 30th January 2018. OkeRail (the group formed to campaign for the re-introduction of a regular passenger rail service from Okehampton to Exeter) are holding a Coffee Morning in Hatherleigh on Tuesday 30th January 2018. There will be the usual refreshments, assortment of cakes and goodies, and a raffle. Please show support for a group …
Brief Notes 2018
Informal Notes from Council Meetings. Different from the minutes, which are written by the Town Clerk and a legal record on the formal business of the Council, these informal notes are written by an individual Councillor to give a brief summary of what was discussed. We make these available shortly after our meetings. These notes are also published in the …
Agendas & Minutes of Hatherleigh Town Council Meetings – 2018
Unless otherwise stated, all meetings of Hatherleigh Town Council are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7pm at Hatherleigh Community Centre. There are likely to be some meetings where we have to change the date – these will be noted in the previous months minutes. The agendas and minutes of the meetings to date in 2018 can be …
Notice of Councillor Vacancy
Hatherleigh Town Council Notice of Vacancy A vacancy has occurred on Hatherleigh Town Council caused by the resignation of Keith Kingstone. A by-election to fill the vacancy will be held if within fourteen days of the date of this notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Day and Bank holidays) ten electors from the Parish give notice in …
Christmas Celebrations 2017
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS: Monday December 4th is late night shopping and at 7.30pm the Christmas lights and tree will be switched on by the Carnival Queen! Hatherleigh Silver Band will be playing and rumour is that Santa will make an appearance in Old Schools! On Christmas Eve, join us in the Square at 7pm as we host the Carol Service accompanied …
Future of Hatherleigh Market – working group meeting
Hatherleigh Town Council have formed a working group to look in detail at the market development and provide a platform for investigation and discussion. It is agreed that in principle the Town Council should facilitate the future use of the market. However there are many aspects of its operation that need further consideration and there will be a need to …
Traffic and Parking Orders begin
Following our submission to Devon County Council of our map listing the traffic and parking issues we were given the opportunity to have a small quantity of items included in their current round of Traffic Orders 2017. We took advantage of this rather than wait for all our issues to be addressed at once. Last chance consultation posters have …