Review of the Year 2024
January
- Welcome packs have been reprinted and distributed by GT
- Benches purchased to commemorate Bill Graham and the ScD Gardening Club
- Asked WBC to sort out Long Lane flooding
- New internal auditor appointed
- Another batch of ‘Welcome packs’ printed and delivered to residents and show homes on the new estates
February
- Start of levelling of Owen Road Field
- Community Speed Watch sessions, manned by councillors and members of the public are organised and held throughout the year
- Comprehensive repairs carried out to playground equipment
- First survey of pedestrians crossing by the Castle Pub undertaken by councillors
- Second Speed Indicator Device purchased for the parish
- Community Speedwatch signs attached to Village Gateways in Long Lane and B4494
March
- Community Litter Pick took place
- New kitchen installed in the pavilion
- New-look four page newsletter printed and delivered by councillors to all 900+ homes in the parish
- Meeting with Action for River Kennet to see if any community work could be done to improve the local section of the River Lambourn
- Four trees planted in the green at Lamp Acres
- New Parish Council website goes live
- A new litter bin and new lids for the dog bins in the recreation ground are installed
- Second survey of pedestrians crossing by the Castle Pub undertaken by councillors
- Liaising with WBC regarding delays to infrastructure promised by developers, e.g. ANPR cameras on Bastion Street, new bus service and new primary school
- New Parish Emergency Plan approved
- Council attends the WBC Speed Limit Review panel, who agree to consult on reductions to speed limits on Oxford Road and Long Lane
April
- New gov.uk email addresses adopted
- Parish Flood Warden Cllr Glyn Thomas liaising with WBC over the swales on new development
- New car parking area in the recreation ground completed, including new height barrier
May
- New larger dog bin ordered for Love Lane
- Newly levelled Owen Road Field re-seeded
- New defibrillator installed in Kingsley Close, fundraised for buy local residents
- Councillors clean the pavilion’s exterior prior to it being repainted by Community Payback
June
- Successful beacon lighting event held at Donnington Castle on 6 June to celebrate 80 years since D-Day
- New benches installed in the pavilion changing rooms
- Very successful village fete took place on 23 June, organised by councillors and members of the community. A dog show, concert band and produce show were included for the first time.
September
- ‘Have your Say’ meeting arranged with TV Police following the shooting of a pet cat in Shaw Valley
- 5 new streetlight lanterns installed in Church Car park
- New playground surfacing installed at recreation ground
- Council responded to the Local Plan Review
- Petition presented to WBC for a crossing on the B4494 by The Castle Pub
- New bus service is launched in the parish, and it is publicised in the Autumn newsletter
October
- Autumn Litter Pick took place
- New toddler swings installed in playground
- Three councillors attend the Local Plan Review hearing and make the case to exclude land either side of Long Lane for housing development
- Council agrees new designs for identity signs for the villages in the parish, and progresses with plans for I installation
- Faulty shower in pavilion replaced
- New lampposts are installed on Shaw Hill footpath
November
- Grant applications made for a disabled toilet to be installed in the pavilion
- The Government Inspector announces that the sites for development in the parish have been removed from the Local Plan Review
- Councillors and others remove concrete plinths from back of pavilion and create a soakaway
- A donated bench is installed at the recreation ground
- Replacement hedging is planted by the car parking area by councillors
- Dog bins and post boxes have been requested for the two new estates
December
- The Christmas newsletter has been produced, and delivered by councillors with the Church newsletter and new bus timetable, to all homes in the parish
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