Sheet Parish Council

Kerbside glass collection update: please continue to bear with us

We wanted to let you know as soon as possible that we've decided not to reinstate the kerbside glass collection service just yet - but that this will be the last time that it's suspended.

We initially took the decision to suspend it for a month because we wanted to prioritise collecting your waste, recycling and garden waste during the ongoing national driver shortage. But despite a recruitment campaign for drivers and loaders, Norse SE needs more time to get its teams up to full capacity.

To help Norse SE further we have today instructed them to increase driver pay once again (the second time in just over a month) - so it will be £16 an hour and loader pay will now be £12.50 an hour - which shows that we are pulling out all the stops to ensure this service gets back on track as soon as possible.

We are really sorry for the inconvenience this is causing and thank you so much for your ongoing patience - we really are doing everything we possibly can to help Norse SE recruit.

If you know anyone who would be interested in one of the jobs then please share this link -

Norse Group

Hampshire County Council is seeking the views of residents about 20 mph limits within Hampshire.

The County Council is keen to hear from as many residents, businesses and other stakeholders as possible, to find out their views on the implementation of 20mph limits in the context of other highways priorities and the County Council's statutory duties to maintain the highway in a safe condition within a limited budget.

The findings from the survey, together with data about use of the highway, speed enforcement, road safety and environmental impacts will be important in helping to shape future policy relating to 20mph speed limits in Hampshire and, in turn, future decision-making around 20mph speed limits. The survey is available here and should take just 15 minutes to complete.

It is open until midnight on Monday 12 September 2022.

New Parish Councillor

Sheet Parish Council is pleased to announce the co-option of David McKinney as a new Parish Councillor for Sheet.
Dave comes with a wealth of experience and we look forward to working with him in the coming months.

Accounts and Audit regulations.

Any person interested has the right to inspect the accounting records of Sheet Parish Council for the 2020/2021 financial year. The audit of these records is now complete. All documents are available on the Disclosures & Documents page.

Council meetings

Meetings are usually held on the second Thursday of the month (except August), in the small meeting room at Sheet Village Hall.
Agendas are posted on the village noticeboards outside the village hall and in Pulens Lane, as well as on this website, and will give details of how you can join the meetings. Our elected representatives from Hampshire County Council and East Hampshire District Council are present at most meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend all meetings and one agenda item allows for brief 'public comment'.

The next full meeting of the Parish Council is on Thursday 08th September 2022 at 7.00pm in the small meeting room. The agenda for the meeting is available here.

Planning

Planning matters are normally considered in the full council meeting, but occasionally we hold an additional planning meeting which is advertised on noticeboards and the website as above.

Minutes of meetings

The minutes of Parish Council meetings and any additional Planning meetings are available on the Meeting Minutes page of this website. These are in draft form until formally approved.

Millennium Field Wildflower Audit

A botanical survey of the Millennium Field was carried out at the beginning of July by Steve Povey, a member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. You will see from the attached report here that over 76 species were found.

Sheet Parish Council is very grateful to Steve Povey and his able assistants, Tony Clear and Bill Lowe, for this very interesting piece of work.