Sheet Parish Council

PULENS LANE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME

Please see below link to the webpage for the Pulens Lane Improvement Scheme. The feedback survey opens noon 20 November 2023 and closes on 7 January 2024 at 11:59pm.

There is also a drop in event with more info on location/time on the webpage.

Pulens Lane Improvements, Petersfield | Transport and roads | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk)

VACANCY FOR A PARISH COUNCILLOR

Sheet Parish Council has a vacancy for a Parish Councillor which will be filled by co-option at the PC meeting on Tuesday, 12th December.

Nominations are invited and should be sent in writing to the Clerk at Rose Cottage, Ridge Common Lane, Stroud GU32 1AX before Tuesday, 5th December or by

PARISH PRIORITY STATEMENT SURVEY

Thank you to all who responded to the Survey - we are currently reviewing the responses received and will be feeding back our findings at a Community Meeting to be held on Saturday, 25th November at Sheet Village Hall at 3.00 p.m. – residents are very welcome to come along to find out more.

Sheet Parish Council is responding to the South Downs National Park Authority’s (SDNPA) local plan review by consulting everyone in the Parish. The Parish Priorities Statement survey is a great opportunity for you to inform the SDNPA of your priorities and the future of the Parish.

The survey feedback will be analysed and the Council will hold an open session at the village hall to allow for final comments before the results are submitted to the SDNPA.

The survey needs to be completed and returned by Friday 22nd September 2023.
Survey responses can be posted at the village hall (survey box) or by scanning and emailing them to our clerk Jenny Hollington at If you wish to complete more than one survey per household, please copy the survey form and return as above or if you have not received your survey for any reason, please email Jenny Hollington at who will arrange for a survey to be sent to you.

Thank you for completing the survey, your views are important.

A New Councillor for Sheet

Sheet Parish Council is pleased to announce the co-option of James Plant to the Council which took place at the July P.C. meeting. James is filling the space caused by the resignation and subsequent very sad loss of Ron Dark. All at Sheet Parish Council look forward to working with James and his details will be made available via the “Meet Your Councillors” page shortly.

The Horse Chestnut Tree

Work to reduce the canopy of the Horse Chestnut tree on the Village Green is to take place on Thursday, 14th September. Residents are asked not to park around the Village Green on that day.

For full details of the current situation, please see here:

Community Funded Initiatives

Plans showing these works can be seen here

Network Rail – Proposed changes to Sheet Level Crossing:

As outlined at the Annual Parish Assembly, work to upgrade Sheet Level Crossing will commence over the summer holidays. To understand Network Rail’s proposals for the area please see the video

Sheet’s Parish Priority Statement

SDNPA are asking parishes to complete a Parish Priority Statement to inform their review of the Local Plan. For more information on this process, see attached here

Accounts and Audit regulations.

the Audit 22-23 has been concluded and the attached documents should be uploaded to replace the AGAR Form and the notice of electors rights . All documents are available on the Disclosures & Documents page.

Council meetings

Meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday 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 Tuesday 12th December 2023 at 7.00pm in the small meeting room.

The agenda for the meetings will be available 3-working days prior to the meeting.

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.

Future meeting dates can be viewed here

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.