Sevenoaks District Council has now started the process of handing the land in Beldam Haw over to the Parish Council. The Parish Council has also been given permission to go on to the land.

For more information please click on the this link.

Click on the following links to view the Register of Pecuniary Interests of the Members of Halstead Parish Council

Cllr.  Sheila Bent
Cllr.  Jeff Baldwin
Cllr.  Barrie Blundell
Cllr.  Terry Brooker
Cllr.  Chris Ford
Cllr.  Karen Grosvenor
Cllr.  David Taylor

The new Code of Conduct adopted on October 29th 2012 can be seen on the Parish Papers page.

A community Planning Weekend was held at Fort Halstead on 13 and 14 July, 2012 with a follow up meeting on 24 July when the owner of the site, Armstrong Kent LLP, put forward the information collated from these meetings.

Armstrong LLP suggested that they would hold a Draft Development Briefing and Public Exhibition in the Autumn. However, the  date and venue for this meeting have yet to be advised

Further Information about the owner’s proposals may be found at www.forthalstead.com

The Parish Council agreed many months ago to have solar-powered Speed Indicator Devices in the village, at opposite ends of Knockholt Road, in an attempt to reduce traffic speeds through the village.
The poles are ready for installation and one of them has in fact already been installed, close to Warren Court Farm.  Unfortunately, we need to find an alternative site for the other pole, near the Recreation Ground, as the original location was found to be directly under high power electricity cables. 
We hope the system should be ready for operation early in 2013.

The Parish Council has received a letter from the Manor Gospel Trust who would like to purchase Watercroft Wood to construct a hall for the purposes of conducting church services. 

For further details, please click on this link.

On Wednesday September 12th the SDC Joint Transportation Board agreed to undertake a formal consultation about this issue in the next few months.  Unfortunately, they did not say precisely when the consultation would take place.
While the previous Informal Consultation only took account of the views of the 21 homes nearest to the crossroads, the Formal Consultation will consider any views expressed within the entire village.
The Parish Council will keep you advised about the dates of this new consultation, as soon as they are available.

Kent Police has produced a series of themed guides providing crime prevention advice.

For more information, please click on this link.

The Parish Council has had a presentation about the provision of additional parking spaces on the Bromley side of the station.

It has been suggested that 42 additional parking places could be made available for local residents at a cost of £100 a year.

To date a planning application re this proposed car park has not yet been received.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MAY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING IS TWO DAYS LATER THAN USE ON WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2013

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
WILL BE ON MONDAY 20 MAYin the PAVILION at 7.30 for 7.45pm

Following reports from Council and the police,  PAUL COOLING will give a talk on 100 years of Coolings

Wine and cheese will be served after the meeting. Do Come!

The next WILLAGE CLEAR UP will be on SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2013.Please meet at the Pavilion in Station Road at 9.30am
Gloves, Hi-Vis waist coats and litter pickers will be provided.

The following information is available from the the Planning Portal about the installation of solar panels in a Conservation Area 

Please download the following file :  Solar Panels Planning Consent.doc

If you need a plumber, electrician or any other tradesman,  SDC have produced a listing of companies in the Sevenoaks area to help you out.  To find out more please click on this link.

This will take you to the search page, where you can check out companies either by :

• name,
• classification, or
• location.

If you run a company, you can also register your company on the database.

Sevenoaks District Council has changed the rules about what recycled items they will accept.  They say :
“Carrier bags are no longer suitable for recycling, as the demand for such plastics by the UK companies which once bought and reused them, has dropped dramatically.”

For more about recycling, please contact www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/
recycling, or go to the Local Information page on this website.

Trading Standards spend much of their time dealing with rogue traders who do not deliver the service they promise, or try and rip off unsuspecting customers.  But now, help is at hand.

Trading Standards now runs a Good Trader Scheme which promotes businesses you can trust. 

To find out more please click on this link.

There are numerous scams operating at the moment. Some of these have been around for some time but we all need to ensure that we remember what they are.

For more information, please click on this link.

All meetings of the Parish Council and its Committees are held in the Pavilion in Station Road.

Copies of the agenda also appear on the Parish Council Noticeboards.

To see the agenda for the May Parish Council Meeting, click on the link which will be available from FRIDAY 10 MAY

. Please note that the Parish Council Meeting is two days later than usual