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Road closures are from 8am to 5pm. Onsite team members are available to CASTLE PLAYERS -
address residents’ queries.
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS
Advance notice signs are displayed before the start of work. The signs contain
contact information

Residents are asked to not park vehicles on the road/verges when the work is due Castle Players present Love at the
to start: ‘No parking’ boards will be erected 2-3 days in advance. Musicals
A note about micro-surfacing After a four year break due to the time that shall not
On application, the micro-asphalt may look ‘open’ with some loose chippings. be named in 2022, it was an extremely successful
However, after a few weeks (or longer, depending on traffic volumes) the material panto season (oh yes it was!) with Dick Whittington,
will bed in. It is not recommended that the material is rolled as this brings the written and directed by Linsey O'Neill. It was amazing
‘binder’, which sits below the surface, to the top; this would affect the final texture to be back in friont of the family audiences with lots of children joining in the
and performance. The contractor may sweep up any excess chippings. audience number and lots of people coming forward saying they want to be
involved. Pantos really are great when there's lots of people involved!
The locations being treated in February and March in date order by two crews
working at the same time, are below. Find all roadworks and road closures on the Moving onto our Spring production, Castle Players will be presenting a variety
Dorset Council map, including dates and times. Please note, dates are weather- show - Love at the Musicals. With lots of singing, sketches and entertainment, for
dependent. two nights you can come and enjoy yourselves and get immersed in all of your
favourites! The show runs on the 10th and 11th May at 7:30pm in Lytchett
Matravers Village Hall. You can get tickets on our website at

Council Tax Premium on www.castleplayers.com/tickets - we hope to see you there!
Second homes and
empty houses in Dorset

Dor se t Counci l l or s h ave MILBORNE MOVIES
approved proposals for a council
tax premium on second homes The advertised film we shall be showing in Milborne St
and an amendment to agree an Andrew Village Hall is as follows
earlier commencement date for
the existing Long Term Empty The Colour Purple (2023)
Homes premium, under the new Friday 19th April 2024 at 7.30pm
flexibilities for councils provided in Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11
the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which received Royal Assent in October
2023. 0JX

For those properties classified as Long-Term Empty and Unoccupied a 100% Doors and bar open 7.00pm
premium will, from 1 April 2024, be applied after one year rather than the existing 2 Tickets cost £6, which includes a drink or an ice-cream
years.
For those that saw the original, the rough edges of Steven Spielberg’s 1985
The introduction of the 100% council tax premium on second homes will come into adaptation of The Colour Purple have been softened by the evocative energy of
effect on 1 April 2025, making a total council tax charge of 200%. Unlike empty this movie-musical’s three female leads.
dwellings, there is no requirement for a property to have been used as a second
home for a fixed period of time before the premium can apply so it becomes Synopsis:
chargeable from day one that a property is considered a second home (or In 1909 Celie a black American girl is given away in marriage by her abusive
dwelling periodically occupied).

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