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off Southbrook by the new school drive. Unfortunately getting permission for this
site is bound up with finalising the Neighbourhood Plan, but we are still moving
ahead on those matters that can be pursued now.
We held an open Forum on 11 November 2017 about both the Neighbourhood
Plan and the new hall. 160 people attended, and the overwhelming majority
were in favour of what we were proposing.

The Open Spaces working group have been out on the streamside area near
Elder Rd many times in the past year clearing the undergrowth to allow wild
flowers to flourish and putting up the bird boxes made by Scouts. They have
carried out wild flower seeding near the school and on Poole Hill roundabout. The
horses were so successful in grazing Souls Moor that they will be back again soon
to help the wildlife flourish on the nature reserve.
I would like to pay tribute and say thank you to all those community minded
residents who turned out in early March in the snow and icy conditions to clear
pavements and keep traffic moving. They did us proud!
Each year we are able to make small grants to community organisations. During
the past year the following benefitted:
Autumn Leaves, Bere Regis School, Bere Regis Sports Club, and the Flower
Festival. A total of £1,275 was granted.

When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw Distgen, who operate the wind turbine at Rogers Hill farm, made a generous
donation last year of £10,423.19 to the Parish. We have earmarked this for the
their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the preparatory costs involved in planning the new community hall.
effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more Each year we are asked to nominate a local resident who stands out for
advertising revenue!! volunteering their time and efforts to help our local community as our nominee at
the Purbeck Volunteer of the Year awards. Our nomination this year was Philip
Ventham for his tireless work over numerous years with the Scout Group in Bere
Regis. If you know anybody who you would like to nominate this year, please
contact the clerk, Amanda Crocker on the details above.
Finally, I would like to give thanks to each of the parish councillors for the
voluntary time and effort they put in to keeping our parish safe and well run. Each
councillor has particular responsibilities, whether it be for our environment,
planning consents, footpaths and rights of way, community liaison,
neighbourhood planning, transport or emergency planning, and each gives
willingly of his or her time, experience and skills. Our clerk, Amanda Crocker,
whose difficult task it is to make sure we obey local government rules and
regulations regularly goes the extra mile to support us and she deserves our warm
thanks as well.

Re-Elections and Responsibilities

The council were delighted when both our Chair and Vice-Chair, Ian Ventham

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