Durham County Council has received a planning application for the development of nine dwellings at Linden Grove.

You can access details of the planning application via the County Council’s website by clicking on the relevant planning application  number detailed on our planning application page, accessible here.

Coxhoe Parish Council is a consultee on the application and will consider its response at its meeting on 4th September 2019. That meeting is open for visiting members of the public.

Any queries or  representations ought to be addressed to Durham County Council Planning Department.

A Public Meeting regarding the current situation and the future of St. Paul’s Churchyard, Quarrington Hill will take place in Quarrington Hill Community Centre on Friday 23rd August at 11am. All interested parties are invited to attend. The Priest in Charge, the Rev. John Livesley will chair the meeting, which will be attended by representatives of the Diocese of Durham, the Parochial Church Council of Cassop cum Quarrington, the County and Parish Councils.’

It is very important for Quarrington Hill residents to attend and hear the Church Council’s future plans for your churchyard and for residents to express their views. The Parish Council which is not the Church Council is invited but is not organising the event.

Are you, or any of your family members, a serving or veteran Merchant Seaman or  a Sea Cadet?

If so, please come along and join in Coxhoe Parish Council’s Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day, We will be gathereing at 5.45pm at the flagpole outside of Coxhoe Village Hall on Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

Following our inaugural event last year, we are looking to commemorate Merchant Navy Day as we look to raise our community’s awareness of our island nation’s reliance on seafarers and shipping.

Once again, we are supporting the Seafarers UK campaign to fly the Red Ensign on Merchant Navy Day in honour of the brave men and women who kept our island nation afloat during two World Wars. Even during peacetime  our Mercanat Navy has faced, and continues to face, the more routine perils of violent storms and mountainous seas. With 95% of our imports carried by ship, including almost half of the food we eat.We also have regular fuel imports andwithout which the merchant Navy,our power stations would soon close. With more sea ports and harbours and a longer coastline than any other European country, we depend on the Merchant Navy to export over 75% of our goods

Last year’s event was attended by family members and friends of those currently serving in the Merchant Navy, as well as County Councillors; Parish Councillors, Coxhoe Scout Group and members of the public

If you are interested in being involved, or would like to know more then please email us at karen.williams@coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk

The Village Hall Car Park will be partially closed all day on Thursday, 1st August 2019.

This is required to enable Northumbria Water to carry out urgent works to clear the sewer beneath the car park. The sewer has been overfilling with the manhole cover lifting and as a result sewage drainage has been overflowing into the car park. The works are unavoidable.

No parking bays that run along the whole length of the Hall side of car park, including the disabled bays should be occupied until the works have been completed. No parking in these bays ought to take place overnight and throughout the day tomorrow.

The Village Hall apologises to its customers using the Hall tomorrow for any inconvenience caused.

There are a number of draft minutes available online as follows:

Draft Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Coxhoe Parish Council 3rd July 2019

Draft Minutes of the Events Environment Finance Committee Minutes 15th July 2019

Draft Minutes of the Human Resources Committee Meeting Minutes 17th July 2019

The Parish Council held a public exhibition on possible development options at the site of the former School House on 11th July 2019.

It is now seeking the communities views via an online survey. Find out more here.

The local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) would like to know what you think about proposals to replace the five existing CCGs covering Teeside, Durham and Darlington (see below) with a smaller number of larger CCGs.

Find out more here.

Coxhoe Parish Council  is planning the production of a Community Calendar next year. We would like people in the Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill communities  to engage with us in its preparation. Accordingly, and as part of putting it together,  we are holding a photography  competition, open to all our residents, without age restriction.

Find out more here.

The Monthly Meeting of Coxhoe Parish Council due to be held on 29th July has been cancelled.

The next Monthly Meeting of the Parish Council will take place on 4th September.

You can access a copy of the Approved minutes of the meeting on 5th June  from this link.

The Agendas for the upcoming meetings of the Events, Finance and Environment Committee and the Human Resources, Grievance and Disciplinary Committees are now on line.

The  Events, Environment and Finance Committee meeting takes place at 6.00pm on Monday 15th July at Coxhoe Village Hall. You can access the agenda here.

The  Human Resources, Grievance and Disciplinary Committee is to be held on 20th July 2019 at the same time and place. You can access the  agenda here.

The approved minutes of the Youth Strategy Group on 14th March 2019 can be found via this link. The draft minutes of the Youth Strategy Group on 20th June 2019 can be accessed from the link below:

Draft Youth Strategy Group Minutes 20th June 2019