The next meeting of the Events, Environment and Finance Committee of Coxhoe Parish Council is due to be held on Monday 9 December 2019.

The meeting will start at 6.oo pm and will be held in Coxhoe Village Hall. Members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting will be considering next year’s budget and how much it will charge residents by way of the precept and prepare recommendations to put to the full council meeting in January.

Agenda for the Events, Environment and Finance Committee Meeting on 9 December 2019

Our next Monthly Meeting of Coxhoe Parish Council is on Wednesday, 4th December 2019.

The meeting starts at 6.30 pm and will be held  in Coxhoe Village Hall.   Members of the public are invited to attend and there is a 15 minute slot at the start of the meting where you can have your say.

Download a copy of the Agenda for the Monthly Meeting of Coxhoe Parish Council to be held on 4 December 2019.

Home page related photo courtesy of Lynn Barlow. Thanks Lynn.

Our Playgroup Christmas Party will take place on Wednesday 18 December. It will be held in Coxhoe Village Hall between 10.00 am and 11.30 am. We have it on good authority that Santa has been able to fit us into his busy schedule and will make a visit.

The playgroup party is available to all toddlers and young children, parents and carers. If you wish to attend please could you register with numbers by contacting Claire by phone on 3773658 or 07988 283287 or email clerk@coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk..

Durham County Council have advised that essential road lining works are to take place on Tuesday 3 December and Wednesday 4 December.

Works will commence on Tuesday or on Wednesday in the event of poor weather. This will cause some disturbance to parking and vehicular movement on the Front Street between the hours of 7.00 am and 4.00 pm.

The County Council advise that temporary restrictions will be put in place to ensure that the lining company can carry out their tasks. They further advise that anyone failing to remove a vehicle during the restrictions or otherwise causing a disturbance that offending vehicles may be removed. The lining will take place on most of the stretch of the Front Street from the mini roundabout to the traffic lights.

This is a County Council issue and any comments or queries ought to be addressed to their highways section.

Draft minutes of committee meetings that have recently take place at the Parish Council can now be downloaded. They are available as follows:

• Draft Minutes of the Monthly meeting of the Parish Council on 6 November 2019
• Draft Minutes of the Meeting of the Events Environment Finance Committee  on 11 November 2019

Our great play group is back but its now taking place on Wednesday mornings.

Following our playgroup online survey we have reviewed our playgroup provision. We have responded to your views and have moved the group to a Wednesday morning between 10.00 am to 11.30 pm.

The sessions commence on 20 November and will run until the Christmas holidays.

We have also set up a dedicated facebook page for the play group.

Find out more about Coxhoe Parish Council Playgroup

Our Administration Assistant, Karen Williams is leaving the Parish Council this month.

Karen has been a great help to the Parish Council and particularly our Parish Clerk. We are sorry to see her go and we would like to say a huge thank you for all she has done.

Karen will continue to provide administrative assistance to the Coxhoe Village Hall Community Association.

All the very best Karen.

This year’s Coxhoe Village Hall Christmas fair is to take place on Friday 6 December between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm

There will be festive refreshments & carols, Craft Stalls, and a special appearance from Santa. Admission is free and everyone is welcome! A Visit to Santa’s grotto with present is £2 each.

All proceeds to Coxhoe Village Hall Improvement Fund.

 

We have written to businesses in the Parish to ask them to take part in our first Christmas Wonderland window competition.

This is open to businesses within the Parish and there is a prize of a quarter page advert in the March issue of Coxhoe Chronicle (artwork to be supplied to the Council). We would ask businesses to  return completed forms before 5.00 pm on Monday 18 November.  Competition judging takes place on the morning of 30 November by Councillors and young people from the Scouts.

We already have a number of entrants and there is now less than a week to get your entry in.

Please submit your completed form into the Christmas Post Box at Coxhoe Village Hall, Front Street East, Coxhoe; County Durham DH6 4DB, or  email it to clerk@coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk

If this is not possible then please contact us on 0191 377 3658 and we may be able to arrange for an elf to collect it from you. Please also contact us if you require another form.

This year’s Christmas Tree Light up and Carols event will take place on Sunday 1 December. The formal part of the event is planned to start at 5.00 pm  for community carol singing with the switch on being 5.30 pm.

The lights will be switched on by one of the children from Coxhoe Primary School

The winner of the Christmas shop window competition will be announced

A cake sale will be held at the event. There will also be a gin bar selling 20 types of gin, Prosecco, mulled wine, mulled gin and  hot chocolate with or without Baileys and this will be available from 4.15 pm. You will need identification to be provided if you look under 25 and wish to purchase alcohol.

Some local shops are opening that afternoon for a bit of Christmas shopping and the winner of the Christmas shop window competition will be announced

Everyone is welcome