Parish Council

The South Downs National Park Authority organised an on-line event for scores of parish councils on 21 April 2021 with work undertaken in Buriton included as a case study.

The special ‘webinar’ was also recorded and can be viewed via this link.

After introductions, the event began with two short films about the South Downs International Dark Sky Reserve followed by information about planning policies and tourism opportunities as well as guidance for local communities from the SDNPA’s dark skies expert, Dan Oakley.

Another crab apple and an oak have been planted recently, to add to the other trees planted by the Parish Council in recent months.

It is hoped that these native species will add to the attractiveness of the village in the years to come as well as helping wildlife.

And the new mowing contract for the recreation ground will see the establishment of strips of longer grass to provide a wider range of habitats and encourage improvements in biodiversity – including important pollinator species.

The Parish Council has arranged for a range of new trees to be planted recently, including Hawthorn, Crab Apple, a Wild Service tree and an Oak.

It is hoped that these native species will add to the attractiveness of the village in the years to come as well as helping wildlife.

It is hoped that more planting can take place later in the year (if conditions and funding allows) as part of the community’s ‘Help Nature Help Us’ pollinator initiative.

Network Rail have advised the Parish Council that they would like to use part of the village hall car park for periods of time in March and May to help them undertake important maintenance work on the track near the village.

The Council has agreed to this request as long as Network Rail confine their use to a part of the car park nearest to the tennis courts and to the dates specified.

The Parish Council considers all planning application in the parish (with details available via this website – see below) and there have been some large and significant ones in recent weeks.

Briefings about the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Hampshire will be attached at the bottom of this page and updates are available on this website.

On 22 January the Parish Council received a copy of an informative briefing note about the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Hampshire.

The note is attached at the foot of this web-page and includes information about prioritisation and the local delivery programme.

A Buriton resident who is a Director at the QA Hospital in Portsmouth (and heavily involved in the Covid situation) would welcome posters, pictures and messages of support to help boost the morale of staff.

Steve Thomas explains that similar messages received during the first peak still line the hospital walls and continue to be a great source of encouragement at a time when all staff are under immense strain in all hospital wards/units.

Scammers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout through a cruel but convincing text in an attempt to steal people’s personal and financial details.

A dangerous fake text message, purporting to be from the NHS, has been circulating which tells people that they’re eligible to apply for the vaccine. The link takes people to an extremely convincing fake NHS website that asks for personal details, but people are rightly suspicious when asked for their bank/card details in order to ‘check your identity’.

This means people should stay at home.

The single most important action we can all take is to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.

People can leave their homes to:

The whole of the East Hampshire district and surrounding areas moves into 'tier four' at the beginning of Boxing Day (Saturday December 26).

This means that people must stay at home, apart from limited exceptions: food, medical reasons or work.

The area has very rapidly rising level of infections.

Around 1 in 3 people have no symptoms, so will be spreading the virus without realising.

Work from home if you can.

ONLY up to 2 people can meet in outdoor public spaces.

Do not travel unless necessary.