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May we remind you that NWLDC collections of garden waste and cardboard recycling have been suspended until further notice. ie NO GREEN BIN or YELLOW CARDBOARD BAG Red box and blue bag as normal tomorrow and for foreseeable future black bin next week as scheduled Please be considerate to near neighbours and avoid bonfires and …
This year Packington Cricket Club achieved promotion in the South Derbyshire league: Join Us!
This Saturday RE-ARRANGED Packington Duck Race Saturday 20th September 2.30pm GILAWISKAW BROOK, MILL ST THREE RACES + CUSTOMISED DUCK RACE CASH PRIZES You are invited to the re-arranged annual Duck Race. Bring your friends and relatives and enjoy a relaxing afternoon You can enter your own duck in the special customised duck race and …
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The Packington Post Alerts system needs YOU! – are you one of the so-far only 150 villagers out of 700+ who have emailed alerts@packington.info to join and receive FREE up-to-the-minute news of the village? There have now been 215 alerts, plus updates on various on-going items such as HS2 and several housing and other local …
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This new application has just gone in for 4 large houses in land to the rear of 53 Normanton Road. Planning Ref 14/00109/OUT The entrance for this is again at that lower end of Normanton Road. This is only for 4 houses, however this is on the fields that connect up to the chicken farm, and …
New Landlord at our Bull and Lion : Alan Hutchcraft Telephone 01530 587361 Mobile 07976 953002 Following the departure of temporary landlord Justin Hadley, the reins have been taken up by new landlord, Alan Hutchcraft, who has over 20 years experience in the licensed trade. Together with Billy the Chef and the rest of the …
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At the August meeting of the Parish Council it was minuted that Barry Bryan, Mill Street was co-opted as a Parish Councillor to serve until the next elections. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Claire Beynon earlier in the year who had moved out of the village. Parish Council minutes and agendas can …
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We need a new Secretary for our village Memorial Hall’s committee. At the Memorial Hall General Meeting in March the present Secretary said he had decided not to continue for 2013/14. After 8 years he felt the time was right for a younger person, with fresh ideas, to take on this role. Please can YOU …
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The following circular has been received from the Packington Nook Residents Association(PNRA), the action group that were instrumental in getting the last, much larger, planning application refused. This much-reduced application from Hallam Land is the thin end of a wedge. If successful, it will make it easier to get the larger rejected plans passed in …