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Singleton Parish Council
( Volunteers Clearing the River Lavant )
This website provides information about the activities of the Parish Council in the villages of Singleton and Charlton - pretty villages situated in the Lavant Valley, a few miles north of Chichester in West Sussex.
All of our councillors are volunteers and are committed to representing their community. They:
- give views, on behalf of the community, on planning applications and other proposals that affect the parish
- undertake projects and schemes that benefit local residents
- work in partnership with other bodies to achieve benefits for the parish
- alert relevant authorities to problems that arise or work that needs to be undertaken
- help the other tiers of local government keep in touch with their local communities
We want to work closely with our community and encourage residents to get in touch with us and attend meetings. Please get in touch and join our mailing list, mailchimp
How to report issues to WSCC
The WSCC Love West Sussex app can be used to report potholes, graffiti, fly tipping, damaged pavements and many more. Simply send in your report using the WSCC free mobile app, a text or picture message. Love West Sussex will deal with your report and we will send you a message when it's complete.
Plans for the Future
Latest Parish News
The Valley Diary - April 2024
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Please see file attached.
Chichester District Council - District Dispatch
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District Dispatch
None of us like littering, fly tipping and dog fouling, and this is why we have been working hard with your help to make sure that our area continues to be one of the most beautiful places to live and work in the country.
Our
street cleansing team travel across the 303 square miles of the district each
day, cleaning the streets, emptying the bins, and picking up litter. However,
as you can imagine, over such a large area, they can’t be everywhere at once.
That’s
why, a number of years ago, we introduced our Against Litter campaign to bring
everyone together in the fight against littering and to encourage people to
take pride in their local area. The aim of the campaign is to engage with our
local communities and empower them to take positive, preventative actions, as
well as encouraging local businesses to get involved. The campaign has been
nationally recognised by the Chartered Institute for Public Relations, who
awarded the campaign a Gold PRide award because of the positive impact it has
had.
The campaign is still going strong, and people are still signing up for the schemes associated it, but we thought it would be good to remind people of how they can get involved.
One of
the ways you can help us is to report litter hot spots and fly tips and you can
do this by visiting:www.chichester.gov.uk/reportflytipping.
Littering is a crime and those caught littering or not clearing up after their
dogs will receive an on-the-spot fine of £100 (reduced to £75 if paid within 14
days). You can also help us by taking your litter home — and recycling as much
of it as you can — or dispose of it in a litter bin.
You
can also sign up to our ‘adopt an area’ scheme. This invites community groups
and businesses to ‘adopt an area’ and take pride in their patch. Whether you
are a resident, community group, school or business, you can take part in our
scheme. The area you adopt can be as small as the pavement outside your home, a
favourite footpath, play area, village or shop frontage – all we ask is that
you help to keep that space litter free. You just decide on the area you wish
to adopt and then sign up at:www.chichester.gov.uk/adoptanarea. We
will then send you our ‘Adopt an Area’ pack to help you plan your activities
and how we can help you. For example, we can loan you a litter picking kit and
arrange for your litter bags to be removed. We’re not asking you to do our job
for us. Instead, we’re asking for your support and to be our eyes and ears in
your local community. We look after one of the largest districts in the
country. By working together, we can make a difference and ensure our district
remains beautiful for everyone who lives and works here.
We
also have a Green Dog Walkers scheme, which is a national community-led
programme to help reduce dog fouling and encourage responsible dog ownership –www.chichester.gov.uk/greendogwalkers. This
offers a proven, non-confrontational and friendly way to change attitudes about
dog fouling and encourages responsible dog ownership. Most importantly, the
scheme acts as a reminder to others that they need to pick up after their dog
has fouled and keep them under control. By signing up you will receive one of
our Green Dog Walks badges to display on your coat or dog lead, a car window
sticker and a leaflet about our campaign.
We have some incredible individuals, groups and businesses across the district who are dedicated to keeping their patch clean and tidy, and we have celebrated these litter heroes through our campaign. Please do consider joining them and find out more about our work at:www.chichester.gov.uk/againstlitter
Best Wishes
Cllr Jonathan Brown
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environmental Strategy at Chichester District Council
Terri Foster |