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Memorial Hall

18 Nov 2009
This elderly but capacious and useful Hall is one of West Parley's central features. Unfortunately the surrounds and approaches to the Hall have been rather neglected in recent years and has just been re-turfed!...more

Night Flying
at the Airport

25 Sept 2009,
Night flights are down on last year, and don't look like increasing...more

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RSS delayed again!

16 June 2009 - Oops!
A High Court judge overrules the RSS for the East of England on environmental grounds. Are we safe now?..more

John Denham
takes over!

8 June 2009,
Southampton MP John Denham,is the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. He will soon have to decide on the final Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West,affecting us all..more

Refuse Collection latest

11 Jan 2009
Due to the weather, East Dorset District Council have cancelled and rescheduled some collections. There are also major changes to collection services from March 2010
. . .click here

Hurn Waste Plant Plans Scrapped

08 Dec 2009
The centrepiece of Dorset County Council's Waste Strategy, briefed extensively at a series of public meetings this year, was a large scale incinerator waste plant to be built at Hurn Airport.

Needless to say this has been vigorously opposed by local residents on grounds of cost, pollution, danger to aircraft from bird strikes, and local traffic impact. Also, there are now extensive and modern waste disposal and recycling facilities at Canford Magna.

WPRA has just learned that DCC have cancelled their plans for this Waste Plant on grounds of cost and rapidly changing technology, combined with the availability of other local facilities.

WPRA Hosts Reception for Volunteers

23 Oct 2009
Local resident Cllr John Wilson, Chairman of Dorset County Council, was the principal guest at a West Parley Residents Association reception at St Marks Church Hall.

WPRA was thanking the many volunteers who keep the village clean and tidy - watering the flowers, litter picking the roads and restoring the pavements.

In his speech Cllr Wilson said how important community volunteers were to DCC, especially at this time of restricted Council expenditure, and complimented WPRA on what was being achieved.

Housing Estates -
Government delay

06 October 2009
Government says further work needed on Regional Spatial Strategy.

The High Court has found that the Sustainability Appraisals had not been done properly, and directed the Government to redo them......and there's an election coming up.

for the full story....click here

Standing room only at West Parley Memorial Hall

29 Sept 2009
130 residents pack out the Memorial Hall to hear about the airport, the latest on the green belt housing plans, WPRA volunteer programs, and more.. .
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WPRA Pavement Clearance

22 August 2009.
The work goes on. So far we have cleared New Road South, Christchurch Road from the lights to the Memorial Hall, and all the approaches to the Memorial Hall. The volunteer team is now doing Christchurch Road going downhill from the Owl's Nest. . .Have a look at what our volunteers are doing!

Never a dull moment!

05 February 2010
A very lively meeting took place at the Memorial Hall, West Parley with keynote speaker Gemma Coles, Waste Reduction Manager, EDDC, followed by news and views on all the burning local issues.

Parley Cross shops latest

Parley Cross - Tesco opens 24 Feb?

02 Feb 2010.
Tesco is now doing work in the corner store vacated by the Co op in September. Tesco headquarters has told WPRA that the planned opening date for the Tesco Express corner store is 24 February. . . but it looks to us as if March is more likely.

Our General Store returns?

17 December 2009.
Work is now going on in the corner store vacated by the Co-op in September. Opening date looks like Feb/March. It will be one of the national chains - some say Sainsbury, but the word at the hairdressers is Tesco. All will be revealed.......

Our Post Office has a new home

03 Nov 2009.
The Post Office in West Parley has opened in the Pharmacy at Parley Cross.

There was a special opening with a warm welcome from Mitesh Patel, owner of the Pharmacy and the new Postmaster. Outside, the Lions Club were running a raffle with prizes for the first 50 customers. Inside, Mitel was trying his hand (gingerly) at selling stamps instead of prescriptions. The actual Sub Postmaster who will operate the Post Office is Matthew Andrew, who ran the Post Office for a short time after Maureen at the Co-op.

We lost our Post Office in mid September when the Co-op, its former home, closed. Now, in just over 6 weeks, we have it back. There has been a lot of action behind the scenes; credit is due to Post Office Ltd who showed a sense of urgency over the matter, and to Mitesh Patel at the West Parley Pharmacy who is our new Postmaster as well as Pharmacist.

Throop to Hurn footpath - we win.

03 Nov 2009.
Dorset County Council has informed WPRA that it has been decided that the walking/cycling/riding route known as "Sustrans" will go from Throop to Hurn via Pigshoot Lane and not (as Hurn had lobbied hard for) via West Parley and Church Lane.

For the background story.. more

Dorset County Council briefs WPRA on local road plans

Paul Willis, Dorset County Council's Group Manager Transport Planning told WPRA about their plans for £63 million local road improvements. The money will come from Regional Funds and developers contributions. The work is planned for 2016, but it is possible that some money will be available for work to start a year or two earlier.

Their priorities are the connection from the airport to the A338 Bournemouth spur road; Parley Cross; and the Hurn roundabout. They also plan to improve the Chapel Gate roundabout on the B3073, and to put an extra lane on the B3073.

The works have been planned in detail (although there are alternatives for Parley Cross and Hurn Roundabout and some changes may still be made. To see the plans . .click here

Want to keep West Parley looking beautiful? Our new campaign video is complete.
Darian Weir was brought up in West Parley. He now owns a film post-production business in London. See his powerful presentation of our case! Click here to see we mean business!

Now we know where the building sites are.

Instructed by the government, East Dorset District Council has just completed the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. Bad news for West Parley! ..more