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Blackwell Parish News
UPCOMING PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Blackwell Parish Council hold their meetings on the first Monday of the month (unless it is a bank holiday or there are exceptional circumstances), and the meeting venue is rotated between the three community centres in Blackwell, Hilcote and Newton and Westhouses Primary School in Westhouses.
Relevant documents will be linked below a week before the meeting.
The next full Parish Council Meeting will take place on Monday 13th January 2025, 7pm at Hilcote Community Centre
For the most recent crime figures please click the link below:
Committee Meetings:
Finance and HR Committee -
Wednesday 20th November- 9am- budget meeting at Hilcote Community Centre
Wednesday 20th November- 10am- General Committee meeting- Hilcote Community Centre
Parks, Floral and Events Committee - to be arranged
Parish Facilities Committee - to be arranged
If you require documents in a different format, please contact the Clerk via e-mail -
clerk@blackwellpc.org.uk. Thank you.
Schedule of Meetings for the Municipal Year 2024-25
Monday 3rd June 2024 – 7pm at Newton Community Centre
Monday 8th July 2024 – 7pm at Westhouses Primary School
AUGUST- NO MEETING
Monday 2nd September 2024 – 7pm at Blackwell Community Centre
Monday 7th October 2024 – 7pm at Hilcote Community Centre
Monday 4th November 2024 – 7pm at Newton Community Centre
Monday 2nd December 2024 – 7pm at Westhouses Primary School
Monday 13th January 2025 – 7pm at Hilcote Community Centre (change of date and venue)
Monday 3rd February 2025 – 7pm at Hilcote Community Centre
Monday 3rd March 2025 – 7pm at Westhouses Primary School
Monday 7th April 2025 – 7pm at Newton Community Centre
Monday 12th May 2025 – 7pm at Blackwell Community Centre
Office Opening Hours
Festive Office closing:
The office at Hilcote Community Centre will close at 2pm on Friday 20th December 2024 and reopen on Friday 3rd January 2025.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all Blackwell Parish residents from all at Blackwell Parish Council.
Normal opening hours are:
Monday 9am-2pm
Wednesday 9am-2pm
Friday 9am-2pm
There may be times during these opening hours when staff aren’t able to come to the door– for example, if they are in a meeting or are training. There may also be times when the office has to close during these hours– for example, if staff have to visit another site. Any pre-known updates/closures will be put on the website here. To make an appointment to see someone, email the clerk using the address at the bottom of this page.
Newton Community Centre has now reopened- Update (04/03/24)
A company called John Martin-Hoyes Ltd completed the work on the new floor at Newton Community Centre and did a fantastic job.
Also a big thank you to Cast Angling Project for their help in removing the previous flooring and a local volunteer for spraying the remaining space with pesticide to get rid of any remaining fungal spores.
Please keep an eye out in our Newsletter (due to be delivered just before Easter) for a more detailed report about the process of putting the new floor in.
Newton Community Centre was reopened on Monday 5th February with a well attended open morning to the public.
The public were incredibly complimentary about the newly painted and refurbished main hall. Bolsover TV also filmed a segment about the reopening. See the Newton segment starting from 3 minutes 20 seconds on Bolsover TV here.
To book Newton Community Centre for your event or regular group, please visit this page.
Parish News
- Additional CCTV has been put on Scanderlands Recreation Ground. This was funded by the Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Anti-Social Behaviour Prevention Grant
- A surcharge has now been added if you choose to add a bar onto your event. Please look at our 'Book a Community Centre' section for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS - Community Dates for Your Diary...
This will be updated after the latest newsletter in Autumn
Derbyshire County Council Mobile Library visits coming up (four weekly service):
Thursdays:
Newton- Community Centre- 10am until 10.40am- 16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Newton- Red Barn Close- 10.45am until 11.10am- 16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Newton- Charnwood Crescent- 11.15am until 11.35am -16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Newton- Dale Avenue- 11.40am until 12pm- 16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Blackwell- Community Centre- 12.40pm until 2pm -16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Blackwell- Westfield Drive- 2.05pm until 2.30pm -16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
Westhouses- Seymour Villa, Alfreton Road- 2.40pm until 3pm- 16-Jan, 13-Feb, 13-Mar 2025
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT:
New 143 bus service that runs between East Midlands Designer Outlet - Alfreton - Matlock
According to the timetable, it stops in Hilcote, Blackwell and Westhouses:
Please click on the link below for full details:
Known Upcoming Road Closures...
30 Jan 2025 - 31 Jan 2025 34248779 B6406 New Ln, Hilcote: To facilitate telecommunication works. Diversion in place- Huthwaite Lane, Church Hill, Hilcote Lane.
6 Mar 2025 09:30 - 15:30 34249971 B6025 Alfreton Rd, Westhouses: To facilitate manhole cover and frame renewal works.
National Emergency Area Retrofit - work to start on the M1 and M5 in the next few weeks.
National Highways is delivering a government commitment to add more than 150 more emergency areas to motorways across the country.
Several sections of the M1 and M5 are being upgraded. The programme of work will start from 2 April 2024, and is expected to be complete by March 2025. I am writing to give you an overview of what this means for the strategic road network.
Work to build additional emergency areas is already underway on the M1 between junctions 32 to 35a in South Yorkshire and junctions 30 to 31 in Derbyshire, and on the M6 junctions 21a to 26 in Cheshire.
- M1 between junctions 23A and 25 in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, due to start 10 April 2024.
- M1 between junctions 28 and 30 in Derbyshire, due to start 10 April 2024.
Please be aware we do our upmost to maintain these dates, however dates are subject to change. We will regularly publish information about the upgrade and the roadworks on our website at www.nationalhighways.co.uk/emergency-areas.
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Contact Us
Council Office - Hilcote Community Centre
544 New Street, Hilcote, ALFRETON, Derbyshire DE55 5HU
Opening Hours:
Monday: 9am - 2pm
Wednesday: 9am - 2pm
Friday: 9am - 2pm
Please note that we are CLOSED on bank holidays. Thank you.
Please also note that there will be times during these opening hours when staff aren't able to come to the door - for example if they are in a meeting or are training. To make an appointment to see someone, email the clerk on the address below.
Telephone: 01773 580002
Clerk e-mail: clerk@blackwellpc.org.uk
Admin Assistant e-mail: admin@blackwellpc.org.uk
Registered Office
Blackwell Community Centre
Woburn Close, Blackwell, ALFRETON, Derbyshire DE55 5HH
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