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Thank you to all who attended the public meeting held on 28th October.

To support Woodborough's case for more investment in flood resilience measures, two points were made very strongly:

  • please can everyone whose property was affected by flood water fill out the Gedling form and return it to Gedling BC as detailed, or to the Parish Council via the Village Hall letterbox. (This is the form on green paper that was handed out at the meeting). If your neighbours were affected, please encourage them to fill out the form too. Investment is made in the geographies where most properties would benefit, so if damage in Woodborough goes under reported then - put simply - we lose out.
  • investment in flood resilience schemes is always a political decision, so please contact our MP Mark Spencer. Ask for a meeting, or write him a letter or email and explain how you have been affected by flooding. Details for Mark Spencer are as follows:

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     Sherwood Constituency Office, Room 3, Under One Roof, 3A Vine Terrace, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 7HN

      At the next election, Woodborough will become part of the Gedling constituency. Tom Randall (Conservative) is the sitting MP and his contact details are:

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     28A High Street, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 7DZ

     The Labour candidate is Michael Payne and his contact details are:

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     2b The Mount, Redhill, Nottingham NG5 8LU

 For further detail see the full meeting notes from the public meeting held on 28th October and notes from the visit by Mark Spencer MP

From Nottinghamshire County Council:

Residents whose homes have flooded are reminded they are eligible for support through the fund, which offers a one-off payment of £120.


Small or micro businesses with up to 49 employees, whose premises have flooded, will be eligible to apply for an emergency payment of up to £300 to help them cope with the immediate, short-term loss of income.

How to apply for the Hardship Fund:

Please call the county council’s contact centre on 0300 500 8080. Customer Service Centre staff are available between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Thursday and between 8.30am and 4.30pm on Friday to take information, and payments will be made to those who are eligible.

A public meeting has been arranged for Saturday 28th October, 10.30am till 12 noon, at the Village Hall.

The meeting is organised by Woodborough Parish Council, supported by Woodborough FLAG, Cllr Helen Greensmith (GBC) and Cllr Boyd Elliott (NCC).

The purpose of the meeting is to understand the sequence of events on Friday 20th October and to review the response (what went well, what could be done differently).

We also need to understand whose properties have been affected and how. Reporting the flooding accurately will give us the best chance of securing more flood resilience measures.

To this end we particularly want to hear from anyone whose property has been damaged by flood water.

 

More details to follow.

 

The audit for 2022/23 has concluded.

For further details see the Notice of Conclusion of Audit and details on the Accounts page.

Please can everyone do their bit to keep our drains clear!

Please remove any leaves or hedge cuttings from gardens and paths near Main Street, to stop them blowing onto the carriageway where they will accumulate in the gutters and block our drains.

Please don't use leaf blowers to move leaves, hedge cuttings or cut grass beyond your property's boundary. If you see anyone doing this, please be a friend to the village and ask them to bag and remove the cuttings instead!

Welcome to Gary Digva, Phil Hallam, John Newsome, Linda Taylor and Richard Whincup who have joined Woodborough Parish Council as co-opted members.

The notice of uncontested election for Woodborough Parish Council has been released by Mike Hill, Returning Officer.

6 candidates have been elected. WPC has 11 members and the vacancies will be filled in due course by cooption.

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